''Desechable'' is the second studio album by Chilean and 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 23 June 2011. It was released eight years after her debut album '' La Chica de Rojo'' in 2003. The album was published independently by Laferte after two years of recording in Mexico.

Background

After the release of her first album, '' La Chica de Rojo'', under the name Monserrat Bustamante, she moved in 2007 to

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where she began singing in nightclubs and recording cover songs. In 2009, she released a single titled "Lo Mismo Que Yo", which was to be the lead single from an upcoming album. The same year, Laferte was diagnosed with

thyroid cancer Thyroid cancer is cancer that develops from the tissues of the thyroid gland. It is a disease in which cells grow abnormally and have the potential to spread to other parts of the body. Symptoms can include swelling or a lump in the neck, ...

, effectively putting a halt to her album. 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: "My name change is not for wanting to be another person, it is that the circumstances of life have led me to change a lot and I felt that I had to start from scratch". In late 2010, two years later, she returned with the recording of her second album, ''Desechable'', which was released on 23 June 2011 digitally. The album was recorded in Testa Estudio, León,

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with producer César Ceja.

Track listing

References

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