"Bad Time" is a song recorded by American singer Sabrina Carpenter from her third studio album Singular: Act I (2018).
It serves as the sixth track of the album and was released by Hollywood Records as the second promotional single on November 1, 2018.
[1] Musically, "Bad Time" is a three minutes and five seconds up-tempo synth-driven song with electropop influences.
[4][5] Lyrically, the song talks about someone who's calling for a "good time", but the invitation is denied because, previously, that person has already messed with Carpenter's mind.
[5] The Line of Best Fit called the song "an undeniable highlight [and] also perhaps the best example of the lyricism and pop sensibility Carpenter brings to [Singular: Act I] as a whole, creating image-heavy scenarios that are then exploded into a chorus with sticky hooks and a massive pay-off.