How Freya Skye Took ‘Bad Taste’ From Live Fan Favorite to ‘Mini Movie’ Music Video: ‘I Love Something That Takes You on a Journey’

When Freya Skye first performed “Bad Taste” at her debut headlining show in New York in December 2025, she wasn’t sure the song would ever leave the scene of the stage.

The then-unreleased track was stripped back to just Skye and her guitarist, Donnie.

“I remember being terrified,” Skye tells Billboard .

“It was my first ever headline show I’d ever done, and I was in New York … It was quite exposed and vulnerable.” Related Chartbreaker: Freya Skye Opens Up About ‘Silent Treatment’: ‘Sometimes I Want to Cry, Sometimes I’m Dancing’ Freya Skye Extends Stars Align Tour With 36 New Dates Across U.S., Europe & Australia ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Singers, Zara Larsson, Conan Gray, Leon Thomas & More Light Up 2025 Jingle Ball LA: Exclusive Photos On & Offstage Then came the moment that changed her mind.

“By the last chorus, [the crowd] was singing the words and I was like, ‘Well this is great.

I feel way less alone by the end,'” she recalls.

“If I was ever on the fence of releasing it, which honestly I was before I had performed it, it was in that moment I was like, ‘Oh, well, this has to be a thing.

This has to come out.'” Nearly a year later, “Bad Taste” is officially here.

Skye released the playful pop anthem on Wednesday, with its cinematic music video arriving the next day (Sept.

17).

The song also gets a physical release on 7-inch vinyl Friday as Skye prepares to return to the road for the next leg of her Stars Align Tour this weekend.

But the song’s journey from an acoustic debut to an official release didn’t just happen overnight.

When Skye’s Stardust EP was released without “Bad Taste” on its track list back in February, her fans made their disappointment known.

“I saw my fans’ reaction, how they were like, ‘Oh, we’re so excited, but where’s “Bad Taste”?'” she says.