Tanis opens a new chapter with The Bad One, an alt-pop single built around soft electronic detail, close vocal pressure, and the messy mechanics of post-breakup blame.
“I know I’m no angel, but my dear you weren’t a saint,” she sings, placing the track inside a space where memory, guilt, and self-protection start to blur.
The arrangement keeps its frame controlled: crisp pop structure, low-glow electronic texture, and a vocal mixed close enough to carry the tension without overloading the drama.
The hook lands with quiet bite: “you can be the good one baby / I can be the bad one.” Instead of fighting for the final version of the story, Tanis lets accountability become part of the song’s release system.
“You can blame the whole thing on me / if it helps you feel free” gives the track its centre. Not clean guilt, but emotional surrender with sharp edges.
Tanis explains:
There are two sides to every story, and often at times those two stories can be remarkably different depending on who the storyteller is. In my own story, I would like to think that I am the honourable protagonist, but I have come to learn that from another perspective, I may indeed be the villain, the bad one.
Following her 2025 EP Just some stories, The Bad One sharpens Tanis’ alt-pop identity, bringing composer instinct, global texture, and emotional mess into one controlled confession.