It was written and composed by Tha Aristocratz and TC Mack, along with Jonathan Manalo and BGYO's Angelo Troy Rivera and Akira Morishita.

[1] The track was one of the BGYO songs—"Kundiman", "He's Into Her", "The Baddest"—chosen to be part of The Lunar Codex's "Polaris Collection" time capsules bound to the Moon in 2023.

[4] The accompanying music video of "The Baddest" has received numerous validation from the netizens, as it trended on YouTube and peaked at number 6 upon its release.

The gritty yet smooth pop track sees the boys sing about being attracted to a special someone, the aforementioned baddest.While other songs showed uplifting themes and sweet images, "The Baddest" was more fierce and gruff, but not to the point of aggressive.Prior to the official release, cryptic video teasers and concept photos circulated in the social media that fuels ACEs (the fans) with theories stemming the involvement of the Filipina actress Liza Soberano on the comeback.

It was presented in a sci-fi action concept wherein Gelo, Akira, JL, Mikki, and Nate played spies of the "ACEs Elite Secret Service" along with the head agent portrayed by Liza Soberano as "Binibining Haliya", taking revenge to Bakunawa - a great and frightening serpent-like dragon in Philippine mythology.

Let the mission begin!5 of the best moments on BGYO’s "The Baddest" MV that had us on edge until the very end: their new moves, spitting bars in Filipino, when they flexed their Barongs, Liza Soberano's cameo and the post-apocalyptic CGI and cliffhanger.