"Mago" (stylized in

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) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group

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for their third Korean-language

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''Walpurgis Night''. The song was released as the title track of the album on November 9, 2020 by

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. It is the group’s final release before their departure from Source Music.

Background

On October 31, 2020, a sneak peek of the song and its music video has been shown during the group's online concert GFriend C:ON. On the same day, members Eunha and

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appeared on the show ''

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'' and showcased a tip of the song and its choreography.

Composition

The song was written and produced by FRANTS. Many other producers also participated in writing the song: "hitman" bang, Kyler Niko, Paulina Cerrilla, Cho Yoon-kyung, Alice Vicious,

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, Ellen Berg, JADED JANE, Noisy Citizen, Justin Reinstein and JJean. Members Eunha, Yuju and

participated as well in writing lyrics for the song. The song was described by ''

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'''s Sara Delgado as "the most striking videos to come from GFriend to date".

Chart performance

The song debuted at number 17 on ''

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and peaked at number 16 a week after. It debuted as well as number 46 on ''Billboard'''s

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for the week ending November 21, 2020. Then, it debuted at number 42 on

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for the week ending November 14, 2020. The song also placed at number 3 on the componing Download Chart and number 83 the week of the release of the song on the componing Streaming Chart.

Music video

On October 31, 2020, a sneak peek of the music video for "Mago" was shown during the group's online concert GFriend C:ON. The music video was then released on

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' YouTube channel on November 9, 2020, along with the album. It was directed by Guzza of

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, who previously directed the music video for their previous single, "

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Release history

References

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