Mon Laferte

Laferte grew up with her mother Myriam Laferte Herrera, her maternal grandmother Norma, and her younger sister Solange, in their hometown of Viña del Mar, Chile.{{cite web|access-date=5 December 2019|title=La vida antes de Mon Laferte: El largo camino que recorrió Monserrat Bustamante para convertirse en la estrella que es ahora|url=https://www.theclinic.cl/2017/04/08/la-vida-mon-laferte-largo-camino-recorrio-monserrat-bustamante-convertirse-la-estrella-ahora/|website=Theclinic.cl}} In 1992, at the age of nine, she won first prize in a contest organized by Orlando Peña Carvajal school.{{Cite web |title=Mon Laferte |url=http://www.monlaferte.com/#!bio/ct0n |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601190747/https://www.monlaferte.com/#!bio/ct0n |archive-date=1 June 2019 |access-date=14 July 2016 |website=Mon Laferte}} She was given a guitar, on which she first began to compose her own songs.{{cite web |date=9 June 2017 |title=El ritmo latino de Mon Laferte |url=http://www.vogue.mx/vip/perfiles/articulos/mon-laferte/7412|website=Vogue.mx}} At the age of thirteen she got a scholarship to study music for a year and a half at the conservatory in her hometown, although she preferred the self-taught path to the academic one. She honed her skills by playing in bars in Viña del Mar and Valparaiso.{{Cite web |date=2017-03-19 |title=A Mon Laferte las críticas le son indiferentes y hoy actúa en el Vive Latino |url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/funcion/2017/03/19/1152945 |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Excélsior |language=es-MX}}{{Cite web |last=Muñoz |first=Elisa |date=2019-11-29 |title=Mon Laferte: topless y reguetón para que el mundo mire a Chile |url=https://cadenaser.com/programa/2019/11/29/fuego_y_chinchetas/1575013565_312168.html |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Cadena.com|language=es-ES}}Interview in Dulce Patria. 13 May 2016. Radio Cooperativa.

In August 2007, Laferte emigrated to Mexico. In 2008, she began performing in Veracruz and Mexico City as Mon Laferte.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-09 |title=El Mercurio {{!}} SABADO{{!}} Página 9 {{!}} sábado, 08 de abril de 2017 |url=http://impresa.elmercurio.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=08-04-2017%200:00:00&SupplementId=1&BodyID=0&PaginaId=9 |access-date=2023-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909140224/http://impresa.elmercurio.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=08-04-2017%200:00:00&SupplementId=1&BodyID=0&PaginaId=9 |archive-date=9 September 2018 }} On November 30, 2022, after living and working in Mexico for more than 15 years, Laferte was granted Mexican citizenship.{{Cite web|url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/cultura/2022/11/30/mon-laferte-ya-es-mexicana-ebrard-le-entrega-su-carta-de-naturalizacion-297911.html|title=Mon Laferte ya es mexicana; Ebrard le entrega su carta de naturalización|website=Proceso.com.mx|access-date=2023-11-10}}

In 2003, Laferte, then known as Monserrat Bustamante, entered the Chilean reality competition series Rojo. That same year, she released her first studio album, La Chica de Rojo. The album had great success in Chile, receiving Gold and Platinum certifications. She became part of the Clan Rojo and was on the television series for four seasons.

In 2007, Laferte decided to start a new chapter in her musical career by moving from Chile to Mexico City, where she began singing in nightclubs and recording cover songs.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indierocks.mx/musica/entrevistas/entrevista-con-mon-laferte/|title=Entrevista con Mon Laferte|website=Indierocks.mx|date=14 September 2015 |language=es-ES|access-date=26 January 2019}} In 2009, she released a single titled "Lo mismo que yo", which was to be the lead single from an upcoming album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2009/05/18/358686/con-look-lily-allen-ex-estrella-de-rojo-adelanta-nuevo-disco.html|title=Con look Lily Allen, ex estrella de "Rojo" adelanta nuevo disco |date=18 May 2009|website=Emol.com|language=es|access-date=26 January 2019}} The same year, Laferte was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, effectively putting a halt to her album.{{cite web|url=http://www.lasegunda.com/Noticias/CulturaEspectaculos/2013/01/812286/el-radical-giro-de-mon-laferte-ya-no-me-reconocen|title=El radical giro de Mon Laferte: "Ya no me reconocen"|website=Lasegunda.com|publisher=La Segunda|access-date=1 July 2016}}

Around the time of her battle with cancer, she abandoned her original stage name and introduced the world to Mon Laferte, expressing that the name represented a new beginning for her:

"Mi cambio de nombre no es por querer ser otra persona, es que las circunstancias de la vida me han llevado a cambiar mucho y sentí que tenía que empezar de cero."{{Cite web|url=http://www.latundra.com/monlaferte/|title=La Tundra Revista {{!}} Mon Laferte en concierto en Londres|language=es-ES|access-date=2019-01-26}}

It is also at this time her presentation at the beginning of 2012 as a vocalist of the Mexican heavy metal female band Mystica Girls, with whom in February 2014 she recorded the album titled Gates of Hell.{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/mx/luisdelvalle/metal-laferte|title=Tenemos que hablar del no tan oscuro pasado metalero de Mon Laferte|last=Valle|first=Luis Del|website=BuzzFeed.com|date=15 November 2017 |language=es|access-date=8 February 2020}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/mon-laferte-decade-recap-921666/|title=So, How Was Your Decade, Mon Laferte?|last=Exposito|first=Suzy|date=10 December 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=8 February 2020}}

In 2013, she released her third album, Tornasol. She received media attention in 2015 with her single "Tu falta de querer" from the album Mon Laferte, Vol.1. In 2016, she won a MTV Millennial Award for the "Latin Video of the Year"{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtvla.com/cr/lo-ultimo-en-mtv/noticias/ganadores-de-los-premios-mtvmiaw|title=Todos los ganadores de los premios #MTVMIAW 2016 – MTV America Latina|website=Mtvla.com|access-date=9 April 2021}} and receiving two nominations on the Latin Grammy Awards of 2016 for Best New Artist and Best Alternative Music Album.

Laferte released her fifth album La Trenza, her most acclaimed album to date, in 2017. Her single with Colombian rock star Juanes, "Amárrame", won the Best Alternative Song award at the 18th Latin GRAMMYs,{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/mon-laferte-wins-best-alternative-song-18th-latin-grammys|title=Mon Laferte Wins Best Alternative Song|website=Grammy.com|date=16 November 2017}} in which she was also nominated for Best Alternative Music Album, Song of the Year, Album of the Year, and Record of the Year.{{cite web|url=https://www.latingrammy.com/en/nominees|title=18a Entrega Anual del Latin GRAMMY|website=Latingrammy.com}} She also wins the category "Best North Latin Artist" in the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards.{{Cite web|date=12 November 2017|title=Here's the full list of MTV EMA 2017 winners {{!}} NME|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/heres-full-list-mtv-ema-2017-winners-2158725|access-date=13 October 2020|website=Nme.com|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|last=Newman|first=Vicki|date=14 November 2017|title=A full list of winners from the MTV EMA Awards 2017|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/who-won-mtv-ema-awards-11511005|access-date=13 October 2020|website=Mirror.co.uk}}{{Cite web|title=THESE ARE THE BIG WINNERS AT THE 2019 MTV EMA {{!}} Noticias {{!}} MTV EMA|url=https://www.mtvema.com/es/es/noticias/31m1fd/these-are-the-big-winners-at-the-2019-mtv-ema|access-date=13 October 2020|website=Mtvema.com|language=es}}

In February 2018 she released the single "Antes de Ti" that was nominated to the 19th Annual Latin Grammy Awards as "Song of the Year". The video for the single was also Mon Laferte's directorial debut.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/altlatino/2018/02/27/588087392/mon-laferte-after-a-stellar-year-a-directorial-debut|title=Mon Laferte: After A Stellar Year, A Directorial Debut|website=Npr.org|date=23 February 2018 |language=en|access-date=28 June 2019|last1=Arbona-Ruiz |first1=Marisa }} In June 2018, she co-hosted the 2018 MTV Millennial Awards in Mexico City at the Mexico City Arena along with the Venezuelan YouTube personality La Divaza.{{cite web |title=Mon Laferte co-host 2018 MTV Millenial Awards |url=https://www.24horas.cl/tendencias/espectaculosycultura/mon-laferte-sera-la-animadora-de-los-premios-mtv-miaw-2018-2730574 |website=24Horas.cl |date=2 June 2018 |publisher=24 Horas |access-date=6 June 2018}} During the year 2018, Mon worked on her sixth studio album, Norma , which was recorded in a single session in studio A of Capitol Studios of Los Angeles, the recording was made in one shot, without using the overdubbing technique of audio layers, but all the instruments playing simultaneously to give the material the feeling of live recording. In this recording 13 musicians participated. The production of this album was in charge of Omar Rodríguez-López, the recording engineer was Bruce Botnick. The album was released on 9 November 2018.File:MX KG MON LAFERTE (49635078758).jpg

On 26 October, a collaboration was published for the new Christmas album of the American singer Gwen Stefani, in a version of the song "Feliz Navidad" by the Puerto Rican singer-songwriter José Feliciano. At the end of 2018, the international television network HTV nominated Mon Laferte in the "Best Southern Artist" category of the Heat Latin Music Awards 2019.

In January 2019, she was announced to participate in the American Music Festival Coachella. In February 2019, Mon Laferte received her first nomination at the Billboard Latin Music Awards in the Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year category, Female. Also the Album Norma received a Gold record in Mexico for 30,000 copies sold. In May 2019, the singer announced her U.S. tour, under the headline "La Gira de Norma". The first tour date is set for 10 August 2019, in Seattle's Neptune Theatre, following a European tour that same Summer.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/mon-laferte-announces-u-s-headlining-tour-839737/|title=Mon Laferte Announces U.S. Headlining Tour|last=Exposito|first=Suzy|date=28 May 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=28 June 2019}} On 14 November 2019, Mon Laferte made headlines with her act of political protest, exposing her breasts at the Latin Grammys to display the message "En Chile Torturan Violan y Matan" (English translation: In Chile they torture, rape and kill) on her bare chest.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50430477|title=Chile protests: Government bows to demands for referendum|date=15 November 2019|access-date=9 April 2021|website=Bbc.com}}{{cite web |last1=Cepeda |first1=Eduardo |title=Mon Laferte Poses Topless on Grammy's Red Carpet in Support of Chile |url=https://remezcla.com/music/mon-laferte-poses-topless-on-grammys-red-carpet-in-support-of-chile/ |website=Remezcla.com |date=15 November 2019 |access-date=19 March 2022}}

On 19 November 2019, Laferte was interviewed by Patricia Janiot from Univision. In that interview, Mon Laferte justified the looting and burning of numerous supermarkets and other buildings by saying that "they were only material goods". When asked if she condemned violence, she said, "I do not approve of any kind of violence. Now, if you ask me personally, if I have to go burn down a supermarket that has robbed from me my entire life to demand the basic rights I feel I deserve, I will do it!" She accused the police and armed forces of burning the dozens of subway stations that were burnt by rioters on 18 October 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aARKYwHlia0|title=Mon Laferte habla con Patria Janiot de la crisis política que se vive en Chile|date=19 November 2019 |access-date=9 April 2021|via=YouTube}}

On 30 November 2019, Laferte was subpoenaed by Chilean prosecutors to give a statement regarding the evidence she may or may not have to support her accusation that Chilean police and armed forces actively participated in the burning of subway stations. Chilean police announced that, depending upon her statement, they might press criminal charges against her.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latercera.com/nacional/noticia/carabineros-pide-que-mon-laferte-declare/921356/?outputType=amp|title=Carabineros anuncia "acciones civiles y penales" contra Mon Laferte y pide a Fiscalía que cite a cantante tras dichos sobre quema de estaciones de Metro - La Tercera|website=Latercera.com|access-date=9 April 2021}} The charges were later dropped.{{cite news |last1=McGowan |first1=Charis |title=Mon Laferte: The Chilean pop sensation challenging repression |work=BBC News |date=27 April 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-56899171 |access-date=31 October 2021}}

In 2021, Laferte contributed a cover of the Metallica song "Nothing Else Matters" to the charity tribute album The Metallica Blacklist.{{Cite web|last=He|first=Richard S.|date=10 September 2021|title=Every Metallica Blacklist cover ranked from worst to best|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/every-metallica-blacklist-cover-ranked-from-worst-to-best|access-date=24 October 2021|website=Loudersound.com|language=en}} In June 2022, she announced her Mexican citizenship during a press conference stating “Llevo 15 años en México, tengo un hijo mexicano, mi pareja es mexicana. Pero esto es hermoso, es la cereza del pastel!” The now Chilean Mexican singer stated that she was happy to have her new nationality since she has called Mexico her home for the past 15 years. During which time she built up and created her career as the persona we now know as Mon Laferte.

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On 11 March 2020, she debuted as a visual artist in the solo exhibit entitled Gestures at the Museum of the City of Mexico, containing 76 art pieces. Laferte commented she has painted for ten years as a self-taught artist with some lessons from her father, a painter himself.{{Cite web|last=MacMasters|first=Merry|date=11 March 2020|title=Mon Laferte, la pintora, expone en el Museo de la Ciudad de México|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/cultura/2020/03/11/soy-201cchilanga-por-derecho-propia201d-mon-laferte-3547.html|access-date=26 May 2021|website=La Jornada|language=es}}

In January 2023, she performed for the first time at the Olmué Huaso Festival, returning to the Patagual stage, where she had performed when she was little. On the occasion she was accompanied by the traditional Oaxacan female group Mujeres del Viento Florido in the entirety of her show, playing her greatest hits.{{Cite web |title=Mon Laferte arrasó en Olmué 2023 con emotiva presentación |url=https://cooperativa.cl/noticias/entretencion/festivales/mon-laferte-arraso-en-olmue-2023-con-emotiva-presentacion/2023-01-20/121259.html |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Cooperativa.cl |language=Spanish}} At the concert she invited the singer Chabelita Fuentes, with whom she sang "La Enagüita", a classical Chilean tune.{{Cite web|title=Con guiños a la cárcel de mujeres, a las mamás y homenajes varios: Mon Laferte se luce con emocionante show en el Festival de Olmué |url=https://www.adnradio.cl/espectaculos/2023/01/20/mon-laferte-se-luce-con-un-show-lleno-de-homenajes-en-el-patagual.html |access-date=2023-07-27 |website=Adnradio.cl|date=19 January 2023 |language=es}} She also took the opportunity to sing "Canción sin miedo" by the Mexican singer Vivir Quintana, provoking the admiration of the public.{{cite web|title="¡Emocionante!": Mon Laferte destacó en Olmué con interpretación de "Canción sin miedo" junto a la agrupación Mujeres del Viento Florido|url=https://www.theclinic.cl/2023/01/20/mon-laferte-festival-de-olmue-cancion-sin-miedo/}}

She resided briefly in Los Angeles, CA in 2021. Her husband is musician, Joel Orta, who is a guitarist for the Mexican rock band, Celofán. She and Orta married in October 2022, eight months after the birth of their son. {{Cite web |date=2022-10-22 |title=Mon Laferte se casó con Joel Orta, el padre de su hijo: "Hasta el infinito y más allá" |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2022/10/22/mon-laferte-se-caso-con-joel-orta-el-padre-de-su-hijo-hasta-el-infinito-y-mas-alla/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=infobae |language=es-ES}} Due to the radiation treatment she received in 2009 for thyroid cancer, she underwent fertility treatments in California in order to conceive her son. Although there are some English-language songs on her album, 1940 Carmen, she does not speak English fluently and instead used Google Translate to write them.{{Cite magazine |last=Lopez |first=Julyssa |date=2021-10-29 |title=How Mon Laferte Unlocked a New Honesty in Her Songwriting |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/mon-laferte-1940-carmen-1250057/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} She is a feminist and an LGBTQ+ rights activist. {{Cite web |last=Abache |first=Melina |date=2021-07-15 |title=Mon Laferte que conquistó al mundo con sus canciones para corazones rotos |url=https://www.vogue.mx/estilo-de-vida/articulo/mon-laferte-biografia-de-la-cantante-chilena-feminista-quien-es |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Vogue |language=es-MX}}

{{Main|Mon Laferte discography}}

Studio albums

• La Chica de Rojo (2003)
• Desechable (2011)
• Tornasol (2013)
• Mon Laferte Vol.1 (2015)
• La Trenza (2017)
• Norma (2018)
• Seis (2021)
• 1940 Carmen (2021)
• Autopoiética (2023)

• "Canción sin miedo"

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• [https://monlaferte.komi.io/ Official website]
• [https://www.facebook.com/monlaferte/ Mon Laferte] on Facebook

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