| Frágil | |
| Cover: | Yahritza y su Esencia - Frágil.png |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Yahritza y su Esencia and Grupo Frontera |
| Ep: | Obsessed Pt. 2 |
| Language: | Spanish |
| English Title: | "Fragile" |
| Released: | April 7, 2023 |
| Genre: | Regional Mexican • norteño cumbia |
| Length: | 2:40 |
| Label: | Lumbre Music • Columbia Records • Sony Music Latin |
| Producer: | Barrera |
| Chronology: | Yahritza y su Esencia |
| Prev Title: | Cambiaste |
| Prev Year: | 2023 |
| Frágil | |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Next Title: | Que Agonía (Remix) |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
"Frágil" is a regional Mexican song by the American bands Yahritza y su Esencia and Grupo Frontera. It was written by Kevyn Cruz, Luis Ángel O'Neill Laureano, Yahritza Martínez and Edgar Barrera, who also produced it. It was released as a single on April 7, 2023 through Lumbre Music, Columbia Records and distributed by Sony Music Latin.
The song is one of the biggest hits for both groups, as it reached position 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 list and was certified platinum by AMPROFON in Mexico.
The song was popular again in June 2023, after the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, broadcast it during one of his morning press conferences, known colloquially as "mañaneras".[1]
Wow magazine published: "It is a song loaded with emotions, both vocalists sing about heartbreak and weakness in love".[2]
The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the week of May 6, 2023 at position number 82, being Yahritza y su Esencia's second entry and Grupo Frontera's sixth on the list.[3]
Musically it is a Mexican northern cumbia song, with arrangements of sierreña and grupera music,[4] [5] lyrically it is about heartbreak, and a person's questioning of their partner as to why they have broken their heart.[6] [7] The lyrics includes, "¿Por qué no tengo un corazón así? / Así como el que te dieron a ti / Porque el que me tocó a mí es frágil / Por eso lo rompiste fácil / Y yo queriendo un corazón así / Así como el que te dieron a ti / Porque el que me tocó a mí es frágil / Por eso lo rompiste fácil".
An official video was published on Yahritza y su Esencia's YouTube channel hours before the song's premiere on digital platforms.[8]
On April 2, 2023, prior to the official release of the single, both groups performed the song live for the first time at the Tecate Pa'l Norte music festival in Monterrey, Mexico before approximately 100,000 people in attendance. Yahritza y su Esencia were the guests of Grupo Frontera at that presentation.[9]
| Peak position | ||
| Argentina Hot 100[10] | 28 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bolivia Songs (Billboard)[11] | 2 | |
| Costa Rica (Monitor Latino)[12] | 5 | |
| Ecuador Songs (Billboard)[13] | 12 | |
| El Salvador (Monitor Latino)[14] | 2 | |
| Global 200 (Billboard)[15] | 37 | |
| Guatemala (Monitor Latino)[16] | 2 | |
| Mexico Songs (Billboard)[17] | 7 | |
| Dutch Top 40[18] | 8 | |
| Peru Songs (Billboard)[19] | 11 | |
| Uruguay (Monitor Latino)[20] | 3 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[21] | 69 | |
| US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[22] | 11 |
| Position | ||
| Global 200 (Billboard)[23] | 150 | |
|---|---|---|
| US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[24] | 21 |