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"
Te Quiero Ver
Natalia Lafourcade Lyrics
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No sales de casa
Te extraño en las tardes
Las mañanas respiro tu aliento
Las horas que pasan
Se pasan tan lento
Cientos de mensajes
Esperanzas de abrazar tu cuerpo
Al llegar el anochecer
Te quiero ver y tú no puedes
Y tú no puedes
Este amor es enloquecer
Te quiero ver y tú no puedes
Y tú no puedes
Tú crees que eres fácil (yo creo que soy fácil)
Y yo me pregunto (y tú te preguntas)
¿Cómo fue posible enamorarme en tan pocos segundos?
Siempre que estoy lejos (siempre que estás lejos)
En la radio te encuentro (en la radio me encuentras)
Todas esas canciones sin pensarlas
Te mando mis besos
Al llegar el anochecer
Te quiero ver y tú no puedes
Y tú no puedes
Este amor es enloquecer
Te quiero ver y tú no puedes
Y tú no puedes
Dime qué es lo que tengo que hacer
Para encontrarme contigo
Y que te quedes conmigo
Dime qué es lo que tengo qué hacer
Si no te puedo ni ver
Y no te puedo tener
Al llegar el anochecer
Te quiero ver y tú no puedes
Y tú no puedes
Este amor es enloquecer
Te quiero ver y tú no puedes
Y tú no puedes
Al llegar el anochecer
Te quiero ver y tú no puedes
Y tú no puedes
Este amor es enloquecer
Te quiero ver y tú no puedes
Y tú no puedes
In this song, Natalia Lafourcade sings about missing someone on a Sunday, wishing to see them and feeling restless because of the distance between them. She describes how the hours pass by slowly, and all she wants is to hold the person close. However, despite her desire to see them, the person can't be with her at that moment, and this love she feels is driving her crazy.
The singer wonders how she fell in love with this person in such a short amount of time, and she reveals that she often listens to the radio to find comfort and sends her kisses through the songs. She then asks the person what she needs to do to be with them, to have them by her side, but she realizes that sometimes it's not possible to have what we want.
The lyrics of "Te Quiero Ver" convey the feeling of longing and desire for someone, the frustration of not being able to see them, and the desperation of needing them. The song's melody is calm and soothing, adding to the reflective nature of the lyrics. It's a song that anyone who has been separated from a loved one can relate to and find solace in.
Line by Line Meaning
De nuevo en domingo
Starting a new week, feeling like every day is the same and I miss you
No sales de casa
You don't leave the house, I don't get to see you
Te extraño en las tardes
I miss you in the afternoons
Las mañanas respiro tu aliento
I breathe in the memory of you in the mornings
Las horas que pasan
The hours that go by
Se pasan tan lento
Go by so slowly
Cientos de mensajes
Hundreds of messages
Esperanzas de abrazar tu cuerpo
Hoping to hug your body
Al llegar el anochecer
As nightfall arrives
Te quiero ver y tú no puedes
I want to see you but you can't
Este amor es enloquecer
This love is driving me crazy
Tú crees que eres fácil (yo creo que soy fácil)
You think you're easy (I think I'm easy)
Y yo me pregunto (y tú te preguntas)
And I wonder (and you wonder)
¿Cómo fue posible enamorarme en tan pocos segundos?
How was it possible to fall in love in just a few seconds?
Siempre que estoy lejos (siempre que estás lejos)
Whenever I'm far away (whenever you're far away)
En la radio te encuentro (en la radio me encuentras)
I find you on the radio (you find me on the radio)
Todas esas canciones sin pensarlas
All those songs without even thinking about them
Te mando mis besos
I send you my kisses
Dime qué es lo que tengo que hacer
Tell me what I have to do
Para encontrarme contigo
To meet up with you
Y que te quedes conmigo
And for you to stay with me
Si no te puedo ni ver
If I can't even see you
Y no te puedo tener
And I can't have you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Maria Natalia Lafourcade Silva, Marian Ruzzi
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