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"
Soy lo Prohibido
Natalia Lafourcade Lyrics
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Que ya no puedes desprender
Soy lo prohibido
Soy esa fiebre de tu ser
Que te domina sin querer
Soy lo prohibido
La de la entrega sin papel
Soy tu castigo
Porque en tu falsa intimidad
En cada abrazo que le das
Sueñas conmigo
Soy el pecado que te dio
Nueva ilusión en el amor
Soy lo prohibido
Soy la aventura que llegó
Para ayudarte a continuar
En tu camino
Soy ese beso que se da
Sin que se pueda comentar
Soy ese nombre que jamás
Fuera de aquí pronunciarás
Soy ese amor que negarás
Para salvar tu dignidad
Soy lo prohibido
Soy el pecado que te dio
Nueva ilusión en el amor
Soy lo prohibido
Soy la aventura que llegó
Para ayudarte a continuar
En tu camino
Soy ese beso que se da
Sin que se pueda comentar
Soy ese nombre que jamás
Fuera de aquí pronunciarás
Soy ese amor que negarás
Para salvar tu dignidad
Soy lo prohibido
The lyrics of Natalia Lafourcade's song Soy lo Prohibido describe a complex and secret relationship between two people who are not supposed to be together. The singer identifies herself as a forbidden pleasure that the other person cannot let go of, even though they know they should. The lyrics describe the singer as a temptation that the other person submits to without wanting to.
The song portrays the forbidden nature of the relationship by emphasizing that the other person dreams about the singer even when they are with someone else. The singer claims to be the sin that brought a new hope to the other person's love life, giving them the courage to continue their journey. The lyrics suggest that the relationship is passionate and intense, allowing the other person to experience pleasure and adventures they wouldn't have had otherwise.
However, the relationship is also portrayed as something that can't be spoken about or openly acknowledged. The singer describes herself as a kiss, a name, and a love that the other person will never confess to having experienced. The song ends by repeating that the singer is the forbidden, the sin, the adventure that came into the other person's life to help them move forward.
Line by Line Meaning
Soy ese vicio de tu piel
I am the addiction that lingers on your skin
Que ya no puedes desprender
That you can no longer detach
Soy lo prohibido
I am the forbidden
Soy esa fiebre de tu ser
I am the fever that consumes you
Que te domina sin querer
That dominates you unintentionally
Soy lo prohibido
I am the forbidden
Soy esa noche de placer
I am that night of pleasure
La de la entrega sin papel
The one without a written agreement
Soy tu castigo
I am your punishment
Porque en tu falsa intimidad
Because in your false intimacy
En cada abrazo que le das
In every embrace you give
Sueñas conmigo
You dream of me
Soy el pecado que te dio
I am the sin that gave you
Nueva ilusión en el amor
A new hope in love
Soy lo prohibido
I am the forbidden
Soy la aventura que llegó
I am the adventure that arrived
Para ayudarte a continuar
To help you continue
En tu camino
On your path
Soy ese beso que se da
I am that kiss that is given
Sin que se pueda comentar
Without it being able to be discussed
Soy ese nombre que jamás
I am that name that will never
Fuera de aquí pronunciarás
Be pronounced outside of here
Soy ese amor que negaras
I am that love that you denied
Para salvar tu dignidad
To save your dignity
Soy lo prohibido
I am the forbidden
Soy el pecado que te dio
I am the sin that gave you
Nueva ilusión en el amor
A new hope in love
Soy lo prohibido
I am the forbidden
Soy la aventura que llegó
I am the adventure that arrived
Para ayudarte a continuar
To help you continue
En tu camino
On your path
Soy ese beso que se da
I am that kiss that is given
Sin que se pueda comentar
Without it being able to be discussed
Soy ese nombre que jamás
I am that name that will never
Fuera de aquí pronunciarás
Be pronounced outside of here
Soy ese amor que negaras
I am that love that you denied
Para salvar tu dignidad
To save your dignity
Soy lo prohibido
I am the forbidden
Lyrics © MAXIMO AGUIRRE MUSIC PUBLISHING, INC., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Roberto Cantoral Garcia, Francisco Dino Lopez Ramos
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