Cora is a popular slang term for corazĂłn, meaning 'heart'. It's frequently used in modern Regional Mexican and urban Latin music to add a more personal and informal touch.
In this song, Junior H sings "El cora que te regalé" (The heart that I gave you as a gift), using this casual term to express a deep, raw feeling of heartbreak. Learning 'cora' gives you a taste of the real, everyday language you'll hear in today's music.
Junior H is going through it in this song. He's been dumped, and he has no idea why. One minute, he thought everything was fine—she even "Me dio un beso y se marchó" (Gave me a kiss and left). The next, he realizes she's gone for good, leaving him completely confused. He sings that she just drifted away from him, and he stopped getting messages. The most brutal detail? He says, "El cora que te regalé / Lo dejaste en mi casa" (The heart I gave you / You left it at my house). She didn't even want the gift that represented his love.
So, what's he doing about it? Crying. A lot. The title itself means "And I Cry." He's trying to pretend it doesn't hurt, but he admits he feels incredibly lonely and even begs at night for her to come back. He's also drinking to cope, but it's not really working. He's just left trying to hold back his tears, "Haciendo como que no duele tanto" (Pretending it doesn't hurt so much).
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.