【搬运】【译】叉婊Pitchfork评Clario 2019年单曲《Bags》

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翻译:Whitney.L

校对;Emma.Z

排版:Simon Yelich

Clairo’s music is lackadaisical and charming, full of candid observations that feel plucked from a friend’s iPhone notes. Her viral hit “Pretty Girl” spread so quickly not because it is particularly obscure or bizarre, but because, accompanied by a lo-fi video filmed on her computer’s webcam, its sentiments are familiar to any woman who has sacrificed part of herself for a love interest. Since that song’s success, Clairo has released an EP, as well as a handful of hazy pop singles that reference the mundane—Pepto Bismol, accidentally swallowed gum, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos—while articulating the frustrations and euphoria of blossoming romance.

Clairo的音乐慵懒而迷人，其中充斥了大胆直接的观察，让人感觉好像是从朋友的iPhone笔记中摘录下来的。她的热门单曲“Pretty Girl（漂亮女孩）”蹿红速度如此之快，并不是因为它十分晦涩或者怪异，而是因为有电脑摄像头拍摄的低像素视频，才使得那些为了感情而牺牲自我的女性倍感熟悉。这首歌成功之后，Clairo随之发布了一张EP，同时还发行了一些舒缓的流行单曲，这其实暗指那些常见的玩意儿-当你不小心吞下了口香糖的时候，可以吃Pepto Bismol（译者注：减轻肠胃不适，促消化）来缓解（译者注：Clairo在歌曲“Bubble Gum”中歌词提到自己咽了个口香糖），同时在歌曲“Flamin’ Hot Cheetos”中表达出了令人那沉沦的浪漫爱情所带来的沮丧和快乐。

“Bags,” Clairo’s strongest song to date, ups the ante significantly. She delivers oblique, stream-of-consciousness lyricism about a deteriorating relationship, singing in a characteristic deadpan that seems to contradict the emotional weight of lines like, “Pardon my emotions, I should probably keep it all to myself,” and, “Can you see me using everything to hold back?” But the instrumentals tell a different story; unlike the gauzy, synth-heavy wash that usually cocoons her vocals, “Bags” is sonic splatter paint. Clairo and Rostam’s production is a mishmash of choppy helicopter synth, chugging electric guitar, Danielle Haim’s drums, and keys that sound as if they’re being banged by a kindergartener. Though it sounds busy on paper, it’s executed beautifully, each twinkling element bringing new vibrancy to the mix. With the dewy turbulence of a monsoon rain, “Bags” marks a new kind of Clairo energy.

Clairo迄今为止最强劲的歌曲“Bags（袋子）”,远远超出了大家的预期。她以一种含蓄内敛式的抒情，以及她特有的毫无情感波动的方式演唱，但是，这似乎与歌词中所蕴涵的情感份量相矛盾，“Pardon my emotions, I should probably keep it all to myself（请原谅我的情绪，也许我应该把这一切都留给自己）,”以及“Can you see me using everything to hold back?（你能看到我穷尽一切方法来抑制自己吗?）”。然而，这次的背景音用了另一种方式，不像那种惯有的利用薄纱般或者重节奏的音符将她的本音笼罩。Clairo和Rostam的作品混合了杂乱无章的直升机嗡嗡的合成音、电子吉他的嘎吱嘎吱声、Danielle Haim的鼓声，以及听起来像是幼儿园小朋友敲打的琴键音。虽然这么铺叙在文章中，让人听起来很嘈杂，但事实上它配合的十分完美，这里面的每一个闪光点都给歌曲的混音带来新鲜血液。伴随着湿润的季雨湍流，“Bags”标志着Clairo新的启程。