Mon Laferte Built an Album From a Decade of Secrets

Mon Laferte isn’t here to win you over—she’s here to tell you the truth, and if you’re not listening, that’s on you.

The Chilean-Mexican singer-songwriter has spent over two decades perfecting her craft, racking up 20 Latin Grammy nominations and three Grammy nods in the process. But her latest chapter, a sprawling 20-track album called Femme Fatale Vol. 2 dropping June 12, 2026, feels like the most unapologetically honest work of her career. And it wasn’t built in a studio over a few months—it was assembled like a mosaic from fragments of her life spanning the past decade.

“There are many versions of me in this album,”Laferte explained in an exclusive conversation with Us Weekly.“These are notes I wrote over many years … from my 30s into my 40s. A lot happened.”Rather than chase a cohesive sonic narrative, she pulled from old melodies, unfinished lyrics, and scattered thoughts, creating something that reads like a personal archive disguised as a pop record. The effect is deliberately unpolished—raw enough to sting, honest enough to feel essential.

What ties it all together is something she’s leaned on her entire life: her voice.“My voice has been my shield and my weapon in life,”she says. That’s not metaphorical posturing. As a kid, while her parents fought, she’d disappear into song. Later, when she feared losing her voice after surgery, she channeled that terror into“Gigante.”Music, for Laferte, has always been a form of survival—and that urgency bleeds through every track on Femme Fatale Vol. 2.

At 43, she’s made peace with being an open book. Onstage, she transforms into a character that gives her permission to bare everything. Offstage, she describes herself as an alchemist—someone who wants to turn everything into something. She’s quit smoking and drinking, which she says has left her“mentally clean.”These aren’t just lifestyle changes; they’re the foundation of an artist finally ready to say something instead of chase approval.

The Femme Fatale Tour begins July 24 in Laval, Quebec, and spans North America through November. Whether you’re catching her at Massey Hall in Toronto, Radio City Music Hall in New York, or the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, you’re not just seeing a concert—you’re witnessing someone at full clarity, uninterested in playing it safe.