THE SECOND COMING OF MELANIE MARTINEZ

梅蘭妮·馬蹄內(nèi)茲的二專來遼!

Pop's weirdest cool girl is back and more twisted than ever.

流行歌手里最怪誕的酷女孩回歸啦，而且她的風(fēng)格比以往更加光怪陸離。

September 14, 2019

2019.9.14

TEXT: MATHIAS ROSENZWEIG

Melanie Martinez has vision.?

梅蘭妮·馬蹄內(nèi)茲有一種幻想。

Not so much the literal type that an ophthalmologist might praise,but rather the kind that would make a psychologist feel unsettled.?

這種幻想大抵不是眼科專家會贊賞的那種文字類型，但它會是讓心理學(xué)家不安的那種類型。

drugged up mothers, decapitated school principles and abusive teachers—these are some of the darker sides to Martinez' K-12 film and album, released last Friday.?

吸毒的母親，被斬首的學(xué)校校長和惡語相待的老師——這些是馬蹄內(nèi)茲周五發(fā)行的K-12專輯和電影，所影射出的部分黑暗面。

But, as has become customary to her artistry and brand, the singer balances out the bleakness of being a teenager with its occasional and comical absurdity.

但是，作為梅蘭妮特有的藝術(shù)技巧和“特色品牌”的一部分，大家早已習(xí)以如常，梅蘭妮將成為青少年的晦暗與其階段性且可笑的荒謬相結(jié)合。

Martinez, now 24-years-old,uses her juvenile characer of Cry Baby to represent elements of our younger years that carry over into adult life,ranging anywhere from insecurities to drug abuse.

馬蹄內(nèi)茲，現(xiàn)在是24歲，她用愛哭鬼這個孩子氣的角色，來代表我們從不成熟的年紀(jì)走向成年人生活的基本部分，由不安全感從而引發(fā)藥物的濫用。

Her style is unique, compelling,?

and down-right impressive for a first time film director.

她的風(fēng)格是獨(dú)一無二的??，非常強(qiáng)烈的，對于這位第一次拍攝的導(dǎo)演，電影同樣是十分令人印象深刻。

In only seven days, the film and album tracks have stacked up million upon millions of streams.?

短短七天，電影和專輯就已經(jīng)獲得了數(shù)百萬的關(guān)注。

It's obvious that Martinez struck an eerie but beautiful chord with her first album; the second one maintains the same DNA but moves things forward.

很顯然，馬蹄內(nèi)茲在一專中擊起恐怖而俏麗的和弦；二專則保持了原有的元素，但是將故事更推進(jìn)了一步。

We spoke to Martinez about her first feature film: how it came to be,releasing it into the world, and what she'll be working on next.

我們和馬蹄內(nèi)茲談?wù)摿怂牡谝徊块L電影:有關(guān)電影是如何創(chuàng)作而成的?如何發(fā)布于眾的?還有梅蘭妮下一步的計劃。

Mathias Rosenzweig(以下簡稱為R): Hi Melanie. How are you?

嗨梅蘭妮，近來可安好呀？

Melanie Martinez(以下簡稱為M): I’m good, how are you?

我超棒der，你如何呀?

R: I’m good. I just finished the film because I wanted it to be fresh in my head.? It must feel great to be done and almost have it put out into the world.

我也很好。我剛剛看完你的電影因?yàn)槲蚁胱屗谖夷X海里有最清晰的畫面感。創(chuàng)造這部電影并將之公布于眾的感覺一定很棒吧。

M: Yes, I’m very excited. It definitely took a long time so I’m excited to be here at this point where we’re only a couple of weeks away.

昂對，我炒雞炒雞激動。完成這部電影的過程的確是很長一段時間，所以我很高興能在電影發(fā)布后的幾星期來到這里。

R: I know you're going to be doing an accompanying tour as well. How are you going to translate this movie onto the stage?

我聽說你也會為這部電影開展相關(guān)巡演。你將如何用舞臺的形式來詮釋這部電影呢?

M:? Basically, I’m going to create vignettes on stage so that I can tell the story the way I want to tell it, but it will obviously be a visual representation of each song. There will be connecting pieces as the glue between each song, which will be more story-based and in-line with the film, but I think the way that I’m recreating the tour is almost like a version of the film.

基本來說，我會在舞臺上表現(xiàn)一些電影片段，以此用我想要的方式講述這個故事，但當(dāng)然啦，這些片段一定會是每首歌視覺藝術(shù)上的代表。在每首歌的中間都會有起到膠水作用的連接片段，這會使演出更符合故事、并且更連貫，但是我覺著整個巡演就像是電影的翻版。

M: My intention with it is to represent the school system that we were trapped in, in the movie, and I’m trying to make the tour kind of the same place, you know?

在電影中，我創(chuàng)作的意圖，是讓它成為限制困擾我們的學(xué)校體制的象征，而我希望巡演也能在某種程度上，體現(xiàn)類似的意圖，you know?

M: So it’s a hard thing balancing that world and making it a place where we can come, with oppression and everything. It’s a polar opposite, and I’m going to really try to have the tour be a learning experience, but also something that is exciting to all five senses.

所以在壓迫和外力的影響下，平衡這個世界，并使它成為我們可以抵達(dá)的目的地真的很難。這完全是兩個相反極，而我將要灰常努力地嘗試讓這場巡演成為一種可供學(xué)習(xí)的人生經(jīng)歷，也讓這場巡演成為所有感官的盛宴??。

M: I want to give the audience different actions that they can do, like physical actions that they can do, so that it makes it more interactive, and it’s not just a show.

我想要給觀眾以不同的動作，比如他們可以做的身體動作，這樣就會讓演出更具互動性，所以也這不只是一場演出。

R: That’s wild. It sounds like a lot of work, but worth it. I’ve been to one of your shows before and they’re already pretty theatrical, so I feel like it’s not totally new to you or anything, it’s just going to be a bit of a switch.?

這可真是瘋狂。聽上去這需要很多努力，但一定是值得的啦。我曾經(jīng)去過一次你的演出，那可真是非常戲劇性呢，所以我趕腳這對于你來說并不是完完全全的新事物，只是需要一些新的轉(zhuǎn)變。

M: Yeah, it’ll be more evolved. But I think it’s more about the visual being more next-level than Cry Baby. Each song will have its own design as opposed to there being this general design that is the layout for the whole show. It’ll be changing constantly. There are wardrobe changes. There are dancers. I’m doing a lot of choreography. It’s very intense in comparison to the last.

昂對，二專會有更多的進(jìn)步。但相比于一專而言，更多的進(jìn)步是在視覺層面上。每一首歌都有自己獨(dú)立另類的構(gòu)思，而不只是單單一個宏觀布局上的總設(shè)計。整體的視覺節(jié)奏一直在不斷地變化。而且服裝也有變化。電影中還請來了很多舞者。我做了許多編舞工作。比起一專，二專是一個更大的創(chuàng)作。