Mon Laferte is changing things up for her next album…
The 37-year-old Chilean singer and songwriter wrote her sixth album, Seis, while hunkered down in the pueblo mágico Tepoztlán, nearly two hours south of Mexico City.
Mon Laferte started writing it a month after the COVID-19 lockdown was imposed.
“I was like everyone else, just filled with uncertainty,” she tells Billboard. “So I clung onto my music and my guitar because I thought, if the world ends, I at least want people to know how I was feeling.”
It’s the first album in which she sings regional Mexican (banda, corridos tumbados, mariachi) music in homage to the country she’s live in for the past 14 years. In it, she doesn’t hold back while singing about toxic relationships, past and future loves, and the love she has for her mother and other women.
“The entire writing process was very solitary, bleak and melancholic … it was nights of just me and my guitar, drinking mezcal, with the crickets in the background,” she adds.
It’s a nice day for a white wedding-like performance for Mon Laferte… In a church-like setting surrounded by white candles for a divine ambiance, the 38-year-old Chilean singer, songwriter and musician delivered a spiritual Tiny Desk (Home) Concert for NPR this week. An impassioned Laferte sang some of her most…
Mon Laferte is coming back… The 41-year-old Chilean & Mexican musician, singer, composer and painter has renewed her partnership with Warner Chappell Music, signing a worldwide administration deal. “I’m really excited for what’s ahead. They were the first ones to have faith in me,” said Mon Laferte in a press…
It’s a new deal for Mon Laferte. The 41-year-old Chilean & Mexican musician, singer, composer and painter has signed a record deal with Sony Music Latin. In this “new phase” of Mon Laferte’s career, Sony Music will continue to “enhance” her legacy and international visibility, according to the label. The Grammy-nominated…
