It was released through YG Entertainment on May 28, 2013, with the accompanying music video uploaded to YouTube simultaneously.

[2] Musically, "The Baddest Female" is a hip hop song that incorporates elements of dubstep and electro.

[1][2][3] The original title of "The Baddest Female" was announced as "Bad Girl" on May 23, 2013 by YG Entertainment, but it was changed after Lee Hyori released a single entitled "Bad Girls" and YG renamed the English title to "The Baddest Female".

[3][6] "The Baddest Female" was first publicly revealed via a promo photo released by YG Entertainment.

[7][8] It features CL's YG Entertainment label mates G-Dragon, Taeyang from the Korean boy band Big Bang, Lydia Paek and Teddy Park.