搬運(yùn)自：微信公眾號(hào)【評(píng)論搬一堆】（在原文基礎(chǔ)上添加了英語(yǔ)原文與排版調(diào)整）?

翻譯：Whitney.L

審譯：Ryan-Chopin

排版：Ryan-Chopin

Frank Ocean?songs may not arrive as part of album-scale events these days, but they’re still?appointment listening. “Dear April” and the mainly Spanish-language “Cayendo” are his?first new singles?since last year’s slowly building “In My Room,” and they reward the same type of obsessive late-night headphone sessions that greeted the surprise release of 2016’s landmark?Blonde.

現(xiàn)今，F(xiàn)rank Ocean的歌曲可能不會(huì)出現(xiàn)在發(fā)型專輯這種級(jí)別的活動(dòng)中了，但這些歌曲仍然被點(diǎn)名收聽(tīng)?！癉ear April（親愛(ài)的四月）”和以西班牙語(yǔ)為主的“Cayendo（下墜）”是他自去年緩慢創(chuàng)作的“In My Room（在我的房間）”以來(lái)的首支新單曲。這兩首歌的內(nèi)容和2016年驚喜發(fā)行的《Blonde（金發(fā)女郎）》，這部里程碑式的作品大致相同，都是沉溺于深夜獨(dú)享式播放的歌曲。

Though only “acoustic” versions of the songs are available for streaming, the synth-like washes of “Dear April” sure?sound?electronic. Ambient pop more adequately describes the languid atmosphere of this beatless ballad. “You woke me up,” Ocean proclaims toward the end, but the slow-motion jazz guitar figures and Sandman sprinkles of keyboard make the song feel like a dream. The slightly left-of-center lyrics, which seem directed at a person rather than this cruel month, add another layer to what might be his most understated stunner yet. It’s not the Ocean you would’ve wanted to see at the?now-postponed Coachella, but it’s the Ocean we needed to hear holed up alone together in our bedrooms. “Dear April, are you watchin’ him dance?” Ocean repeats until the song breaks off abruptly. Only in our minds, Frank.

雖然只有“不插電”版本的歌曲可以在流媒體播放，但“Dear April”的合成版本實(shí)則是電子的。接踵而至的流行部分，更是充分地描述了這首慢節(jié)拍的抒情曲所營(yíng)造的慵懶氛圍?！癥ou woke me up（你把我吵醒了），”O(jiān)cean在片尾這樣說(shuō)道，但是慢節(jié)奏的爵士吉他和睡魔的鍵盤讓這首歌就像是一場(chǎng)夢(mèng)。中間略偏左的歌詞，似乎是針對(duì)一個(gè)人，而不是暗指這個(gè)殘酷的月份，為他最低調(diào)的驚人之作增添了另一抹色彩。在已經(jīng)推遲的科切拉音樂(lè)節(jié)上，你不會(huì)想看到這樣的Ocean，但當(dāng)我們獨(dú)處于臥室之時(shí)，我們需要聽(tīng)到的是這樣的Ocean。“Dear April, are you watchin’ him dance（親愛(ài)的四月，你在看他跳舞嗎）?”O(jiān)cean重復(fù)著這句話，直到歌聲戛然而止。但是，仍然余音繚繞，這就是Frank。