【译】叉婊Pitchfork评 Ed Sheeran 2021年单曲《Bad Habits》

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“Bad Habits” makes Ed Sheeran’s glory days as a M’ladyman with an acoustic guitar seem almost charming. After dabbling in dancehall and hip-hop on 2019’s No.6 Collaborations Project, the lad remains firmly committed to exploring all the different shades of derivative. Sheeran’s take on a post-pandemic club tune (his words) has zero edge, flaunting a noirish synth line but neutering any real hints of danger. It’s all painfully predictable: Sheeran’s titular bad habits give way to loneliness, empty conversations, and regret. Eventually, he concludes, “My bad habits lead to you,” throwing in an obligatory coo. The whole thing aspires for Abel but settles for anonymity.

歌曲《Bad Habits》把曾经弹着木吉他的懦夫Ed Sheeran的都衬托得魅力四射了。在2019年的专辑《No.6 collaboration Project》涉足dancehall和Hippop领域后，他仍坚定不移的尝试模仿不同风格的歌曲。Ed Sheeran想做出一首在疫情后尽情跳舞的歌曲（用他自己的话来说）可歌曲《Bad Habits》却没有任何可圈可点的地方，整首歌卖弄着一条黑化风的合成器主线，但却阉割了任何潜在的危险感。一切都可揣测推理：Ed Sheeran 所唱的“坏习惯”实际上就是孤独，空洞的谈话，悔恨。最终他总结道：“My bad habits lead to you”，轻哼着推卸责任。整首歌都想做出the Weeknd的感觉，却毫无特点。

The “Bad Habits” video suggests that these late-night escapades are a sort of Joker origin story for Sheeran. Wearing fangs and a hot pink suit, he and his crew of punkish droogs get up to some nonsensical mischief, like walking through the streets Suicide Squad-style. At one point, Sheeran hands a smiley face balloon to a little lost vampire girl. Seconds later, he catches a clean-shaven version of himself who then deflates in his arms. Watching through gritted teeth, I optimistically wondered if Sheeran’s New Romantic vampire antics were distorting my experience of the song. But the undead aesthetic could not be more suitable: “Bad Habits” will suck the life out of you.

《Bad Habits》MV暗示了这些深夜的恶作剧行为是Ed Sheeran变身小丑的起源。他戴着尖牙，穿着粉红色西装，和他那群朋克流氓们胡作非为，大搞破坏，就像在大街上搞自杀小队的风格。MV一处情节是Ed Sheeran把笑脸气球拿给一个迷路的吸血鬼女孩。几秒后，他抓到一个脸上刮的干干净净的自己，这个自己之后在他手臂上瘪掉了。要紧牙关地观看MV时，我曾乐观地想过是不是Ed Sheeran新浪漫吸血鬼式的失智行为扭曲了我的听歌感受，但这死而复生的美学简直太适合这首歌了：总结，《Bad Habits》会把你浑身上下每一个细胞都恶心一遍。