【搬运】【译】Pitchfork评Dua Lipa 2020年专辑《Future Nostalgia》（未来乡愁）
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翻译：Lynn Liu
审译：Tyler Smith
排版：Ryan-Chopin
The ascendant singer’s star-making second album is a collection of sophisticated, hard-bodied pop-funk that gives way to slick, Kylie Minogue-inspired disco.
这位新星歌手的第二张专辑是一张复杂、硬朗的流行放克集合，它却始终被笼罩在华而不实的Kylie Minogue风格迪斯科舞曲光环下。
No 2017 pop release had legs like Dua Lipa’s self-titled debut. “New Rules,” the know-your-worth anthem that became her breakout, was actually the sixth single from an album delayed eight months past its original release date. While Dua Lipa’s long shelf life built the British and Kosovar Albanian singer’s fanbase, the trickle of new music she appeared on in the interim—a major hit with Calvin Harris’ “One Kiss,” the throwback house of Diplo and Mark Ronson’s “Electricity”—maintained her momentum. Three years later, the Dua Lipa release schedule looks very different: Her second record, Future Nostalgia, arrives a week early, ostensibly because of the coronavirus pandemic, though maybe because fans had already leaked it.
2017年的流行音乐作品中，没有哪一张能像Dua Lipa的首张同名专辑中的歌曲一样，让人眼前一亮。"New Rules"这首称赞自我价值的歌曲成为了她的突破之作，实际上它是这张专辑中的第六首单曲，这张专辑比原定的发行日期推迟了八个月。虽然《Dua Lipa》的漫长保质期为这位英国和科索沃阿尔巴尼亚裔歌手建立了粉丝群，但她在这期间发行的新音乐却如雨后春笋般涌现—— 与Calvin Harris合作的热单的 "One Kiss"、与Diplo和Mark Ronson合作的throwback house风格单曲 "Electricity"，都维持了她的势头。三年后的今天，Dua Lipa歌曲的发行时间看起来很不一样：她的第二张唱片《Future Nostalgia》提前一周发行，表面上看是由于新冠肺炎的流行，但也许是因为歌迷们已经把它泄露了。
Anchored by lead single “Don’t Start Now,” an instant staple of pop DJs and barre classes, Future Nostalgia is a collection of sophisticated, hard-bodied pop-funk that gradually gives way to slick, Kylie Minogue-inspired disco. Capitalizing on a love of ’80s pop and ’90s club culture, Lipa and a team of career producers (Stephen “Koz” Kozmeniuk, Ian Kirkpatrick, Stuart Price, Jeff Bhasker) tunnel deeper into retro-pop revival, a flashy dancefloor timewarp aimed at the type of pop fan who can’t hear Olivia Newton-John’s original 1981 hit “Physical” without imagining what it might sound like with the string sample from “Hung Up” chopped and layered on top. Future Nostalgia sounds like three Madonna eras at once, like Giorgio Moroder making blog house. Like all classic dance music, it’s more concerned with the thrill of new passion than with what happens after the sun rises.
主打单曲 "Don't Start Now "是流行DJ和健身班的专属，它奠定了整张专辑的基调。这张专辑是一张复杂、硬朗的流行放克集合，它却始终被笼罩在华而不实的Kylie Minogue风格迪斯科舞曲光环下。Lipa和一群音乐制作人（Stephen "Koz Koz" Kozmeniuk、Ian Kirkpatrick、Stuart Price、Jeff Bhasker）出于对80年代流行乐和90年代舞厅文化的热爱，深入到复古流行乐的复兴中，专辑所营造的闪烁的舞池时光主要针对那些听过Olivia Newton-John的1981年热单"Physical "的歌迷，他们无法想象在听到麦当娜的"Hung Up "中的音色样本被揉碎后的样子。《Future Nostalgia》听起来就像麦当娜的三个时代同时存在，就像Giorgio Moroder制作部落格之家一样。就像所有经典的舞曲一样，它更关注新的激情的快感，而不是日出后发生的事情。
At 24, Lipa has been working towards this moment for almost 10 years, and her sights are set higher still. A false start in modeling impressed the importance of going where you’re wanted; in Lipa’s case, to Warner Records, who sought a female pop icon to compete with the Rihannas and Lady Gagas of the world. She leveraged her talent as a songwriter, developing an early Dua Lipa single, “Hotter Than Hell,” in the first session with her prospective management team. Her sly swagger and fashion-plate style gave her the presence of someone who’d achieved diva status already. “I’m a bit too far down the line for anyone to try and tell me something,” she said of her creative autonomy in 2017, even before the release of her first record.
24岁的Lipa已经为这一刻努力了近10年，她的目光仍然定格在更高的地方。虚假的模特生涯让她意识到了心之所向的重要性；对Lipa来说，她的目标是华纳唱片公司，因为华纳唱片公司正在寻找一位女性流行乐坛的偶像，能与Rihannas和Lady Gaga一争高下。她利用她作为歌曲创作者的天赋，在与她的潜在管理团队的第一场会议上，开发了《Dua Lipa》的早期单曲 "Hotter Than Hell"。她那狡猾的声张和时尚的风格，给人一种老娘就是diva的感觉。"我有点太过过分了，没有人可以告诉我。"她在2017年说起自己的创作自主权，甚至在她的第一张唱片发行之前，她就说过。
But where many of pop’s most recent stars are emphatically emotionally available, Lipa radiates blithe coolness. Her brand is style, competence, taste—this is, in a way perhaps not obvious to those who actually remember the ’80s, entirely tasteful pop music—and the sultry low voice that makes her the star of even a middling Martin Garrix collab. Future Nostalgia is nonstop, no ballads; for 10 tracks, the closest it comes to feeling vulnerable or revealing is “Pretty Please,” a plea for stress-relief sex with an ultra-thick bassline. When Lipa proclaims, “You got me losing all my cool/’Cause I’m burning up on you,” on the Tove Lo cowrite “Cool,” she rhymes it with, “In control of what I do.”
但是，在许多流行乐坛的新星都在强调情感上的可用之处，Lipa却散发着淡然的冷酷。她的品牌是风格、能力和品味——对于那些真正记得80年代的人来说，这也许并不明显，但高逼格的流行音乐和她那闷骚而低沉的嗓音，让她成为了Martin Garrix的合作伙伴。《Future Nostalgia》是没有间断的，没有一首抒情歌；在10首曲目中，最让人感到脆弱或透露真情的是 "Pretty Please"，这是一首缓解压力的重低音歌曲。Lipa在与Tove Lo共同创作的单曲“Cool”中唱到，" You got me losing all my cool/’Cause I’m burning up on you（你让我不再装酷/因为我也为你燃起了爱火）"时，她用 In control of what I do （爱的火苗控制了我的心智）"来押韵。
It’s Lipa’s strongest stance: all-in on self-determination. The thrill of Future Nostalgia—the title itself a claim to modern classic status—is in hearing her tailor the retro-funk form to suit her commanding attitude. “No matter what you do, I’m gonna get it without ya/I know you ain’t used to a female alpha,” she proclaims on the title track. Which is why it’s a disappointment when the album’s confident strut falters, first with the “bad/mad/sad” rhymes on “Good in Bed” and finally with the awareness anthem “Boys Will Be Boys,” a funk-free flip of the sexist trope (“…but girls will be women”). Layered choral arrangements soften the ultra-literal writing, but as a closer, it brings the party to a screeching halt, with a serious tone that feels at odds with everything preceding it. What should be heartfelt and meaningful—a song to contrast Lipa’s aloofness and demonstrate her range—instead undermines what Future Nostalgia does best: proud, flawless bravado.
Lipa立场坚定：全身心地投入到自我决定中。《Future Nostalgia》的快感——专辑名本身就是对现代经典地位的宣称——就在于听到她用复古放克的形式来适应她主宰的态度。"No matter what you do, I’m gonna get it without ya/I know you ain’t used to a female alpha（无论你能做什么，没有你我一样可以办到，我知道你还不习惯我女强人的形象）"她在标题曲目中宣称。这就是为什么当专辑自信的步伐蹒跚时令人失望的原因，首先是 "bad/mad/sad"在“Good in Bed”的押韵，以及最后的意识赞歌 "Boys Will Be Boys "，这首歌节奏自由，是对性别歧视的暗喻（".........但女孩们会成长为坚强的女性"）。层层叠叠的合唱编曲软化了极度抒情的文字，但在接近尾声的时候，它却让派对戛然而止，严肃的基调让人感觉到与前面的一切都格格不入。这首歌发自肺腑，意义非凡——它对比了Lipa的高傲和也展示她的音域，但却破坏了《Future Nostalgia》最大的特点：骄傲却完美的虚张声势。
