摇滚精灵凯蒂·佩里身上似乎总有一些不可思议的对立。出身于牧师家庭,言行却搞怪率直大胆;从小听着福音歌曲长大,热爱的却是热烈奔放的摇滚;相貌甜美乖巧,打扮却艳丽华美……甚至连让她在2008年爆红的热门歌曲《I Kissed A Girl》和《Ur So Gay》都极具争议性。今年夏天,凯蒂·佩里再下一城,推出热力四射的《California Gurls》、《Teenage Dream》等歌曲,一下子又将自己的歌唱事业推向新的高峰。“天后”,用在凯蒂身上可能还为时过早,但是,现在看来,没有人会否认,她离这个宝座的确越来越近了。
美式发音 适合泛听
A Different Side 尺度谈
Katy Perry is on top of the world, and why wouldn’t she be? Since the 1)pastor’s daughter first “kissed a girl” she’s been more “hot than cold”, and now the “california gurl” is here to promote her new album, Teenage Dream.
Host: This “Teenage Dream” video of yours, …
Katy: Yes!
Host: Gee whiz, it’s pretty full on, innit?
Katy: It’s sexy, yeah. It was nice to do something totally different than the “California Gurls,” I mean, all this is fun. Whooo, you know? But I think it was nice to show off and know a whole different side.
Host: Is there a line you wouldn’t cross?
Katy: I think I am one of those girls that, like, plays with the art of the tease, and I definitely push the limits of that tease. Sometimes, like, my mother, I’ll talk to her and she’ll just 2)groan. She’ll, “Oy vay,” you know, like, “Oohh, Katy,” but generally, you know, they’re very 3)supportive and loving, as a family.
Host: Now this fiancé of yours, …
Katy: Yes.
Host: …what can you tell us? We promise we won’t tell. We love Russell here.
Katy: Well, we are very excited. I love him, and I guess I probably won’t give you too much information, but I know I get really girly, when I, when I talk about it. Everything’s going splendid, he’s a total bridezilla.
Host: Well, you’ve tamed the beast, you know, and he’s obviously tamed you.
Katy: He’s not “the beast.”
Host: Well, then he was. He was a bit of a party boy.
Katy: He…you know…I always…everyone says, “How did you tame him?” and it’s not about taming, it’s about timing.
Host: You didn’t, just sort of, succumb to his charms?
Katy: No, I’m not that kind of girl. I’m a classy lady…even though I’m naked on a cotton candy cloud.
凯蒂·佩里现在真可谓是乐开花了,怎么不会呢?自从这位牧师之女最初“亲了一个女孩”之后,她便大“热而非冷”,如今,这位“加州女郎”带来了她的新专辑——《花漾年华》。
主持:你的《花漾年华》的音乐录像……
凯蒂:嗯!
主持:天哪,那真是火辣刺激,不是吗?
凯蒂:很性感,对。做出与《加州女郎》完全不一样的风格,感觉很不错。我的意思是,很好玩。知道吗?那种感觉就像,“哇”!但我觉得能展现并认识自己全然不同的另一面,感觉很棒。
主持:有什么底线是你无论如何也不会逾越的吗?
凯蒂:我觉得我是那种,喜欢挑逗的女孩,我绝对是将其推向极致。有时候,像是,我跟我妈妈聊天,她听了就一个劲儿地感叹。她会说,“哎哟”,你知道,会说,“噢——,凯蒂”,但大致上,你会知道,作为家人,他们都很支持我,很爱我。
主持:好了,你的未婚夫……
凯蒂:嗯。
主持:……你能告诉我们什么吗?我们发誓不会告诉别人。我们也很喜欢拉塞尔的。
凯蒂:嗯,我们很快乐。我爱他,但我想我不会说太多。我知道我在谈论感情的时候就变得很傻气。一切都非常美好,他完全就是一个难缠的准新郎。
主持:嗯,你驯服了这头野兽,知道吗,很明显,他也驯服了你。
凯蒂:他不是“野兽”啦。
主持:呃,那他曾经也算是吧。他以前可是一个热衷于社交的人。
凯蒂:他……你知道……我一直……每个人都说,“你是怎么‘驯服’他的?”但事实上,这不是驯服的问题,而是时间的问题。
主持:你没有一下子就被他的魅力迷倒吗?
凯蒂:没有,我不是那样的人。我是淑女……虽然(拍新专辑宣传照时)我赤身裸体躺在棉花糖那样的云层上。
A Little Success 成功说
Lisa: Hey everyone, I’m Lisa Nova and this is the beautiful, talented and amazing Katy Perry.
Katy: Thank you.
Lisa: We are in New York City, and Katy is gonna answer your questions. “Has anyone who never liked you come 4)crawling back to you after becoming famous?”
Katy: Oooooh, good question. Yeah, the change, the whole change that happens after you’re in…you have a little bit of success. I kinda really went through that, ’cause I moved to Los Angeles when I was 17, and I wasn’t really invited different places that some other friends were, ’cause they didn’t think I was cool enough, and then finally, when I got my big break, it was, like, you know, there was no waiting in line, and I was just like, I remember that—I’m not gonna come to your party anymore or I’m not gonna just let you ride the coattails. But I have really good friends, thank God, and I’ve had them for a long time, and they’re having just as much fun, you know, on this 5)insane 6)roller coaster as I am, and I get to go back to 7)Santa Barbara all the time. I reconnected, like, with old best friends, and we were all just so happy to be reconnected.
Lisa: Awright, this is your final question.
Katy: OK.
Lisa: It is a video question.
Girl: (via video) Katy, I just wanna say that I think you are an amazing singer, and I just wanna know what sort of advice would you give an aspiring singer or actress?
Katy: Umm, OK, well, there’s a few things that I really adopted as my 8)mottoes. One is, “Never take ‘no’ for an answer: really have to believe in yourself.” Obviously sometimes that’s hard, like when you watch American Idol auditions or X-Factor auditions, and you see these people that are, like, “Are you kidding me?” I mean sometimes some people need to just break it to you a little bit, …
Lisa: Right.
Katy: …and stop, like, wasting your whole life, and maybe you have another talent. But really, I started out just playing an instrument, which is really helpful because it helps you to be able to interpret, and then I went to the newspapers in Los Angeles and I would look for open mikes and cafés that would just let anybody show up and play the guitar and sing and try out new songs. You know, just kind of through those type of events, you just meet lots of people.
But, I think there are some certain key things that have to happen. It’s…first you’ve gotta have the talent, then you gotta be prepared, and then hopefully you’ll meet the opportunity that will breed success.
I just think that, like, everybody is gifted and talented in their own way, whether it be singing or acting: it doesn’t even have to be that, they can, you know, find the cure for something. And, you know, people need all kinds of different people, not just singers and actors, but I wish anybody luck, because it is really hard, you know, to really rise to the top.
丽莎:大家好!我是丽莎·诺娃,而这位就是美丽迷人而又才华横溢的凯蒂·佩里。
凯蒂:谢谢!
丽莎:我们现在纽约市,而凯蒂会回答你们提出的问题。“有没有人是之前不喜欢你,但在你成名后转而主动巴结你?”
凯蒂:噢,这问得太好了。是的,在你……你事业小有成就的时候,这样的转变,大转变就应声而来。我真的有过那样的经历,因为,我17岁的时候搬到了洛杉矶,那时很少有朋友邀请我去玩,因为他们觉得我不够酷,后来,我终于……当我一炮而红的时候,事情就变成,你知道,可以随时入场,但我会这么想,我还记得以前的事。我再也不去你们的派对了,我可不想让你们沾我的光。但我确实有些很要好的朋友,谢天谢地,而且是那种多年挚友,知道嘛,他们像我一样,在这种坐过山车般疯狂跌宕的生活当中,也一样乐在其中。我现在还经常回圣塔巴巴拉市。我又跟那些老朋友联系上了,我们都很高兴我们能重聚。
丽莎:好的,这是最后一个问题。
凯蒂:好的。
丽莎:这是个视频提问。
女孩:(在视频中)凯蒂,我只是想说,我觉得你是一个很了不起的歌手,而我很想知道,你对一个很热爱歌唱或演戏的人有什么建议。
凯蒂:嗯,好吧,有些话是我一直视作自己的座右铭的。其中一句是:“不要轻易说‘不’,一定要相信自己。”很明显,要成功往往不容易,像你在《美国偶像》或《英国偶像》这类比赛试演时看到的那样,你看到那些人时,你也许会说“开玩笑吧?”我的意思是,有时候你需要有人给你一些警醒……
丽莎:嗯。
凯蒂:……不要再,再浪费你的生命了,也许你有另一种天赋。但,确实,我一开始是从玩乐器开始的,这对我非常有帮助,因为它让我能够诠释自己,然后我去拜访洛杉矶的报纸媒体,并且寻求在咖啡馆公开演出的机会,在那些地方,任何人都可以弹唱,演绎新的曲子。你知道,通过那类活动,你会接触到很多人。
但我觉得,(要成功)有些关键的因素是必备的。首先是要有这方面的天赋,其次是你要时刻准备好,然后,你才能有希望抓住将你带往成功之路的机会。
我觉得,每个人都有自己独有的天赋和才华,无论是歌唱或者是演艺——甚至不需要是那方面的,你知道啦,他们也可以研究某些疾病的疗法。你知道,人们需要各种各样的人,而不只是歌手和演员,不过我祝各位好运,因为,你知道,要脱颖而出真的很难。
