The series is adapted from a novel titled 'Behind The Scenes' (Hlang Man) signed by Dizi, Afterday, and -West-.

Bad Buddy is one of 16 series for 2021 presented at GMMTV's 'GMMTV 2021: The New Decade Begins' event on December 3, 2020, and replaced the Friday time slot of Fish upon the Sky's rerun on GMM25.

The series was included in Teen Vogue's list of the best BL dramas of 2022.

On November 15, 2021, it rose to number 1 in WeTV Thailand's ranking of the most popular BL series, reached the top in Thailand's series/drama category on November 23, 2021, and broke the platform's all-time most-watched production record after the airing of episode 7 on December 13, 2021.

After the first episode aired, the series rose to number one on Twitter in Thailand and number four globally, and remained on the global agenda every week throughout the broadcast.

Despite airing only on the iWantTFC platform in the Philippines, the series rose to 9th place in the weekly most-watched list with the English-subtitled version, and to 8th place after episode 7, while the Tagalog dubbed version also reached 9th place.

In the Philippines, the series was purchased by ABS-CBN through Dreamscape Entertainment on June 28, 2021, and aired with English subtitles from October 29, 2021, simultaneously with Thailand, with the Tagalog dubbed version added from November 4, 2021.

In Japan, the series was purchased by TV Asahi and au and aired with Japanese subtitles on the Telasa platform from November 11, 2021, and TV Asahi began television broadcast in the Kanto region in 2022.

The story of the Ink and Pa (yuri) characters in the series aired as the 'Zero Photography' episode of the 'Magic of Zero' mini-series on August 11, 2022, with Milk and Love reprising their roles.

Ohm and Nanon reprised their roles as Pat and Pran in GMMTV's 'Our Skyy 2' anthology series.