Director Manikandan said, “I am completely unprepared for the occasion as I didn’t hear the song. But I am in awe of Arivu’s lyrics. It encapsulates the beauty of Tamil culture. The song is conceptualized about the equality. When citing the term ‘Equality’, it’s about every being, even the grass and butterfly. Dhee has done a remarkable job and her rendition expressed the emotions of the lyrics. Working with Santhosh Narayanan was awe-inspiring. He took more efforts in making the essence of every word grasped by lay people was excellent.”

Director Nalan Kumarasamy said, “I have already listened to the song, but I got more enthralled watching the visuals. Every song must narrate a story and this song has done it.”

Director Mari Selvaraj said, “Dhee is such a talented artist and she owns a unique style of rendition. Despite being from Australia, she adapted and delivered more songs with the right pronunciations. Getting on with this song, both Arivu and Dhee together have delivered a power-packed track. Both of them will have big honours and acclaims from all over the places. It’s really great to see Santhosh bringing them together for this song. Santhosh is always in awe of Arivu like Dhee. Santhosh sir is such a humble and down-to-earth person. Whenever, I show some talents even from the deep remote villages, he would immediately ask them to record a song and give a breakthrough.”

"Rowdy Baby" was listed as one of the year's best Tamil songs by musicaloud.com, and in the Top 10 Tamil songs of November on Film Companion by Karthik Srinivasan, who called it a "fantastic song, with a swinging African-style guitar and funky singing by Dhanush and Dhee".

 Aarthi Murali of Silverscreen stated the song to be "cheeky, stupid, and of the best kind".