"Kiss and Make Up" was written by
Dua Lipa,
Chelcee Grimes,
Mathieu Jomphe-Lepine, Marc Vincent,
Teddy Park, Yannick Rastogi and Zacharie Raymond, with production from the latter two as
Banx & Ranx. After the album's release, Grimes pitched the song to other singers including
Demi Lovato,
Britney Spears, and
Miley Cyrus, but all turned it down thinking the lyrics were too immature. On 6May 2018, Lipa performed a concert in
Seoul as part of her Self-Titled Tour, where
Blackpink's
Jennie and
Lisa were in attendance. Lipa recalled having an "absolute blast" with them. Lipa thought "Kiss and Make Up" would sound great as a collaboration with Blackpink. Blackpink went into the studio and translated the lyrics into Korean. Lipa wanted to somehow include some of her past collaborations and The Blessed Madonna wanted to introduce a younger crowd to the music of American trumpeter
Herb Alpert, by creating an extended version of one of his songs. She took the vocals of "Kiss and Make Up" and parts of Alpert's "
Rise" (1979) to create a remix. The Blessed Madonna thought that the two songs were "totally in key" and "a perfect fit." Andy Armer and Randy Alpert are credited on the remix due to elements of "Rise" being used. == Music and lyrics ==