Lafourcade was born in Mexico City, Mexico, surrounded by music and art. Her father is the Chilean musician Gastón Lafourcade who had French parents and her mother is the pianist María del Carmen Silva Contreras. Her uncle is the Chilean writer Enrique Lafourcade, a representative of the so-called "Generation of the 50s". She attended Instituto Anglo Español, a Catholic middle school, and studied painting, flute, theater, music, acting, piano, guitar, saxophone and singing. When she was 10, Natalia sang in a Mariachi group.
She grew up in Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico, where she studied music with her mother, María del Carmen Silva Contreras, imitating artists such as Gloria Trevi and Garibaldi. Her mother studied piano with a specialty in musical pedagogy and is the creator of the Macarsi Method for musical training and personal development for children and educators. She adapted and practiced the method with Natalia to help her rehabilitate through music following a head injury from being kicked by a horse.
When she was 17, Loris Ceroni gave Lafourcade the opportunity to be in a pop/rock group under his guidance. Lafourcade was hesitant, and Ceroni instead encouraged her to become independent. Lafourcade produced her first LP under the label of Sony Music. It was recorded in Italy and was cowritten with Aureo Baqueiro. Sabo Romo played in 2 songs. Natalia Lafourcade is a mix of pop, rock, bossa-nova and Latin rhythms. It features the songs "Busca Un Problema", "Elefantes", "Te Quiero Dar", "Mírame, Mírate", and her biggest hit, "En El 2000".
In 2005, she released Casa, her second album, but this time as Natalia y La Forquetina, the name of her band. Produced mostly by Café Tacuba's Emmanuel del Real, Casa presents a more mature, rock-oriented sound while retaining pop and bossa-nova influences on a few tracks, such as lead single "Ser Humano" (pop-rock) and its follow-up "Casa" (pop-bossa-nova). Aureo Baqueiro returned to produce the few tracks not produced by del Real. More than a year after Natalia departed from La Forquetina, she recorded an instrumental album called The 4 Seasons of Love under Sony BMG label. She also wrote the Lyrics for "Tú y Yo" from Ximena Sariñana's self-titled album.
In 2009, she released the album Hu Hu Hu, a top 10 album in Mexico. The album was produced by Emmanuel del Real (who produced "Casa" in 2005), Marco Moreno and Ernesto García. It was nominated for Best female Pop Vocal Album at the 2009 Latin Grammy Awards (won by Laura Pausini) and Best Latin Pop album at the 2010 Grammy Awards (won by La Quinta Estación). Club Fonograma also named the album the second best of 2009, and the seventh best of the decade.
In 2012, she released a tribute album to Agustín Lara called Mujer Divina.
Her next album, Hasta La Raíz, was released in March 2015. "Nunca Es Suficiente" (It's Never Enough), the first single off the album, was released on 10 February. The track "Hasta La Raíz" was No. 5 of the Viral 50 Global Spotify Chart and the No. 1 on the Viral 50 México chart.
In 2017, she recorded "Remember Me" as a duet with contemporary R&B singer Miguel for the credits of the movie Coco, and together they also performed the song at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony.
2020 saw her release the eponymous Un Canto por México, Vol. 1.
In 2023, She won a Grammy for her album " Un Canto Por México - El Musical"
Con Las Hojas Las Hormigas
Natalia Lafourcade Lyrics
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espero tu llegada aqu sentada en el jardn.
Tal vez vendrs, no hay sentido en la espera.
Tal vez no llegars why te voy a esperar.
El sol, mis pies se han calentado tanto.
Estoy bajo el sol para verte sonrer,
why estar a tus pies.
Quiero verte why serte fiel.
El sol recorre el cielo,
pido que se pare el tiempo.
Conspira universo
para que me llegue el amor.
El sol recorre el cielo,
se ha perdido la imaginacin,
ahora tiene vida
en el cuento que he compuesto yo.
Lala larala lara
lala lalala.
Lala larala lara
lala lalala.
Estoy aqu con las mariposas rojas.
Espero bajo el cielo why el cielo es azul.
Si vienes te dar una paleta, una galleta
why si no llegas es porque no debe ser.
Lala larala lara
lala lalala.
Lala larala lara
lala lalala
In Natalia y La Forquetina's song Con Las Hojas Las Hormigas, the singer is sitting in a garden, waiting for someone's arrival. The person they are waiting for may or may not come, but the singer insists on waiting nevertheless. The sun beats down on the singer's feet, and they hope that the person they are waiting for will arrive soon so they can see them smile and eat with their hands. The singer wants to be faithful to this person, but they also long for the universe to conspire in their favor so that love might come their way.
The song's lyrics capture the feeling of waiting for someone to arrive, and the anticipation that comes with it. The singer's hopefulness is tinged with uncertainty, as they acknowledge that the person they are waiting for may never come. The imagery of the sun beating down on the singer's feet adds to the sense of waiting as a physical endurance test. The song ends with the singer still waiting, surrounded by butterflies and with an offer of a treat for the person they long to see.
Overall, Con Las Hojas Las Hormigas is a poignant and introspective song that captures the ups and downs of waiting for someone you care about.
Line by Line Meaning
Estoy aqu con las hojas las hormigas
I am here with the leaves and the ants
espero tu llegada aqu sentada en el jardn.
I am waiting for your arrival, sitting in the garden.
Tal vez vendrs, no hay sentido en la espera.
Maybe you will come, but there is no point in waiting.
Tal vez no llegars why te voy a esperar.
Maybe you won't come, but I will still wait for you.
El sol, mis pies se han calentado tanto.
The sun has warmed my feet so much.
Estoy bajo el sol para verte sonrer,
I am under the sun to see you smile,
para verte como comes con las manos
to see you eat with your hands
why estar a tus pies.
and be at your feet.
Quiero verte why serte fiel.
I want to see you and be faithful to you.
El sol recorre el cielo,
The sun travels across the sky,
pido que se pare el tiempo.
I ask for time to stop.
Conspira universo
The universe conspires
para que me llegue el amor.
so that love will come to me.
El sol recorre el cielo,
The sun travels across the sky,
se ha perdido la imaginacin,
imagination has been lost,
ahora tiene vida
now it has life
en el cuento que he compuesto yo.
in the story that I have composed.
Lala larala lara
Lala larala lara
lala lalala.
lala lalala.
Estoy aqu con las mariposas rojas.
I am here with the red butterflies.
Espero bajo el cielo why el cielo es azul.
I wait under the blue sky.
Si vienes te dar una paleta, una galleta
If you come, I will give you a popsicle, a cookie,
why si no llegas es porque no debe ser.
and if you don't come, it's because it wasn't meant to be.
Lala larala lara
Lala larala lara
lala lalala.
lala lalala.
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: MARIA NATALIA LAFOURCADE SILVA
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