Mon Laferte: Tiny Desk Concert

From jazz and Tejano to norteño and ska, ‘El Tiny’ returns with a takeover from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 for Latin Music Month.

Anamaria Sayre | September 15, 2026
Mon Laferte makes art in confrontation. In every new project, the Chilean-Mexican artist aims to contradict, expose or challenge norms; she takes the assignment of performing in an office space as no exception.

“For Your Consideration” opens Laferte’s Tiny Desk with a cutting jazz number. Laced with critiques of the capitalist grind, her flank of corporate-outfitted musicians numbly nod along beside her. Song after song, she performs strength and insecurity — a theme she explores in both volumes of Femme Fatale — a contrast that only her shattering voice could convert to feminine power.

During “No Le Regales Tu Corazón,” a song of pain and adoration written for her husband, Laferte makes no attempt to hide her emotions — tears stream down her cheeks and into her mouth. It’s a powerful moment, a stunningly vulnerable representation of the artist within. And against the backdrop of our office shelves, that complexity and femininity feels altogether more divine.

SET LIST
“For Your Consideration”
“Femme Fatale”
“Hello Monserrat”
“No Le Regales Tu Corazón”
“Vida Normal”

MUSICIANS
Mon Laferte: vocals, Omnichord
Naomi Nakanishi: piano
Sebastián Aracena: guitar
Aarón Cruz: bass
Reona Sugimoto: drums
Alejandro Guardiola: trumpet
Leonardo Díaz: trombone
María Kim Grand: tenor sax
Giovanni Cigui: alto sax
Special thanks to: Manú Jalil

TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Producer: Anamaria Sayre
Director/Editor: Maia Stern
Audio Engineer/Mix: Josephine Nyounai
Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Alanté Serene
Audio Engineer: Tiffany Vera Castro
Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
Translator: Phoebe Smolin
Tiny Desk Team: Ashley Pointer, Josh Newell
Series Editor: Lars Gotrich
Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
Executive Director: Sonali Mehta
Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson, Robin Hilton

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