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"
Tus Ojitos
Natalia Lafourcade Lyrics
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Tus ojitos que contemplo con delirio
Yo los quiero y los adoro con empeño
Tienen la palidez de mi martirio
Y la dulce mirada del ensueño
Ay! Y la dulce mirada del ensueño
En el fondo del alma me embelesan
Me hacen llorar de pena cuando lloran
Y me llenan de amor cuando me miran
¡Ay! Y me llenan de amor cuando me miran
Bendito es el amor, bendito sea
Bendito es el amor, bendito sea
¡Oh imagen adorada del ensueño!
Deja que con mi canto tu alma sepa
Cómo yo te adoro con empeño
¡Ay! Bendito es el amor, bendito sea
Es por eso que siempre me enamoran
En el fondo del alma me embelesan
Me hacen llorar de pena cuando lloran
Y me llenan de amor cuando me miran
¡Ay! Y me llenan de amor cuando me miran
The song "Tus Ojitos" by Natalia Lafourcade [feat. Los Macorinos] is a beautiful ode to the power of love, specifically the entrancing feeling of being lost in someone's gaze. The lyrics express the singer's intense devotion and admiration towards the person's eyes that they are fixated on. The opening line "Tus ojitos que contemplo con delirio" translates to "Your little eyes that I contemplate with delirium." The repetition of this line emphasizes the singer's fixation and enchantment with these eyes that capture their entire being.
The singer goes on to describe their love for these eyes as all-consuming with the line, "Yo los quiero y los adoro con empeño," which means "I love and adore them with determination." The eyes have the "palidez de mi martirio" meaning the pallor or whiteness that symbolizes the singer's suffering, and yet they still hold such a sweet and dreamy quality. Lafourcade further expresses how these eyes have a power over them, making them cry when they cry and filling them with love when they look at them.
The song touches on the power of love and how it can lift someone's soul even in the face of suffering. The chorus says, "Bendito es el amor, bendito sea," which means "Blessed is love, blessed be." Lafourcade's beautiful interpretation, accompanied by Los Macorinos' skillful instrumentation, enhances the song's emotions and delivers the powerful message of the strength that love can provide.
Line by Line Meaning
Tus ojitos que contemplo con delirio
I adore and cherish your eyes that I gaze at with passion
Yo los quiero y los adoro con empeño
I love and adore them fervently
Tienen la palidez de mi martirio
They have the same pallor as my torment
Y la dulce mirada del ensueño
Yet their gaze is as sweet as a dream
Ay! Y la dulce mirada del ensueño
Oh! And their sweet gaze like a dream
Es por eso que siempre me enamoran
That is why they always enamor me
En el fondo del alma me embelesan
They enchant me deep down in my soul
Me hacen llorar de pena cuando lloran
They make me cry in sorrow when they cry
Y me llenan de amor cuando me miran
And they fill me with love when they look at me
¡Ay! Y me llenan de amor cuando me miran
Oh! And they fill me with love when they look at me
Bendito es el amor, bendito sea
Blessed is love, blessed be
¡Oh imagen adorada del ensueño!
Oh cherished image of a dream!
Deja que con mi canto tu alma sepa
Let my singing make your soul aware
Cómo yo te adoro con empeño
Of how I love and cherish you fervently
¡Ay! Bendito es el amor, bendito sea
Oh! Blessed is love, blessed be
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Natalia Lafourcade
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@MariluEagle
Tus ojitos que contemplo con delirio
Tus ojitos que contemplo con delirio
Yo los quiero y los adoro con empeño,
Tienen la palidez de mi martirio
Y la dulce mirada del ensueño.
¡Ay! Y la dulce mirada del ensueño.
Es por eso que siempre me enamoran,
en el fondo del alma me embelezan,
me hacen llorar de pena cuando lloran
y me llenan de amor cuando me miran
¡Ay! Y me llenan de amor cuando me miran.
Bendito es el amor, bendito sea
Bendito es el amor, bendito sea
¡Oh imagen adorada de mi ensueño!
Deja que con mi canto tu alma sepa
Cómo yo te adoro con empeño
¡Ay! Bendito es el amor, bendito sea
Es por eso que siempre me enamoran,
en el fondo del alma me embelezan,
me hacen llorar de pena cuando lloran
y me llenan de amor cuando me miran
¡Ay! Y me llenan de amor cuando me miran.
@juniorsbelisariolozanodiaz9022
Natalia Lafourcade homenajeando a Latinoamérica. Cómo peruano, orgulloso de ser tu admirador.
@AslanMatt
Este vals peruano en tu voz es puro sentimiento.
¡Viva México!
¡Viva Perú!
¡Viva Latinoamérica!
@cinefilosconectados3591
Marco Valdez Viva!!!
@planetaxaveryn
Vivan!!!... viva yo!!!! jajaja saludos desde Yucatán!
@lorec.3953
Natalia Lafourcade tiene la vos de un Angel...
@glazelazer8857
tenemos!
@calebdariotenorioalvarez6737
El rico vals peruano 🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪🇵🇪 viva Perú y viva México por esta gran artista!!!!
@danielvallecillo92
:0 asi se llama este genero? Porque me fascino, Que grande Perú
@b_colque
@@danielvallecillo92 sip vals peruano o criollo es lo mismo
@marcelodaneriperez5823
Éste vals es súper antiguo, está la grabación del dúo Peruano Montes y Manrique del año 1911 en Youtube, es un tema muy hermoso 🇵🇪❤️