搬运译Pitchfork评10年代200首最佳单曲第85名：Charli XCX: “Track 10” (2017)

翻译：Nomanlandever

Charli XCX is sonic science fiction. Delightfully robotic and whimsically spacy, she got the best grasp of where she was going, and could go, on 2017’s Pop 2 mixtape. Tucked at the end is “Track 10,” which, after a production swap and a Lizzo feature, became her blaring 2019 single “Blame It On Your Love.” But in its relatively spare original form, the song relies not on bass drops but rather a heavily accumulating chorus that loops and loops, burrowing its way deeper into the mind and limbs with each rotation. At her best, which she is here, Charli XCX cracks a key pop music code: doing as much with as little language as possible. The chorus of “Track 10” consumes and consumes, until it ends, and the listener can’t remember living in a world before they heard it. –Hanif Abdurraqib

Charli XCX是一部音乐科幻小说。在2017年的《Pop 2》混音带中，在春风得意的机器感和异想天开的浩瀚感中，她精确掌控着自己的方向盘，知晓自己未来的方向与潜力。混音专辑的收尾曲是“Track 10”，之后经重新制作和客座歌手Lizzo的助阵，成为她2019年的聒噪单曲 “Blame It On Your Love”。但在更简约的原曲中，歌曲并不依赖下坠的贝斯，而是依靠大量堆砌反复吟唱的副歌支撑起来，每一次循环都是肉体和心灵上的升华。Charli XCX在创作巅峰的时候，也就是这首歌，破解出一个关键的流行密码：用最少的语言做出最好的效果。“Track 10”的副歌盘旋又盘旋，直至消失殆尽。听众在听到这首歌后才恍然大悟自己原来置身于一颗庞大的星球。 –Hanif Abdurraqib