搬運(yùn)自：微信公眾號(hào)【評(píng)論搬一堆】（在原文基礎(chǔ)上添加了英語(yǔ)原文與排版調(diào)整）

原作者：Noah Yoo

翻譯：Kayla-Hu

審譯：Ryan-Chopin

排版：Ryan-Chopin

Jessie Ware?has always retained the spirit of an underdog. A powerful vocalist who could outsing most of her “alternative-soul” peers but declined to chase trends for the sake of a hit, Ware hit a career snag after her third albumGlasshouse?did disappointing numbers. In a recent?Guardian?interview, she winced as she recounted the brutal Coachella set she played in 2018 while touring that album. “I’m up there, 33 years old, singing about motherhood. It was just… tumbleweed,” she said. “My mum was there with me… She said, ‘Darling. Quit.’”

Jessie Ware一直秉持著“逆襲精神”。她是一位很有實(shí)力的歌手，比大部分那些“另類(lèi)靈魂樂(lè)”的同行都更為優(yōu)秀，但她拒絕追隨潮流，力圖一鳴驚人。Ware的第三張專(zhuān)輯《Glasshouse》銷(xiāo)量不盡人意，這之后她的職業(yè)生涯遭遇瓶頸。在最近接受《衛(wèi)報(bào)》采訪(fǎng)時(shí)，她說(shuō)起自己2018年進(jìn)行這張專(zhuān)輯的巡演的那段時(shí)間里，在科切拉音樂(lè)節(jié)發(fā)生的慘不忍睹的景象。她說(shuō)：“已經(jīng)33歲的我，站在臺(tái)上，唱著關(guān)于母愛(ài)的歌。那兒好多…風(fēng)滾草。我的母親當(dāng)時(shí)也在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)…她和我說(shuō)，‘親愛(ài)的，放棄吧’?！?/p>

Luckily, Ware didn’t heed her mother’s advice. “Spotlight”—the latest single from her forthcoming album?What’s Your Pleasure?—begins with a sweeping orchestra that hints at adult-contemporary balladry before slipping into an understated boogie pocket. It drips with the hallmarks of a long-lost?city popclassic; Ware’s sultry vocals, nearly a whisper, float atop beds of string flourishes and synthesizer swells courtesy of?Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford. Every aspect of “Spotlight”—from its heart-wrenching final line (“Tell me when I’ll get more than a dream of you”) to the subtle acid house conclusion—betrays the handiwork of real studio experts. Almost a decade on from her debut, Jessie Ware reminds us why we listen to dance music in the first place.

幸好Ware沒(méi)有聽(tīng)從母親的建議?！癝potlight”—她即將發(fā)行的專(zhuān)輯《What’s Your Pleasure?》中的新單曲，開(kāi)場(chǎng)用恢弘抒情的管弦樂(lè)營(yíng)造一種成人時(shí)代民謠的氛圍，接著曲風(fēng)一轉(zhuǎn)，迅速過(guò)渡到布吉樂(lè)的快節(jié)奏中。歌曲中處處流露經(jīng)典城市流行樂(lè)的印記；Ware性感的聲線(xiàn)，如耳語(yǔ)一般，漂浮在華麗的弦樂(lè)和充滿(mǎn)激情的電子合成音樂(lè)之上（這些電子合成音樂(lè)由Simian Mobile Disco的James Ford制作）?！癝potlight”的每一部分—從令人心痛的最后一句歌詞（“當(dāng)我擁有的不只是你的幻夢(mèng)一場(chǎng)，請(qǐng)讓我知曉”）到微妙的迷幻浩室樂(lè)般的收尾，都與那些真正的熱單制作人的創(chuàng)作方法背道而馳。Jessie Ware在出道近十年之際，再次提醒我們聆聽(tīng)舞曲音樂(lè)的初衷。