# Julieta Venegas Turns Memory Into ‘Norteña’ at LAMC: ‘It Made Sense to Write a Memoir About My Relationship to Music’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/julieta-venegas-turns-memory-into-nortena-at-lamc-it-made-sense-to-write-a-memoir-about-my-relationship-to-music/
- Published: 2026-07-30T21:35:26+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-30T22:20:39+00:00
- Original publisher: Billboard
- Original article: https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/julieta-venegas-nortena-album-memoir-lamc-panel-2026-1236306575/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Venegas unveiled the personal inspirations behind Norteña.
- The album and memoir explore family, migration and Baja California.
- She also reflected on songwriting, collaborations and border separation.

## Summary

Julieta Venegas discussed how memory, migration and her Baja California background shaped her new album and memoir, both titled Norteña, during a Latin Alternative Music Conference panel in New York. She said the paired projects helped bring her back to Mexico and offered a personal exploration of music, family and place rather than a conventional norteño record.

The Tijuana-raised singer began developing the work while living in Buenos Aires and missing Mexico and her family, drawing on research into Baja California and a family photography project. She recalled learning piano, joining the band Chantaje as a teenager and identifying first as a songwriter; she also discussed collaborations including “Lo Siento BB:/”, which reached No. 51 on the Billboard Hot 100, and “La Línea” with Yahritza y Su Esencia, about the human impact of border separation.

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