Natalia y la forquetina was the moniker used between 2005 and 2006 by Natal… Read Full Bio ↴Natalia y la forquetina was the moniker used between 2005 and 2006 by Natalia Lafourcade for the album "Casa". Natalia Lafourcade (born Natalia Lafourcade Silva on 26 February 1984 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican pop-rock singer and songwriter.

Since she was very young, Natalia had a great interest in music, partly because her parents were musicians. At three years old she began to sing and at four, she realized that she wanted to be an artist.

She attended Instituto Anglo Español, a Catholic middle school. In her childhood and adolescence she studied painting, flute, theater, music, acting, piano, guitar, saxophone and singing. When she was 10, Natalia sang in a Mariachi group.

She lived many years in Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico, where she studied music with her mother, imitating artists like Gloria Trevi and Garibaldi.

In 1998, Natalia was part of a girl trio called Twist. Unfortunately, the group was unsuccessful and they split up the next year.

Soon after, she began preparing to be a solo artist. When she was 17, Loris Ceroni gave Natalia the opportunity to be in a pop/rock group under his guidance, but when she wasn't sure, he encouraged her to go solo.

Although LaFourcade didn't join the group, Loris Ceroni 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, Mirame, Mirate, and her biggest hit, En El 2000.

In 2003, she was nominated for a Latin Grammy in the Best New Artist category (she lost to David Bisbal) for her debut album. Also, she collaborated on the soundtrack of the Mexican movie Amarte Duele and Un Pato for the movie Temporada de patos.

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.

In 2006, after a tour through Mexico and parts of the U.S., on June 2, Natalia announced that she will be leaving La Forquetina to once again work as a solo artist. Natalia y la Forquetina's final show was played on August 18, 2006 in San Luis Potosi. Following the group's break-up, Casa won the Latin Grammy for Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal in September.

Natalia Lafourcade has also appeared on other songs with various other artists. These include Liquit's Jardin, Kalimba's Dia de Suerte, Control Machete's El Apostador, and Reik's rendition of a Lafourcade song Amarte Duele. Also she along with her former band have appeared on various compilation disks with previously unreleased tracks such as Y Todo Para Que on Intocable's X and on the Tin Tan tribute album, Viva Tin Tan, with the hit "Piel Canela" a cover of a 60s Spanish evergreen made famous by Eydie Gorme & Trio Los Panchos.

Cuarto Encima
Natalia y La Forquetina Lyrics

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Despierta
Y busca en el ropero
Los libros
Que no leíste ayer

Despierta
Y busca en el ropero
Vestidos

Que no leíste ayer

Muñecas y las calcomanias
Que viven escondidas
Sólo quieren salir

Los discos
Sòlo guardan silencio
Y huele un poco a viejo
Tal vez quieren salir

Se mueven bien mis zapatillas
Y los calcetines me asfixian
Escapan de cajón

Se mueven bien mis pantorrillas
Las fotografías me miran
Escapan del cajón

Se me viene el cuarto encima
Se me vienen las mentiras

Overall Meaning

The first verse of Natalia y La Forquetina’s song Cuarto Encima starts with the singer urging the listener to wake up and search their wardrobe for the books they couldn’t manage to read the day before. The second verse then continues with the singer encouraging the listener to look for dresses they had been given but had yet to wear. The following lines then describe the desire of the listener's hidden belongings to be appreciated and used. These belongings include dolls and stickers that are hiding, and vinyl records that are now silent and perhaps forgotten.

As the song progresses, the singer’s shoes and socks begin to suffocate her, while the pictures in her photo album seem to come alive and are now watching her. The final lines of the song describe the listener's room (cubierto in the title's sense) closing in on them as the lies that have been hidden away like the items in the wardrobe and drawers are finally revealed.

The song overall seems to describe the suffocation that comes with hiding away things that should be used and appreciated but instead get pushed away and neglected. The lies that have been hidden away also represent the weight of secrets that can crush a person.

Line by Line Meaning

Despierta
Wake up

Y busca en el ropero
And search in the closet

Los libros
For the books

Que no leíste ayer
That you didn't read yesterday

Vestidos
For the clothes

Que no leíste ayer
That you didn't wear yesterday

Muñecas y las calcomanias
Dolls and stickers

Que viven escondidas
That live hidden away

Sólo quieren salir
Just want to come out

Los discos
The records

Sòlo guardan silencio
Only keep silent