# I Am A Very Good Bad Boy In July 2012, Indian pop singer Vennu Mallesh uploaded his track 'It's My Life What Ever I Wanna Do' to YouTube, where its stilted English chorus turned it into a cringe-comedy favorite. The lyric 'I am a very good bad boy' became an image macro on 9GAG in 2017 and resurfaced as a viral TikTok sound in September 2021. ## Origin On July 27, 2012, Vennu Mallesh uploaded the music video for 'It's My Life What Ever I Wanna Do' to YouTube[1]. The video shows Mallesh in a recording booth with two producers and Lipsika, who opens the track by asking if he is going to sing, prompting his line that it is not a song but his life[2]. The upload drew millions of views over the following years as commenters flagged the lyrics for not quite making sense in English. Mallesh is the credited writer and performer, so he counts as the source of the catchphrase itself. The meme format around it, however, grew out of viewer reposts rather than from Mallesh's own channel. - **Platform:** YouTube (2012 upload) / TikTok (2021 viral spread) - **Creator:** Vennu Mallesh - **Date:** 2012 ## Overview Vennu Mallesh sings over a slow studio beat about being misunderstood, with vocalist Lipsika interjecting with questions like 'Hey, what the hell do you think of yourself?'[1] The chorus pivots on the self-description that gave the meme its name, with Mallesh explaining he searches for good in bad and bad in good, which makes him a very good bad boy[2]. Viewers latched onto the earnest delivery and the broken-English phrasing, circulating the clip as so-bad-it's-good content. Two formats run alongside each other. Image macros use a still of Mallesh mid-lyric and pair it with captions where someone owns an insult or flips a question, such as a crush asking 'Why should I date you?'[2]. The short-form video edits sync the Lipsika question and the chorus to lip-dubs, skits and reaction setups, with the audio functioning as a punchline rather than a song. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is I Am A Very Good Bad Boy? It is a lyric and image macro drawn from Vennu Mallesh's 2012 song 'It's My Life What Ever I Wanna Do,' used to show someone owning an insult or flipping a question[1]. ### Where did I Am A Very Good Bad Boy come from? Vennu Mallesh uploaded the song to YouTube on July 27, 2012, and viewers began reposting the clip as a cringe video over the following years[2]. ### What does I Am A Very Good Bad Boy mean? In the song, Mallesh explains he searches for good in bad and bad in good, which he says makes him a very good bad boy, a line meme users deploy as self-deprecating confidence[2]. ### How do you use I Am A Very Good Bad Boy? People typically pair the Lipsika question 'Hey what the hell do you think of yourself?' or a top-text question with the chorus, in either a still image or a short video edit[3]. ### Is I Am A Very Good Bad Boy still popular? The sound had its biggest revival on TikTok in September 2021, when @notjepican_ edits drew tens of millions of views[5][6]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJa2kwoZ2a4]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-am-a-very-good-bad-boy]() 3. [https://9gag.com/gag/a5nXwZr]() 4. [https://9gag.com/gag/a4Qq39v]() 5. [https://www.tiktok.com/@bobppapa/video/7004947447885614342]() 6. [https://www.tiktok.com/@notjepican_/video/7009593599461461253]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/i-am-a-very-good-bad-boy Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library