From jazz and Tejano to norteño and ska, 'El Tiny' returns with a takeover from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 for Latin Music Month. 

Mon Laferte makes art in confrontation. In every new project, the Chilean-Mexican artist aims to contradict, expose or challenge norms; she takes the assignment of performing in an office space as no exception.

"For Your Consideration" opens Laferte's Tiny Desk with a cutting jazz number. Laced with critiques of the capitalist grind, her flank of corporate-outfitted musicians numbly nod along beside her. Song after song, she performs strength and insecurity — a theme she explores in both volumes of Femme Fatale — a contrast that only her shattering voice could convert to feminine power.

During "No Le Regales Tu Corazón," a song of pain and adoration written for her husband, Laferte makes no attempt to hide her emotions — tears stream down her cheeks and into her mouth. It's a powerful moment, a stunningly vulnerable representation of the artist within. And against the backdrop of our office shelves, that complexity and femininity feels altogether more divine.

SET LIST

• "For Your Consideration"
• "Femme Fatale"
• "Hello Monserrat"
• "No Le Regales Tu Corazón"
• "Vida Normal"

MUSICIANS

• Mon Laferte: vocals, Omnichord
• Naomi Nakanishi: piano
• Sebastián Aracena: guitar
• Aarón Cruz: bass
• Reona Sugimoto: drums
• Alejandro Guardiola: trumpet
• Leonardo Díaz: trombone
• María Kim Grand: tenor sax
• Giovanni Cigui: alto sax
• Special thanks to: Manú Jalil

TINY DESK TEAM

• Producer: Producer: Anamaria Sayre
• Director/Editor: Maia Stern
• Audio Engineer/Mix: Josephine Nyounai
• Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
• Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame, Alanté Serene
• Audio Engineer: Tiffany Vera Castro
• Photographer: Zayrha Rodriguez
• Translator: Phoebe Smolin
• Tiny Desk Team: Ashley Pointer, Josh Newell
• Series Editor: Lars Gotrich
• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Executive Director: Sonali Mehta
• Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson, Robin Hilton