''Autopoiética'' is the ninth

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by Chilean-Mexican singer

Mon Laferte Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte (born 2 May 1983) better known as Mon Laferte, is a Chilean and Mexican musician, singer, songwriter and painter. Her musical style is diverse, spanning across different genres such as pop, rock, bolero, cu ...

, released on 10 November 2023, through

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. It was her final release with Universal, following her departure after completing all promotional activities for the album in 2025 and signing with Sony US Latin. The album won

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at the 2024 Latin Grammy Awards. At the

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, it was nominated for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album, marking Laferte's third Grammy nomination.

Background

Following the release of "Te juro que volveré" in August 2023, the first

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from the album, Laferte announced that she had an upcoming album set to be released later in the year. Laferte released "Tenochtitlán" as the first single for the album in August 2023, without an official announcement yet, but giving clues about the artistic direction of the record. Laferte said that "I loved this new creative work, I wanted to try new things from previous albums. I'm really excited, I feel that this is my best album yet". Later in October, Laferte announced the name of the album as ''Autopoiética'', a term that comes from "

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", coined by the Chilean biologist

Humberto Maturana Humberto Maturana Romesín (September 14, 1928 – May 6, 2021) was a Chilean biologist and philosopher. Some name him a second-order cybernetics theoretician alongside the likes of Heinz von Foerster, Gordon Pask, Herbert Brün and Ern ...

. Laferte explained the concept as "Our cells create themselves. In other words, life creates life. Everything in the end is cyclical. So, I loved that idea and I took it to a poetic sense: we are all autopoietic beings, I am autopoietic, I have the ability to recreate myself all the time, to create this universe, my personal mythology".

Promotion

Singles

The song "Te juro que volveré" was released as a promotional single on 18 August 2023, alongside a visualizer. On August 25, 2023, "Tenochtitlán" was released as the first single from the album, alongside a music video directed by Camila Grandi. On 6 October 2023, "40 y MM" was released as a promotional single, alongside the album announcement. "No+Sad" was also released as single prior the album release on October 19, 2023, alongside a music video directed by Camila Grandi.

Tour

On December 4, 2023, Laferte announced her

Autopoiética Tour The Autopoiética Tour is the concert tour by Chilean-Mexican singer-songwriter Mon Laferte in support of her eight studio album, '' Autopoiética'' (2023). It began on February 29, 2024, in Puebla, Mexico, with shows across the Americas and E ...

. The tour will begin on February 29, 2024, in

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, and further includes shows in North America, and South America.

Critical reception

Thom Jurek from

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gave the album four out of five stars, writing that "Laferte's only recording to deliberately borrow ideas from her catalog. Titled after the term "autopoiesis," coined by the Chilean biologist Humberto Maturan, it's defined as "a being able to self-create or re-create itself". Laferte claimed it as a metaphor for herself and humanity: We have the ability to re-create ourselves at any time, creating new universes and personal mythologies in that process."

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writer Isabelia Herrera defined the album as "The endlessly adaptable Chilean star flexes her versatility across synthy bossa nova, breezy trip hop, pummeling dance-punk, and dirty perreo."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mon Laferte, except where noted. All tracks are produced by Mon Laferte, Manu Jalil, Jorge Valdes, Paola Zozaya, except where noted.

References

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