"Cupido" (; ) is a song by Argentine singer Tini. It was released on February 14, 2023, through

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and

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as the tenth and last single from her fourth studio album of the same name. It was written by Tini, alongside

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, Andrés Torres and Mauricio Rengifo, and was produced by the former two. The song reached at number 3 on the ''

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, 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

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Background

In February 2023, Tini published through her

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the cover art, release date and title of her fourth studio album ''

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''. 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. 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. On February 15, 2023, she revealed a photoshoot for the song's music video.

Composition

"Cupido" is a mid temp

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song with heavy

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influences. According to the digital music sheet published at SongData.io, the song is written in the key of

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. The song is set in

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and moves through a moderate

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, having a tempo of 120

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. Although the title of the song refers to

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, 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.

Music video

The music video for "Cupido" was directed by Diego Peskins and was released simultaneously with the song on Tini's

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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

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s, representing the

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Charts

Weekly charts

Monthly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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