"Bae Bae" is a single recorded by South Korean group Big Bang. It was released digitally on May 1, 2015 by YG Entertainment, as the second single from MADE Series and M, it's remark the first music release alongside "Loser" for the band since 2012. "Bae Bae" was noted for its sexual lyrics and music video. Critically acclaimed, the song finished 2015 at number four on the Gaon Digital's year-end chart, making Big Bang the first act to have three songs in the Top 5 year-end chart.

YG Entertainment announced the title tracks of Big Bang'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, that was noted for its "boundary-pushing elements" and sexual references. G-Dragon relevead 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.”

Billboard ranked the track at number fifteen in their "20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2015" list while Dazed placed "Bae Bae" 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."Sun-Times included the track in their unranked list of ten best Big Bang songs. In a survey involving 30 music industry experts by South Korean magazine Dong-a Ilbo, "Bae Bae" was chosen as the fifth best male idol song in the past 20 years. 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.

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