You're listening to Song Exploder,
where musicians take apart their songs and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.
I'm Rishikesh Hirwe.
My name is Natalia Lafourcade.
I am a singer-songwriter from Mexico.
A few days ago, Natalia Lafourcade won four Latin Grammys,
including the 2015 Song of the Year and Record of the Year for this track,
Hasta la Raíz, which translates to To the Root, maybe, or...
To the core.
Deep down, to the core.
Yeah, that is a good way of saying it.
In this episode, Natalia breaks down the writing and recording process behind the song,
which borrows from a traditional Mexican folk music called popango,
but still also includes a Juno synthesizer and pop sensibility.
I went to my friend's house.
His name is Leonel Garcia and he's a great composer from Mexico as well.
I really wanted to share the songwriting process with others.
And I know him since long ago.
We get to see how the other was growing up.
That was one of the... I really wanted to try to see if we could make something together,