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Cupido (Tini song)

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"Cupido"
Single by Tini
from the album Cupido
LanguageSpanish
English titleCupid
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2023 (2023-02-14)
GenrePop
Length2:54
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Rengifo
  • Torres
Tini singles chronology
"Por el Resto de Tu Vida"
(2023)
"Cupido"
(2023)
"Me Enteré"
(2023)
Music video
"Cupido" on YouTube

"Cupido" is a song by Argentine singer Tini. The song was released by Sony Music Latin, Hollywood Records and 5020 Records on February 14, 2023, as the tenth single from her fourth studio album of the same name. It was written by Tini, alongside Elena Rose, Andrés Torres and Mauricio Rengifo, and was produced by the former two. The song reached at number 3 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100, and numbers 69 and 32 on the Billboard Global 200 and Global Excl. US. The song also reached the top 50 of the most listened to songs in the worldwide on Spotify.

Background

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In February 2023, Tini published through her social media the cover art, release date and title of her fourth studio album Cupido.[1] Under the post she wrote that the entire album would be released on February 17, 2023, while the song of the same name would be released a few days before the album on February 14, 2023, as the tenth and final single.[2] She released the first teaser of the song on February 12, 2023, hinting part of the song's lyrics, "Q nos pa so". A day before the release, she published the second teaser of the song, and revealed that the song would be released at 7pm Argentina local time.[3][4] On February 15, 2023, she revealed a photoshoot for the song's music video.[3][4]

Composition

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"Cupido" is a mid temp cumbia song with heavy dembow influences.[5] According to the digital music sheet published at SongData.io, the song is written in the key of A major. The song is set in common time and moves through a moderate tempo, having a tempo of 120 beats per minute.[6] Although the title of the song refers to Cupid, the God of love, the song's lyrics are not about romance, but about how Cupid's love arrow misses the right target and leads to complications in the relationship.[4][5]

Music video

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The music video for "Cupido" was directed by Diego Peskins and was released simultaneously with the song on Tini's YouTube/VEVO channel. The music video for "Cupido" features the singer multiplied on a white stage. In the scenes, there are also seen figures with love bows and arrows, representing the Valentine's Day.[3]

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for "Cupido"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Colombia[30] Gold  
Mexico (AMPROFON)[31] Platinum 140,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[32] 4× Platinum 240,000
United States (RIAA)[33] 2× Platinum (Latin) 120,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Tini visita 'El Hormiguero' en plena erupción del volcán Aitana y Sebastián Yatra". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). January 23, 2023. Archived from the original on January 27, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  2. ^ Villa, Lucas (February 17, 2023). "INTERVIEW: Tini Is Shooting Her Shot with New Album "Cupido"". Archived from the original on February 21, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Así suena Cupido, la nueva canción de Tini: letra y vídeo". February 17, 2023. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Duarte, Sebastián (February 17, 2023). "Tini, acerca de lo que significa para ella "Cupido", su nuevo disco: «Una etapa de mucho crecimiento y descubrimiento personal". Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Así es "Cupido", el nuevo álbum de Tini: la etapa pos-Yatra convertida en hits continentales". LaVoz (in Spanish). January 23, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  6. ^ "CUPIDO by TINI – Key and BPM". SongData.io. January 23, 2023.
  7. ^ "Tini – Chart History (Argentina Hot 100)" Billboard Argentina Hot 100 Singles for Tini. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  8. ^ "Radio Airplay Charts - Argentina, Del 22 al 28 de Marzo, 2023". Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  9. ^ "Bolivia Songs: The Week of March 21, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  10. ^ "Top 20 Bolivia del 6 al 12 de Marzo, 2023". Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  11. ^ "Chile Songs: The Week of March 21, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  12. ^ "Top 20 Chile del 6 al 12 de Marzo, 2023". Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  13. ^ "Top 20 Costa Rica - Urbano - del 6 al 12 de Marzo, 2023". Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  14. ^ "Top 20 Ecuador - Urbano - del 6 al 12 de Marzo, 2023". Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  15. ^ "Top 20 El Salvador - del 6 al 12 de Marzo, 2023". Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
  16. ^ "Billboard Global 200: The Week of March 21, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  17. ^ "Monitor Latino - Mexico - Pop - Del 22 al 28 de Marzo, 2023" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  18. ^ "Monitor Latino - Mexico - Pop - Del 22 al 28 de Marzo, 2023". Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  19. ^ "Top 50 Internacional BMAT-PRODUCE del" (in Spanish). Sociedad Panameña de Productores Fonográficos. Archived from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  20. ^ "Top 20 Panama del 20 al 26 de Marzo, 2023". Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  21. ^ "Top 20 Paraguay del 20 al 26 de Marzo, 2023". Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  22. ^ "Peru Songs: The Week of March 21, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  23. ^ "Top 20 Peru del 20 al 26 de Marzo, 2023". Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 25, 2023.
  24. ^ "Tini – Cupido" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  25. ^ "Top 20 Uruguay del 20 al 26 de Marzo, 2023". Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  26. ^ "Latin Pop Airplay: The Week of August 26, 2023". Billboard. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  27. ^ "June – Top #100 de canciones de SGP" (in Spanish). Sociedad de Gestión de Productores Fonográficos del Paraguay. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  28. ^ "Historial Chart Mensual - Marzo 2023" (in Spanish). Cámara Uruguaya de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. July 6, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  29. ^ "Billboard Global Excl. U.S. – Year-End 2023". Billboard. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
  30. ^ "Sony Music Colombia on Instagram" (in Spanish). Sony Music Colombia. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  31. ^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Retrieved August 17, 2023. Type Tini in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Cupido in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
  32. ^ "Spanish single certifications – Tini – Cupido". El portal de Música. Productores de Música de España. Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  33. ^ "American single certifications – Tini – Cupido". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved October 30, 2023.