Salamin, Salamin
| "Salamin, Salamin" | ||||
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| Single by Bini | ||||
| from the EP Talaarawan | ||||
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| Released | March 8, 2024 | |||
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| Length | 3:50 | |||
| Label | Star Music | |||
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| Bini singles chronology | ||||
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| "Salamin, Salamin" on YouTube | ||||
"Salamin, Salamin" (lit. 'Mirror, Mirror') is a song recorded by Filipino girl group Bini. It was released as the third single of their debut extended play (EP) Talaarawan on March 8, 2024.
Background and release[edit]
After promoting "Karera" and the sleeper hit "Pantropiko" as pre-release singles for their upcoming EP, Bini dropped Talaarawan together with its lead single "Salamin, Salamin" on March 8, 2024, International Women's Day, to align with the group's advocacy on women empowerment.[1][2] An accompanying music video was posted on YouTube on the same day; it garnered over one million views by March 27, within nearly three weeks of its release.[3]
Composition[edit]
"Salamin, Salamin" has been described to be a bubblegum pop song that "perfectly captured the butterflies you get when gushing over a crush".[4] The track was produced by Mat Olavides and Bojam and composed by John Michael Conchada, Paula Rose Alcasid, and Paulo Miguel Rañeses.[5]
Commercial success[edit]
Coupled with the viral success of Bini's previous single "Pantropiko" on TikTok,[6] "Salamin, Salamin" and Talaarawan led the girl group to become Spotify's highest-streamed OPM female artist, as well as the Filipino P-pop group with the most monthly listeners on the platform.[7][8]
"Salamin, Salamin" entered the Billboard Philippines Songs chart at number 10 on the issue of April 20, 2024.[9] This, along with "Pantropiko" reaching a new peak of number five,[10] made Bini both the first P-pop group to have multiple entries on the chart[11] and the first P-pop group to have entries within the top 10.[12] Three months after its release, "Salamin, Salamin" peaked at the top of the chart on the issue of June 8, dethroning the previous week's chart-topper "Pantropiko" and scoring the girl group their second Billboard number one hit.[13][14]
Charts[edit]
| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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| Philippines (Billboard)[13] | 1 |
References[edit]
- ^ "BINI becomes Filipino pop group with most monthly listeners on Spotify". ABS-CBN News. March 19, 2024. Archived from the original on March 27, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ^ One Music PH Team (March 7, 2024). "Bini Chronicles Different Facets of Life and Love on 1st All-Tagalog EP 'Talaarawan'". ABS-CBN. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ "BINI's 'Salamin, Salamin' music video hits 1 million views". ABS-CBN News. March 27, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ^ "Cool jams from ABS-CBN Music to turn up your summer". ABS-CBN. March 27, 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ "Salamin, Salamin". Apple Music. March 8, 2024. Retrieved June 10, 2024.
- ^ Cruz, Marinel (March 12, 2024). "BINI aims to empower women, kids with first-ever EP 'Talaarawan'". Inquirer. Archived from the original on March 12, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ Go, Mayks (April 2, 2024). "BINI Have Become The Most Streamed OPM Female Artist On Spotify For The First Time". Billboard Philippines. Archived from the original on April 4, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ Saulog, Gabriel (March 19, 2024). "BINI Achieves Milestone of Becoming Filipino Pop Group With Most Monthly Listeners". Billboard Philippines. Archived from the original on May 5, 2024. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ^ "Philippines Songs (Week of April 20, 2024)". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 17, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ "Philippines Songs (Week of April 20, 2024)". Billboard. Archived from the original on April 17, 2024. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
- ^ Songs, Philippines (April 16, 2024). "BINI becomes the first P-Pop group in history to chart multiple entries in Billboard Philippines Songs". Retrieved May 14, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Songs, Philippines (April 16, 2024). "With 'Pantropiko' (#5) rising and 'Salamin, Salamin' (#10) debuting this week, BINI becomes the first P-Pop group EVER to enter the top 10 of Billboard Philippines Songs". Retrieved May 14, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Philippines Songs (Week of June 8, 2024)". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 4, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
- ^ Go, Mayks (June 5, 2024). "BINI Top Billboard's Philippines Songs Chart A Second Time With "Salamin, Salamin"". Billboard Philippines. Archived from the original on June 5, 2024. Retrieved June 7, 2024.