{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Use Philippine English|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox song | name = Gupit | cover = Gupit single cover.jpg | alt = | caption = Official single cover | type = Single | artist = The Juans featuring Alamat | EP = | language = Tagalog | English_title = Cut | released = June 14, 2024 | genre = {{hlist|Pop rock}} | label = Viva | length = 3:20 | composer = {{hlist|Alas Alvarez|Carl Guevarra|Chael Adriano|Mo Mitchell}} | producer = {{hlist|Japs Mendoza|Thyro Alfaro}} | chronology = The Juans | prev_title = Napagod Na | prev_year = 2024 | next_title = Rebound | next_year = 2024 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Alamat | type = single | prev_title = Dayang | prev_year = 2024 | title = Gupit | year = 2024 | next_title = Hiraya | next_year = 2024 }} }}
"'''Gupit'''" ({{Literal translation|Cut}}) is a song recorded by the Filipino pop rock band The Juans. A version featuring the P-pop boy band Alamat was released as a single on June 14, 2024. Another with just the Juans was released on July 5. "Gupit" is a pop rock song about cutting one's hair after the end of a romantic relationship.
== Background and release == On April 5, 2024, Filipino pop rock band The Juans released the single "Napagod Na" ({{Translation|Grew Tired}}). On June 4, the group and the Filipino boy band Alamat announced that they would release a single together called "Gupit" at the former's Juans a Month fan event at the Viva Café in Cubao, Quezon City.<ref name="bbph1">{{Cite magazine | title=The Juans And Alamat Team Up For "Gupit" – Listen | url=https://billboardphilippines.com/music/news/the-juans-and-alamat-team-up-for-new-single-gupit-release-listen-2024/ | magazine=Billboard Philippines | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/eM0G1 | archive-date=October 26, 2025 | url-status=live | language=en-ph}}</ref> The song was released on various streaming platforms on June 14.<ref name="abs1">{{Cite news | first=Josiah Eleazar | last=Antonio | date=June 14, 2024 | title=Alamat, The Juans narrate 'haircut culture' after breakup with 'Gupit' | url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/6/12/alamat-the-juans-narrate-haircut-culture-after-breakup-with-gupit-1736 | work=ABS-CBN News}}</ref>
== Composition and lyrics == The version of "Gupit" featuring Alamat is three minutes and 20 seconds long,<ref name="tidal1">{{Cite web |date=June 14, 2024 |title=Gupit (with Alamat) / The Juans / Credits - Tidal | url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/368027486/credits?trackId=368027488 | publisher=Tidal | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/P38MQ | archive-date=October 24, 2025 | url-status=live | language=en}}</ref> while the version with just The Juans is two minutes and 19 seconds long.<ref name="apple1">{{Cite web | date=July 5, 2024 | title=Gupit - Single - Album by The Juans - Apple Music | url=https://music.apple.com/ph/album/gupit-single/1754897746 | publisher=Apple Music | language=en}}</ref> Musically, it has been described as a pop rock song.<ref name="envi">{{Cite news | first=Dara | last=Gonzalez | date=June 30, 2024 | title=The Juans and Alamat Cut Their Losses and Their Hair in "Gupit" | url=https://www.envimedia.co/the-juans-and-alamat-cut-their-losses-and-hair-in-gupit/3 | work=Envi Media | language=en-ph | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702032303/https://www.envimedia.co/the-juans-and-alamat-cut-their-losses-and-hair-in-gupit/ | archive-date=July 2, 2024 | url-status=live}}</ref> The track features rap verses. Currie Castor of ''Esquire Philippines'' and Charmie Joy Pagulong of ''The Philippine Star'' have observed that it has a more upbeat sound than The Juans' usual songs.<ref name="esquire1">{{Cite magazine | first=Currie | last=Cator | date=June 13, 2024 | title=The Juans and Alamat's New Track Isn't Your Typical Heartbreak Song | url=https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/music/the-juans-alamat-collaboration-gupit-a7943-20240613 | magazine=Esquire Philippines | language=en-ph}}</ref><ref name="star1">{{Cite news | first=Charmie Joy | last=Pagulong | title=The Juans and Alamat's collab single is more than a breakup anthem | url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2024/06/28/2366031/juans-and-alamats-collab-single-more-breakup-anthem | work=The Philippine Star}}</ref> The lyrics are about cutting one's hair following a breakup.<ref name="esquire1"/>
== Music video == The music video for "Gupit" was released on June 14.<ref name="times">{{Cite news | title=The Juans and Alamat team up for 'Gupit' | url=https://www.pressreader.com/philippines/manila-times/20240613/282368339802969?srsltid=AfmBOorwHnnmoDUUwi-9sd5jsYSi8dpsGRZSVy6WT6YpSVug6Jxb8QeI | work=The Manila Times | via=PressReader}}</ref> It stars Alamat's Jao Canlas as someone who is dealing with a recent breakup. His friends, portrayed by the members of The Juans, encourage him to get a haircut. The other members of Alamat portray the employees of a barber shop, where Canlas' hair gets cut and The Juans' members also get theirs cut in solidarity.<ref name="envi"/>
== Live performances == The Juans and Alamat performed "Gupit" on ''It's Showtime'' on August 26, 2024.<ref name="abs2">{{Cite news | title=Alamat, The Juans perform 'Gupit' on 'It's Showtime' | url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/8/26/alamat-the-juans-perform-gupit-on-it-s-showtime-1506 | work=ABS-CBN News}}</ref>
== Personnel == Credits are adapted from Tidal.<ref name="tidal1"/>
* Japs Mendoza – production, arrangement * Thyro Alfaro – production, arrangement * Alas Alvarez – lyrics, composition * Carl Guevarra – lyrics, composition * Chael Adriano – lyrics, composition, arrangement * Mo Mitchell – lyrics, composition
== Awards and nominations == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="border:none; margin:0;" |+Awards and nominations for "Gupit" ! scope="col" | Organization ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- ! scope="row" | P-pop Awards | 2024 | Collaboration of the Year | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" |<ref name="ppopnom">{{Cite news |last=Mallorca |first=Hannah |date=December 3, 2024 |title=Bini, SB19, Maki Lead 2024 P-pop Music Awards Nominees |url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/587593/bini-sb19-maki-lead-2024-p-pop-music-awards-nominees |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251009021735/https://entertainment.inquirer.net/587593/bini-sb19-maki-lead-2024-p-pop-music-awards-nominees |archive-date=October 9, 2025 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |language=en-ph}}</ref> |- |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Alamat}}
Category:2024 singles Category:Alamat (group) songs Category:Breakup songs Category:Pop rock songs Category:Songs in Tagalog