【搬运译】叉婊Pitchfork评Nilüfer Yanya 2018年单曲"Thanks 4 Nothing"

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

The 22-year-old London singer Nilüfer Yanya makes jazz-pop that feels both effortless and urgent. Though her instrumentation is sparse—usually just guitar, saxophone, and drums—and her voice is mellow, Yanya’s hooks are always rife with dizzying romantic insight. On last year’s single “Baby Luv,” the repeated phrase “again, do you like pain?” relayed the many facets of Yanya’s heartache, her tone oscillating between an accusation and a plea. On her new single, “Thanks 4 Nothing,” Yanya continues playing with the tension between her nonchalance and her anger, this time articulating her frustration surrounding a failed relationship that her ex won’t leave in the past.

22岁的伦敦歌手Nilüfer Yanya制作的爵士流行乐听感上既轻松又紧迫。虽然她的乐器很稀疏简单——通常只有吉他、萨克斯和鼓——而且她的声音很圆润，但Yanya的Hook总是充斥着令人眩晕的浪漫洞察力。在去年的单曲“Baby Luv”中，重复的短语“again, do you like pain?”转述了Yanya所经历心痛的诸多方面，她的语气在指控和恳求之间摇摆不定。在她的新单曲 “Thanks 4 Nothing”中，Yanya继续被玩弄于她的不冷静和她的愤怒之间，徘徊、焦灼，这一次她袒露了她对一段失败恋情的挫折感，她难以把她的前任从过去的记忆中剔除干净。

On “Thanks 4 Nothing,” Yanya confronts an ex who is trying to win her back after treating her badly—and on a first listen, it seems that she is unfazed as she rejects him. A voice as understated as Yanya’s could easily sound bored or removed, especially in contrast to the sunny guitar riff that introduces this song, but her masterful use of pauses indicates the deep passion bubbling just below her cool facade. This effect reaches its height at the chorus, when, elevated by a dramatic staccato guitar solo, Yanya lands her most explicit blow: “I don’t want to make things better/Thanks for nothing/Lasts forever,” she sings. Yanya may feel like she has nothing to show after her relationship deteriorates, but the music she makes out of this frustration is riveting.

在 "Thanks 4 Nothing "中，Yanya面对的是一个曾对她百般折磨如今却试图赢回她的前男友——在初听时，她并未受到影响，置身事外，她严词拒绝了他。像Yanya这样低调、平淡的声音很容易让人觉得无聊或不耐烦，特别当同这首歌的积极阳光的吉他riff相比，但从她对停顿的巧妙运用可以看出，在她冷静的外表下，有着一种深沉的激情在涌动。这种效果在副歌部分达到了顶峰，在精彩绝伦的吉他独奏的烘托下，Yanya发出了她最明确的回击。她唱道：“I don't want to make things better/Thanks for nothing/Lasts forever”。在她的关系恶化后，Yanya可能觉得她一无所有、一事无成，但她从这种挫折感中汲取灵感做出的音乐尤为引人入胜。