‘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 Ame...

By Stefanie Fernández