【搬运译】Pitchfork评FKA twigs 2019年单曲《sad day》

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Unlike FKA twigs, you most likely haven’t split from film’s third- or fourth-most famous vampire after years spent hounded by the British tabloids. But on her upcoming album MAGDALENE, twigs exorcises her heartbreak with such precision and candor that the journey feels universal. Her singles to date have led us through defining stages of separation—dismay at the widening gulf in intimacy (“home with you”), the plaintive, full-body shock that rushes in immediately after the split (“cellophane”), and the tentative, scrutinizing spark of hope in a new flirtation (“holy terrain”)—all over gorgeous baroque electronics, as stunning and disorienting as these huge emotions.

一般人很难拥有FKA twigs的魄力，能在被英国的八卦小报纠缠了几年之后，彻底走出与电影史上第三或第四出名的吸血鬼的恋情。然而在即将发行的新专辑《MAGDALENE（抹大拉）》中，twigs已然走出了阴霾，理智而直率地将这段感情描述成一次寻常的经历。到目前为止，twigs发布的几首单曲完整体现了她了分手前后的心境——对两人间裂隙加深的恐慌（《home with you（与你同归）》），分手后如晴天霹雳般的震惊和哀伤（《cellophane（玻璃纸）》）以及重燃希望火花，却仍充满犹豫和试探的新恋情（《holy terrain（神圣之地）》）——这些巴洛克风格的电子乐作品令人目眩神迷，曲中感情表现的淋漓尽致，同样具有强大的魔力。

Now, in “sad day,” the fourth teaser track before MAGDALENE drops Friday, twigs beckons for her lover as he steals further away. She begins with a bohemian gentleness that may just turn his head: “Taste the fruit of me/Make love to all you see,” she coaxes in her lovely falsetto, a woodland sprite urging the wanderer back into the forest. But even she must admit that shadows loom; soon enough, with a heavier and almost wry intonation, twigs allows that he’d act “foolishly” to still love her, that she’s “made him sad before.” Crackling digital effects suggest insistent rain, and a sly, scratchy bass drop pierces the optimistic haze. twigs’ co-producers on the track—Nicolas Jaar, Skrillex, Noah Goldstein, Benny Blanco—flex their thumbs in these heavy synth instrumentals. The wistful, future-shock distortion of her vocals alludes to her own defiance and anger, before she slips effortlessly back into airy entreaties. twigs’ eyes are open and her heart is tired.

《MAGDALENE》周五正式发行前，twigs发布了第四支预告单曲《sad day（悲伤的一天）》，在曲中表达了她对渐行渐远的爱人的挽留之意。歌曲的开头是她带着一丝放荡的温存低语，希望能使他回心转意：“Taste the fruit of me/Make love to all you see（尝尝我身体的累累诱果，向你眼前的所见宣泄爱意）”她用她那甜美的假声温柔劝诱，仿佛是林中女妖劝诱游荡的牧人回到森林里一样。但即便甜蜜如此，她也不得不承认分手的阴影已经逼近。很快，她便换一种更沉重，甚至有些扭曲的声音，承认他如果继续爱她就是“foolishly（愚蠢的）”，承认自己“made him sad before（曾经让他伤透了心）”。细碎爆裂的电子音效如同绵密的雨滴，一声诡谲尖利的低音刺穿了乐曲前半段朦胧的欢乐。Twigs的唱片制作人Nicolas Jaar, Skrillex, Noah Goldstein, Benny Blanco是这些震撼人心的音效的幕后功臣。她扭曲失真的声音，充满了依依不舍和对未来的恐惧，也将她心中的蔑视和愤怒发泄的淋漓尽致。之后，她又毫不费力地跳回了先前空洞的恳求和挽留。只是这一次，她已不再盲目，心中的热情之火也早已被疲惫浇熄。