Taylor Swift reveals a 'Midnights' song title and her songwriting secret

The 'Shake It Off' singer revealed track 13 on 'Midnights' is titled 'Mastermind'

By Lauryn Overhultz | Fox News

Taylor Swift explained the thought process behind how she writes her iconic lyrics.

泰勒·斯威夫特解釋了她創(chuàng)作標(biāo)志性歌詞的思考過(guò)程。

The "Bad Blood" singer accepted the songwriter-artist of the decade award at the Nashville Songwriter Awards on Tuesday at the Ryman?Auditorium.

這位演唱《Bad Blood》的歌手周二在瑞曼禮堂舉行的納什維爾詞曲作者獎(jiǎng)上獲得了十年最佳詞曲創(chuàng)作人獎(jiǎng)。

auditorium /???d??t??ri?m/ n. 1.（劇院、音樂(lè)廳等的）聽(tīng)眾席，觀眾席。2.禮堂；會(huì)堂

"I’ve never talked about this publicly before," Swift told the audience, Billboard reported.

據(jù)《公告牌》報(bào)道，斯威夫特告訴觀眾:“我以前從未公開(kāi)談?wù)撨^(guò)這件事?！?/span>

"It's?dorky," she said. "But I also have, in my mind, secretly, established?genres?categories for lyrics I write. Three of them, to be exact: They are affectionately titled?Quill?Lyrics,?Fountain Pen?Lyrics and?Glitter Gel Pen?Lyrics.… I came up with these categories based on what writing tool I imagine having in my hand when I?scribbled?it down – figuratively. I don’t actually have a quill. Anymore. I broke it once when I was mad."

“這太蠢了，”她說(shuō)?！暗谖倚睦?，我也偷偷地為我寫(xiě)的歌詞建立了體裁分類(lèi)。確切地說(shuō)，其中有三類(lèi):它們被親切地命名為羽毛筆歌詞、鋼筆歌詞和炫彩中性筆歌詞。我想出的這些分類(lèi)是基于想象自己在寫(xiě)東西的時(shí)候手里拿著什么寫(xiě)作工具——比喻地說(shuō)。其實(shí)我沒(méi)有羽毛筆了。有一次我生氣的時(shí)候把它弄壞了?！?/span>

Dorky：愚蠢的

genre /????r?/ /???nr?/ n.（文學(xué)、藝術(shù)、電影或音樂(lè)的）體裁，類(lèi)型

quill /kw?l/ n. 1.翎（鳥(niǎo)的翅膀或尾部的大羽毛）2.翎筆；羽管筆3.（豪豬的）棘刺

Fountain Pen：鋼筆

Gel Pen：中性筆

glitter /?ɡl?t?(r)/ 1.閃亮；閃耀；光彩奪目?The water glittered in the sunlight. 水面在陽(yáng)光下閃閃發(fā)光。2.~ (with sth)(眼睛) 閃現(xiàn)（某種強(qiáng)烈情感）?His eyes glittered with greed. 他眼睛里閃現(xiàn)出貪婪的神色。

scribble /?skr?b?l/ v.潦草地寫(xiě)，匆匆地寫(xiě)；亂涂，亂畫(huà)，粗梳（羊毛、棉花等）。n.潦草的書(shū)寫(xiě)（或字跡），匆忙完成的文章；胡寫(xiě)亂畫(huà)的東西，涂鴉

Swift, who recently announced another album titled "Midnights," explained what each pen category meant.

斯威夫特最近發(fā)布了另一張專(zhuān)輯《午夜》，并解釋了每種筆類(lèi)的含義。

The quill pen is used "if my lyrics sound like a letter written by?Emily Dickinson’s great-grandmother while sewing a lace curtain," Swift explained. For this category, Swift used her song "Ivy" as an example.

羽毛筆用來(lái)寫(xiě)歌詞—“如果我的歌詞聽(tīng)起來(lái)像艾米莉·狄金森的曾祖母在縫蕾絲窗簾時(shí)寫(xiě)的信，”斯威夫特解釋說(shuō)。斯威夫特以她的歌曲《Ivy》為例。

艾米莉·狄金森(Emily Dickinson，1830年12月10日-1886年5月15日)，美國(guó)傳奇詩(shī)人。狄金森的詩(shī)主要寫(xiě)生活情趣、自然、生命、信仰、友誼、愛(ài)情。詩(shī)風(fēng)凝練婉約、意象清新，描繪真切、精微，思想深沉、凝聚力強(qiáng)，極富獨(dú)創(chuàng)性。

A glitter gel pen is used for lyrics that "are the drunk girl at the party who tells you that you look like an Angel in the bathroom." Swift's hit song "Shake It Off" was used as an example for this category.

炫彩中性筆用來(lái)寫(xiě)歌詞，“就像派對(duì)上喝醉的女孩告訴你，你在浴室里就像天使。”斯威夫特的熱門(mén)歌曲《Shake It Off》被作為這個(gè)類(lèi)別的例子。

The fountain pen is used when the pop star is "trying to paint a vivid picture of a situation, down to the?chipped?paint on the door frame and the?incense?dust on the vinyl shelf" and "All Too Well" was given as the example.

當(dāng)這位流行歌手“試圖生動(dòng)地描繪一種情況，包括門(mén)框上的油漆碎片和黑膠唱片架子上的香塵”時(shí)，就會(huì)使用鋼筆?！禔ll Too Well》就是一個(gè)例子。

Chip：這里做形容詞，破碎的，有切口的。

incense /??nsens/香（尤指宗教禮儀用的）

vinyl /?va?nl/n. 1.乙烯基；乙烯基塑料；（尤指舊時(shí)）壓制唱片的塑料。2.乙烯基唱片；黑膠唱片?My dad had to buy CDs of all the albums he already owned on vinyl. 我爸爸就是要買(mǎi)他已有的所有黑膠唱片的CD版。

Swift went on to explain why she created the lyric categories during the speech.

斯威夫特接著解釋了她為什么在演講中創(chuàng)造了這些歌詞類(lèi)別。

"Why did I make these categories, you ask? Because I love doing this thing we are fortunate enough to call a job," she said. "Writing songs is my life’s work and my hobby and my never-ending thrill. I am moved beyond words that you, my peers, decided to honor me in this way for work I’d still be doing if I had never been recognized for it."

“你可能會(huì)問(wèn)，我為什么要做這些分類(lèi)?因?yàn)槲蚁矚g做這件我們有幸稱(chēng)之為工作的事情。”斯威夫特說(shuō)道，“寫(xiě)歌是我畢生的工作，是我的愛(ài)好，是我永不停息的激情。我的同伴們，你們決定以這種方式向我的工作致敬，我的感動(dòng)無(wú)以言表。如果我從未因此獲得認(rèn)可，我還會(huì)繼續(xù)從事我的工作。”

Swift surprised fans by releasing the title for a track on her upcoming album "Midnights." The "Look What You Made Me Do" singer started a new series on TikTok where she plans to slowly release the track list for the new album titled "Midnights?Mayhem?with Me."

霉霉在她即將發(fā)行的新專(zhuān)輯《Midnights》中發(fā)布了同名單曲，這讓粉絲們大吃一驚。這位演唱過(guò)《Look What You Made Me Do》的歌手在TikTok上開(kāi)始了新的企劃，她計(jì)劃在該系列中慢慢發(fā)布新專(zhuān)輯《Midnights Mayhem with Me》的曲目列表。

mayhem n. /?me?hem/ 騷亂；慌亂? There was absolute mayhem when everyone tried to get out at once. 眾人蜂擁而出，造成了極大的混亂。

At midnight on Sept. 21, Swift revealed the title of track 13 is "Mastermind."

9月21日午夜，霉霉透露第13首單曲的名字是《Mastermind》。

mastermind /?mɑ?st?ma?nd/ 名詞：（極具才智的）決策者；主謀；出謀劃策者（通常是犯罪）；動(dòng)詞：策劃，操縱，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)（復(fù)雜的事情）

The album will be released on Oct. 21.

該專(zhuān)輯將于10月21日發(fā)行。

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