"Senorita" is a song recorded by South Korean girl group (G)I-dle. It was released on February 26, 2019, as the title track from the group's second EP I Made (2019).
A Japanese version of the song was released on August 26, 2020, for their 2nd Japanese EP Oh My God. The song was rerecorded without Soojin for the 2025 EP We Are I-dle.
Background Soyeon worked with Carlos Gorito, a Brazilian TV personality, to express the "Spanish" part of the song in a strong way.
Composition The lyrics were written by member Soyeon, who also served as producer alongside Big Sancho. "Senorita" is a Latina and dance-pop track that recalls "a retro feel in a trendy way" in its production. Its incorporates castanets, jazzy brass horns alongside groovy rhythmic strings and sleek electronic effects. It also features bass guitar, drums, percussion, piano and brass instruments that "heavily harmonized and reminiscent of "flamenco music". In terms of musical notation, the song was written in the key of C minor with a tempo of 120 beats per minute. Its lyrics talk about a girl falling in love with a guy at the first sight. The girl confidently relaying their emotions to a "Senor," who seemingly chants out the song's title in the post-chorus.
Music video On February 26, "Senorita" was released along with its music video. The video shows the group entering a brightly-hued hotel full of danger, including razor blade-filled lollipops, dangling cranes, electrocution via hairdryer, and fires. The video’s release marks the partnership with Memebox’s new Kaja cosmetic line. Throughout, the members of the act wear and interact with Kaja makeup products.
Park Dong-seon of Electronic Times noted that the music video concept is reminiscing to a 80s – 90s musical movie, writing "the song's trendy retro, that is [giving a] 'New-Retro' feeling, and the vivid color sense in the groovy choreography performance create a fascinating feeling."
Promotion The group performed the song for the first time on February 27, 2019 on MBC's Show Champion. Followed by Music Bank on March one. On March 2, they performed on Show! Music Core. On the next day they performed on Inkigayo. On March 5 they appeared on The Show, and on March 7, they performed on M Countdown. The promotion continued for three more weeks, repeating their performances on these six South Korean music shows.
Critical reception + "Senorita" on critic listsCritic/PublicationListRankRef. Amazer Most Covered K-pop Songs of 2019 7 Bugs 2019 Year End Top 100 98
Commercial performance "Senorita" debuted at number 7 on the US World Digital Song Sales chart with 1,000 downloads and 782,000 streams in the week ending February 28. This was the group's fourth entry on the chart and the third as a group alone. The song debuted at number 30 on the Gaon Digital Chart and peaked at number 19 the following week. "Senorita" debuted at number 26 on Billboard Korea's Kpop Hot 100 and peaked at number 10 the following week.
Accolades +Awards Year Organization Award Result 2019Mnet Asian Music Awards Song of the Year align="center" Best Dance Performance – Female Group 2020 Gaon Chart Music Awards Song of the Year – February align="center"
+Music programs awardsProgramDate Show Champion (MBC Music) March 6, 2019
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2018) Peak position Singapore (RIAS) 20 South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart) 19 South Korea (Kpop Hot 100) 10 US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard) 7
Monthly chart +Chart (2019)Peakposition South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart) 27
Year-end charts +Chart (2019)Peakposition South Korea (Gaon Digital Chart) 181
Release history +Release history for "Senorita"RegionDateFormatLabelVarious February 26, 2019
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