搬运译Pitchfork评10年代最佳单曲第15名：Rihanna: “Work” [ft. Drake] (2016)

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原文链接：https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/

翻译：Tyler Smith/ June Hess

审译：Ryan-Chopin

推送：Lynn Liu

On “Work,” Boi-1da’s gleaming dancehall beat provides an unlikely home for Rihanna’s vulnerable portrayal of the whiplash of a complex love, of being between heartbreak, longing, and self-assurance. The rolling patois of songwriter PARTYNEXTDOOR’s reference track is left intact on the final version, though in Rihanna’s hands, “Work” loses its tempestuousness and gains perpetual-song-of-summer status. Released in the midst of pop radio’s renewed interest in “tropical” sounds, this No. 1 hit was not the Bajan singer’s first foray into the music of her culture but, perhaps until the arrival of her long-rumored reggae album, it is her most complete. –Rawiya Kameir

在《Work》中，Boi-1da明亮的舞厅节奏为Rihanna脆弱地刻画着复杂爱情中的鞭打、心碎、渴望和自信之间的关系提供了一个靠不住的背景场所。歌曲作者PARTYNEXTDOOR参考曲目的摇摆节奏在最终版本中保持不变，尽管在Rihanna的手中，《Work》失去了狂热，获得了永远的夏季歌曲的地位。流行音乐电台对“热带”音乐重新产生兴趣，而这首金曲并不是这位巴巴多斯歌手第一次涉足这种音乐文化，但是，或许直到她谣传已久的雷鬼音乐专辑发布之前，这首金曲是她最完整的作品