Mon Laferte, who likes to be called the most Mexican Chilean
resumed his independent artistic side and will share his musical eclecticism, art and creativity on the tour Autopoietica Tour 2024with which he will tour Mexico, the United States and several Latin American countries.
In a virtual press conference with various media outlets on the continent, the singer and songwriter enthusiastically announced the song God’s workproduced by the artist herself and Manu Jalil, which marks a new stage in her career. This is my first independent release after several years with a large company; I want to express myself, be free; I made this song and I want to show it to the world
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The artist, who has won four Latin Grammys, in addition to two Grammy nominations and has sold millions of albums around the world, pointed out: The decision of independence is because I did not want to renew my contract; My time with the company was good, I learned and grew a lot. In fact, when this arrived I was independent and I needed that support, but now I thought that I didn’t feel so comfortable because of many things, I don’t want to go into details because it would be very long, but I’m fine at the moment
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Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte, the singer’s real name, said: “I have a feeling of freedom by not having a contract that ties me down as a record company, it is for the better and that is cool; “I am excited to see what happens in this aspect of making music, more relaxed, with fewer commitments and expectations.”
In this context, Laferte said that he is excited to “share his music, as well as being in agreement.” tour, because I feel like it’s my first tour, like seriously, after I became a mother; because the last time I was there my baby was three months old and I felt like a mother and not like Monserrat; He sang and my milk came out. Now I am me again, I am a musician, an artist, a creator and I am going to the stage again. “I want to take on the world.”
After the revolution of Autopoieticshis eighth album, Mon Laferte returned with God’s worka song in which the sounds of his past album are still present, with creation through rhythmic bases, trip-hop and electronics, returning to the more alternative essence of the first years of his career.
“I want to experiment and I am always in that search; each album is different from the previous one. Autopoietics It’s more experimental because it’s obvious that I play with music; “I don’t like staying in the same place, I get bored,” said the interpreter.
The video clip was directed by Chilean director Camila Grandi and recorded in Berlin, in spaces as cinematic and retrofuturistic as the Internationales Congress Centrum (ICC) and the Messedamm underpass.
Who stars in this video along with Mon is the artistic company with its base of operations in Zurich and whose work fascinated the singer. “I feel connected to them in their idea of how to create. They are not just a dance or performance company. performance. They can’t be put in a box because they think that art should be very free. They are interested in fashion, sound installation, music, bodies, discourse and I think that is something that resonates a lot with how I see my own path,” she expressed.
But the connection goes further. In the clip of God’s work where he sought to capture her contradictions and show that she is a mere mortal
also included a performance. “We worked with real candles and wax droplets fell all the time. That required absolute concentration, putting the body at the service of the performance and of art; We enter a very special meditative state, which is something I also tend to do when I’m on stage or in the studio. In these moments I am totally present, at the service of my art and my music.”
Mon Laferte, who is aware of his sonic eclecticism, seeks that in his tour various elements, musicians and genres are combined, including electronic music. “The most entertaining thing is that for the first time I will have dancers on stage and we are going to do like a catwalk moment, which will be very special because I have to play Autopoieticswhich gives its name to the album, but in reality it is not for singing, but rather a musical moment and I want to invite the public.”
In this sense, the singer proposes to those who attend the concerts, which begin on February 29 in the city of Puebla, “that they go dressed Autopoieticamente, that means, in a very free and fun way; Let them take the chance for absolute freedom and we will choose the best outfits so that they can go up to the catwalk.”
Mon Laferte cultivated her musical influences since she was a teenager in her native Viña del Mar, to what Mexico has taught her, her second home since 2007, which sheltered her to publish her first albums independently. She has eight albums: Disposable (2011), Litmus (2013), Mon Laferte Vol. 1 (2015), The braid (2017), Norma (2018), Six (2021), 1940 Carmen (2021) y Autopoietics (2023), works that have been the result of experimentation and overcoming the fear of trial and error.
She pointed out: “Since I started as a very young creator, I set out – I think about it today and it surprises me – to always be a better artist. That was my ultimate goal in life, to always grow; I try to improve both in composition, production and as a live performer; in addition to listening with humility to the good and bad comments, as well as listening to myself and my heart.”
Laferte, who ruled out talking about politics, did assure that his support and sisterhood towards the female gender will be reflected in the next presidential elections in Mexican territory.
I am excited, it is the first time that I am going to vote in Mexico; I love that there are two women. In fact, that’s why I wanted to become a national and I’m going to vote for one. We know that machismo is harsh in the country and throughout Latin America; That has been changing but it is still tough and that now we have two candidates I like it
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