Mon Laferte premieres the micro-documentary «Se va la vida»

(CNN Spanish) – Mon Laferte presents the micro-documentary “Se va la vida”, by the Regional Women’s Band Mujeres del Viento Florido from Santa María Tlahuitoltepec, Oaxaca.
Throughout just over five minutes of duration of this work, Mon Laferte makes a journey of around 10 hours on the way to listen to the arrangement of the more than 40 women members of the band.

«In June 2020, (…) we decided to set up a recording studio, a small studio in my house, to record an album, we were in the middle of the pandemic. As part of the recording of this album, we went to Santa María Tlahuitoltepec in October, this is in the northern highlands of Oaxaca, we made a small team of people to record this collaboration with the orchestra of Mujeres de Viento Florido ”, he said. Laferte in production.

The Chilean singer dances with the members of the band, gets emotional when seeing and hearing the music of the song, wears their traditional costumes and even sheds a tear of emotion.

«The emotion was so great that it took me several days to process the happiness, rather. I was very happy, I remember that visit as one of the happiest days of my life “, Laferte ends.

Who are these women?

The Regional Women’s Band Women of the Flowery Wind It is made up of more than 40 women whose ages range from 12 to over 40, and come from various communities in the region. It is a space for women who dedicate themselves to traditional Oaxacan music and philharmonic bands.

But what was it like working with Mon Laferte? Leticia Gallardo Martínez, director of the band, assures that it was something that they could not believe.

«We met in Tepoztlán, Morelos. Mon listened to us and his team contacted us to work together. He came to Santa María Tlahuitoltepec to make the recording ».

And on collaborating on this issue, Gallardo adds that “the issue talks about the situation experienced by many women who are imprisoned, many times for lack of support. It unites us because she was working with women in jail in Chile and we had the opportunity to give a presentation in Santa Martha (a women’s rehabilitation center in Mexico City).

Gloria Trevi, another great that Laferte admired as a child

Previous weeks, Zona Pop CNN spoke with Laferte about the launch of the song “La Mujer” with Gloria Trevi.

How did you convince the singer of songs like “Dr. Psychiatrist “,” Everyone looks at me “and” With closed eyes “to record this song?

«Well, I admire Gloria a lot, since I was little. I told him that when I was in school I would sing his songs and act as a double for Gloria Trevi and dress up as (her) and that marked me a lot. I think me and a whole generation.

Laferte says that he had saved this song and that he never wanted to record it because it had a part that was toxic and that brought back bad memories.

“In the end I decided to pick up the song again. Due to pressure from the fans, but I changed two or three little things to the lyrics and let’s say that he was born like that, like he rose from the ashes like a phoenix ».

«And then it seemed to me that she must have a strong voice and well, Gloria is the teacher. Gloria Trevi is the teacher of how to get up from the ashes, just like that », concludes the native of Viña del Mar.

Mon Laferte: «I am not an icon»

Although Mon Laferte is fierce, she sings what she feels and says what she thinks, many women see her as a banner and an icon for the fight for women’s rights, something in which she is not reflected.

No, I don’t feel like an icon at all. I realize that yes, I am an inspiration for many younger women, for future generations and suddenly it overwhelms me a little because I say, I can hardly handle my life, I hardly play with my affairs ».

And she also adds: «I am a singer-songwriter, I am an artist, I am not a politician, and I am wrong and I will continue to do so. So I prefer how to try to put that aside a bit and not forget that first I have to take care of myself, take care of myself ».

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