【搬运】【译】叉婊Pitchfork评 Adele 2021年单曲"To Be Loved"

搬运自：网易云音乐专栏【Music Online Zine Courier】（在原文基础上添加了英语原文与排版调整）

翻译：豆目豆科

Even by Adele standards, the degree of vulnerability on “To Be Loved,” the penultimate track of her new album 30, is unmatched. Originally envisioned as a mature explication of her divorce to her son, “To Be Loved” is a song so gut-wrenching that even Adele can’t contend with it; she’s left the room when it’s been played, and she’s vowed to never perform it live.

即便依照Adele以往的水准，她在新专辑《30》的倒数第二首歌曲“To Be Loved”中所演绎的脆弱也是无与伦比的。“To Be Loved”最初被认为是她向儿子解释她与另一半离异的成熟之作，同时这首歌也是如此得令人心碎，甚至连Adele都无法再次忍受；每当这首歌被播放时，她都会选择回避，她也不愿去在现场演唱这首歌。

Part of this unprecedented vulnerability certainly has to do with Adele’s secret weapon, Tobias Jesso Jr. The co-writer and producer of “To Be Loved” had to follow up the overwhelming success of 25’s “When We Were Young,” so when the collaborators reunited for 30, they went back to the same studio and ended up with “To Be Loved.” Due to its subject matter and vocal difficulty, “To Be Loved” was laid down only after a few takes, an off-the-cuff masterpiece.

这种前所未有的脆弱当然有一部分归功于Adele的秘密武器——Tobias Jesso Jr. 。作为“To Be Loved”的共同作者和制作人，他们的合作必定是冲着再现《25》中“When We Were Young”的压倒性成功去的，所以当他们为《30》重聚一堂，回到最初那个工作室，最后一同完成了“To Be Loved”。这期间考虑到其主题和唱腔的演绎难度，“To Be Loved”却仅在录制了寥寥几次后就被敲定，这一杰作的诞生想来也是不经意而为。

It’s evident that the stakes are higher for Adele than they’ve ever been before. “To be loved and love at the highest count/Means to lose all the things I can’t live without,” she sings. Jesso Jr.’s sparse piano comes in after Adele finishes her words, giving her vocal performance brighter poignancy and an even starker clarity. “I’m so afraid but I’m open wide/I’ll be the one to catch myself this time,” she says in a moment of comfort, and suddenly we remember that she’s here to let her son know just how difficult this separation is.

很明显，Adele在这首歌中下的赌注比以往任何时候都高。“To be loved and love at the highest count/Means to lose all the things I can’t live without,”她唱道。Jesso Jr.零星的琴音在Adele倾诉完后进入视野，她的声乐表演在这之中更加明亮凄美、更加鲜明清晰。“I’m so afraid but I’m open wide/I’ll be the one to catch myself this time,”她自我安慰道，我们也在这里会突然意识到，她在这里的种种倾诉仅是为了让她的儿子知道这一离别是多么艰难。

“To Be Loved” unfolds with the drama of an 11 o’clock number, and Adele’s untouchable delivery places it solidly among a pantheon of heartbreak songs. Wrapping up this painful testimony, she belts, “Let it be known that I’ve tried.” It’s the best she’s ever sounded.

“To Be Loved”这出戏剧在时钟指向11秒时拉开帷幕，Adele那不容亵渎的演唱方式让它稳稳地跻身于众多心碎歌曲之列。道尽这痛苦的证词后，她说道:“Let it be known that I’ve tried.”这是她有史以来最好的声音。