Lindo Pero Bruto
"Lindo Pero Bruto" | ||||
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Single by Thalía and Lali | ||||
from the album Valiente | ||||
Language | Spanish | |||
English title | "Cute But Dumb" | |||
Released | January 25, 2019 | |||
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Length | 2:57 | |||
Label | Sony Latin | |||
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Thalía singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Lindo Pero Bruto" on YouTube |
"Lindo Pero Bruto" (English: "Cute But Dumb"[1]) is a song by Mexican singer Thalía and Argentine singer Lali, from Thalía's fourteenth studio album, Valiente (2018). Written and produced by Andrés Castro, Edgar Barrera, DalePlay, Oscarcito and Patrick Romantik, it was released by Sony Music Latin as the album's fourth single on January 25, 2019.
In 2020, the song was named by Billboard magazine as one of the best all-female collaborations in Latin music.[2]
Background
Rumors of a collaboration between the two singers started in March 2018, while Lali was promoting her single "
"Lindo Pero Bruto" is a song dedicated to those men who talk the talk but don’t walk the walk, don’t offer much, or are only good for one thing.[1] The song has been described as "reggaeton meets pop music, very dance-ready and surely something that Latin radios and Latin clubs will love equally to play."[7] Jeff Benjamin of Forbes magazine described the song as "a playful-yet-powerful reggaeton throbber."[8]
Music video
Directed by Daniel Duran, the music video made its official premiere on American television show ¡Despierta América! on the morning of January 29, 2019.[9] In the "candy-colored" music video for "Lindo Pero Bruto", both singers give life to a Barbie-inspired world filled with many neon colors, sweet treats, and dolls.[1] Thalía and Lali play two female thinkers who are in a laboratory creating a futuristic machine to build a male prototype — in other words, the perfect man. However, they are the ones who become dolls.[10] Described as "colorful, light-hearted and fun,"[7] the music video was inspired by the 1985 film Weird Science.[11][12]
Thalía and Lali celebrated the success of the music video on
The music video received a nomination for Best Video at the 2020 Heat Latin Music Awards.[14]
Background
The shooting took around 15 hours and it took place in New York City. According to the singers, it was freezing in the city and Lali had to film in shorts and a tee.[6] In an interview with Forbes magazine, Thalía said: "I had [the idea] for a long time and I always wanted to do a video inspired by the '80s movie Weird Science and I always wanted to create my own doll and bring it to a plastic-fantastic, neon-pink-blue-world candyland. When I heard this song, I thought "boom!" the idea for so many years has landed! And I asked Lali, she said yes, and that completed the circle.[8] As of January 2020, the video has been viewed around 75 million times on YouTube, and streamed more than 25 million times on Spotify.
Live performances
Thalía and Lali performed the song together for the first time at the
Controversy
As the title suggests ("pretty, but dumb"), the song's
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.[21]
- Thalía Sodi – vocals, executive producer
- Lali Espósito – vocals
- Edgar Barrera – producer, songwriting
- Andrés Castro – producer, songwriting
- Oscarcito – producer, songwriting
- DalePlay – producer, songwriting
- Patrick Romantik – producer, songwriting
- Armando Ávila – executive producer, engineer, recording engineer
- Tommy Mottola – executive producer
- Karina Pagán – A&R coordinator
- Alex Gallardo – A&R director
- Isabel De Jesús – A&R Director
- Adriana Muñoz – assistant producer
- Pablo Arraya – engineer
- Emilio Ávila – executive director
- Felipe Tichauer – mastering engineer, recording engineer
- Luis Barrera – mixing engineer
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[37] | Gold (Latin) | 30,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ a b c Roiz, Jessica (January 30, 2019). "Thalía and Lali Drop Candy-Colored 'Lindo Pero Bruto' Video: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- ^ Villa, Lucas (March 19, 2020). "In Honor of Women's History Month, Here Are 10 All-Female Collaborations in Latin Music". Billboard. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "Lali Espósito estrenó tema a dueto con Thalía". Al Día (in Spanish). November 11, 2018. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ^ "Se filtró la nueva canción de Lali Espósito y Thalía: ¡Escuchá el adelanto!". El Intransigente (in Spanish). October 31, 2018. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
- ^ ""Lindo pero bruto", la polémica canción que lanzaron Thalía y Lali Espósito". La Raza (in Spanish). January 27, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ a b Roiz, Jessica (March 5, 2019). "Thalia Admits She Slid Into Lali's DMs for 'Lindo Pero Bruto' Collab in New 'How It Went Down' Episode: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ a b Apaza, Kevin (January 30, 2019). "Thalia Manufactures HOT GUYS In "Lindo Pero Bruto" Music Video: Watch Now!". DirectLyrics. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- ^ a b Benjamin, Jeff (March 6, 2019). "Thalía & Lali Discuss How Collaboration 'Lindo Pero Bruto' Spotlights A 'Feminine World Taking Over'". Forbes. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ "Thalía compartirá junto a Lali Espósito una noche muy especial (entérate qué están planeando)". Univision (in Spanish). January 29, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ^ Raygoza, Isabela (February 21, 2019). "Thalía on Embracing Girl Power, Turning the Tables in Latin Pop". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
- ^ Villa, Lucas (January 30, 2019). "Thalía & Lali play Barbies in 'Lindo Pero Bruto' music video". axs.com. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ a b "Thalía Responds to Claims She Has Offended Her Male Followers". ¡Hola!. January 30, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ Rutherford, Kevin (February 21, 2019). "Brian McKnight's James Ingram Tribute Leads Top Facebook Live Videos Chart For January 2019". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ^ Fernandez, Suzette (February 18, 2020). "J Balvin & Farruko Lead Heat Latin Music Awards 2020 Nominations: See Full List". Billboard. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- ^ Fernandez, Suzette (January 23, 2019). "Marc Anthony, Thalia and Daddy Yankee to Perform at Premio Lo Nuestro 2019". Billboard. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ Fernandez, Suzette (January 31, 2019). "Pedro Capó, Silvestre Dangond & More Added as 2019 Premio Lo Nuestro Performers". Billboard. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ Drysdale, Jennifer (February 21, 2019). "Natti Natasha on the 'Big Responsibility' of Her 15 Premio Lo Nuestro Nominations (Exclusive)". Yahoo! News. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
- ^ Torres, Alejandra (21 February 2019). "The Most Memorable Moments of the 2019 Premio Lo Nuestro". Hola!. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
- ^ Diaz, Thatiana (March 8, 2019). "Meet Lali, The Argentinian Music Star With Feminist Flair". Refinery29. Retrieved March 9, 2019.
- ^ CANCIÓN DE THALÍA Y LALI ESPÓSITO GENERA CONTROVERSIA
- ^ "Valiente / Thalía TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
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- ^ "Top 20 Bolivia – Del 4 al 10 de Marzo, 2019" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ "Top 100 Ecuador – Semana 11 del 2019 – Del 08/03/2019 al 08/03/2019". National-Report. Archived from the original on March 17, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ "Top 20 El Salvador Pop – Del 18 al 24 de Febrero, 2019" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ^ "Top 20 Pop Honduras – Del 18 al 24 de Marzo, 2019" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ "Thalía Chart History (Mexico Pop Espanol Airplay)". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ "Top 20 Mexico Pop – Del 18 al 24 de Febrero, 2019" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ^ "Top 20 Puerto Rico Pop – Del 11 al 17 de Febrero, 2019" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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- ^ "American single certifications – Thalia & Lali – Lindo Pero Bruto". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 17, 2019.