搬運(yùn)自：網(wǎng)易云音樂專欄【Music Online Zine Courier】（在原文基礎(chǔ)上添加了英語原文與排版調(diào)整）

翻譯：Beans_Beans

Two of the most influential songwriters of the past decade,?Sharon Van Etten?and?Angel Olsen?are unafraid of diving headfirst into the red. Think of those climactic howls in “Seventeen” or “Your Love Is Killing Me”; consider the dreamy crescendos of “Shut Up Kiss Me” and “Lark.” While plenty of artists seek inspiration from heroes of emotional abandon like Bruce Springsteen (whom they have each?covered?excellently), Van Etten and Olsen understand the true power belongs to the listener—when you’ve brought the magic into your own world, and you’re throwing your head back, singing along at the top of your lungs.

作為過去十年中最具影響力的兩位詞曲作家，Sharon Van Etten 和 Angel Olsen 毫不畏懼地一頭扎進(jìn)紅色深淵。想想 “Seventeen” 或 “Your Love Is Killing Me” 中那些風(fēng)云迭起的嘶吼；想想 “Shut Up Kiss Me” 和 “Lark” 的夢幻高潮。雖然很多藝術(shù)家從 Bruce Springsteen（他們都出色地重新演繹過他的作品）這樣拋棄情感的英雄們那里尋求靈感，但 Van Etten 和 Olsen 明白，真正的力量——將你自己的世界賦予魔力，甩著頭，歌唱著肺腑之語——終將屬于聽眾。

Their first collaborative single, “Like I Used To,” lives up to its potential, plays to their strengths, and still manages to pack a surprise. The verse melody sits squarely in Olsen’s comfort zone—a little bit classic country, a little bit girl-group balladry. And the chorus, which arrives on an ascending wave of glockenspiel, like a golden staircase appearing through the fog, is pure Van Etten: a long string of ribbon she unfurls in the wind, equally ragged and triumphant.

她們的第一支合作單曲 “Like I Used To” 沒有辜負(fù)其潛力，充分展現(xiàn)了她們的優(yōu)勢，并依舊為我們帶來驚喜。主旋律恰好處于 Olsen 的舒適區(qū)——有點古典鄉(xiāng)村風(fēng)格，再有點女子組合民謠風(fēng)格。隨著一縷縷上升的鐘琴聲波，我們迎來了副歌，就像在迷霧中顯現(xiàn)的金色扶梯，這才是最純正的 “Sharon Van Etten”——她在風(fēng)中飄舞一縷長長的絲帶，粗糙襤褸卻而光輝耀眼。

The whole thing feels momentous, predestined to be a crowd-pleasing set closer, and the lyrics add to its casual grandeur. “Lighting one up like I used to,” they sing together, “Falling in love like I used to.” Even when the words eschew the directness of previous career peaks (or when they’re straight-up quoting Michael Jordan), the duo makes sure you know they mean it. Produced by John Congleton, the song feels meticulously arranged for them to find the spotlight at any given moment and steal the show, an effect mirrored by Kimberly Stuckwisch’s expertly styled music video. If the good old days are behind us, as they suggest every time the chorus rolls around, the memories have never felt so sweet.

?這一整首作品顯得十分重大，詞作不經(jīng)意間平添了些許宏偉、同時也有著一個十分貼近人心的尾聲?！癓ighting one up like I used to/Falling in love like I used to.” 她們?nèi)绱撕铣馈＜词垢柙~不再像她們先前頂峰時期那樣直截了當(dāng)（或是直接引用 Michael Jordan 的話），這一最佳排擋也從字里行間告訴你她們的意圖。在這首歌中，John Congleton 精心的排片布局，使她們在任何時候都如同在聚光燈下耀眼輝煌；Kimberly Stuckwisch 所指導(dǎo)的 MV 也精巧地反映了這一效果。正如她們在副歌中唱到的的那樣，倘若美好的舊日時光真的已經(jīng)消逝，那我們的追憶也不會如此甜蜜。