In this new opportunity I come to tell you the reason for the letter to the root by Natalia Lafourcade was a trend at the time of her release on the music market.
Letter of Until the root of the Artist Natalia Lafourcade
Maria Natalia Lafourcade Silva is also named Natalia Lafourcade is a Mexican singer, songwriter, born on February 26, 1984 in Mexico City, at the age of 36, she has also been a musical product, designer and activist. Her parents have been musicians with a great artistic career.
His father is Gaston Lafourcade Valdenegro who was a professor at the UNAM National Autonomous University of Mexico and the Autonomous University of Queretaro.
His mother is María del Carmen Silva Contreras who is a graduated pianist who developed a method of musical education called the Macarsi Method.
This artist has a Lyric Soprano type of voice. Cachorro Lopez, Argentine musician and music producer, and Leonel Garcia, Mexican singer-songwriter, were invited to be co-producers for this production.
Producer Loris Ceroni was in charge of helping Natalia Lafourcade her first CD, which was released in 2002. Since then, Natalia has had a very outstanding musical career, reaching several studio albums, live albums and special collaborations.
Natalia Lafourcade found herself writing other people's songs on many occasions. To make the album Hasta la root, she met the challenge of making a new very personal album with her songs. In which she allowed herself to talk about her emotions and open her heart. And that her lyrics and her interpretation were up to the task of this new project.
Discography:
- Natalia Lafourcade 2002
- Casa 2005
- The four seasons of love 2007
- Hu Hu Hu 2009
- Divine Woman (Tribute to Agustín Lara) 2012
- to the root 2015
- Muses Vol 1 2017
- Muses Vol 2 2018
- A song for Mexico Vol 1 2020
He also had a participation in the Coco Movie with the singer and music producer named Miguel of the song "Remember me". Theme that won an Oscar Award. For Latin America he recorded a solo version that was included in the soundtrack of the movie.
up to the root It is a song that she herself has said has meant a lot to her, since this song talks about that love that teaches us to love and that despite the circumstances that can hinder it or live situations that prevent it, it leaves a teaching that Although two people move away or we grow up does not mean that we will forget them.
The genre of this song is Pop. This song corresponds to her sixth studio album by the singer, it was published on January 14, 2015. This song was composed and set to music by herself with the participation of musician Leonel García.
Up to the root It lasted 3 years, since it was written in a period in which the artist was in a search plan with herself, in which she traveled through different Latin American countries in search of inspiration to shape her new album.
Analysis of the lyrics of Hasta la root
When the artist expresses in her song lyrics Up to the root These letters are wanting to tell us different things that we are going to break down for your better understanding:
The song begins with these phrases:
First stanza:
“I keep crossing rivers” in which the composer tells us that despite what she has had to live through, she continues to overcome obstacles.
"Walking Selvas" this time tells us that he is experiencing new and unknown situations.
"Loving the sun" here shows us gratitude for a new day.
"Every day removing thorns" which means removing feelings of resentment from his heart.
"From the bottom of his heart" talks about those old feelings that are still there in his heart.
"At night I keep lighting dreams" that at night continues to idealize the situations experienced.
“To clean every memory with the sacred smoke” there the artist shows us that she is going to clean her memories leaving only the good things lived.
Second stanza:
"When I write your name" talks about the person he is remembering.
"When I look at the sky" speaks of sad memories.
Third stanza:
"I carry you inside" here tells us that even though they are not together, she still has affection for that love or person.
"Although I hide behind the mountain" talks about staying away from that loved one.
"And find a field full of cane" in this part she talks about if she gets distractions she will continue on her way.
Fourth stanza:
"I think that each moment" are the moments lived each day.
"They are the exact key to that fabric" tells us about great feelings or affections for that loved one who is not there.
"What I'm carrying under my skin" refers to his emotions.
Messages left by the song
In this letter of Until the root It shows us moments of conflict, pain, anguish that are emotions that any human being comes to experience after a sentimental breakup. Dreams being the motivation and what gives him energy and thus purify his memories to move forward.
It teaches us that despite having him deep in his heart and that his heart hurts, his memory is still intact there in his memory.
The issue Until the root by Natalia Lafourcade shows us that even though they are not together she remembers the presence of the other, remembering him everywhere. And that this memory of her somehow lights the way for him in the midst of the darkness.
And that the acceptance of the memory of the other with her is a protection of the relationship. She also tells us about the growth as a person and the maturity that she has had to take in these new circumstances, but that in the end the energy of it makes her move .
It touches on the theme of the memories of places, people, loves that as a principle of life their memories are kept in a place safe from oblivion.
For this reason this album Up to the root It is an album inspired by love and heartbreak, and the process of reconstruction and finding oneself. This song Up to the root It is the one that opens and gives the album its title.
The disk is divided as follows:
- Up to the root
- My favorite place
- before running away
- I can't love you anymore
- Why suffer?
- It's never enough
- White dove
- I want to see you
- let's go black
- what we build
- I'm ready
- no more crying
Natalia Lafourcade in previous interviews, has said that "this song is the Anthem of my life", and that "the origin of this song is to want to know what my direction is, to know where I come from and where I am going".
It is a song that reminds us of the strength that we all carry inside and that sustains us, and that it is important to know and remember who we are and where we come from. And that wherever we go we will take our truth with us. It is a goodbye with love, where you tell that person you love that despite everything you have experienced, you have taught me many things.
this is a disk Until the root is very sincere, in which Natalia Lafourcade has grown as an artist and as a person. The beauty of this is that the people who listen to it feel that Natalia herself is telling them about the adventures of love and heartbreak that she has experienced. It is part of the listener of this story.
En Until the root Lafourcade dares to venture into new sounds with more personal lyrics, in an album that rescues sounds from the past mixed with his own ideas. In a short time, this album broke sales records, which awarded gold and platinum records in different countries. And at the same time he obtained prestigious awards for this song.
Even Natalia Lafourcade's Raíz came out of the hand of the Sony Music record company. In January it debuted for the first time at number 1 on the digital platforms ¡Tunes and Dezer. As I am also part of the viral list 50 of spotify Mexico.
Awards received
- Platinum record in Mexico
- Gold record in Italy
- In the sixteenth version of the Latin Grammy, he won the best song of the year and best alternative song.
The art of the album was a commitment to simplicity, where they used images that the artist had saved in a polaroid and her cell phone. The change of look was also part of this new album.
Natalia Lafourcade is an artist who is always trying to take risks musically, taking her out of her Comfort Zone and taking new opportunities that are more creative. In this album she left hope, love, liberation and acceptance as a message.
It does not matter what country they are from, the songs of Up to the root They will reach your soul and make you feel proud of who you are. And it makes you know that love is necessary in life and that living all the nuances of it is necessary to move forward in life.
While on the Hasta la Raiz Tour, Natalia met the Cojolites, which is a Mexican musical group founded in 1995, who are the founders of the Son Jorocho Documentation Center.
Where on September 19, 2017 an earthquake occurred in Puebla affecting its structure. That is why this year I released an album called Un canto por México volume 1, which is based on a concert that he performed on November 4, 2019. Which was called Un Canto por México to help raise funds for the reconstruction of the Son Jorocho Documentation Center.
That is why I invite you to listen to their discography, if you haven't already done so, and enjoy them to the fullest. Perhaps you would be interested in reading some romantic poetry in Poems of Cecilia Meireles.