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

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Janelle Monáe has assumed many different forms in her career: singer, producer, actress, model, android. Though such ambition has made her difficult to peg, it’s also endeared her to a wide audience. Across three full-length albums and an EP, Monáe has captured the essence of her forebears—Stevie Wonder, Lauryn Hill, and Michael Jackson—while Stevie Wonder, Lauryn Hill, and Michael Jackson—while? maintaining her own unique afrofuturist bent. Even though Monáe has always pulled from the past, she’s found the perfect balance of old and new, paying homage to iconic black music with grace, style, and reverence.

Janelle Monáe在她的藝術(shù)生涯中演繹了多種不同的身份：歌手、制作人、演員、模特，還有“機器人”。盡管這樣的雄心壯志使她愈加讓人捉摸不透，但也同樣讓她深受廣大聽眾的喜愛。在三張全長專輯和一張EP中，Monáe深得她前輩——Stevie Wonder、Lauryn Hill和Michael Jackson的精髓，同時也保持了她自己獨特的反傳統(tǒng)主義傾向。盡管Monáe常常從過去中汲取靈感，但她也能尋得新舊之間的完美平衡，并以優(yōu)雅、極具風度同時也不失謙卑的態(tài)度向經(jīng)典黑人音樂致敬。

On “Make Me Feel,” one of two new singles from Monáe’s Dirty Computer (the musician’s first LP in five years), the polymath unpacks a rubbery funk tune that recalls the likes of Prince and Sheila E. Her 1980s influences are clear, down to each massive synth line and the feeling of raw sensual energy woven throughout the song. Much like her previous work, “Make Me Feel” is a flashy mix of modern bounce and old soul that puts her dulcet voice on full display. Perhaps inspired by her recent success on the big screen—in films like the Oscar Best Picture-winning Moonlight and Oscar nominated Hidden Figures—the video for “Make Me Feel” is equally theatrical, taking colorful cues from “Black Mirror” (think Season Three’s exquisite “San Junipero” episode) and the wide-open feel of the Purple One’s “Kiss.” With its irresistible, sugary pop ethos, “Make Me Feel” could be Monáe’s most straightforward single. Yet at this point in her trajectory, where Monáe is the most visible she’s ever been, the song is a clear statement of strength, freedom, and continued evolution.

?在Monáe即將發(fā)行的《Dirty Computer》（她時隔五年發(fā)行的首張全長專輯）的兩首新單曲之一“Make Me Feel”中，這位千面藝術(shù)家為我們展現(xiàn)了一首Q彈十足的放克曲子，會讓人會想起Prince和Sheila E的那些紅心曲目。她的作品所受上世紀80年代的影響很明顯，尤其是其中的每一軌厚重的合成器，和貫穿整首歌的直逼原始感官的脈動。同她過去的作品一樣，“Make Me Feel”是現(xiàn)代舞蹈和古老靈魂的華麗組合，充分展示了她低迷音色中的魅力。也許是受到她最近在大銀幕上所獲成功的啟發(fā)——如奧斯卡最佳影片《月光男孩》和奧斯卡提名影片《隱藏人物》——“Make Me Feel”的MV同樣極具故事性，像是從《黑鏡》（就像第三季中精彩絕倫的的“San Junipero”一集）和The Purple One的“Kiss”的遼闊感官中得到了色彩靈感。因其讓人欲罷不能、令人歡欣愉悅的流行氣質(zhì)，“Make Me Feel”可能是Monáe最直白的歌曲。然而，在這首歌中這點的發(fā)揮上，Monáe創(chuàng)造了她有史以來最引人注目的高光時刻，這首歌是歌頌力量、自由和革新的宣言。