翻譯：Nomanlandever

The actress, musician, and overnight sensation returns with another cathartic narrative about an expired romance.

這位女演員，音樂家，一夜成名的明星以一首宣泄舊情的敘事性歌曲再次回歸樂壇。

No one—especially not Olivia Rodrigo—expected “drivers license” to become the biggest song on the planet overnight. But this January, it happened. The introductory single from the 18-year-old actress, known for her roles in the Disney shows?Bizaardvark?and?High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, followed a heartbroken Rodrigo on a spin through suburbs, lamenting what could have been. Fueled by a juicy?subplot?involving a Disney love triangle (with?speculative responses?from the other involved parties), “drivers license” debuted at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 and?broke?Spotify’s record for the most song streams in a week. It even got its own effusive “Saturday Night Live”?skit: “Sounds like it’s just some teen girl singing in her room to her piano,” remarked Pete Davidson. “And that’s the beauty of it, you got a problem?” retorted host Regé-Jean Page. The song’s delicate final moment—“’Cause you said forever, now I drive alone past your street”—is basically tattooed on the public consciousness.

沒有人——Olivia Rodrigo本人更沒預(yù)料到——“drivers license”會一夜間席卷全球成為最熱門的單曲。但就在今年一月份，奇跡發(fā)生了。專輯首單的演唱者是18歲的女演員，因出演迪士尼電視劇《Bizaardvark》（音樂玩家）和《歌舞青春:音樂劇:系列劇》而知名，轉(zhuǎn)型歌手后的她悲痛欲絕地漫步于郊區(qū)，哀嘆戀情的終結(jié)。在迪士尼三角戀事件的爆炸效應(yīng)下（包括其他相關(guān)人士的添油加醋），“drivers license”空降Billboard單曲榜榜首，并打破了Spotify一周內(nèi)播放量最高歌曲的記錄。“SNL”（周六夜現(xiàn)場）甚至專門制作了一個(gè)名為“drivers license”的諷刺小品：““聽起來就像是某個(gè)十幾歲的女孩在房間里對著鋼琴唱歌” Pete Davidson說道，“這就是它的美妙之處，有什么問題嗎?” 反駁方Regé-Jean Page回復(fù)道。——“這首歌的妙筆收尾歌詞’Cause you said forever, now I drive alone past your street”（因你曾許下白頭偕老的承諾，如今我獨(dú)自一人駛過你住的街道）——幾乎焊死在大眾的潛意識里了。

After such a tremendous debut, Rodrigo’s next move would determine if she would be deemed a one-hit wonder or pop music’s next heavyweight. “deja vu” firmly suggests the latter. Once again, the narrative centers around an expired romance with distinctly theater-kid vibes: watching?Glee?reruns, trading clothing, being unabashedly annoying. Rodrigo catalogs these activities over a twinkly melody, twisting the tension before the big reveal: She’s not the love interest anymore. “I bet she’s bragging to all her friends/Saying you’re so unique,” she sings, throwing in a smug “hmph” for good measure. Instead of pitting two young women against each other, “deja vu” directs its ire towards some unoriginal dude who keeps forcing “Uptown Girl” on his lovers—even though it was Rodrigo who introduced her ex to Mr. “Piano Man” in the first place. If “drivers license” channeled the intimate storytelling of?Taylor Swift, “deja vu” nods towards?Lorde’s offbeat melodrama and, eventually,?Florence and the Machine’s grandiosity. The production (by “drivers license” co-writer Dan Nigro, who has worked with?Carly Rae Jepsen,?Sky Ferreira, and?Caroline Polachek), is delightfully ensnaring, and Rodrigo leans into the sassy, bittersweet catharsis. Rest assured: When the world opens up, everyone will be feverishly chanting, “Strawberry ice cream in Malibu, don’t act like we didn’t do that shit too!”

在現(xiàn)象級出道單曲后，Olivia Rodrigo接下來的動作將證明 她是曇花一現(xiàn)的“一首熱單擁有者”還是下一位流行樂壇的重量級巨星。顯然“deja vu”證實(shí)了她是后者。又一次，歌曲圍繞著前一段戀情展開敘述，洋溢著強(qiáng)烈的青少年戲劇氛圍。（歌詞情節(jié)）觀看《歡樂合唱團(tuán)》的重播，互相交換衣服穿，（他）看著就惱人生厭。Olivia Rodrigo在波光粼粼的旋律中記錄下這些往事，扭轉(zhuǎn)了揭露真相前的焦灼局勢。“I bet she’s bragging to all her friends/Saying you’re so unique,”（我敢篤定她絕對在朋友面前/吹噓你是多么獨(dú)特）她唱道，隨后洋洋自得地哼聲冷笑?！癲eja vu”沒有讓兩個(gè)女人相互對峙，而是將憤怒指向那些只會彈“Uptown Girl”只會生搬硬套的渣男們——盡管最先是Olivia ?Rodrigo教會男友彈“Piano Man“（鋼琴大師，指Billy Joel，也指他的歌曲名稱）的歌，如果“drivers license”彰顯出Taylor Swift敘事的細(xì)致入微，那么“deja vu”向Lorde的另類情景?。∕elodrama）致敬，最終做出Florence and the Machine的磅礴氣勢。（由曾與Carly Rae Jepsen,?Sky Ferreira, and?Caroline Polachek合作過也是“drivers license”的創(chuàng)作者之一的Dan Nigro操刀的）制作誘導(dǎo)聽眾陷入甜蜜圈套，而Olivia Rodrigo則有些出格地宣泄著苦樂參半的情緒。毋庸置疑的是，當(dāng)世界恢復(fù)正常時(shí)，每個(gè)人都會狂熱地高歌：“Strawberry ice cream in Malibu, don’t act like we didn’t do that shit too!”（歌詞）。