【译】叉婊Pitchfork评Big Red Machine 2021年单曲《Renegade》（feat.泰勒斯威夫特）

翻译：Nomanlandever

After collaborating with Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon on 2020’s folklore and evermore, Taylor Swift took the natural next step and featured on the duo’s Big Red Machine project. Recorded in the same breath as folklore’s Grammy win, “Renegade” shares the thoughtfulness of Swift’s 2020 songwriting renaissance but leaves her words wandering in Dessner and Vernon’s exploratory landscape.

在2020年专辑《folklore》和《evermore》中与Aaron Dessner和Justin Vernon合作后，Taylor Swift自然地迈出了下一步，参与了二人组合的Big Red Machine项目。歌曲在《folklore》赢得格莱美时同期录制，尽管《Renagade》传达了Taylor Swift 2020歌曲创作复兴的想法，但她的歌词也在Aaron Dessner和Justin Vernon的探索领域中灵活徘徊。

The relationship at the heart of “Renegade” is claustrophobic and tangled in anxiety to the point of mutual destruction. “Is it insensitive for me to say, ‘Get your shit together so I can love you?’” Swift sings, her wordy outpour punctuated by a little squiggle of an acoustic riff. “Is it really your anxiety that stops you from giving me everything?/Or do you just not want to?” “Renegade” is a ball of frustration and indecision, but the composition is bright and warm, and Vernon’s harmonies make the whole thing less lonely. Even Swift’s characteristically sharp barbs are coated in empathy: “You fire off missiles because you hate yourself/But do you know you’re demolishing me?” By the end of “Renegade,” Vernon and Swift’s dueling harmonies twirl together into a cocoon of confusion.

《Renagede》的核心关系是幽闭恐惧症，相互毁灭程度的焦虑中纠结不定，“Is it insensitive for me to say, ‘Get your shit together so I can love you?’”Taylor唱道，借着随性的人声循环乐段 她啰嗦滔滔不绝地说道“Is it really your anxiety that stops you from giving me everything?/Or do you just not want to?” 尽管《Renagade》充满了各种挫折和犹豫不决，但曲子是光明温暖的，Justin Vernon的和音是整首歌不那么孤独，就连Taylor特有的尖酸讽刺也带着同情味：“You fire off missiles because you hate yourself/But do you know you’re demolishing me?”歌曲结尾，Justin Vernon与Taylor Swift的合唱和声旋转交织在一起，结成一个困惑的茧。