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"
Running Too Fast
Natalia Lafourcade Lyrics
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When we try to get everything?
Who can we share with
When we try to get everything?
Whose words are those words
that you gave me in a piece of paper?
Whose love is all your love
My shoulders are to small
My pocket cannot hold
The world
This is still here
I'm running too fast
I'm running too fast for nothing
I'm running too fast
I'm running too fast
Whose flowers are those ones,
in the corner of your apartment?
Whose words are those words?
In the air, in the air
My love is getting bigger
My house has made more room
Whose place will this place be?
If we try to get more than this
Whose place will this place be?
If we try to get more than this
Whose place will this place be?
If we try to get more than this
Whose place will this place be
I'm running too fast
I'm running too fast for nothing
I'm running too fast
I'm running too fast for nothing
I'm running too fast
I'm running too fast for nothing
I'm running too fast
I'm running too fast for nothing
The lyrics of Natalia Lafourcade's "Running Too Fast" explore the theme of materialism and the emptiness that comes with the constant pursuit of more. She questions whose place this place is and whom we can share with when we are always trying to get everything. The lyrics suggest that the pursuit of material possessions and wealth comes at a cost, and that cost is a loss of connection with others and the world around us.
The song highlights the idea that happiness and fulfillment cannot be achieved through the accumulation of material possessions alone. The lines "My shoulders are too small, my pocket cannot hold the world, this is still here" mean that no matter how much we try to accumulate, we still cannot possess everything, and there will always be more to want.
Overall, the lyrics of "Running Too Fast" encourage the listener to slow down, appreciate what we already have, and perhaps find satisfaction in living a simpler life.
Line by Line Meaning
Whose place is this place
Whose territory or domain is this, when we seek to possess everything?
When we try to get everything?
What happens when we strive to acquire everything that we can?
Who can we share with
Who can we divide our abundance with,
When we try to get everything?
When we attempt to accumulate all that we can find?
Whose words are those words
Whose ideas are encapsulated within that piece of paper you gave me?
That you gave me in a piece of paper?
That you entrusted to me through pen and sheet?
Whose love is all your love
Whose devotion is encompassing all your fondness?
If I try just to have it all?
What would happen if I make a goal of acquiring all of it?
My shoulders are to small
My physique is insufficient to bear this weight,
My pocket cannot hold
My wallet is insufficient to contain
The world
The vast expanse of our existence
This is still here
Despite everything, this reality still exists
I'm running too fast
I'm hurrying too much,
I'm running too fast for nothing
I'm doing all these things with no particular purpose.
Whose flowers are those ones,
Who do those flowers belong to,
In the corner of your apartment?
In that particular part of your abode?
Whose words are those words?
Whose voice do those words belong to?
In the air, in the air
Suspended in space, all around us
My love is getting bigger
My affection is intensifying,
My house has made more room
My place has expanded to accommodate it.
Whose place will this place be?
Who is the rightful owner of this place,
If we try to get more than this
If we aim to possess more than the current state.
I'm running too fast
I'm rushing too much,
I'm running too fast for nothing
I'm hastily doing things with no specific goal in mind.
I'm running too fast
I'm going too quickly,
I'm running too fast for nothing
I'm rushing without good reason.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: MARIA NATALIA LAFOURCADE SILVA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Harvest
No importa en que idioma cante, natalia siempre mantendrá su esencia de magia silvestre. Espero que eventualmente toque en Puerto Rico!
humer182
Tarde lluviosa + vista desde la ventana + Chocolate caliente + un poco de soledad + esta cancion tan genial = Experiencia Melancolica ......
MATTEW MATTEW
De tus mejores canciones en lo personal es en momentos bonitos de mi vida y difíciles a la vez Natalia !!! Está canción se que viene de tu corazón de un momento 😍
SARATO
Esta cancion me recuerda la etapa mas hermosa y trascendental de mi vida :')
Keslie Global
Just masterpiece!👌Thanks
sab Rios
I love the song and the singer!!!
Mati Burgardt
Qué voz tan dulce! :3 ♥
Juan Antonio Méndez Camacho
Una gran canción en inglés
❤️ 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤
Alcibiades
Me encanta cómo suena su voz aquí, de una manera que hace sentir tristeza.
Pedro Quiroz
Jamas perderá su esencia