1940 Carmen

November 2023 1940 Carmen studio Mon Laferte Mon Laferte - 1940 Carmen.png A close-up of a red-haired woman looking to the camera. The subject is using black eye liner and pink lipstick. The words "1940 Carmen" and "Mon Laferte" are placed on the woman's left cheek. 2021 10 29 y March–July 2021 Latin pop alternative rock 39:51 Spanish English Universal Mon Laferte Seis 2021 Autopoiética 2023 1940 Carmen studio Algo es Mejor 1 October 2021 1940 Carmen is the eighth studio album by Chilean Mexican singer-songwriter Mon Laferte, released on 29 October 2021 through Universal Music México.1940 Carmen https://music.apple.com/gt/album/1940-carmen/1587077802 June 23, 2022 Apple Music It was produced by Laferte herself and includes songs both in Spanish and English. The album was conceived during Laferte's pregnancy and was composed in Los Angeles, United States at an Airbnb where she lived at the time, the name of the album is the address of the apartment where she lived while the cover art is a close-up selfie taken by Laferte in front of a mirror.https://www.indierocks.mx/musica/noticias/mon-laferte-anuncia-su-nuevo-disco-1940-carmen/ MON LAFERTE ANUNCIA SU NUEVO DISCO, ‘1940 CARMEN' Indie Rocks! Ale Olmos October 4, 2021 June 23, 2022 es It received a nomination for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, becoming Laferte's second nomination in the ceremony. Background Following the release of "Algo es Mejor" in October 2021, the first single of the album, Laferte announced 1940 Carmen as her next project set to be released later in the year. The album was released on 29 October 2021, being her second project released on 2021 after SEIS, released on April.https://www.informador.mx/entretenimiento/Mon-Laferte-lanza-Algo-es-mejor-el-sencillo-que-definio-su-maternidad-20211004-0106.html Mon Laferte lanza "Algo es mejor", el sencillo que definió su maternidad Informador October 4, 2021 June 23, 2022 es From March 2021 to July of the same year, Laferte lived at an Airbnb in Los Angeles, United States, where she learnt she was pregnant and recorded the album. Laferte had been trying to get pregnant for a year and found out that when she had undergone radiation for thyroid cancer in 2009, her ovaries had been affected, she started taking hormones as part of her fertility treatment which impacted on her songwriting for the album.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-latin/mon-laferte-1940-carmen-1250057/ How Mon Laferte Unlocked a New Honesty in Her Songwriting Rolling Stone Julyssa Lopez October 29, 2021 June 23, 2022 es Laferte said that "it was a daily shot of hormones and I was very sensitive. Everything I've written or done doesn't really have much of a plan, it was explosive of me to want to make a record".Jimenez Amaranta Zermeno 2021-11-09 El nuevo disco de Mon Laferte, "hormonal e improvisado" https://es.euronews.com/2021/11/09/mon-laferte-confiesa-que-su-disco-1940-carmen-es-hormonal-e-improvisado 2022-12-28 euronews es Music and lyrics 1940 Carmen was composed and produced by Laferte herself during the four months she lived in Los Angeles and was influenced by the treatment she was going through in order to get pregnant.https://www.rockaxis.com/chile/disco/32628/1940-carmen-mon-laferte/ Mon Laferte - 1940 Carmen RockAxis Cristofer Rodríguez October 29, 2021 June 23, 2022 es It features a more minimalistic sound compared to her previous album, the Mexican music-inspired Seis, and has more introspective and intimate lyrics. The instrumentation is also more acoustic that her previous projects with the guitar as the main instrument for many of the songs. The album draws influences from American music like 1960s pop music in "Placer Hollywood", folk rock in "Good Boy" and country-blues in "A Crying Diamond". It also includes songs in English like "Good Boy", "A Crying Diamond" and "Beautiful Sadness". It deals with themes of love, change and maternity, being an "autobiographic" album, the song "Supermercado" ("Supermarket") was inspired in an argument that Laferte had with her partner in a supermarket while the songs "Algo es Mejor" ("Something is Better") and "Niña" ("Girl") deal with her longing to become a mother; both songs were written before she was pregnant, the former song was conceived while Laferte was driving through Malibu and thought for her desires to become pregnant.November 9, 2021 Mon Laferte confiesa que su disco "1940 Carmen" es hormonal e improvisado https://www.efe.com/efe/america/mexico/mon-laferte-confiesa-que-su-disco-1940-carmen-es-hormonal-e-improvisado/50000545-4671765 June 23, 2022 Efe es The song "A Crying Diamond" deals with the experience of abuse Laferte suffered when she was a teenager which, according to her, the hormones she was taking allowed her to write about more intimate topics. She additionally said that "it's something that I think I would never have dared to make a song or tell about, but I was so hypersensitive that I wrote that song". Promotion The song "Algo es Mejor" was released as a single on 1 October 2021, alongside a music video.Algo es Mejor - Single https://music.apple.com/gt/album/algo-es-mejor-single/1586848579 June 23, 2022 Apple Music On 9 June 2022, a music video for "Supermercado", directed by Camila Grandi, was also released to promote the album.https://www.qmusica.tv/Noticia/mon-laferte-de-g%C3%B3ndola-en-g%C3%B3ndola-en-el-video-de-supermercado/2943 Mon Laferte, de góndola en góndola, en el video de "Supermercado" Q Música June 13, 2022 June 23, 2022 es Additionally, several live performance videos were released for different songs from the album like "A Crying Diamond", which featured backing vocals and instrumentation from musicians Renee, arroba nat, Bratty and Cancamusa.https://somosruidosa.com/lee/mon-laferte-1940-carmen/ MON LAFERTE ESTRENA NUEVO DISCO «1940 CARMEN» Somos Ruidosas June 23, 2022 es Critical reception AllMusic 4 5https://www.allmusic.com/album/1940-carmen-mw0003601882 1940 Carmen AllMusic Thom Jurek June 23, 2022 Indie Rocks! 7/10https://www.indierocks.mx/musica/resenas/mon-laferte-1940-carmen/ Mon Laferte - 1940 Carmen Indie Rocks! Rodrigo Derbez November 9, 2021 June 23, 2022 Mondo Sonoro 7 10https://www.mondosonoro.com/criticas/discos-musica/mon-laferte-1940-carmen-disco/ 1940 Carmen Mondo Sonoro Pablo Tocino November 19, 2021 June 23, 2022 Thom Jurek from AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, writing that "it reflects Laferte's particular gifts as a songwriter capable of juxtaposing conflicting, even contradictory emotions and psychological states as well as imbuing physical landscapes and personal interactions, no matter how brief and/or casual, with profound implications", he also commented that "though a 180-degree turn from the Mexican regional music employed on Seis, 1940 Carmen is every bit its equal in creativity, emotional depth, and execution". Rodrigo Derbez from Indie Rocks! gave the album a seven out of ten, writing that while it has high points like "Supermercado" and "A Crying Diamond", the album was not as innovative or fresh as Seis, he finished the review with "1940 Carmen is an experience that feels well prepared, much more with a commercial intention than an artistic one, although it doesn't mean that there isn't any heart in this album either, it just feels so clean it's sterile". Track listing All tracks are written and produced by Mon Laferte 1940 Carmen track listing 39:51 100% Placer Hollywood 3:39 Algo es Mejor 4:00 Good Boy 5:16 Supermercado 3:34 Niña 4:23 Beautiful Sadness 3:21 Química Mayor 3:51 A Crying Diamond 4:36 No Soy Para Ti 3:31 Zombie 3:35 References Category:2021 albums Category:Mon Laferte albums Category:Universal Music Mexico albums Category:2020s Spanish-language albums