La Trenza

La Trenza followed the success Laferte achieved with her previous album Mon Laferte, Vol. 1 (2015), which allowed her to enter the Latin American scene, specially with the commercial success of "Tu Falta de Querer", unlike her previous effort, which was recorded independently, La Trenza was recorded at different studios in both Mexico (Valenzo Studios, Estudio 13 and Honky Town) and Chile (CHT Studios).{{cite web|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/cultura/2017/04/28/mon-laferte-lanza-su-nuevo-album-la-trenza-su-nuevo-album/|title=Mon Laferte lanza su nuevo álbum "La Trenza"|website=El Mostrador|date=April 28, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}} After the release of the first single "Amárrame", Laferte announced the release of the album sharing its name and cover via her Instagram account in April 2017, as well as posting snippets of songs such as "Flaco", "Cielito de Abril" (previously featured in the 2014 film Loco cielo de abril), "No te Fumes mi Marihuana" and "Ana" (cover of a song by Peruvian band Los Saicos), among others.{{cite web|url=http://www.rockandpop.cl/2017/04/mon-laferte-adelanto-partes-nuevo-disco-la-trenza-traves-instagram/|title=Mon Laferte adelantó partes de su nuevo disco "La Trenza" a través de Instagram|website=Rock&Pop|date=April 21, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}} She also shared videos telling her inspirations for some of the songs of the album like "La Trenza", which according to her "it is literally the story of how my grandmother saw the life of her granddaughter, of me, how she dreamed this girl would be and I only wrote what I remembered my grandmother saying".{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/mon-laferte-publica-breves-adelantos-los-temas-nuevo-disco/|title=Mon Laferte sorprende con breves adelantos de los temas de su nuevo disco|website=La Tercera|date=April 21, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}}

Sonically, the album features a wide variety of genres of Latin American music like mariachi in "La trenza", andean folklore in "Pa' Donde se Fue", bolero in "Flaco", cumbia in "Amárrame" and peruvian waltz in "Yo Te Qui".{{cite web|url=https://www.signos.fm/2017/02/13/mon-laferte-estrena-canciones-y-apuesta-por-explorar-influencias-sonoras-latinoamericanas/|title=MON LAFERTE ESTRENA CANCIONES Y APUESTA POR EXPLORAR INFLUENCIAS SONORAS LATINOAMERICANAS|website=Signos FM|date=February 13, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.t13.cl/noticia/tendencias/espectaculos/mon-laferte-lanza-trenza-album-consolidacion-musical|title=Mon Laferte lanza "La trenza", el álbum de la consolidación musical|website=Teletrece|first=Bastian|last=García|date=April 28, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}} The album also includes collaborations with Colombian singer Juanes in "Amárrame", Spanish singer Enrique Bunbury in "Mi Buen Amor" and Chilean singer Manuel García in "Cielito de Abril". On November 10, 2017, she released a deluxe version of the album with four unreleased songs, "Alelí" featuring Mexican singer Caloncho, "Vendaval", "Palomita" and "Cuando era Flor", to accompany the deluxe version, she also released a DVD composed of live performances from the concerts she gave in Santiago during the promotion of the album.{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/culto/2017/11/10/mon-laferte-lanza-edicion-deluxe-la-trenza-cuatro-canciones-ineditas/|title=Mon Laferte lanza edición deluxe de La Trenza con cuatro canciones inéditas|website=La Tercera|first=Mónica|last=Garrido|date=November 10, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}}

The first single was "Amárrame" featuring Juanes, released on 10 February 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/mon-laferte-lanza-amarrame-tema-juanes/|title=Mon Laferte lanza Amárrame, su tema con Juanes|website=La Tercera|date=February 10, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}} The song peaked at number two in both Chile and Mexico, and finished the year as the most played song by a Chilean artist in Chilean radio stations, being played over 37,000 times during 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/chile/general/20170320|title=Chile Top 20 General – Del 20 al 26 de Marzo, 2017|last=Monitor Latino|website=charts monitorLATINO|language=es}}{{Cite web|url=http://charts.monitorlatino.com/top20/Print/mexico/general/20170515|title=Mexico Top 20 General – Del 15 al 21 de Mayo, 2017|last=Monitor Latino|website=charts monitorLATINO|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/entretencion/musica/mon-laferte-fue-la-artista-chilena-mas-escuchada-en-radios-nacionales/2017-12-27/095305.html|title=Mon Laferte fue la artista chilena más escuchada en radios nacionales durante el 2017|website=Cooperativa|date=December 27, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}} A music video for the song was filmed in Miami, Florida and had over 360 million views in YouTube as of 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_ZyDlTfndE|title=Mon Laferte - Amárrame (Video Oficial) ft. Juanes|website=YouTube|access-date=August 20, 2022}}

The second single was "Mi Buen Amor" featuring Spanish singer Enrique Bunbury, released on 8 August 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/entretencion/musica/mi-buen-amor-revisa-el-nuevo-clip-de-mon-laferte/2017-08-08/182605.html|title="Mi buen amor": Revisa el nuevo clip de Mon Laferte|website=Cooperativa|date=August 8, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}} The third single was "Primaveral", released on 16 October 2017, the music video for the song was filmed in México and was directed by Gamaliel de Santiago, who also directed the videos for "Si Tú Me Quisieras", "Tu Falta de Querer" and "Amárrame".{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025205945/http://www.billboard.com.ar/noticia/3852/mon-laferte-tiene-un-novio-de-madera|url=http://www.billboard.com.ar/noticia/3852/mon-laferte-tiene-un-novio-de-madera|title=Mon Laferte tiene un novio de madera|website=Billboard|date=October 23, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|archive-date=October 25, 2017|language=es}} Both "Amárrame" and "Mi Buen Amor" were certified diamond in México, with the former selling over 450,000 copies, additionally, four more songs from the album were also certified in the country, platinum for "Primaveral" and "Flaco", and gold for "Pa' Donde Se Fue" and "Yo Te Qui".{{cite web|url=https://amprofon.com.mx/es/pages/certificaciones.php|title=Certificaciones - Mon Laferte|website=AMPROFON|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}}

Prior to the release of the album, Laferte performed at the 2017 Viña del Mar International Song Festival, including the songs "Amárrame", "No Te Fumes Mi Marihuana" and "Yo Te Qui" in the setlist, this was her first performance at the Chilean festival.{{cite web|url=https://larepublica.pe/espectaculos/2020/02/19/mon-lafarte-en-vina-del-mar-mira-el-concierto-debut-de-la-interprete-de-amarrame-en-la-quinta-vergara-eint/|title=Mon Laferte en Viña del mar: ¿Cómo fue su primera participación en el festival?

|website=La República|date=February 19, 2020|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}} During 2017, she embarked on the Amárrame Tour which started on February 11, 2017, at the Centro Cultural Universitario in Tlaxcala, Mexico and spanned through several cities of Mexico, United States, Spain and Peru, it also included eleven performances through various cities of Chile with two concerts at Teatro Caupolicán in Santiago.

{{cite web|url=https://www.tvn.cl/entretencion/espectaculos/mon-laferte-anuncia-extensa-gira-por-chile-2303457|title=Mon Laferte presenta "Amárrame Tour"|website=TVN|date=February 17, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}}

{{Music ratings

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| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/la-trenza-mw0003046258|title=La Trenza - Mon Laferte {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=Prunes|first=Mariano|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=January 24, 2020}}

| rev2 = Indie Rocks!

| rev2score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.indierocks.mx/musica/resenas/mon-laferte-la-trenza/|title=Mon Laferte - La Trenza|website=Indie Rocks!|first=Adriana|last=Cartagena|date=May 30, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}}

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La Trenza received positive reviews from critics upon release, being listed by several magazines as one of the best albums of both Chile and Latin American music of 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.latundra.com/discos2017/|title=Los Mejores Discos del 2017|website=La Tundra|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228000503/http://www.latundra.com/discos2017/|archive-date=December 28, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tvu.cl/comunidades/discos/2017/12/20/4-discos-chilenos-destacados-de-2017.html|title=4 discos chilenos destacados de 2017|website=TVU|first=Natalia|last=Matus|date=December 20, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}}{{cite web|url=http://www.caras.cl/musica/los-mejores-discos-que-nos-dejo-el-ano/|title=El podio de 2017: Los mejores discos que nos dejó el año|website=Caras|first=Sebastian|last=Cerda|date=December 27, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102165910/http://www.caras.cl/musica/los-mejores-discos-que-nos-dejo-el-ano/|archive-date=January 2, 2018}} American magazine Billboard placed the album at number seven on their list of Top 20 Best Latin Albums of 2017 calling it "an album that announces the arrival of an artist with range and staying power" while Chilean media outlets La Tercera and Publimetro named the album as one of the most important Chilean releases of the year.{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/best-latin-albums-of-2017-critics-picks-8078442/|title=The 20 Best Latin Albums of 2017: Critics’ Picks|website=Billboard|date=December 22, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/culto/2017/12/07/los-cinco-proyectos-musicales-chilenos-brillaron-en-2017/|title=Los cinco proyectos musicales chilenos que brillaron en 2017|website=La Tercera|first=Bárbara|last=Cavacho|date=December 7, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.publimetro.cl/cl/metroamp/entretenimiento/2017/12/22/los-discos-marcaron-este-2017.html|title=Los discos que marcaron este 2017|website=Publimetro|date=December 22, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022|language=es}} Additionally, the title track was placed at number five by Billboard at their list for The 20 Best Latin Songs of 2017 writing that "with a feminist message for girls braided into an old school bolero, Mon Laferte makes a beautiful song all the more powerful".{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/the-20-best-latin-songs-of-2017-critics-picks-8078462/|title=The 20 Best Latin Songs of 2017: Critics’ Picks|website=Billboard|date=December 22, 2017|access-date=August 20, 2022}}

Mariano Prunes from AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, he said about her music that "she partially switches her attention from her adoptive homeland to the sounds she heard while growing up in Chile", also noticing Laferte "is more interested in offering something for everyone than heading in a completely new direction, as the album smartly mixes North Andean rhythms, vals peruano, cumbia, and a Los Saicos cover (a highly influential Peruvian band from the '60s), with bolero, ska, ranchera, pop, and ballads", and considered Laferte "a powerhouse melodramatic singer able to emote without sounding strident". Adriana Cartagena from Mexican magazine Indie Rocks! gave the album an eight out of ten writing that "La Trenza reveals a relaxed Laferte, with nothing to prove and with a bigger budget to add more instruments and better arrangements", she also mentioned the collaborations "Mi Buen Amor" and "Cielito de Abril" as being high points in the album.

{{Track listing

| headline = La Trenza track listing

| title1 = Pa' Donde Se Fue

| writer1 = Mon Laferte

| length1 = 4:09

| title2 = Que Sí

| writer2 = {{hlist|Laferte|Gamaliel de Santiago}}

| length2 = 3:23

| title3 = Mi Buen Amor

| note3 = featuring Enrique Bunbury

| writer3 = Laferte

| length3 = 3:47

| title4 = Ana

| writer4 = {{hlist|Rolando Carpio|Erwin Flores}}

| length4 = 2:45

| title5 = Amárrame

| note5 = featuring Juanes

| writer5 = Laferte

| length5 = 3:27

| title6 = Yo Te Qui

| writer6 = Laferte

| length6 = 2:46

| title7 = Primaveral

| writer7 = Laferte

| length7 = 3:51

| title8 = No Te Fumes Mi Mariguana

| writer8 = {{hlist|Laferte|Manú Jalil}}

| length8 = 4:30

| title9 = Cielito de Abril

| note9 = featuring Manuel García

| writer9 = {{hlist|Laferte|César Ceja}}

| length9 = 2:54

| title10 = Flaco

| writer10 = Laferte

| length10 = 4:16

| title11 = La Trenza

| writer11 = Laferte

| length11 = 3:48

| total_length = 40:36

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{{Track listing

| headline = Deluxe edition bonus tracks

| title11 = Alelí

| note11 = featuring Caloncho

| writer11 = {{hlist|Laferte|César Ceja}}

| length11 = 3:12

| title12 = Vendaval

| writer12 = Laferte

| length12 = 3:34

| title13 = Palomita

| writer13 = Laferte

| length13 = 4:16

| title14 = Cuando Era Flor

| writer14 = Laferte

| length14 = 4:41

| total_length = 56:19

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scope="row"| Mexico (AMPROFON){{cite web|url=http://www.amprofon.com.mx/top-album.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529030915/http://www.amprofon.com.mx/top-album.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 29, 2017|title=Top 20- Semanal|work=AMPROFON|access-date=November 27, 2018}} | 1
scope="row"| Spain (PROMUSICAE){{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-albums/2018/43|title=Top 100|work=PROMUSICAE|access-date=November 27, 2018}} | 76
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{{album chart|BillboardLatinPop|4|artist=Mon Laferte|rowheader=true|access-date=20 August 2022}}

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class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Year-end chart performance for La Trenza ! scope="col"| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"| Position
scope="row"|US (Billboard Top Latin Albums){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-latin-albums|title=Billboard Top Latin Albums — Year End 2018|work=Billboard|access-date=27 November 2018}} |91

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!scope="row"|Chile (IFPI){{cite web|url=https://culto.latercera.com/2018/01/17/mon-laferte-anuncia-gira-americana/|title=Mon laferte announces American tour |publisher=Culto|first=Baltazar|last=Daza|date=January 17, 2018|access-date=January 17, 2018}}

|align="left"|4× Platinum

|40,000

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!scope="row"|Peru (UNIMPRO){{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BpQZ07JBBrg/|title=mon laferte on Instagram: "Estoy muy feliz! Estoy en Colombia y me dieron disco de Oro por #Latrenza en Colombia y Ecuador y doble platino en Perú. Además ya tengo el…"|website=Instagram|access-date=January 8, 2019}}

|align="left"|2× Platinum

|12,000

|-

!scope="row"|Colombia (ASINCOL)

|align="left"|Gold

|10,000

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!scope="row"|Ecuador (IFPI)

|align="left"|Gold

|3,000

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