{"id":619047,"date":"2026-09-17T15:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/619047\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T15:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:48:10","slug":"freya-skye-talks-bad-taste-new-music-video-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/619047\/","title":{"rendered":"Freya Skye Talks ‘Bad Taste,’ New Music Video & What’s Next"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWhen Freya Skye<\/a> first performed \u201cBad Taste\u201d at her debut headlining show in New York in December 2025, she wasn\u2019t sure the song would ever leave the scene of the stage.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe then-unreleased track was stripped back to just Skye and her guitarist, Donnie. \u201cI remember being terrified,\u201d Skye tells Billboard. \u201cIt was my first ever headline show I\u2019d ever done, and I was in New York \u2026 It was quite exposed and vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThen came the moment that changed her mind. \u201cBy the last chorus, [the crowd] was singing the words and I was like, \u2018Well this is great. I feel way less alone by the end,’\u201d she recalls. \u201cIf 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, \u2018Oh, well, this has to be a thing. This has to come out.’\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNearly a year later, \u201cBad Taste\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut the song\u2019s journey from an acoustic debut to an official release didn\u2019t just happen overnight.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen Skye\u2019s Stardust EP was released without \u201cBad Taste\u201d on its track list back in February, her fans made their disappointment known. \u201cI saw my fans\u2019 reaction, how they were like, \u2018Oh, we\u2019re so excited, but where\u2019s \u201cBad Taste\u201d?’\u201d she says. \u201cI knew it was something that they really, really wanted to have to be able to listen to.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe reaction from fans pushed the song forward, especially after they had heard multiple live and acoustic iterations. Skye was ready to give them the definitive recorded version \u2014 but getting there was more complicated than she had initially anticipated.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI had a really hard time establishing how the studio version should sound,\u201d she says. \u201cSometimes some things sound great live, but there\u2019s an energy and an electricity in it that you can\u2019t replicate on a recorded version.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEventually, she asked her team to take the live arrangement into the studio. Instead of recording individual lines over and over, Skye sang the song from top to bottom. She even brought the physicality of her live shows into the recording booth, jumping around and ad-libbing as she sang.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI think something that\u2019s so important to the song is the energy and the life that\u2019s in it,\u201d she explains. \u201cI think the energy over a \u2018perfection\u2019 or \u2018on paper\u2019 vocal [makes it] uninteresting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe result draws a through line between the song\u2019s original live incarnation and its studio counterpart, while still giving listeners something new.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEven on the last leg of the Stars Align Tour, \u2018Bad Taste\u2019 was my favorite,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe live ambiance also feeds directly into what Skye hopes listeners will take away from the song. \u201cBad Taste\u201d is admittedly a bit of a departure from the more serious songwriting that exists in much of her discography, allowing her to lean into sarcasm, humor and self-awareness.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2018Bad Taste\u2019 is the first time I was a bit less serious,\u201d she says. \u201cWhat meets the eye is just like a playful, kind of sarcastic tone that I\u2019ve never gone into before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAt its core, Skye says, the song is about being willing to laugh at herself. \u201cI love talking about other people in my songs too. I\u2019ve done that for a long time, like picking at people who suck,\u201d she says. \u201cBut sometimes I suck too. And I have to acknowledge that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFinding the right balance was important to her: She didn\u2019t want the song to become overly self-deprecating or lose its humor by taking the joke too far. In the end, she\u2019s proud of where the song landed, and the response from fans has only reinforced the way she feels.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd as if the gift of the song wasn\u2019t enough, \u201cBad Taste\u201d is getting an equally playful music video.<\/p>\n

\n\tSkye says music videos have been a fairly challenging part of finding her artistic identity, but the new video gave her an opportunity to embrace something she has loved since she was young: telling stories.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI love something that takes you on a journey and gives you a story that you can add up with the song and be like, \u2018Oh, OK, I see the whole thing now,’\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe \u201cBad Taste\u201d video, she explains, is intended to feel more like a \u201cmini movie,\u201d filled with characters, continuity and small details that reward multiple watchings. It\u2019s also a direction she hopes to carry in the future of her music videos.<\/p>\n

\n\tOne of her favorite scenes to film involved a food fight at the end of the video. Shot in Lancaster, California, in the middle of the desert, Skye throws a milkshake at a car before a group of people from the nearby diner rushes out and joins in, hurling food at the vehicle.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt was so hot, but I\u2019m in these heels and I have a milkshake and I throw it at his car,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd then you have everyone in the diner rush out. They\u2019re all throwing food at the car.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile \u201cBad Taste\u201d might feel like a new beginning to fans who have been waiting for its official release, Skye sees it a little differently. The song isn\u2019t part of her forthcoming album. Instead, she considers it a final punctuation mark on the Stardust era.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhen I performed \u2018Bad Taste\u2019 at my acoustic shows with the other Stardust songs and discussing where \u2018Bad Taste\u2019 fits in the picture, I couldn\u2019t see blending it into the next chapter,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor Skye, moving forward means embracing a fresh start. So instead of serving a taste (no pun intended) of what\u2019s coming next, Skye says \u201cBad Taste\u201d is \u201cmore like a goodbye to the [Stars Align] chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThat part of the story may be closing, but Skye isn\u2019t leaving the era\u2019s songs behind. She\u2019ll continue performing them as she expands the Stars Align Tour into Latin America and Asia in 2027, bringing her live show to Mexico City, Bogot\u00e1, Santiago, Buenos Aires, S\u00e3o Paulo, Bangkok, Singapore, Manila, Tokyo, Seoul and Taipei, ahead of the arrival of her return as Nova in Disney\u2019s ZOMBIES 5 next summer.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHopefully [\u2018Bad Taste\u2019] can get people excited for the next shift,\u201d Skye says. \u201cI think that\u2019s going to be more \u2014 not drastic, but I do think it will feel more elevated than anything before.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the full \u201cBad Taste\u201d music video below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Freya Skye first performed \u201cBad Taste\u201d at her debut headlining show in New York in December 2025,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[15626,146,2646,85,46,409,1098],"class_list":["post-619047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-billboard-uk","tag-entertainment","tag-genre-pop","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music","tag-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}