a escondidas is a Spanish phrase that means "in secret" or "secretly". It's used to describe actions done covertly, away from prying eyes.
In the song, Junior H sings about a clandestine romance, referencing secret meetups ("esto es a escondidas") and forbidden photos ("Las fotos están prohibidas"). This evocative phrase paints a picture of a passionate, hidden affair, making you want to uncover the story behind the lyrics.
DROGA LETAL sets up a late-night romance wrapped in luxury cars, mezcal, and dangerous habits. Mexican artist Junior H teams up with Gael Valenzuela and Peso Pluma to trade verses about a woman whose company feels intoxicating. The setting is direct and lavish: you have candlelight in a bedroom, the sea, bottles of mezcal, and an Audi R8. Junior bluntly admits it took him just five minutes of talking in that sports car to fall for her, promising "Yo no soy ningĂşn Pinocho, yo soy tu rockstar" ("I'm no Pinocchio, I'm your rockstar") to prove he is telling the truth instead of spinning fairy tales.
What makes the track stick is the secrecy. The singers compare their fling to Gina Montana and Manny from the movie Scarface, keeping things strictly on the down-low: "Las fotos están prohibidas" ("Photos are forbidden"). You get street slang mixed into the romance too, like "una bolsita para alivianar" ("a little bag to ease up") and "la mata sigue dando" (an idiom literally meaning "the bush keeps producing," used here to mean the good times and cash keep flowing). Between flashing heavy gold chains, firing rifles ("jalarle al cuerno"), and driving fast, the hook always returns to the physical obsession: she really is his droga letal ("lethal drug").
Junior H taught himself guitar and accordion off YouTube while working the kitchen at a Wendy's in Utah, where his family had moved in 2015 from Cerano, Guanajuato. Born Antonio Herrera PĂ©rez in 2001, he uploaded his own songs under the name until one of them, "No Eh Cambiado", passed two million views and convinced him to make a career of it. The debut album Mi Vida en un Cigarro arrived in 2019.
He writes sad music, mostly: heartbreak over sierreño guitars, the corner of corridos tumbados people call urban sierreño. $ad Boyz 4 Life II (2023) reached number 14 on the Billboard 200 carrying no guest features at all, and produced "Y Lloro" and "Las Noches". Away from his own records he sings on "El Azul" with Peso Pluma, and on "Lady Gaga" with Peso Pluma and Gabito Ballesteros, which entered Hot Latin Songs at number one. In February 2026 he and songwriter Gael Valenzuela released the joint album DEPR</3$$ED MFKZ, a number one on Billboard's Top Regional Mexican Albums chart.