#创作挑战赛#
Taylor Swift reveals a 'Midnights' song title and her songwriting secretThe '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·斯威夫特解释了她创作标志性歌词的思考过程。
The "Bad Blood" singer accepted the songwriter-artist of the decade award at the Nashville Songwriter Awards on Tuesday at the Ryman Auditorium.
这位演唱《Bad Blood》的歌手周二在瑞曼礼堂举行的纳什维尔词曲作者奖上获得了十年最佳词曲创作人奖。
auditorium /ˌɔːdɪˈtɔːriəm/ n. 1.（剧院、音乐厅等的）听众席，观众席。2.礼堂；会堂
"I’ve never talked about this publicly before," Swift told the audience, Billboard reported.
据《公告牌》报道，斯威夫特告诉观众:“我以前从未公开谈论过这件事。”
"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."
“这太蠢了，”她说。“但在我心里，我也偷偷地为我写的歌词建立了体裁分类。确切地说，其中有三类:它们被亲切地命名为羽毛笔歌词、钢笔歌词和炫彩中性笔歌词。我想出的这些分类是基于想象自己在写东西的时候手里拿着什么写作工具——比喻地说。其实我没有羽毛笔了。有一次我生气的时候把它弄坏了。”
Dorky：愚蠢的
genre /ˈʒɒ̃rə/ /ˈʒɒnrə/ n.（文学、艺术、电影或音乐的）体裁，类型
quill /kwɪl/ n. 1.翎（鸟的翅膀或尾部的大羽毛）2.翎笔；羽管笔3.（豪猪的）棘刺
Fountain Pen：钢笔
Gel Pen：中性笔
glitter /ˈɡlɪtə(r)/ 1.闪亮；闪耀；光彩夺目•The water glittered in the sunlight. 水面在阳光下闪闪发光。2.~ (with sth)(眼睛) 闪现（某种强烈情感）•His eyes glittered with greed. 他眼睛里闪现出贪婪的神色。
scribble /ˈskrɪbəl/ v.潦草地写，匆匆地写；乱涂，乱画，粗梳（羊毛、棉花等）。n.潦草的书写（或字迹），匆忙完成的文章；胡写乱画的东西，涂鸦
Swift, who recently announced another album titled "Midnights," explained what each pen category meant.
斯威夫特最近发布了另一张专辑《午夜》，并解释了每种笔类的含义。
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.
羽毛笔用来写歌词—“如果我的歌词听起来像艾米莉·狄金森的曾祖母在缝蕾丝窗帘时写的信，”斯威夫特解释说。斯威夫特以她的歌曲《Ivy》为例。
艾米莉·狄金森(Emily Dickinson，1830年12月10日-1886年5月15日)，美国传奇诗人。狄金森的诗主要写生活情趣、自然、生命、信仰、友谊、爱情。诗风凝练婉约、意象清新，描绘真切、精微，思想深沉、凝聚力强，极富独创性。
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.
炫彩中性笔用来写歌词，“就像派对上喝醉的女孩告诉你，你在浴室里就像天使。”斯威夫特的热门歌曲《Shake It Off》被作为这个类别的例子。
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.
当这位流行歌手“试图生动地描绘一种情况，包括门框上的油漆碎片和黑胶唱片架子上的香尘”时，就会使用钢笔。《All Too Well》就是一个例子。
Chip：这里做形容词，破碎的，有切口的。
incense /ˈɪnsens/香（尤指宗教礼仪用的）
vinyl /ˈvaɪnl/n. 1.乙烯基；乙烯基塑料；（尤指旧时）压制唱片的塑料。2.乙烯基唱片；黑胶唱片•My dad had to buy CDs of all the albums he already owned on vinyl. 我爸爸就是要买他已有的所有黑胶唱片的CD版。
Swift went on to explain why she created the lyric categories during the speech.
斯威夫特接着解释了她为什么在演讲中创造了这些歌词类别。
"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."
“你可能会问，我为什么要做这些分类?因为我喜欢做这件我们有幸称之为工作的事情。”斯威夫特说道，“写歌是我毕生的工作，是我的爱好，是我永不停息的激情。我的同伴们，你们决定以这种方式向我的工作致敬，我的感动无以言表。如果我从未因此获得认可，我还会继续从事我的工作。”
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."
霉霉在她即将发行的新专辑《Midnights》中发布了同名单曲，这让粉丝们大吃一惊。这位演唱过《Look What You Made Me Do》的歌手在TikTok上开始了新的企划，她计划在该系列中慢慢发布新专辑《Midnights Mayhem with Me》的曲目列表。
mayhem n. /ˈmeɪhem/ 骚乱；慌乱• There was absolute mayhem when everyone tried to get out at once. 众人蜂拥而出，造成了极大的混乱。
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首单曲的名字是《Mastermind》。
mastermind /ˈmɑːstəmaɪnd/ 名词：（极具才智的）决策者；主谋；出谋划策者（通常是犯罪）；动词：策划，操纵，领导（复杂的事情）
The album will be released on Oct. 21.
该专辑将于10月21日发行。
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