Joanne Shaw Taylor - Bad Boy EP (2026) Hi-Res

Joanne Shaw Taylor has released Bad Boy, the latest single from her forthcoming studio album The Trouble With Love, due out October 23 via Journeyman Records. A swaggering blues-rock track with a dangerous edge, Bad Boy digs into the kind of relationship that pulls you in even when you know it is doing damage. It is a song about attraction, frustration and the moment when enough finally becomes enough.

“Sometimes love is thrilling and destructive at the same time,” says Joanne. “I wrote this song about those intense, complicated relationships.”

That tension sits at the heart of the track. Bad Boy follows its narrator through the emotional whiplash of a toxic romance, moving from heartbreak and anger towards something more powerful: confidence, self-control and the decision to walk away.

Lines such as “Babe I’ve played the fool, but I won’t again” and “I came dressed to kill” give the song its bite, turning what could have been a story of regret into one of resilience and independence.

A swaggering blues-rock track with a dangerous edge, Bad Boy digs into the kind of relationship that pulls you in even when you know it is doing damage. It is a song about attraction, frustration and the moment when enough finally becomes enough.

“Sometimes love is thrilling and destructive at the same time,” says Joanne. “I wrote this song about those intense, complicated relationships.”

That tension sits at the heart of the track. Bad Boy follows its narrator through the emotional whiplash of a toxic romance, moving from heartbreak and anger towards something more powerful: confidence, self-control and the decision to walk away.

Lines such as “Babe I’ve played the fool, but I won’t again” and “I came dressed to kill” give the song its bite, turning what could have been a story of regret into one of resilience and independence.