【搬运译】Pitchfork评Jessie Ware 2020年单曲《Spotlight》

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原作者：Noah Yoo

翻译：Kayla-Hu

审译：Ryan-Chopin

排版：Ryan-Chopin

Jessie Ware has always retained the spirit of an underdog. A powerful vocalist who could outsing most of her “alternative-soul” peers but declined to chase trends for the sake of a hit, Ware hit a career snag after her third albumGlasshouse did disappointing numbers. In a recent Guardian interview, she winced as she recounted the brutal Coachella set she played in 2018 while touring that album. “I’m up there, 33 years old, singing about motherhood. It was just… tumbleweed,” she said. “My mum was there with me… She said, ‘Darling. Quit.’”

Jessie Ware一直秉持着“逆袭精神”。她是一位很有实力的歌手，比大部分那些“另类灵魂乐”的同行都更为优秀，但她拒绝追随潮流，力图一鸣惊人。Ware的第三张专辑《Glasshouse》销量不尽人意，这之后她的职业生涯遭遇瓶颈。在最近接受《卫报》采访时，她说起自己2018年进行这张专辑的巡演的那段时间里，在科切拉音乐节发生的惨不忍睹的景象。她说：“已经33岁的我，站在台上，唱着关于母爱的歌。那儿好多…风滚草。我的母亲当时也在现场…她和我说，‘亲爱的，放弃吧’。”

Luckily, Ware didn’t heed her mother’s advice. “Spotlight”—the latest single from her forthcoming album What’s Your Pleasure?—begins with a sweeping orchestra that hints at adult-contemporary balladry before slipping into an understated boogie pocket. It drips with the hallmarks of a long-lost city popclassic; Ware’s sultry vocals, nearly a whisper, float atop beds of string flourishes and synthesizer swells courtesy of Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford. Every aspect of “Spotlight”—from its heart-wrenching final line (“Tell me when I’ll get more than a dream of you”) to the subtle acid house conclusion—betrays the handiwork of real studio experts. Almost a decade on from her debut, Jessie Ware reminds us why we listen to dance music in the first place.

幸好Ware没有听从母亲的建议。“Spotlight”—她即将发行的专辑《What’s Your Pleasure?》中的新单曲，开场用恢弘抒情的管弦乐营造一种成人时代民谣的氛围，接着曲风一转，迅速过渡到布吉乐的快节奏中。歌曲中处处流露经典城市流行乐的印记；Ware性感的声线，如耳语一般，漂浮在华丽的弦乐和充满激情的电子合成音乐之上（这些电子合成音乐由Simian Mobile Disco的James Ford制作）。“Spotlight”的每一部分—从令人心痛的最后一句歌词（“当我拥有的不只是你的幻梦一场，请让我知晓”）到微妙的迷幻浩室乐般的收尾，都与那些真正的热单制作人的创作方法背道而驰。Jessie Ware在出道近十年之际，再次提醒我们聆听舞曲音乐的初衷。