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‘Dangerous for being free’: Mon Laferte on calling out injustice as Chile’s biggest star
The musician opens up about her mental health, government corruption and why conservative backlash won’t stop her speaking her mind Mon Laferte has a sore throat. Halfway through our conversation, in a studio with no windows at the Sony offices above New York’s Madison Square Park, singer Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte meekly asks her manager for a latte without lactose, or coconut milk, if they have it. It’s the first truly hot day of spring. She’s in between arena dates across Latin America of her Femme Fatale tour. Tonight, she’ll skulk through Manhattan with rhinestone-studded eyelids and a Marilyn Monroe wig to film the Femme Fatale music video. Today, her hair is dyed red, cropped in spiky Marcel waves. She’s wearing a black slip dress and a pair of artful, lace-up tabis. With a career spanning over two decades, Laferte holds more Latin Grammys than any other Chilean singer and
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According to The Guardian’s source item, ‘Dangerous for being free’: Mon Laferte on calling out injustice as Chile’s biggest star, The musician opens up about her mental health, government corruption and why conservative backlash won’t stop her speaking her mind Mon Laferte has a sore throat. Halfway through our conversation, in a studio with no windows at the Sony offices above New York’s Madison Square Park, singer Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte meekly asks her manager for a latte without lactose, or coconut milk, if they have it. It’s the first truly hot day of spring. She’s in between arena dates across Latin America of her Femme Fatale tour. Tonight, she’ll skulk through Manhattan with rhinestone-studded eyelids and a Marilyn Monroe wig to film the Femme Fatale music video. Today, her hair is dyed red, cropped in spiky Marcel waves. She’s wearing a black slip dress and a pair of artful, lace-up tabis. With a career spanning over two decades, Laferte holds more Latin Grammys than any other Chilean singer and
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- ‘Dangerous for being free’: Mon Laferte on calling out injustice as Chile’s biggest starThe Guardian - 2026-06-11T11:00:20+00:00
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