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"
En El 2000
Natalia Lafourcade Lyrics
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Busco hombres de París
Un cerebro inteligente
Que no se emborrache en viernes
Ni un tonto loco
Que sea baboso
No un instinto animal
Que el sexo vuelva loco
En el dos mil
Las mujeres visten gris
Los tirantes transparentes
Mas abierta ya la mente
Nos vuelve locas
Un poco zonzas
Si ven a Ricky Martín en revistas lo recortan
Pero el planeta
Gira, gira a la derecha
Y cada vez ya la noche es más tibia
Sin amor se enfría
No tengo un hombre ni a Gael García
Me siento tan vacía
A ver, a ver, que pasa en el siguiente día
En el dos mil
Martha es una lombriz
Que no deja de mirar, de criticar
Toda la gente
De dividirla, de ser racista
Existen fresas, ricos, pobres, mexicanos y panistas
En el dos mil
Mi hermana va a parir una célula
Creciente de una relación caliente
Y deprimida también ardida
Odiará a ese ser humano
Que se ha ido y la ha dejado
Pero el planeta
Gira, gira a la derecha
Y cada vez ya la noche es más tibia
Sin amor se enfría
No tengo un hombre ni a Gael García
Me siento tan vacía
A ver, a ver, que pasa si yo digo
Ya no soy, ya no soy
La infantil criatura, la inocencia se acabó
Ya no soy, ya no soy
La de ese cuerpo extraño
Ahora siente el corazón
Ya no soy, ya no soy
La infantil criatura, la inocencia se acabó (se acabó)
Ya no soy, ya no soy
La de ese cuerpo extraño
Ahora siente el corazón
Y a ver que pasa en el siguiente día
Que pasa en el siguiente día
Ya no soy, ya no soy
La infantil criatura, la inocencia se acabó (la inocencia se acabó)
Ya no soy, ya no soy
La de ese cuerpo extraño
Ahora siente el corazón
Y a ver que pasa en el siguiente día
Ya no soy, ya no soy
La infantil criatura, la inocencia se acabó (se acabó)
Ya no soy, ya no soy
La de ese cuerpo extraño
Ahora siente el corazón
Que pasa en el siguiente día
The song "En El 2000" by Natalia Lafourcade narrates the expectations and realities of life in the year 2000, which was once considered a futuristic time. The first verse introduces the singer's desire for an intelligent man who isn't a drunkard or a wild animal when it comes to sex. The second verse highlights the changing attitudes of women in the year 2000, who aim to dress more freely and openly. However, despite these changes, the singer feels empty and hollow due to the absence of a partner in her life.
The bridge of the song speaks of the shifting political and social climate, as Martha represents a judgmental and divisive character who criticizes people and supports racism. The third verse, meanwhile, speaks of the pain and anger that comes with a failed relationship after a child is born. The final verse suggests a coming-of-age narrative, where the singer acknowledges that she is no longer an innocent child, but someone with a beating heart, yet still unsure of what the future holds.
Overall, the song captures the nostalgia and uncertainty of the new millennium, and how people were grappling with the changes that were happening around them.
Line by Line Meaning
En el dos mil
In the year two thousand
Busco hombres de París
I'm looking for men from Paris
Un cerebro inteligente
An intelligent brain
Que no se emborrache en viernes
Who doesn't get drunk on Fridays
Ni un tonto loco
Nor a crazy fool
Que sea baboso
Who isn't a slob
No un instinto animal
Not just a basic animal instinct
Que el sexo vuelva loco
Who can make sex exciting
Las mujeres visten gris
Women wear gray
Los tirantes transparentes
Transparent suspenders
Mas abierta ya la mente
More open-mindedness
Nos vuelve locas
Drive us crazy
Un poco zonzas
A little dizzy
Si ven a Ricky Martín en revistas lo recortan
If they see Ricky Martin in magazines they cut him out
Pero el planeta
But the planet
Gira, gira a la derecha
Turns, turns to the right
Y cada vez ya la noche es más tibia
And each night is getting warmer
Sin amor se enfría
Without love it gets colder
No tengo un hombre ni a Gael García
I don't have a man, not even Gael Garcia
Me siento tan vacía
I feel so empty
A ver, a ver, que pasa en el siguiente día
Let's see, let's see what happens the next day
Martha es una lombriz
Martha is a worm
Que no deja de mirar, de criticar
Who doesn't stop looking, criticizing
Toda la gente
All the people
De dividirla, de ser racista
Dividing them, being racist
Existen fresas, ricos, pobres, mexicanos y panistas
There are strawberries, rich, poor, Mexicans and panists
Mi hermana va a parir una célula
My sister is going to give birth to a cell
Creciente de una relación caliente
Born from a hot relationship
Y deprimida también ardida
And depressed also on fire
Odiará a ese ser humano
She'll hate that human being
Que se ha ido y la ha dejado
Who has left and abandoned her
Ya no soy, ya no soy
I'm not, I'm not
La infantil criatura, la inocencia se acabó
The childlike creature, the innocence is gone
La de ese cuerpo extraño
The one with that strange body
Ahora siente el corazón
Now feels the heart
Que pasa en el siguiente día
What happens the next day
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Natalia La Fourcade Silva
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Antonio Rodriguez
Quien se imaginaria que aquella chica ganaría un Grammy en una época dónde domina el reggaetón!! Natalia 👏🏼👏🏼
Ana Moran
Y estuviera con Gael García ⚡♡
Anna Baldwin
:)
Onezaky Aguirre
Que grande
Dafne S
Y se merece mucho más ❤️ ella si merece ser llamada artista.
julio cesar gonzalez ortiz
Mucho trabajo atrás
Zergio Piscoya
Cuando no existía YouTube y tenias que esperar por la tarde para ver los 10 + pedidos de MTV.. buenos tiempos aquellos..😊🎵🎶🇵🇪
Alexsander jose Abad
Aparte en su mayoria la musica era buena no como ahora que los canales de musica solo pasan regueton
Gabriela Ramírez
Justooooo en mis mejores recuerdos de la adolescencia 😭😭😭😭😭
Mario T
Jajajaj siempre te veo en los comentarios