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"
Tú me acostumbraste
Natalia Lafourcade Lyrics
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A todas esas cosas
Y tú me enseñaste
Que son maravillosas
Sutil, llegaste a mí como la tentación
Llenando de inquietud mi corazón
En tu mundo raro y por ti aprendí
Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
Por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti
Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
Por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti
Por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti
In Natalia Lafourcade's song "Tú me acostumbraste", the singer acknowledges the impact that their lover has had on their life. The lover has introduced the singer to all sorts of wonderful things, and has taught them about the world and love. The lover has arrived in the singer's life in a subtle and tempting manner, creating a sense of restlessness in the singer's heart. Even though the singer initially had no idea how to love in the lover's "strange world," they ultimately learned how to love from the lover.
However, the singer is now faced with the heartbreak of being forgotten by the lover. The singer wonders why the lover did not teach them how to live without them. The song captures the depth of pain that comes with the end of a relationship, but also acknowledges the transformative power of love.
The lyrics are beautifully written, expressing complex emotions in a simple, clear manner. Natalia Lafourcade's gentle voice and the acoustic guitar make this a soothing song that is both heartbreaking and hopeful.
Line by Line Meaning
Tú me acostumbraste
You got me used to
A todas esas cosas
All of those things
Y tú me enseñaste
And you taught me
Que son maravillosas
That they are wonderful
Sutil, llegaste a mí como la tentación
Subtle, you came to me like temptation
Llenando de inquietud mi corazón
Filling my heart with restlessness
Yo no concebía cómo se quería
I couldn't conceive how to love
En tu mundo raro y por ti aprendí
In your strange world, and because of you I learned
Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
That's why I wonder when I see that you forgot me
Por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti
Why didn't you teach me how to live without you
Por eso me pregunto al ver que me olvidaste
That's why I wonder when I see that you forgot me
Por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti
Why didn't you teach me how to live without you
Por qué no me enseñaste cómo se vive sin ti
Why didn't you teach me how to live without you
Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Frank Dominguez
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@cecikoch
Tú me acostumbraste
A todas esas cosas,
Y tú me enseñaste
Que son maravillosas.
Sutil llegaste a mí
Como la tentación,
Llenando de inquietud
Mi corazón.
Yo no concebía
Cómo se quería
En tu mundo raro,
Y por ti aprendí.
Por eso me pregunto
Al ver que me olvidaste,
Por qué no me enseñaste
Cómo se vive sin ti
Por eso me pregunto
Al ver que me olvidaste,
Por qué no me enseñaste
Cómo se vive sin ti
Por qué no me enseñaste
Cómo se vive sin ti
@MultiMiguelarcangel
La grandisima mayoria de los comentarios solo hablan de Natalia, pero solo tres o cuatro reconocen el excelentisimo trabajo de la diva del Buena Vista Social Club, doña Omara Portuondo... Excelente versio
@alexiscruz4357
MultiMiguelarcangel Te falto mencionar a los Macorinos
@yrisgarciadiaz1215
MultiMiguelarcangel La más grande Dueña y Señora Omara Portuondo!!!!
@aranzagomez8958
MultiMiguelarcangel Deben saber que como Omara no hay otra.
@Emmabmtz
MultiMiguelarcangel magnífica Omara!!!
@juliolima7443
MultiMiguelarcangel cada trabajo de Omara es una melodía que marca un antes y un después en cada una de las etapas más hermosas de nuestras vidas. Recuerdo el día en que encontré un disco en las afueras de un metro en la ciudad de México y de allí en adelante, sus melodías le dan música a mi vida.
@MarcoVinicioHA
Hace un par de días falleció la mujer que decidió ser mi madre (mi abuelita), desde que escuché esta canción sabía que se la tenía que dedicar en vida y en muerte. Hoy lloro su partida, me duele hasta el tuétano su ausencia, 92 años decidió Dios dejarla en esta vida. Les ruego una oración por una mujer que supo vivir, amar, rezar y alegrar la existencia de todos nosotros.
@marleninflores6356
Una oración por tu hermosa abuela y que Dios consuele tu alma ❤️
@MarcoVinicioHA
@Marlenin Flores mil gracias. Dios te bendiga por ser tan buena!
@gerardoangeles1052
Bendiciones hasta el cielo para tu madre, seguramente fue una mujer hermosa.