While bipolar is a direct cognate, its colloquial use in this song is what makes it so interesting for a learner. Peso Pluma isn't making a clinical diagnosis, but rather using the word to express intense, conflicting emotions about a relationship.
He sings, "A veces no me entiendo, soy bipolar" (Sometimes I don't understand myself, I'm bipolar), capturing the emotional whiplash of going from wanting his ex back to deciding he's better off alone. It's a powerful, modern, and memorable way to describe the rollercoaster of a difficult breakup.
Mexican singer Peso Pluma joins forces with Jasiel Nuñez and Junior H on "BIPOLAR", a track about total romantic whiplash. One minute he makes a late-night phone call because he is too weak to resist, admitting "Prometí que iba a olvidarte / Pero me fallé" ("I promised I was going to forget you / But I failed myself"). Then, out of nowhere, his mood flips entirely. He lights up a joint ("Me prendí un gallo", where gallo, literally 'rooster', is Mexican slang for a rolled joint) and instantly shrugs off the drama because he forgot why he was even upset in the first place.
That rapid back-and-forth between total heartbreak and complete detachment gives the track its name. After crying over the breakup, he decides romance is a waste of energy and chooses ambition instead: "Yo prefiero hacer dinero / Que malgastar mi tiempo con puros cuentos" ("I prefer making money / Than wasting my time on pure fairy tales"). It is a fun, blunt look at how messy breakups get when you bounce between missing your ex and focusing strictly on your bag.
Hassan Emilio Kabande Laija was born in Zapopan, Jalisco in 1999, grew up in Guadalajara, and taught himself guitar at fifteen off YouTube tutorials. As Peso Pluma he sings corridos tumbados: Sinaloan sierreño guitars underneath, the cadence and swagger of hip hop on top. His voice is a thin nasal rasp nobody would call pretty, and in 2023 it made him the fifth most-streamed artist on Spotify worldwide.
He arrived through features, "El Belicón" with Raúl Vega and then "AMG" and "PRC" with Natanael Cano, before "Ella Baila Sola" with Eslabón Armado reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2023, the first regional Mexican song ever inside that top 10. Génesis won Best Música Mexicana Album at the 2024 Grammys, and the 24-track double album Éxodo followed with Cardi B, Quavo and Rich the Kid along for the urbano half. He runs his own label, Double P Records, and closed 2025 with Dinastía, a joint album with his cousin Tito Double P that went straight to No. 1 on Top Latin Albums and filled 30 US arenas in 2026, Madison Square Garden included.