“Bad As the Boys” is the second single off Tove Lo’s fourth studio album, Sunshine Kitty.

Tove Lo explained that the song is about her first summer crush. However, the girl isn’t on the same page about the relationship, as Tove Lo seems to have fallen in love, but the girl she fell for only saw it as a summer fling and is back to dating guys now.

The collaboration with Finish popstar ALMA came naturally for Tove Lo:

Since I’m singing about a girl I wanted another female artist on it who also likes girls; so I hit up Alma.

The song marks the third collaboration between the pair, after appearing together on Charli XCX’s 2017 track “Out Of My Head” and the remix of Tove Lo’s “bitches” from her last album, BLUE LIPS.