【搬运】【译】叉婊Pitchfork评Frank Ocean 2020年单曲《Dear April》

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翻译：Whitney.L

审译：Ryan-Chopin

排版：Ryan-Chopin

Frank Ocean songs may not arrive as part of album-scale events these days, but they’re still appointment listening. “Dear April” and the mainly Spanish-language “Cayendo” are his first new singles since last year’s slowly building “In My Room,” and they reward the same type of obsessive late-night headphone sessions that greeted the surprise release of 2016’s landmark Blonde.

现今，Frank Ocean的歌曲可能不会出现在发型专辑这种级别的活动中了，但这些歌曲仍然被点名收听。“Dear April（亲爱的四月）”和以西班牙语为主的“Cayendo（下坠）”是他自去年缓慢创作的“In My Room（在我的房间）”以来的首支新单曲。这两首歌的内容和2016年惊喜发行的《Blonde（金发女郎）》，这部里程碑式的作品大致相同，都是沉溺于深夜独享式播放的歌曲。

Though only “acoustic” versions of the songs are available for streaming, the synth-like washes of “Dear April” sure sound electronic. Ambient pop more adequately describes the languid atmosphere of this beatless ballad. “You woke me up,” Ocean proclaims toward the end, but the slow-motion jazz guitar figures and Sandman sprinkles of keyboard make the song feel like a dream. The slightly left-of-center lyrics, which seem directed at a person rather than this cruel month, add another layer to what might be his most understated stunner yet. It’s not the Ocean you would’ve wanted to see at the now-postponed Coachella, but it’s the Ocean we needed to hear holed up alone together in our bedrooms. “Dear April, are you watchin’ him dance?” Ocean repeats until the song breaks off abruptly. Only in our minds, Frank.

虽然只有“不插电”版本的歌曲可以在流媒体播放，但“Dear April”的合成版本实则是电子的。接踵而至的流行部分，更是充分地描述了这首慢节拍的抒情曲所营造的慵懒氛围。“You woke me up（你把我吵醒了），”Ocean在片尾这样说道，但是慢节奏的爵士吉他和睡魔的键盘让这首歌就像是一场梦。中间略偏左的歌词，似乎是针对一个人，而不是暗指这个残酷的月份，为他最低调的惊人之作增添了另一抹色彩。在已经推迟的科切拉音乐节上，你不会想看到这样的Ocean，但当我们独处于卧室之时，我们需要听到的是这样的Ocean。“Dear April, are you watchin’ him dance（亲爱的四月，你在看他跳舞吗）?”Ocean重复着这句话，直到歌声戛然而止。但是，仍然余音缭绕，这就是Frank。