"R.I.P." is a song by Mexican singer Sofía Reyes, featuring English singer Rita Ora and Brazilian singer Anitta. The song was released on 15 March 2019 by Warner Music Latina, accompanied by its music video.[1]
Background
Sofía Reyes announced the collaboration and the song title in a clip posted to her Twitter on 20 February 2019.[2]
Composition
"R.I.P." was written by Reyes, Ora, Shari Lynn Short, Omar Tavarez, Thomas Augusto, Marco Masís, Chaz Mishan and David Delazyn. The latter two, Mishan and Delazyn (forming the duo The Fliptones) produced the track, along with Masís (Tainy).[3]Rolling Stone described the song as starting with a "cumbia shuffle and infectious hook — evoking a slight inverse of Selena’s “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom”", while lyrically it "shrugs off negative vibes."[4]Billboard magazine wrote how the collaboration "highlights the mix of nationalities, as it includes lines in Spanish, English and Portuguese."[5]
Music video
The music video for the song was released on 15 March 2019. Directed by Eif Rivera, it was filmed in Los Angeles. Rolling Stone called the video "vibrant" and "sumptuous".[4] A vertical video for the song was also released as a Spotify exclusive.[6] On November 8, 2019 won the Video Of The Year Award at the Los40 Music Awards 2019.
^"ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 12. týden 2019 in the date selector. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
^"ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 201912 into search. Retrieved 26 March 2019.