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"
Tonada de Luna Llena
Natalia Lafourcade Lyrics
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Dándole combate a un rio
Así es como se enamora
Tu corazón con el mío
Yo vidé una garza mora
Dándole combate a un rio
Así es como se enamora
Luna, luna, luna llena
Menguante
Luna, luna, luna llena
Menguante
Anda muchacho a la casa
Y me traes la carabina
Pa' matar este gavilán
Que no me deja gallina
La luna me está mirando
Yo no sé lo que me ve
Yo tengo la ropa limpia
Ayer tarde la lavé
La luna me está mirando
Yo no sé lo que me ve
Yo tengo la ropa limpia
Ayer tarde la lavé
Luna, luna, luna llena
Menguante
Luna, luna, luna llena
Menguante
Luna, luna, luna llena
Menguante
Luna, luna, luna llena
Menguante
The lyrics to "Luz de Luna" by Natalia Lafourcade [feat. Los Macorinos] are steeped in Mexican folklore and romance. The song tells a story about a man who is trying to impress a woman by showing her a garza mora, a bird known for its beauty and grace, battling against a river. He uses this as a metaphor for the way their hearts have become intertwined, and how they have fallen in love. The woman is aware of the man's advances but still feels uncertain about her feelings towards him. The moon seems to be a witness to their courtship, shining down on them as they go about their day-to-day lives.
The lyrics also reference the cultural practice of hunting with guns, as the man asks a boy to fetch him a weapon to shoot a hawk that is stealing his chickens. This adds to the rural and folksy feel of the song, which is accentuated by the use of traditional Mexican instruments like the requinto and the jarana. The repeated refrain of "luna, luna, luna llena, menguante" (moon, moon, full moon, waning) further reinforces the connection between the lovers and the natural world.
Line by Line Meaning
Yo vidé una garza mora
I saw a dark heron
Dándole combate a un rio
Engaged in battle with a river
Así es como se enamora
This is how love happens
Tu corazón con el mío
Your heart with mine
Luna, luna, luna llena
Moon, moon, full moon
Menguante
Waning
Anda muchacho a la casa
Go, boy, to the house
Y me traes la carabina
And bring me the rifle
Pa' matar este gavilán
To kill this hawk
Que no me deja gallina
That won't leave my hen alone
La luna me está mirando
The moon is looking at me
Yo no sé lo que me ve
I don't know what it sees in me
Yo tengo la ropa limpia
My clothes are clean
Ayer tarde la lavé
I washed them yesterday afternoon
Luna, luna, luna llena
Moon, moon, full moon
Menguante
Waning
Luna, luna, luna llena
Moon, moon, full moon
Menguante
Waning
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Simon Diaz
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Pierre Ferram
Soy Mexicano y esta canción hace que se me ponga la piel de gallina, que hermosa música tienen los Venezolanos. Cada día aprendo algo nuevo de su tierra. Un abrazo a todos
El mundo de Alanis
Gracias por querer nuestra música, parte de nuestro Folklore!! La música mexicana también es muy hermosa!!
Carlos R B
Gracias amigo. Sabes que mucha gente que conozco me hablaban mal de México, no se porque. Hasta que un día tuve la oportunidad de visitar y es increíble la amabilidad de su gente. De igual manera ahora tengo muchos compatriotas viviendo allá y hablan maravillas de tu tierra. Saludos.
bernis antonio parra roa
Es el tio simón el tio de todos los venezolanos la cancion mas famosa es CABALLO VIEJO se llama simón diaz explora su musica ( tonada del cabtestero)
Miguel Balza
Muchas gracias. Nuestra cultura son ricas. Hay que enaltecerlas y preservarlas. Viva México 🇲🇽 y viva Venezuela 🇻🇪
José Miguel Fernández
En nuestra música no hay diferencias, tenemos los mismos orígenes, mismos instrumentos, salvo pequeños detalles somos la misma gente, misma cultura, misma lengua mismas raíces, por eso nos identificamos tanto unos a otros, saludos 🖖.
JOSE RAFAEL Reyes
Soy Venezolano....y estos grandes artistas han hecho una interpretación magistral de una pieza hermosa de nuestro gran Simón Díaz... No tengo palabras para expresar mi agradecimiento...
EMMA KAREN GUTIERREZ HUALPARIMACHI
Debes escuchar la de Silvia Pérez Cruz 👌
Silvia
Es... hermosa 💖
Pierre Ferram
Totalmente de acuerdo y que bueno que llevan las música de Simón a nuevos oídos para que su legado continué