Kiss and Make Up (Dua Lipa and Blackpink song)

The song was written by Lipa, Chelcee Grimes, Yannick Rastogi, Zacharie Raymond, Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine, Marc Vincent, and Teddy Park, while production was handled by Banx & Ranx.

"Kiss and Make Up" was written by Dua Lipa, Chelcee Grimes, Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine, Marc Vincent, Teddy Park, Yannick Rastogi and Zacharie Raymond, with production from the latter two as Banx & Ranx.

[2] After the album's release, Grimes pitched the song to other singers including Demi Lovato, Britney Spears, and Miley Cyrus, but all turned it down thinking the lyrics were too immature.

Mixing was handled by Jamie Snell at The Hamilton in Cheam, while mastering was done by Chris Gehringer at Sterling Sound in New York City.

[1][7] Following the release of her second studio album, Future Nostalgia in March 2020, Lipa intended to create a mixtape with remixes of songs from the record.

[14] The song has a length of three minutes and nine seconds,[1] and features a clubby and incandescent production, consisting of bass synths, a clattering percussion, and a bouncing backbeat.

"[16] For Billboard, Jeff Benjamin labelled it an "excellently crafted electro-pop throbber," while Uproxx's Chloe Gilke called it "anthemic pop perfection.

[18] Writing for Paper, Emlyn Travis complimented how the English and Korean languages "weave together" and declared it "fits seamlessly" within both artist's discographies.

"[17] In O, The Oprah Magazine, Monica Chon praised how the two artist's English and Korean vocals work together "seamlessly," while also opining that it makes a "strong case that language barriers should not be an impediment to enjoying pop music.

[36][37] In September 2019, the song was awarded a silver certification in the country by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for track-equivalent sales of 200,000 units.

[41][42] "Kiss and Make Up" spent one week on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 93, becoming Blackpink's second and Lipa's seventh entry on the chart, with first-week sales of 11,000 downloads and seven million on-demand streams.

[43][44] The song additionally entered the top 40 of charts in Austria,[45] Czech Republic,[46] Estonia,[47] Finland,[48] Greece,[49] Hungary,[50] Ireland,[51] New Zealand,[52] Poland,[53] Portugal,[54] Romania,[55] Scotland,[56] Slovakia,[57] Sweden,[58] and Switzerland,[59] as well as Malaysia and Singapore, where it reached the summit.