美国国家公共电台 NPR--Lauv longs for the happiness of childhood on 'All 4 Nothing'

Lauv longs for the happiness of childhood on 'All 4 Nothing'

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There's been an interesting trend in pop music recently: an honesty about struggling with mental health.

The rapper Logic² had a hit with a song titled after the Suicide Hotline number. There's a hit on the charts right now called "Numb³ Little Bug⁴" — some of it goes "Do you ever get a little bit tired of life/ Like you're not really happy but you don't wanna die?" There are loads of other examples.

Well, one of the artists at the forefront of normalizing mental health issues in this way is Ari Leff, better known as Lauv.

In 2017, he scored a major hit, "I Like Me Better," and it launched him to instant stardom.

His new album dropped on Friday; it's called All 4 Nothing.

On the album, Lauv often writes about the happiness and confidence of his younger days ... something he hadn't been feeling at the time.

"I was extremely anxious; I felt really disconnected from myself," he told NPR's A Martinez. "My life had changed so rapidly over the past few years, largely due to my career and moving out to LA. I felt like I had lost touch with myself a bit and was so caught up in this dream that I had of being a big musician that I kind of forgot who I was deep down. And so this album was really kind of like rediscovering my true self again, which is really nice."

Lauv says his interest in talking openly about his mental health issues is a product of the times we live in.

"I think that a lot of people are feeling that sense of hopelessness and are just overall more open about mental health. It's awesome⁵ that there's just so much more transparency now. To be able to express these things and to be able to acknowledge that sometimes, yeah, we have feelings that are very, very, very extreme - that doesn't necessarily mean that that's actually the reality I want to live. I just need to express it in this moment, and then other people can feel that too and relate to it."

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 logic   

n.逻辑(学)；逻辑性

参考例句：

• What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑？
• I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。

3 numb   

adj.麻木的，失去感觉的；v.使麻木

参考例句：

• His fingers were numb with cold.他的手冻得发麻。
• Numb with cold,we urged the weary horses forward.我们冻得发僵，催着疲惫的马继续往前走。

4 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

5 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.