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"
Danza de gardenias
Natalia Lafourcade Lyrics
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Palomito blanco, no le llores tanto
A tú paloma negra, Marisol morena
Siempre te amará
Hoy
Ese tuyo llanto se convierte En canto
Y va a ser escuchado por el cielo, y pronto
Ay, que me parte el alma
Que muera la esperanza y toda la dulzura del amor en ti
Ay, a dónde va la calma
Qué diva la nostalgia y que repare el tiempo, lo que en ti rompí
Tu
Palomito blanco que entregaste tanto tu paloma negra
Dejará una estela que te alumbrará
Hoy
Ese tuyo llanto se convierte en río de tus ojos santos
Y una flor marchita reflorecerá
Florecerá, florecerá
Ese antiguo encanto dentro de tu pecho reflorecerá
Florecerá, florecerá
Una danza llena de gardenias plenas reflorecerá
Ay, es que se me parte el alma
Que muera la esperanza y toda la dulzura del amor en ti
Ay, a dónde va la calma
Qué diva la nostalgia y que repare el tiempo, lo que en ti rompí
Florecerá, florecerá
Ese antiguo encanto dentro de tu pecho reflorecerá
Florecerá, Florecerá
Una danza llena de gardenias plenas reflorecerá
Una danza de gardenias plenas (Florecerá, florecerá)
Que dejaron estela que te alumbra
En ese antiguo encanto que en tu pecho reflorecerá (Florecerá, florecerá)
Una danza llena de gardenias plenas reflorecerá
Que tu paloma negra, tu Marisol morena (Florecerá, florecerá)
Te amará, te amará, reflorecerá
Florecerá, florecerás
Ese antiguo encanto dentro de tu pecho reflorecerá
Florecerá, florecerá
Un danza llena de gardenias plenas reflorecerá
The song "Danza de Gardenias" by Natalia Lafourcade feat. Los Macorinos is about finding hope and healing after heartbreak. The song addresses a white pigeon who is mourning over a black dove, named Marisol, who will always love him. The lyrics are encouraging the white pigeon to stop crying because his tears will be transformed into a song that will be heard in heaven, and he will soon be able to fly freely. The song acknowledges the pain of heartbreak and how it can feel like hope and love have died within a person’s heart. However, it expresses that the memory of love and its sweetness will never truly die, and it will soon bloom again.
The use of gardenias is a powerful metaphor in the song. Gardenias are a type of white flower that symbolizes love, purity, and healing. The song suggests that even though love may have died within the white pigeon’s heart, it will be reborn like a gardenia flower that has wilted and then blossoms again. The song also speaks to the power of memories and how they can help heal a broken heart. The memory of the black dove's love will always be with the white pigeon and will eventually help him heal and move on.
Line by Line Meaning
Hoy
Today
Palomito blanco, no le llores tanto
Little white dove, don't cry so much
A tú paloma negra, Marisol morena
To your black dove, your brown Marisol
Siempre te amará
She will always love you
Hoy
Today
Ese tuyo llanto se convierte En canto
Your tears turn into a song
Y va a ser escuchado por el cielo, y pronto
And it will be heard by heaven, soon
Libre volarás
You will fly freely
Ay, que me parte el alma
Oh, it breaks my heart
Que muera la esperanza y toda la dulzura del amor en ti
That hope and all the sweetness of love in you may die
Ay, a dónde va la calma
Oh, where does the calm go
Qué diva la nostalgia y que repare el tiempo, lo que en ti rompí
Let nostalgia prevail and repair what I broke in you
Tu
Your
Palomito blanco que entregaste tanto tu paloma negra
Little white dove that gave so much to your black dove
Dejará una estela que te alumbrará
Will leave a trail that will light you up
Hoy
Today
Ese tuyo llanto se convierte en río de tus ojos santos
Your tears turn into a river from your sacred eyes
Y una flor marchita reflorecerá
And a withered flower will bloom again
Florecerá, florecerá
It will bloom, it will bloom
Ese antiguo encanto dentro de tu pecho reflorecerá
That old charm within your chest will bloom again
Florecerá, florecerá
It will bloom, it will bloom
Una danza llena de gardenias plenas reflorecerá
A dance full of full-bloom gardenias will bloom again
Ay, es que se me parte el alma
Oh, it breaks my heart
Que muera la esperanza y toda la dulzura del amor en ti
That hope and all the sweetness of love in you may die
Ay, a dónde va la calma
Oh, where does the calm go
Qué diva la nostalgia y que repare el tiempo, lo que en ti rompí
Let nostalgia prevail and repair what I broke in you
Florecerá, florecerá
It will bloom, it will bloom
Ese antiguo encanto dentro de tu pecho reflorecerá
That old charm within your chest will bloom again
Florecerá, Florecerá
It will bloom, it will bloom
Una danza llena de gardenias plenas reflorecerá
A dance full of full-bloom gardenias will bloom again
Una danza de gardenias plenas (Florecerá, florecerá)
A dance of full-bloom gardenias (It will bloom, it will bloom)
Que dejaron estela que te alumbra
That left a trail that lights you up
En ese antiguo encanto que en tu pecho reflorecerá (Florecerá, florecerá)
In that old charm that will bloom again within your chest (It will bloom, it will bloom)
Que tu paloma negra, tu Marisol morena (Florecerá, florecerá)
That your black dove, your brown Marisol will bloom again (It will bloom, it will bloom)
Te amará, te amará, reflorecerá
She will love you, she will love you, she will bloom again
Florecerá, florecerás
It will bloom, you will bloom
Ese antiguo encanto dentro de tu pecho reflorecerá
That old charm within your chest will bloom again
Florecerá, florecerá
It will bloom, it will bloom
Un danza llena de gardenias plenas reflorecerá
A dance full of full-bloom gardenias will bloom again
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Natalia Lafourcade, David Aguilar Dorantes
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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Hoy
Palomito blanco no le
Llores tanto a tú paloma
Negra Marisol morena
Siempre te amara
Hoy
Ese tuyo llanto se convierte
En canto y va a ser escuchado
Por el cielo, y pronto
Libre volarás
[Verso 2]
Ay
Se me parte el alma
Que muera la esperanza y
Toda la dulzura del amor
En tí
Ay
A dónde va la calma y que
Diva la nostalgia y que
Repare el tiempo lo que
En ti rompí
[Verso 3]
Tu
Palomito blanco que
Entregaste tanto tu paloma
Negra dejará una estela
Que te alumbrará
Hoy...
Ese tuyo llanto se
Convierte en río de tus
Ojos santos y una flor
Marchita reflorecerá
@magdalihernandez2604
Eso Natalia. Me has cambiado la forma de ver, escuchar, pensar, imaginar y hasta de pintar. Todos los días, me acompaño con tu grandiosa música. Te agradecemos Natalia, por mejorar cada pedazo de nuestro ser. Saludos desde Guate.
@tsergiusrampar2843
Esta cabron el salto desde Arjona hasta Lafurcade
@bernadettemartinez2949
Tu inspirada con tu arte, …. Yo disfrutando , bailando y…. sacudiendo , barriendo , , encantada fascinada con su voz los músicos, el coro…
@jerrygerardo21
Ya denle otro Grammy a esta chica.
Natalia es muy talentosa. Viva México
@jisellesharmaignequintao5804
"Musas: Un Homenaje al Folclore Latinoamericano en Manos de Los Macorinos, Vol. 2" is indeed one of the Greatest Albums of the Decade in any genre despite the language barrier...
Can't help but just fall in love with its sheer beauty and sophistication of the production...
@thatcheekybastard4141
her music makes me feel im in a different country , your voice is amazing natalia , sending love from nyc
@albertosantana6813
¿Por qué tan pocas visitas? Esto es una joya!! Natalia bailando como nunca, la estética del video, la música letra!! Debería tener muchos millones más!!
@lichitabarbosa2238
Compositores esta canción: Natalia Lafourcade y el gran David Aguilar!!!. Talentos 100000% mexicanos . De México para el mundo!!!
@thewayoflovepodcast
Im from China, I love Mexican music☺
@SaraSantos-uq4wy
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