This week's video is Bad Girls Like You (English version) by Swiss/Thai rapper and R'n'B singer Tobii and featuring Malaysian girl group DOLLA.
Tobii's full name is Tobias and started recording music at 19, living between Thailand and Switzerland. He released the EP Midnight in summer 2020 and then his music career really took off in 2021, after the release of several successful songs such as Thinkin' Bout You, Question and Kwan rak mi ngay ("Love is not easy" in English) featuring hip hop artist Jigsaw Story.*
Tobi then moved to Thailand and in 2023 was signed to Def Jam Thailand. He made his official debut with Def Jam at the festival Rolling Loud Thailand 2023.
Tobi's music is mostly Thai, with some English lyrics. His hit singles include Taew Nee Antarai (released in 2023) , Sexy Girl and Bad Girls Like You (both 2024). He also released the Christmas single X Mas Love in December.
The original version of Bad Girls Like You came out last September and was a hit. It's a mix of Thai and English lyrics. The song was also popular in cover dance circles, with quite a few dance covers (Dance in Public) being released. They were likely inspired by a dance version choreographed by a Thai dance studio. I wrote a Dance in Public/T-pop in Public post featuring several covers last month (see below).
For the English version of Bad Girls Like You, Tobii teamed up with trio DOLLA. It was released on 30th January and is Tobii's latest single. I like the original version and this one is good too; the DOLLA girls are a cool addition to the song. Every time I listen to both, I can't get the chorus out of my head! lol.
This is an audio/lyric videos (not an official lyric video but the lyrics are on screen). Please note that the song contains explicit lyrics. :)
And here's the music video for the original version of Bad Girls Like You:
Check out my Dance in Public/T-pop in Public- Bad Girls Like You (Tobii) to see some dance covers of the song: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/01/dance-in-publict-pop-in-public-bad.html
And here's another dance cover of the original song. Its by IVIX, a K-pop cover dance group based in Birmingham, UK and the video premiered on 9th February: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzbannMMpHk
For more on Tobii visit these links:
Universal Music Southeast Asia profile: https://universalmusicsea.com/artists/tobii/
Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tressatobii/
Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@tressatobii
And for more on DOLLA check out these links:
My Asian Groups post featuring them and Filipino boyband 6ENSE: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/06/asian-groups-malyasian-girl-group.html
Video for the special release single Here4U, (released last June)>: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNFIaDKZePc&list=OLAK5uy_nucrRhYnUqSbzUaA7Avk8jrkxKVPqwmzY
*I used Google Translate for the Thai title, so I hope that the Romanisation and English translation are correct! If not, please let me know. :)
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