Ingoma ka-Marilyn Manson ethi 'Cupid Carries a Gun' ikhethwe njengendikimba yokuvula ochungechungeni olusha lwethelevishini. 'Salem' yenethiwekhi yaseMelika i-WGN America. Ngemva kokwethula isahluko somshayeli we-Salem ngo-Ephreli 20, kwamenyezelwa ukuthi isahluko sesibili salolu chungechunge, olunesihloko esithi 'The Stone Child', esizosakazwa ngeSonto elizayo (27), sizoba njengento entsha ukufakwa kwendikimba entsha. U-Marilyn Manson kumakhredithi okuvula ochungechunge olusha lwamandla angaphezu kwawemvelo, ukusebenzelana nemimoya nobuthakathi.
'UCupid Uphethe Isibhamu' Yaqanjwa nguMarilyn Manson ngokwakhe kanye nomdidiyeli nomqambi odumile uTyler Bates, owaziwa ngemisebenzi yakhe yefilimu, i-TV nemidlalo yevidiyo efana ne-Halloween kaRob Zombie, i-Halloween II, i-Devil's Rejects, i-Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead, 300, Abalindi kanye ne-Sucker Punch phakathi kwabanye.
Engxoxweni yakamuva yabezindaba baseMelika, Marilyn Manson wakhuluma ngalolu daba: «I-Cupid Caries a Gun ingoma yokugcina eyakhiwe nge-albhamu yami entsha. Ukusebenzelana nemimoya nokuthakatha kuvame kakhulu ebhayisikobho. Kodwa-ke ngangiyithanda i-Salem, lapho ubona khona ukwahlulelwa kwabathakathi ngaphandle kokufinyelela i-hackneyed cliché evela kumamuvi amaningi anamuhla ».