Bae Bae

YG Entertainment announced the title tracks of BigBang's "MADE Series: M" in the third teaser, including two singles, "Loser" and "Bae Bae". Two of the four teasers for D-1 to D-4 consist of the song info, including who was responsible for the tracks' composition. "Bae Bae" is a trap-infected hip-hop/R&B song, The song uses instrumentation from guitar. G-Dragon revealed that the song was inspired by the work of British artist Francis Bacon. He explained that "one day I was looking at some of Francis Bacon's work in a museum and it strangely felt erotic to me. I'm not sure why." And added "we were working on the album at the time, while I was writing the music, I kept looking at his paintings. So they inspired me a lot one way or another." ==Critical reception==

Billboard ranked "Bae Bae" at number fifteen in their "20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2015" list while Dazed placed the track at number eight in their list of the same name, stating that the song "offered a playful wander through young love in contrast to their signature airtight construction, with rappers G-Dragon and T.O.P delivering a bouncing, energetic flow while Taeyang, Daesung and Seungri's vocals smoothed out its brashest moments." Korean online magazine IZM also named it one of best singles of the year, complimenting the song's confidence over its "shameless beat", and how the track was able to get the unusual achievement of being both popular in the mainstream and an experimental piece. The Chicago Sun-Times included the track in their unranked list of ten best BigBang songs. While commenting on the single, Alicia Tan from Mashable stated that "one can't deny how Big Bang always hits the nail on the head when it comes to balancing out soothing vocals with hard-hitting rap to make on point songs." "Bae Bae" was nominated for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Song and won Song of the Year at the 2016 edition of the critics given Korean Music Awards. ==Awards and nominations==

With only two days in the tracking week, "Bae Bae" debuted at number two on the Gaon Download Chart with 217,594 sales, number three on the Digital Chart, and number 15 on the Streaming Chart. On the second week, the single rose to number two on the Digital and Streaming Chart, while it remained second on the Download Chart, with 178,764 copies sold. "Bae Bae" sold 828,966 copies in two months. By the end of the year, "Bae Bae" sold 1,421,715 digital units, making it the seventh most downloaded single in the country in 2015. The song debuted on Billboard's 'World Digital Songs' chart at number two, behind the group's own "Loser" on May 7. The music video was the fourth most viewed K-pop video in the U.S. and around the world for the month of April, according to Billboard, with only two days worth of views. The song ranked eight as the most popular Korean singles in 2015 in Taiwan by music streaming service KKBOX. In Hong Kong, "Bae Bae" was one of the ten best-selling songs of 2015, and received a digital award by the RTHK. == Music video ==

The music video was directed by Seo Hyun-seung, who previously directed "Fantastic Baby" (2012). The video includes various erotic, yet not explicit references, which was deemed "rather risque for K-pop standards." Fuse noticed how the group "defies norms" with the video's "craziest visual." Vulture.com choose the single in the "10 Best New Songs of the Week," stating that "Big Bang is the best at blending aesthetics, and the music video is a prime example of how they jump from romance-novel realness to the Mad Hatter like a psychedelic bumblebee in." "Bae Bae" won Best Music Video at the 2015 Mnet Asian Music Awards. ==Chart performance==

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