【搬运】【译】叉婊评Grimes 2015年单曲《REALiTi》

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：Beans_Beans

This much is true: reality—where our hyper-connectivity leaves us ever-alienated, where a data-mining "Like" can induce a druglike rush of dopamine, where everything happens so much—is not always as much fun as a Grimes song. But as often as Claire Boucher's musical world has offered a fantastical aesthetic of cyborg-mermaids and robo-pop, she has also been fearless in the face of technology and the ways we live now. Boucher's will to do whatever she wants—to scrap a record, to be open about the actual conditions of her life as a musician and a woman, to wear socks and sandals in public—has made her work feel even more honest.

有一点是毋庸置疑的：现实——在这里，人与人间即存在超关联性又同时彼此疏远、大数据时代下任何一个“喜欢”便能引发毒品一般的多巴胺决堤效应、一切的一切在这里发生、应接不暇——并非如 Grimes 歌中趣味横生的模样。但是，正如 Claire Boucher 的音乐世界之中常存的一种机械仿生人流行艺术幻想美学一般，她在面对科技与我们如今生活方式时依然无所畏惧。Boucher 愿意做任何她想做的事——撇开一张烦心的唱片、公开她同时作为一名音乐家与一位普通女性的实际生活、甚至在公共场合只穿袜子和凉鞋——而这使她的作品愈加真诚可感。

"REALiTi" is the best new Grimes song since Visions. Boucher says it was recorded in early 2013 and salvaged from the cutting room floor where she is working on her new album, which is impressive. As much as the atmospheric pop collagework of the breezier "REALiTi" could have fit on Visions, it's also a compelling step forth: unlike last year's "Go", there's no big-tent dubstep drop, but "REALiTi" still absorbs EDM and trance into Boucher's seemingly infinite pallete of sound. She accomplishes no small feat in making these typically massive elements feel like subtle brushstrokes rather than buckets of paint dumped whole.

“REALiTi” 是 Grimes 自《Visions》以来最好的作品。令人印象深刻的是 Boucher 说它是在2013年初便录制完成，并在她正在制作新专辑的剪接室地板上“抢救”过来。“REALiTi” 这首悬于大气层的流行混搭作品与《Visions》一样，它也同是一个引人注目的进步：与去年的单曲 “Go” 不同，它没有大张旗鼓的混响低音，但 Boucher 仍将 EDM 与迷幻舞曲吸纳进 Boucher 近乎充斥着无限可能的声音调色板之中。她完成了一个不容忽视的壮举——将种种典型的宏伟元素汇聚而成微妙而精致的水彩笔触，而非一桶桶油漆胡乱倾倒于一处。

Listen closer and there is a heaviness to "REALiTi" that is new for Grimes—it's an energizing mini-anthem for anyone who knows what high-stakes are worth, the sound of a jet-setter emerging from the clouds and landing home. "Every morning there are mountains to climb/ Taking all my time," Boucher sings on the chorus, "When I get up this is what I see/ Welcome to reality." Her pop has been grounded before, but it's never been so human.

细细聆听，“REALiTi” 之中混杂有一丝沉重，这对于 Grimes 而言是全新的元素；它是一首充满活力的小曲儿，却有着喷气飞机从云间突现而骤降的音响，适于任一愿意寻求刺激之人。“When I get up this is what I see/ Welcome to reality/ When I get up this is what I see/ Welcome to reality.” Boucher 在副歌中如此唱道。 她的音乐作品自始至终就非常接地气，却从未如此贴近人类。