Genre
Indie pop, Latin pop, and bolero. La Trenza showcases Mon Laferte's eclecticism at its most refined: a vintage-toned sound blending indie rock, bolero, cumbia, and soft rock, with live brass, organ, and guitar providing organic warmth, the whole anchored by her bittersweet alto and deeply personal songwriting .
Release
Released on April 28, 2017, by Universal Music México. A deluxe edition, featuring four additional songs including a collaboration with Caloncho, was released on November 10, 2017. Collaborators on the standard edition include Enrique Bunbury ("Mi Buen Amor"), Juanes ("Amárrame"), and Manuel García ("Cielito de Abril").
Production
Produced by Mon Laferte and Manú Jalil, with Joaquín "Wakks" Pavía as executive producer. Recorded between 2016 and 2017 at Valenzo Studios, Estudio 13, and Honky Tonk Studios in Mexico City, Mexico, and CHT Studios in Santiago, Chile.
Reception
At the 18th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, La Trenza received five nominations - the most for any Chilean artist in a single edition - including Album of the Year and Best Alternative Music Album. The lead single "Amárrame" won Best Alternative Song, Laferte's first Latin Grammy. In 2025, Billboard named her one of the Best Female Latin Pop Artists of All Time. The album established her audience in Europe and Asia and sold over 4.8 million music units in Mexico, making her the best-selling Chilean artist in the digital era.
Mon Laferte
Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte (born May 2, 1983, Viña del Mar, Chile) is a Chilean-Mexican singer-songwriter, musician, and visual artist. Raised by her mother and a grandmother who was a bolero and tango singer, she received her first guitar at nine and began performing in bars around Valparaíso as a teenager. She entered the Chilean reality show Rojo in 2003 and released her debut album La Chica de Rojo that same year. In 2007 she relocated to Mexico City, where she rebuilt her career from nightclub performances after surviving thyroid cancer in 2009, adopting the stage name Mon Laferte as a symbol of reinvention. Her breakthrough came with Mon Laferte Vol. 1 (2015). She won the Latin Grammy Album of the Year for Norma (2019) and has accumulated five Latin Grammy Awards in total alongside two MTV Europe Music Awards and three Grammy nominations. She was granted Mexican citizenship in 2022.
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