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Bad Guy is een nummer van de Amerikaanse zangeres Billie Eilish uit 2019. Het is de vijfde single van haar debuutalbum When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Volgens het album is dit het tweede nummer en komt het nummer na het veertien seconden durende !!!!!!!, het eerste nummer van het album. Desalniettemin worden in de officiële YouTubevideo de twee liedjes samengevoegd: hierbij wordt !!!!!!! eerst afgespeeld, direct daarna Bad Guy.

In het nummer speelt Eillish met haar geliefde door haar eigen karakter heel stoer te schetsen en juist te grappen over dat van hem. Het nummer werd wereldwijd een hit. In de Amerikaanse Billboard Hot 100 bereikte het de eerste positie. In de Nederlandse Top 40 wist het de negende positie te behalen, en in de Vlaamse Ultratop 50 de derde.

"Bad Guy" (stylized in all lowercase), is a song by the American singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and the fifth single from her first studio album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019). It was released on March 29, 2019, by Darkroom and Interscope Records. The song was described by media as electropop, dance-pop, and trap-pop with minimalist instrumentation. In the lyrics, Eilish taunts someone for being tough while suggesting that she is a more resilient bad guy than he is. Eilish wrote "Bad Guy" with its producer Finneas O'Connell. Another version of the song, a collaboration with the Canadian singer Justin Bieber, was released on July 11, 2019.

Upon release, "Bad Guy" received positive reviews and topped the US Billboard Hot 100 and 16 other international charts including Australia, Canada and New Zealand, while peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart. In the US, it ended the record-breaking 19-week run of "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. "Bad Guy" has received several certifications, including a tenfold platinum award from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and a Diamond certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song received several awards, including Record and Song of the Year at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.

Dave Meyers directed the music video, which depicts Eilish involved in several activities such as wild dancing, suffering a nosebleed and sitting on the back of a man doing push-ups. Reviewers noted the video for its camp elements and eccentric imagery.