Babydoll

Album: Don't Forget About Me, Demos (2018)
Charted: 8 16
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Songfacts®:

  • In this heart-tugging love song, Dominic Fike's lover is giving him the cold shoulder, but he's not ready to let go. He's glued to the phone, channel-surfing, just hoping she'll reach out. In a nutshell, he's begging her to stick around. Even though they've been apart for a while, she's always on his mind.
  • Fike recorded "BabyDoll" for his debut EP Don't Forget About Me, Demos. This song's lyrics also give detail about the background to the record and Fike's parents.

    Find me on Miami concrete
    Lookin' for somebody different 'cause my daddy was a pimp
    My mama had her issues but I miss her anyway


    The singer wrote most of the EP while he was under house arrest in Florida for assaulting a police officer.

    Fike's pimp dad was out of the picture when he was growing up while his drug addicted mom was in and out of jail.
  • Fike chose to release Don't Forget About Me, Demos on October 16, 2018, as that was the day he'd have to drive his mom to jail.
  • Dominic Fike co-wrote "Babydoll" with his longtime engineer Julian Cruz.
  • A new wave of TikTok usage gave "Babydoll" a second life in early 2026, years after its 2018 release. Multiple new lyric and sped-up uploads in early February 2026 helped introduce the song to listeners who missed it the first time around. In the UK, "Babydoll" originally only scraped the lower end of the Official Singles Chart, but the streaming surge resulted in it reaching the Top 30 on the chart dated February 15, 2026. It also landed on the US Hot 100 for the first time.

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