Natalia Lafourcade's single 'La Cometierra' reveals 'hard truths' about Mexico

"Eating dirt is usually not a good thing, but in the new Amazon Prime series "Cometierra," it's a superpower. The supernatural crime thriller, which premieres on Halloween, is based on the 2019 Dolores Reyes novel of the same name. The book follows the story of a young woman who has the ability to communicate through visions with the dead and missing people of Argentina by eating the physical land they trod."

""Cometierra" stars Lilith Curiel with supporting roles from Oscar nominee Yalitza Aparicio and Gerardo Taracena. It follows the same outline of the book but is set in contemporary Mexico to address the themes of state violence, femicide and the missing persons epidemic. The source material and its new twist were what drew Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade to perform the series's title song, "La Cometierra.""

""We all have a talent that we can always put forward as a service for our family, our country, just for other people," she said. The 41-year-old artist's recently released single channels the energy of the series and its themes by conjuring a spoken word cadence that culminates in a nursery rhyme chant about the powers of the Cometierra. "I wanted to make a sound that would be very strong and that would present a reality and that the lyrics wouldn't be smooth," Lafourcade said."

Cometierra is a supernatural crime thriller about a young woman who eats the land trod by the dead and missing to receive visions. The series adapts a 2019 Dolores Reyes novel and relocates the story to contemporary Mexico to foreground state violence, femicide and the missing persons epidemic. Lilith Curiel stars, with supporting roles from Yalitza Aparicio and Gerardo Taracena. Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade performs the title song "La Cometierra" and released a single that channels the series' themes through a spoken-word cadence and a nursery-rhyme chant. The series and song present painful realities while emphasizing communal strength and beauty.

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