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"
Si No Pueden Quererte
Natalia Lafourcade Lyrics
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Si lo tengo guardado?
¿Quién me roba tu amor
Si tu amor es robado?
Si tu amor es mi vida
Si lo tengo ganado
¿Quién me roba tu amor
Si tu amor es sagrado?
¿Quién me roba tu amor
Si lo tengo ganado?
¿Quién me roba tu amor
Si lo tengo pagado?
Si tu amor es el aire
Que tanto he respirado
¿Quién me roba tu amor
Si tu amor es sagrado?
Si no pueden no pueden no pueden no pueden quererte
Como yo como yo como yo que tanto te he querido
Si no saben no saben no saben no saben besarte
Como yo te he besado
Sin esperar nada a cambio
Tu cariño, cariño tan frágil dentro de mi mente
Hace noche los días
No vivo si sigues ausente
Si no saben no quieren creer
Que tu amor es sagrado
Y yo lo tengo guardado
Y muy profundo enterrado
¿Cuántas veces voy a repetir
Que tu amor es sagrado?
¿Cuántas veces te voy a decir
Que lo tengo ganado?
¿Cuántas veces voy a repetir
Que lo tengo enterrado?
¿Cuántas veces te voy a decir?
Si no pueden no pueden no pueden no pueden quererte
Como yo como yo como yo que tanto te he querido
Si no saben no saben no saben no saben besarte
Como yo te he besado
Sin esperar nada a cambio
Tu cariño cariño tan frágil dentro de mi mente
Hace noche los días
No vivo si sigues ausente
Si no saben no quieren creer
Que tu amor es sagrado
Y yo lo tengo guardado
Y muy profundo enterrado
¿Quién me roba tu amor
Si lo tengo guardado?
¿Quién me roba tu amor
Si tu amor es robado?
¿Quién me roba tu amor
Si lo tengo ganado
¿Quién me roba tu amor
Si tu amor es sagrado?
The lyrics of Natalia Lafourcade's Si no pueden quererte are an emotional plea for the recognition of a love that the singer holds sacred. The song expresses Lafourcade's frustration with those who cannot appreciate or reciprocate the depth of her love for someone. In the first two stanzas, she asks who could possibly steal the love she has for this person, stating that her love is already won, paid for, and sacred.
In the chorus, she sings that no one else can love this person as she does, and no one else can kiss them as she has, without expecting anything in return. The singer's love for this person is described as "fragile" but deeply ingrained in her mind, and she simply cannot live without them. Lafourcade repeats the phrase "tu amor es sagrado" (your love is sacred) throughout the song, emphasizing the significance and purity of her feelings.
The final stanza is a plea for acknowledgement and acceptance of her love. She questions how many times she must repeat that her love is sacred, won, and buried deep within her before it is recognized. Ultimately, the song is a plaintive cry for validation of the importance and depth of her emotions.
Line by Line Meaning
¿Quién me roba tu amor
Si lo tengo guardado?
Who could possibly steal your love from me, when I have it safely kept?
¿Quién me roba tu amor
Si tu amor es robado?
Who could possibly steal your love from me, when your love belongs to me?
Si tu amor es mi vida
Si lo tengo ganado
Your love is my life, and I have already won it.
¿Quién me roba tu amor
Si tu amor es sagrado?
Who could possibly steal your love from me, when your love is sacred?
Si no pueden no pueden no pueden no pueden quererte
Como yo como yo como yo que tanto te he querido
If they cannot love you like I do, with all the love I have given you.
Si no saben no saben no saben no saben besarte
Como yo te he besado
Sin esperar nada a cambio
If they don't know how to kiss you like I have, without expecting anything in return.
Tu cariño, cariño tan frágil dentro de mi mente
Hace noche los días
No vivo si sigues ausente
Your fragile love is always on my mind, my days turn into nights without you here.
Si no saben no quieren creer
Que tu amor es sagrado
If they don't know or refuse to believe that your love is sacred.
Y yo lo tengo guardado
Y muy profundo enterrado
And I have it guarded, buried deep within me.
¿Cuántas veces voy a repetir
Que tu amor es sagrado?
How many times must I repeat that your love is sacred?
¿Cuántas veces te voy a decir
Que lo tengo ganado?
How many times must I tell you that I have already won your love?
¿Cuántas veces voy a repetir
Que lo tengo enterrado?
How many times must I repeat that I have buried it deep within me?
Lyrics © PEER MUSIC
Written by: AGUSTIN LARA
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