【搬运】【译】叉婊Pitchfork评Childish Gambino 2020年单曲《12.38》

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翻译：Kai-kaiyue

审译：Whitney.L

排版：Ryan-Chopin

Getting high is nothing new for Childish Gambino , but on “12.38,” a highlight from his surprise album 3.15.20, Donald Glover munches on some shrooms given to him by a woman he’s romantically entangled with. It’s easy to imagine them hunkered down somewhere in the hills of Los Angeles, feeding each other dark chocolate with sea salt while expanding their minds. Glover flexes his acting chops behind the mic to take on the perspective of his partner in one moment and lets loose with layers upon layers of cushy background vocals in the next, giving the song a lived-in atmosphere.

吸*对于Childish Gambino不算什么新鲜事儿，然而在这张令人惊喜的专辑《3.15.20》中，一首叫做“12.38”的歌曲可谓更是亮点。（这首歌描述的是）Donald Glover咀嚼着一位与他浪漫缠绵的女子给他的致幻蘑菇。很容易就能想象出，在洛杉矶山上的某个地方，他们一边互相喂对方吃着海盐味的黑巧克力，一边浮想联翩。麦克风的后面，Glover的音乐才华技巧和合作伙伴的意向一同被完美传达，歌曲层次一层一层的释放，后面轻松愉快的背景声乐，给整首歌营造出一种轻松舒适的氛围。

Interpolating André 3000’s “Vibrate” over a sensual, minimalistic bounce from DJ Dahi, Glover eschews a chorus hook for funny asides (“Why your cat looking at me sideways?”), some name-dropping (Toni Braxton, SZA, Chaka Khan), and guest spots (Khadja Bonet, singer-songwriter Atia “Ink” Boggs, and 21 Savage). 21 is particularly on point here, with a guest verse that addresses new flames, new cars, and the not-so-new spectre of police brutality in the span of less than a minute. As the song devolves into spirals of vocal echoes—probably the psilocybin kicking in—it’s 21’s lyrics you’re left thinking about.

歌曲中插入André 3000的“Vibrate”带来一种肉欲感，加上DJ dani的极简bounce风格，Glover有意的省略了副歌的开头，而是加上了旁白（“你为何偷偷看我？”）。歌中还提到了一些名字（Toni Braxton，SZA 和 21 Savage），以及邀请的合唱嘉宾（Khadia Bonet，唱作人Atia “Ink” Boggs ,还有 21 Savage）。21在这首歌中的表现尤其精彩，他不到一分钟的嘉宾式歌曲部分带来了一种新的火花，新的汽车，还有老生常谈的警察霸凌。随着这首歌进入反复的声乐回声部分，当然这里也有可能是致幻剂起了作用，但你还沉浸于21的歌词。