【搬运】【译】Pitchfork评Troye Sivan 2020年单曲《Take Yourself Home》

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翻译：Ryan-Xiang

审译：Joonly EC

排版：Ryan-Chopin

The Billboard Top 40 is full of “clean minded pornographers,” to borrow a phrase from the film critic Pauline Kael: self-proclaimed studs who drone on and on about sex, but fail to make the act sound sexy. With his 2018 album Bloom, Troye Sivan proved himself to be the antithesis of Adam Levine and Liam Payne. Bloom didn’t exaggerate its desire; it was sly and sensual, luxuriating in the anticipation of touch. “I’ve been saving myself for you, baby,” Sivan sang on the title track, a celebration of queer sexuality. He knows dwelling in that tension can be almost as seductive as the real thing.

公告牌榜单前40名如今充满了“头脑清醒的情色演员”，用电影评论家宝琳·凯尔（Pauline Kael）的话来说就是：他们自诩为种马并喋喋不休地描述床第韵事，却从未撩拨起听众的欲望。而特洛伊·西文（Troye Sivan）则凭借2018年的专辑《盛放（Bloom）》证明自己与亚当·莱文（Adam Levine）和利亚姆·佩恩（Liam Payne）完全不同。这张专辑并没有过度渲染它的欲望，而是让这样一种狡猾而感性的情绪在对爱怜的期盼中得到了升华。Sivan在专辑同名曲中唱道：“我的爱一直为你而保留”，以庆祝与同性伴侣的水乳交融。他知道，沉溺于这样的紧张情绪之中几乎如同真实交欢般诱人。

However, when it comes to releasing his own music, he’s decided: enough with the waiting! After days languishing at home under quarantine, Sivan declared a little over a week ago that he would buck his label’s plans and “leak” his own music. Yesterday, he made good on this promise. His latest single, “Take Yourself Home,” is about feeling stultified by the life you’ve created on your own. “If I’m gonna die/let me die somewhere pretty,” he mopes with a malaise reminiscent of Lana Del Rey, albeit with less chiaroscuro. His delivery has always been muted to mixed effect; this time, it reinforces his fatigue nicely. The single accumulates momentum as it goes—his cool sigh livened by gospel cries and a shuffling beat—ultimately taking itself out on a cleansing tech house outro. It’s a slow, surprising progression from chill pessimism to sweaty abandon; like his past work, it doesn’t start explosively but rewards patience. You can imagine a wearied body moving itself to this song, first still, then swaying, freed by the idea of returning home.

但轮到发行新歌时，Sivan则受够了等待：经历几天隔离在家的苦恼后，他在一周多前宣布将推翻唱片公司的计划并提前“泄出”自己的音乐，在昨天他兑现了这一诺言。他的最新单曲“带自己回家（Take Yourself Home）”讲述了他如何作茧自缚。“就算我...终究难逃一死/请让我死在一个漂亮的地方”他这样自怨自艾道，带着一种尽管并不那样层次分明却仍让人很容易联想到拉娜·德雷（Lana Del Rey）的忧郁情感。以往他的演唱方式总是被混音削弱，但这首歌中却很好地突出了他的疲劳感。这首单曲在进行中不断积累能量——福音式尖叫和曳步舞节拍让他冷酷的低叹变得轻快，并最终以干净的House舞曲（cleansing tech house）收尾。从冷漠的悲观到满头大汗的终止，这是一个缓慢而令人惊讶的过程；就像他过去的作品一样：并不从开始就过度张扬，而是会奖励那些耐心聆听的人以惊喜。你可以想象一具疲惫的躯体随着这首歌律动：首先是僵直不动，然后被家的归属感所释放而尽情摇摆。