【搬运译】叉婊Pitchfork评Janelle Monáe 2018年单曲“PYNK” [ft. Grimes]

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

Janelle Monáe recently told Zane Lowe at Beats 1 that her forthcoming album, Dirty Computer, will be “extremely vulnerable.” So far, the route Monáe has chosen to take equates vulnerability with boldness. The artwork for her new single, “PYNK,” features Monáe in Bowie-style wide-brimmed trousers shaped like a vagina; its video is a multisensory, radical journey into a new dimension of queer sexuality. In these visions, the governing symbols aren’t phallic, as usual, but shaped like the female reproductive system, where life always begins. With that, “PYNK” heralds a new start for Monáe’s musical journey, using a color synonymous with girlishness to discuss the future of gender.

Janelle Monáe最近在Beats 1告诉Zane Lowe，她即将发行的专辑《Dirty Computer》将是“极其脆弱的”。到目前为止，Monáe选择的路线是看似是将脆弱与大胆等同起来。在她新单曲“PYNK”的封面中，莫娜穿着鲍鱼式的宽边长裤，形状就像一个“鲍鱼”；而它的MV也给人以一个极具视觉冲击力、激进的旅程，跃进酷儿行动的全新层面。在这些幻象中，统治阶级的符号不再是以往的乌干达，而是化作女性生殖系统一样的形状，生命也是从这里开始的。就这样，“PYNK”预示着Monáe音乐之旅的又一新的开端，用一种常与“少女”等同的颜色来描绘性别问题的未来模样。

The song is a collaboration between two excellent women, reuniting Monáe with Grimes. The two previously met on Grimes' “Venus Fly,” and here Grimes’ head spinning, bubblegum pop aesthetic influences producer Wynne Bennett’s spacious R&B beat. There are still the Prince-ly guitar riffs and funky rhythms of Monáe’s past hits, but the track’s most pleasurable moments are accompanied by Grimes’ gentle digital bleeps, understated finger snaps, and a plush, fluttering vocal line from Monáe. When the two come together on the chorus to exclaim, “We got the pink!” it feels both punk and psychedelic, like a cross between the Go-Gos and George Clinton. As an expression of unity and an appeal to see people beyond gender, the song’s genre-bending sonics and the video’s femme-dominated utopia underscore Monáe’s long-held desires for a more fluid society. Flirty and delicate, wishful and raw, “PYNK” finds Monáe building a future worth believing in.

这首歌是两位优秀的女性艺术家——Monáe和Grimes再度合作的产物。二人之前在Grimes的“Venus Fly”中碰撞出火花，如今，Grimes跃动的泡泡糖流行美学与制作人Wynne Bennett颇具空间感的R&B鼓点相融汇。Monáe以往作品中常常是Prince式的吉他旋律和时髦古典在抓人眼球，而这首歌所有的最令人愉悦的时刻则是在Grimes轻柔的数字哔哔声、低调的响指声，以及Monáe软乎乎、轻飘飘的声线中诞生的。当两人在副歌中一起感叹：“WE GOT THE PYNK!” 时，这感觉既是朋克又是迷幻，好似身处Go-Gos和George Clinton间的交界处。作为对共同体的诉求和对超越性别之外的人的呼吁，这首歌杂交流派风格的声音呈现，以及MV中母系乌托邦社会都在强调Monáe长期以来对一个更加流动、多元的社会的渴望。妩媚而细腻，渴望而原始，Monáe在“PYNK”中构筑起一个值得人类信服的未来。