The verb arreglar literally means "to fix," but its meaning in this song is much more nuanced. It's the key to the catchy hook, “Peleamos, nos arreglamos” (We fight, we make up).
Here, the reflexive form arreglarse means to resolve a conflict or to make amends. This single word perfectly captures the song's theme: a fiery relationship where conflict is always followed by resolution. It's a fantastic, colloquial use of a common verb that you'll hear in everyday conversation.
J Balvin gives us a super fun look into a relationship that's all about passion and drama. The whole song is a back-and-forth between fighting and making up. He lays it out right from the start: "Peleamos, nos arreglamos / Nos mantenemos en esa pero nos amamos" (We fight, we make up / We stay in that cycle but we love each other). It's a cycle of arguing and then fixing things, but underneath it all, there's a lot of love. He can't imagine his world without her, saying "Qué pena me daría / No tenerte en mi vida" (What a shame it would be / Not to have you in my life).
He spends most of the song trying to calm his girlfriend down because she gets jealous when he's out. He insists he's not doing anything wrong, explaining he's either working for their future or just hanging out with his friends. He tells her, "Nena, nena, tranquilícese / Que en la calle a nadie besé" (Baby, baby, calm down / I didn't kiss anyone on the street). He even admits they're total opposites, but that's exactly why it works: "Somos polos opuestos y por eso nos gustamos" (We are polar opposites and that's why we like each other). It's a sweet and funny defense of a chaotic but loving relationship.
J Balvin grew up in Medellín playing guitar in a teenage rock band with Nirvana and Metallica on repeat, and spent part of his teens in Oklahoma and New York picking up English. Born José Álvaro Osorio Balvín in 1985, he had been releasing music in Colombia for about a decade before anyone outside it paid attention.
"6 AM" with Farruko changed that in 2014, and "Ay Vamos" and "Ginza" followed: "Ginza" held number one on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart for 22 weeks, a record at the time. He kept singing in Spanish anyway, and "Mi Gente" reached number three on the Hot 100 once Beyoncé joined the remix, before "I Like It" with Cardi B and Bad Bunny went to number one in 2018. His albums run La Familia, Energía, Vibras, Colores (every track named after a color, and a Latin Grammy for best urban album), José and Rayo, plus Oasis, a joint record with Bad Bunny. In August 2019 he became the first Latino artist to headline Lollapalooza in Chicago.