Lindo Pero Bruto
{{Infobox song
| name = Lindo Pero Bruto
| cover = File:Thalia Lali Lindo Pero Bruto.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| album = Valiente
| language = Spanish
| English_title = "Cute But Dumb"
| released = {{Start date|2019|01|25}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Latin pop|reggaeton}}
| length = 2:57
| label = Sony Latin
| writer = * Andrés Castro
- Edgar Barrera
- Jesús Herrera
- Oscar Hernández
- Patrick Ingunza
| producer = * Andrés Castro
- Edgar Barrera
- DalePlay
- Oscarcito
- Patrick Romantik
| chronology = Thalía
| prev_title = Lento
| prev_year = 2018
| next_title = Qué Ironía
| next_year = 2019
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Lali
| type = single
| prev_title = Caliente
| prev_year = 2018
| title = Lindo Pero Bruto
| year = 2019
| next_title = Somos Amantes
| next_year = 2019
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|PjLNpTMmRZw|"Lindo Pero Bruto"}}}}
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"Lindo Pero Bruto" (English: "Cute But Dumb"{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8495715/thalia-lali-lindo-pero-bruto-video|title=Thalía and Lali Drop Candy-Colored 'Lindo Pero Bruto' Video: Watch|first=Jessica|last=Roiz|date=January 30, 2019|accessdate=January 30, 2019|magazine=Billboard}}) 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/9338303/all-female-latin-music-collaborations|title=In Honor of Women's History Month, Here Are 10 All-Female Collaborations in Latin Music|magazine=Billboard|first=Lucas|last=Villa|date=March 19, 2020|accessdate=March 22, 2020}}
Background
Rumors of a collaboration between the two singers started in March 2018, while Lali was promoting her single "100 Grados" in Mexico. There, she posted a video to her Instagram Stories in which she acknowledged Thalía, saying: "This story is particularly for Thalía, who followed me some time ago and got me so excited. So, while I am in Mexico, I want to send you a huge kiss and to tell you that you are the best."{{cite web|url=http://www.aldiadallas.com/2018/11/11/lali-esposito-estreno-tema-a-dueto-con-thalia/|title=Lali Espósito estrenó tema a dueto con Thalía|date=November 11, 2018|accessdate=January 26, 2019|language=Spanish|work=Al Día}} In October, 2018, previous to the release of Valiente, the song got leaked, which made Lali confirm the rumors, saying: "After what happened, I can confirm that I'm singing a song with Thalía!", adding that "[it] is the greatest honor in the world and I'm just telling you one thing: #LPB, Lindo Pero Bruto. A worldwide hit with queen Thalía is coming!"{{cite web|url=https://www.elintransigente.com/espectaculo/famosos/2018/10/31/se-filtro-la-nueva-cancion-de-lali-esposito-thalia-escucha-el-adelanto-520541.html|title=Se filtró la nueva canción de Lali Espósito y Thalía: ¡Escuchá el adelanto!|work=El Intransigente|date=October 31, 2018|accessdate=January 26, 2019|language=Spanish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401015125/https://www.elintransigente.com/espectaculo/famosos/2018/10/31/se-filtro-la-nueva-cancion-de-lali-esposito-thalia-escucha-el-adelanto-520541.html|archive-date=April 1, 2019|url-status=dead}} Thalía admitted that while gossiping on Instagram, she came across a photo of Lali in Mexico and sent her a direct message, saying: "Let's do a worldwide hit!"{{cite web|url=https://laraza.com/2019/01/27/lindo-pero-bruto-la-polemica-cancion-que-lanzaron-thalia-y-lali-esposito/|title="Lindo pero bruto", la polémica canción que lanzaron Thalía y Lali Espósito|work=La Raza|date=January 27, 2019|accessdate=January 28, 2019|language=Spanish}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8500941/how-it-went-down-thalia-lali-lindo-pero-bruto|title=Thalia Admits She Slid Into Lali's DMs for 'Lindo Pero Bruto' Collab in New 'How It Went Down' Episode: Watch|magazine=Billboard|first=Jessica|last=Roiz|date=March 5, 2019|accessdate=March 7, 2019}}
"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. 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."{{cite web|url=https://directlyrics.com/thalia-manufactures-hot-guys-in-lindo-pero-bruto-music-video-watch-now-news.html|title=Thalia Manufactures HOT GUYS In "Lindo Pero Bruto" Music Video: Watch Now!|website=DirectLyrics|date=January 30, 2019|accessdate=January 30, 2019|last=Apaza|first=Kevin}} Jeff Benjamin of Forbes magazine described the song as "a playful-yet-powerful reggaeton throbber."{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbenjamin/2019/03/06/thalia-lali-collaboration-lindo-pero-bruto-spotlights-feminine-world-taking-over-interview/#525a6b492441|title=Thalía & Lali Discuss How Collaboration 'Lindo Pero Bruto' Spotlights A 'Feminine World Taking Over'|date=March 6, 2019|accessdate=March 7, 2019|work=Forbes|first=Jeff|last=Benjamin}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.univision.com/san-francisco/kdtv/shows/despierta-america/thalia-compartira-junto-a-lali-esposito-una-noche-muy-especial-enterate-que-estan-planeando-video|title=Thalía compartirá junto a Lali Espósito una noche muy especial (entérate qué están planeando)|date=January 29, 2019|accessdate=January 29, 2019|website=Univision|language=Spanish}} 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. 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/thalia-valiente-lindo-pero-bruto-timbiriche-796556/|title=Thalía on Embracing Girl Power, Turning the Tables in Latin Pop|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Isabela|last=Raygoza|date=February 21, 2019|accessdate=February 23, 2019}} Described as "colorful, light-hearted and fun," the music video was inspired by the 1985 film Weird Science.{{cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/thal-a-lali-play-barbies-in-lindo-pero-bruto-music-video-136440|title=Thalía & Lali play Barbies in 'Lindo Pero Bruto' music video|website=axs.com|date=January 30, 2019|accessdate=January 31, 2019|first=Lucas|last=Villa}}{{cite web|url=https://us.hola.com/celebrities/2019013016466/thalia-new-music-lali-esposito-song-meaning/|title=Thalía Responds to Claims She Has Offended Her Male Followers|date=January 30, 2019|accessdate=January 31, 2019|work=¡Hola!}}
Thalía and Lali celebrated the success of the music video on YouTube through a Facebook live stream, which debuted at no. 2 on the January issue of the Billboard Top Facebook Live Videos Chart with 368 thousand views. It was also the most commented live stream of the month, with 14 thousand comments.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8499409/james-ingram-tribute-leads-top-facebook-live-videos-chart|title=Brian McKnight's James Ingram Tribute Leads Top Facebook Live Videos Chart For January 2019|magazine=Billboard|first=Kevin|last=Rutherford|date=February 21, 2019|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}
The music video received a nomination for Best Video at the 2020 Heat Latin Music Awards.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/8551344/heat-latin-music-awards-2020-nominees|title=J Balvin & Farruko Lead Heat Latin Music Awards 2020 Nominations: See Full List|first=Suzette|last=Fernandez|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=February 19, 2020|date=February 18, 2020}}
=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. 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. 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 31st edition of Premios Lo Nuestro, where Natti Natasha joined them to perform "No me acuerdo".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8494643/premio-lo-nuestro-2019-performers|title=Marc Anthony, Thalia and Daddy Yankee to Perform at Premio Lo Nuestro 2019|first=Suzette|last=Fernandez|magazine=Billboard|date=January 23, 2019|accessdate=January 25, 2019}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8495887/pedro-capo-silvestre-dangond-added-premio-lo-nuestro|title=Pedro Capó, Silvestre Dangond & More Added as 2019 Premio Lo Nuestro Performers|first=Suzette|last=Fernandez|magazine=Billboard|date=January 31, 2019|accessdate=January 31, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/natti-natasha-apos-big-responsibility-235824599.html|title=Natti Natasha on the 'Big Responsibility' of Her 15 Premio Lo Nuestro Nominations (Exclusive)|work=Yahoo! News|first=Jennifer|last=Drysdale|accessdate=February 22, 2019|date=February 21, 2019}} Alejandra Torres of Hola! magazine chose the "explosive" performance as one of the most memorable moments of the night.{{cite web|url=https://us.hola.com/celebrities/2019022221478/premios-lo-nuestro-2019-best-moments/|title=The Most Memorable Moments of the 2019 Premio Lo Nuestro|first=Alejandra|last=Torres|work=Hola!|date=21 February 2019 |accessdate=February 22, 2019}}
Controversy
As the title suggests ("pretty, but dumb"), the song's feminist lyrics defy the machismo culture that still thrives in many countries, causing a bit of controversy in those places.{{cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/03/224596/lali-esposito-lindo-pero-bruto-music-video|title=Meet Lali, The Argentinian Music Star With Feminist Flair|first=Thatiana|last=Diaz|date=March 8, 2019|accessdate=March 9, 2019|work=Refinery29}} Some people have interpreted the single as containing an anti-male message.[http://pegaisimafm.com/radio/entretenimiento/cancion-thalia-lali-esposito-genera-controversia/ CANCIÓN DE THALÍA Y LALI ESPÓSITO GENERA CONTROVERSIA] However, Thalía admitted it's really a song about empowering anyone who listens to it – especially women. In an interview with ¡Despierta America!, when asked what would happen if a man told a woman she was "cute but dumb", the Mexican singer responded: "How many centuries, how many years have gone by for a song like this to exist. We've truly, as women, lived so many decades in which the roles have been the complete opposite, and it's now a time in which things are said as they are, there's no filter. I think women today, we're more united, more solid than ever in all aspects: political, artistic, religious, social. And I think it's time to have fun – to speak our minds."
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.{{cite web|title=Valiente / Thalía TIDAL|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/96845513|website=Tidal|accessdate=January 26, 2019}}
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- 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
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Certifications and sales
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Category:Sony Music Latin singles
Category:Songs with feminist themes