Francisca Valenzuela (Latin American Spanish: [fɾanˈsiska βalenˈswela]; born March 17, 1987, in San Francisco, California) is an American-born Chilean singer, poet, and multi-instrumentalist.

Valenzuela was born and raised in San Francisco, California, where she resided until the age of 12, before moving to Santiago, Chile.

She gained popularity in Chile and Latin America following the release of her debut album, Muérdete La Lengua, in June 2007.

As part of a promotional tour for Defenseless Waters, she brought her guitar and keyboard to venues in northern California, where she gave poetry readings and performed songs of her own composition.

After many unsuccessful attempts at signing with a major label, Valenzuela decided to release her music independently in Chile.

[16] In 2006, Valenzuela unofficially released her first solo single, "Peces", which she wrote at age 13 about a boy she liked who did not reciprocate her feelings.

To add more achievements to her short musical career, on May 19, 2007, she was invited by Julieta Venegas to open her concert at Teatro Caupolicán.

To promote her debut album, Valenzuela performed at various venues across Chile, as well as Mexico, Argentina, and other countries throughout Latin America.

She contributed to the Chilean water conservation documentary H2O:Cero, by composing a new song called "En Blanco" for the film.

In 2009, she collaborated with Chilean rapper, Latin Bitman for his album Colour; Valenzuela co-wrote and sang two songs, "Help Me" and "Someday".

"Help Me" was later released as a single in the United States and Chile and a music video was also filmed in Los Angeles in November 2009.

In addition to embarking on a national tour in Chile, Valenzuela also promoted Buen Soldado internationally at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas in March 2012.

[17][18][19] Valenzuela is a featured artist on Spanish singer-songwriter, Alejandro Sanz's tribute album, Y Si Fueran Ellas.

[2] The album's first official single, "Prenderemos fuego al cielo", was available for digital download on iTunes on July 15, 2014.

Valenzuela wrote most of the album on the piano before learning how to use special computer software to create the final studio version.

In 2014, Valenzuela traveled to the Brazilian cities of Manaus and Rio de Janeiro, as well as the Amazonian Jungle, to write and record a music video for the HBO Latin America tourism documentary, "Encuentros en Brasil".

[26] In late December 2014, Valenzuela was selected along with 23 other well-known international artists to record the official theme song, "Live It", for at the 24th annual World Men's Handball Championship.

The opening song, "Se Va", was written and dedicated to her parents as an homage to their immigration to the United States in the 1970s.

[28] Her sixth studio album, Adentro, was released on August 18, 2023 to critical acclaim for its raw and sobering songwriting, as noted by Rolling Stone magazine.

In 2010, due to a busy touring and pre-production schedule for her second album, she put her studies on hold and later dropped out to pursue music full-time.

Valenzuela revealed that a few years after the release of her third studio album, she was subsequently diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorder.

[29] In April 2024, she confirmed that she was in a relationship with Chilean television news journalist, Daniel Matamala, who works for CNN Chile.