Chinito was released by Filipino singer-songwriter Yeng Constantino on her 2013 album Metamorphosis and quickly became one of her best-known OPM hits. The title uses the Tagalog spelling Tsinito online, referring to a Filipino man of Chinese descent with distinctive eyes, who is the subject of the narrator's crush. Its official music video helped the song spread widely in the Philippines, and the chorus has since lived on in fan edits, covers, and short clips shared by Pinoy listeners who grew up with it.