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"
María Bonita
Natalia Lafourcade Lyrics
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De aquellas noches
Maria Bonita, María del alma
Acuérdate que en la playa
Con tus manitas
Las estrellitas, las enjuagabas
Tu cuerpo, del mar juguete
Venían las olas, lo columpiaban
Y mientras yo te miraba
Lo digo con sentimiento
Mi pensamiento me traicionaba
Te dije muchas palabras
De esas bonitas
Con que se endulzan los corazones
Pidiendo que me quisieras
Que convirtieras
En realidades mis ilusiones
La luna que nos veía
Ya hacía ratito
Se hizo un poquito desentendida
Y cuando la vi escondida
Me arrodille para besarte
Y así entregarte toda mi vida
Amores habrás tenido
Muchos amores
María Bonita, María del alma
Pero ninguno tan bueno
Ni tan honrado
Como el que hiciste que en mi brotara
Lo traigo lleno de flores
Para ponerlo
Como una ofrenda bajo tus plantas
Recíbelo emocionada
Y júrame que no mientes
Porque te sientes idolatrada
Júrame que no mientes
Porque te sientes idolatrada
Júrame que no mientes
Porque te sientes
Idolatrada
The lyrics of Natalia Lafourcade's song "María Bonita" depict a vivid memory of a romantic encounter in Acapulco. The song is essentially a love letter to the titular character, whom the singer holds in high esteem. The opening lines set the stage of the memory, where the singer requests Maria to remember a particular night on the beach. The song then takes the listener through a narration of that night, where the singer is enamored by Maria's innocence and playfulness. He confesses his love and wishes for her to reciprocate it, promising to fulfill his hopes and dreams for their relationship. The lyrics are poetic, sentimental, and sincere, evoking a strong emotion that listeners can relate to.
Line by Line Meaning
Acuérdate de Acapulco
Remember Acapulco
De aquella noche
Of that night
Maria Bonita, maría del alma;
Maria Bonita, soulful Maria;
Acuérdate que en la playa,
Remember that on the beach,
Con tus manitas las estrellitas
You with your little hands scooped the little stars
Las enjuagabas.
And rinsed them clean.
Tu cuerpo, del mar juguete nave al garete
Your body toyed by the sea, adrift
Venían las olas lo columpiaban
The waves, they rocked it
Y mientras yo te miraba
And while I watched you
Lo digo con sentimiento
I say it with emotion
Mi pensamiento me traicionaba.
My thoughts betrayed me.
Te dije muchas palabras de esas bonitas
I said many beautiful words to you
Con que se arrullan los corazones
That soothe the hearts
Pidiendo que me quisieras
Asking you to love me
Que convirtieras en realidades
To turn my dreams into reality
Mis ilusiones.
My illusions.
La luna que nos miraba
The moon that watched us
Ya hacía ratito
Had been there for a while
Se hizo un poquito desentendida
She played a bit coy
Y cuando la vi escondida
And when I saw it hidden
Me arrodille para besarte
I knelt to kiss you
Y así entregarte toda mi vida.
And thus offer you my whole life.
Amores habrás tenido muchos amores
You might have had many loves
Maria Bonita, maría del alma;
Maria Bonita, soulful Maria;
Pero ninguno tan bueno ni tan honrado
But none as good and honest
Como el que hiciste que en mi brotara
As the one that you made grow inside me
Lo traigo lleno de flores
I bring it filled with flowers
Como una ofrenda
As an offering
Para dejarla bajo tus plantas,
To leave it beneath your feet
Recíbelo emocionada
Receive it with emotion
Y júrame que no mientes
And promise me you won't lie
Porque te sientes idolatrada.
Because you feel idolized.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Agustin Lara
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Acuérdate de Acapulco
de aquellas noches
María bonita, María del alma;
acuérdate que en la playa,
con tus manitas las estrellitas
las enjuagabas.
Tu cuerpo, de la mar juguete nave al garete
venían las olas lo columpiaban
y mientras yo te miraba,
lo digo con sentimiento,
mi pensamiento me traicionaba.
Te dije muchas palabras de esas bonitas
con que se endulzan los corazones
pidiendo que me quisieras
que convirtieras en realidades
mis ilusiones.
La luna que nos veía
ya hacía ratito
se hizo un poquito desentendida
y cuando la vi escondida
me arrodille pa' besarte
y así entregarte toda mi vida.
Amores habrás tenido, muchos amores
María bonita, María del alma;
pero ninguno tan bueno, ni tan honrado
como el que hiciste que en mi brotara,
lo traigo lleno de flores
para ponerlo como una ofrenda
bajo tus plantas,
recibe lo emocionada
y júrame que no mientes
porque te sientes idolatrada.
Jorge Medrano
Vamos Acapulco no te rindas no estás solo! México te va levantar 😢
RUBEN ROMERO HERNANDEZ
Que se boten alv 😂 inches rapiñeros kulos
Daniel Neuderth
@RUBEN ROMERO HERNANDEZcy 😂
Hugo Garibay Ramirez
No todas las personas fueron a saquear las tiendas. Pagan Justos por pecadores
pao
@RUBEN ROMERO HERNANDEZ Nmms, solo nos culpan por tener que hacer una necesidad obligatoria gracias a que el huracan destrozo todo.
Algunas personas se quedaron sin nada, por eso es que comenzaron a saquear las tiendas. Obviamente es malo robar, pero fue el primer dia y aun no llegaba la ayuda, llego hasta el tercer dia.
Ojala y pronto vuelvan a levantar Acapulco. Como lo hicieron en el huracan Paulina.
Saludos desde Acapulco.
Melissa Monroy
Una vez me puse a escuchar está canción mientras estaba recostada junto a mi abuelita y la sorpresa que lleve fue cuando ella la empezó a cantar, la cantamos juntas varias veces.
Yo le decía María bonita y ella me respondía María del alma y allí era el inicio donde empezabamos a cantar.
El 30 de abril murió y ahora sólo quedan los recuerdos de este bello momento y el lazo sentimental que tengo con esta Joya de canción. ❤
Martha Pucheta
K tierno y le hermosos recuerdo !
Andrea Cornejo
Que linda!! A mi abuela también le gustaba cantar y cantabamos juntas. Ella era fan de Agustín Lara😊❤
Isabel
Qué bello 😍🙏
Dalet Galeana
🥺🥺🥺