搬運自：微信公眾號【評論搬一堆】（在原文基礎上添加了英語原文與排版調整）?

翻譯：Kai-kaiyue

審譯：Whitney.L

排版：Ryan-Chopin

Getting high is?nothing new?for?Childish Gambino?, but on “12.38,” a highlight from his surprise album?3.15.20, Donald Glover munches on some shrooms given to him by a woman he’s romantically entangled with. It’s easy to imagine them hunkered down somewhere in the hills of Los Angeles, feeding each other dark chocolate with sea salt while expanding their minds. Glover flexes his acting chops behind the mic to take on the perspective of his partner in one moment and lets loose with layers upon layers of cushy background vocals in the next, giving the song a lived-in atmosphere.

吸*對于Childish Gambino不算什么新鮮事兒，然而在這張令人驚喜的專輯《3.15.20》中，一首叫做“12.38”的歌曲可謂更是亮點。（這首歌描述的是）Donald Glover咀嚼著一位與他浪漫纏綿的女子給他的致幻蘑菇。很容易就能想象出，在洛杉磯山上的某個地方，他們一邊互相喂對方吃著海鹽味的黑巧克力，一邊浮想聯翩。麥克風的后面，Glover的音樂才華技巧和合作伙伴的意向一同被完美傳達，歌曲層次一層一層的釋放，后面輕松愉快的背景聲樂，給整首歌營造出一種輕松舒適的氛圍。

Interpolating?André 3000’s “Vibrate” over a sensual, minimalistic bounce from DJ Dahi, Glover eschews a chorus hook for funny asides (“Why your cat looking at me sideways?”), some name-dropping (Toni Braxton,?SZA,?Chaka Khan), and guest spots (Khadja Bonet, singer-songwriter Atia “Ink” Boggs, and?21 Savage). 21 is particularly on point here, with a guest verse that addresses new flames, new cars, and the not-so-new spectre of police brutality in the span of less than a minute. As the song devolves into spirals of vocal echoes—probably the psilocybin kicking in—it’s 21’s lyrics you’re left thinking about.

歌曲中插入André 3000的“Vibrate”帶來一種肉欲感，加上DJ dani的極簡bounce風格，Glover有意的省略了副歌的開頭，而是加上了旁白（“你為何偷偷看我？”）。歌中還提到了一些名字（Toni Braxton，SZA 和 21 Savage），以及邀請的合唱嘉賓（Khadia Bonet，唱作人Atia “Ink” Boggs ,還有 21 Savage）。21在這首歌中的表現尤其精彩，他不到一分鐘的嘉賓式歌曲部分帶來了一種新的火花，新的汽車，還有老生常談的警察霸凌。隨著這首歌進入反復的聲樂回聲部分，當然這里也有可能是致幻劑起了作用，但你還沉浸于21的歌詞。