After Nearly Five-Decade Career, Lucero Reinvents Herself Within Mexican Music: ‘I Wanted to Innovate and Dare to Do Something Different’
Mexican-American singer and actress Lucero is releasing new music that marks a fresh musical direction after nearly 50 years in the industry, venturing for the first time into the sierreño and tumbado sub-genres of regional Mexican music. The move comes as part of a forthcoming album, Fuertes Declaraciones, and reflects her stated desire to "innovate and dare to do something different" while remaining rooted in the Mexican music that has run through her career alongside her pop stardom.
The album's title track, released on 30 July, is the first of 14 songs due out under label Seitrack, with the full record scheduled for February 2027; Lucero plans to unveil one new song each month until then. The LP will feature three cover versions, three collaborations (with Majo Aguilar, Joss Favela and Los Ángeles Azules) and eight original tracks. Across her career, which began at age 10 as a child actress and age 13 as a recording artist, Lucero has placed 16 songs on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart and 11 albums on the Top Latin Albums chart, and is soon to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In short
- Lucero announces new album Fuertes Declaraciones, out February 2027
- First single explores sierreño and tumbado genres for the first time
- 48-year career includes 16 Hot Latin Songs chart entries
Explained simply
Lucero is a Mexican-American singer and actress whose career began when she was a child. She became known for both pop music and regional Mexican music, a broad tradition that includes many styles and reflects different parts of the country’s musical history.
Sierreño and tumbado are newer styles within regional Mexican music, often associated with acoustic instruments and contemporary influences. Lucero’s move into them connects her long career with changes in the music being made and heard by Mexican and Mexican-American audiences.
Her career has crossed music, television and film, and she has had songs and albums on Billboard’s Latin charts. Her new direction is part of a larger album project that also includes original songs, covers and collaborations with other artists.
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