''Desechable'' is the second studio album by Chilean singer

Mon Laferte Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte (born 2 May 1983) is a Chilean musician, singer, composer and painter. She is known for her musical versatility, having composed songs in a wide variety of genres such as pop, rock, bolero, cumbia and salsa. In ...

, released on June 23, 2011. It was released eight years after her debut album ''

La Chica de Rojo ''La Chica de Rojo'' is the debut studio album by Chilean singer Monserrat Bustamante (later known as Mon Laferte), released on July 12, 2003 through Warner Music Chile. Some of the hits included in the album are: "Corazón Bandido", "Yo sin tu ...

'' in 2003. The album was published independently by Laferte after two years of recording in Mexico.

Background

After the release of her first album, ''

'', 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

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, 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 June 23, 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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