新年夜各大卫视的跨年演唱会,大家都看了吗?大家印象最深的是哪位明星?
让英大选的话,印象最深的要数窦靖童(Leah Dou)了。
当其他明星都精心打扮,盛装出席,窦靖童却在跨年夜现场放飞了自我……
来感受一下这波直击灵魂的独特画风:
军大衣+雷锋帽↓
标准东北人式地揣着小手手
现场大屏幕捕捉到了这张被冻得失去尊严的脸↓
最搞笑的是当晚麦克风还意外地掉了,窦靖童当时的表情,23333333333333
她本人也发了微博:新年快乐 我觉得麦克风跟我有仇↓
一瞬间,窦靖童的表情包以摧枯拉朽之势攻陷了微博热搜榜:
当天的表演全程视频请戳↓↓↓

除了这灵魂台风之外,大家似乎忽略了当晚窦靖童唱的是一首英文歌:Blooming,中文名叫做《绽放着》。
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词:窦靖童
曲:窦靖童
The light on your face

How can I erase

The lines on your cheeks

They grow so slowly

Oh how can I be caught in such misery

I am the moon you're my velvet blue

So if you must hear I'll whisper to your ear

And if you must see I'll show you gently

I know I'm not the sun but I'm always here

You'll see that I'm always near

Don't go

I'll be your friend

Don't let go

It's almost ending

Please say OK

And I will keep on protecting

Your endless blooming

My love

Save it all for me

If there was a moment

Where I can hold you close

I would be so thankful even if we can't grow old

细心的宝宝们应该发现了吧?这首歌的词曲作者均是窦靖童本人,6666
其实窦靖童的英文功底非常扎实。早在2013年,当时还只有16岁的窦靖童晒出一段自弹自唱的原创歌曲视频,歌曲名叫On The Beach,也是由她本人作词作曲:

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词:窦靖童
曲:窦靖童
Walk down to the beach to Manly fishing Sea
To know which one was there for me
Too many grams of sand
To hold them all in my hands
Some days I just can't think
Boy you push me to the brake
You cut me with my girl doubt
To in my front upside down
And darling maybe someday we
Could be holding hands on the beach
The way we swing around our tows
And every second my feelings grow
Each time you gently touch my lips
Zingo rain fall my free kiss
Down to my hands into twine
Holding yours in mine
视频最开头,这段简短的英文开场白说得也是Native Speaker的feel~~也难怪,窦靖童从小就读国际学校,也曾长期在美国学习音乐,所以英语不好都难。
来一波窦靖童纯英文采访,大家感受一下:

连采访她的老外都说:Your English is perfect. 
视频中,窦靖童也回答了让我们困惑已久的问题:为什么她一直用英文写歌呢?
Interviewer: When you were just starting out, what made you decide to stick with writing and singing in English?
最开始写歌的时候,为什么坚持用英语写歌/唱歌呢
Leah Dou:When I first started writing music, I was living in the state of… I was studying in Michigan. So it was only normal to be writing in English cause you know, I was in an English-speaking environment. All my thoughts were processed in English, so that just came naturally. 
最开始写歌的时候,我当时住在密歇根州,在那里学习。所以用英语写歌是一件很正常的事,因为我在一个说英语的环境中。我所有的思想都是用英语来处理的,所以一切都很自然。
*英大注:窦靖童当时就读于美国密歇根州的Interlochen Center for the Arts(因特劳根艺术中心),是全美最顶级的艺术类高中之一。
But then, when I went back to China, I figured that because you know the Chinese language, it has such an incredibly long history. Each character has, the meaning behind it is always really rich. 
后来我回到了中国,我发现中文拥有非常悠久的历史。每个字背后的意思都非常丰富。
It's hard to write when you want to be direct about something. Because in English language you can kind of be direct. Yeah, I just find it difficult to write in Mandarin. I will, someday. English is what I'm writing with for now. 
当你想直接地进行表达时,用中文很难,英语却很直接。所以用中文写歌对我来说有点困难。未来我会的,不过现在我还是在用英文写。
是不是有种雅思口语模板的感觉?看来这孩子不仅在音乐方面才华横溢,还颇有语言天赋呢!
2016年,窦靖童凭借电影《七月与安生》的原创主题曲(It's not a crime)It's just what we do入围当年金马奖“最佳原创电影歌曲”,并在颁奖礼现场演唱了这首歌曲。
鉴于视频上传数量有限,宝宝们可以在沪江英语(ID:hjenglish)微信主页回复“七月与安生”进行观看哦~
她其他的作品质量也都非常高,在豆瓣上几乎都是7.5以上的高分:
要知道,这姑娘才刚刚20岁出头哦。如此爆表的才华,也吸引了无数外媒的报道。比如著名的纽约杂志(New York Magazine),就曾大篇幅报导过她:
该杂志如此介绍窦靖童的家庭:
Leah Dou grew up in a famous musical family. Faye is a big deal in China — think Beyoncé-level fame, except her avant-garde style is more akin to Björk’s and she’s acted in Chinese films like the well-received 2046. 
窦靖童出生在一个有名的音乐世家。母亲王菲是中国的天后级人物——类似于碧昂丝那一档次的存在,不过她前卫的音乐风格更接近比约克(冰岛著名女歌手)。王菲参演了众多电影,比如及受欢迎的电影《2046》。
Leah’s dad Dou Wei is a successful musician too, known for composing experimental work that crosses genres from folk to ambient, and he made a formidable impression on the Chinese rock scene.
窦靖童的父亲窦唯也是一位成功的音乐人,他创作了很多实验性质的音乐作品,风格多变,从民谣到氛围音乐(电子音乐的一种)均有涉足,他同时也是中国摇滚音乐的殿堂级人物

难怪不少网友表示,窦靖童一家人承包了70后,80后和90后的青春:喜欢你爸,喜欢你妈,喜欢你全家!(怎么那么像骂人?23333)
不过事实上,窦靖童的音乐之路并没有受父母太多的影响:
Surprisingly, Leah’s parents haven’t given her much advice, instead allowing her the space she needs to navigate show business on her own.
令人感到意外的是,窦靖童的父母在音乐上并没有给与她过多的指点,而是给了她在娱乐圈独自成长的空间。
 “They’ve been super hands-off. It’s probably because I’ve asked them. Family is family but music is music and also work, I like to separate the two,” she says about staying professional.
“他们完全不干涉。可能是因为我让他们这样的吧。家庭是家庭,但是音乐是音乐,也是工作,我喜欢把两者区分开来,” 窦靖童非常职业地说。
After fighting it for a while, as many celebrity kin often do, Leah learned to embrace the association with her parents. “I used to get annoyed, when I was a teen, there was a point in my life where I was really tired of being compared to my parents and didn’t really feel I had an identity. 
就像很多“星二代”一样,窦靖童也抗争过很久,然后才学会接纳她与父母之间的这种联系。“青春期的时候,我很烦恼,很厌倦人家总是把我和我的父母进行比较,他们从没有意识到我是一个独立的个体
You get used to it and realize it doesn’t really matter what other people say because they are your parents, that’s the truth and you love them. What’s the point in getting all angry about what other people are saying. ” she reflected. 
后来我习惯了,也开始意识到,其实没必要在乎别人怎么看,因为他们是我的父母,这是事实,而且我很爱他们。因为他人的话而生气,有什么意义呢?”
英大私以为,窦靖童,这个在我们忐忑不安的目光中长大的小女孩,之所以被我们喜欢,是因为她看似叛逆的外表下,内心却充满着谦卑、礼貌、独立、自由。
我们追求的并不是简单的与众不同,而是拥有独立的自我,一种被自己所接纳,也能去尊重和接纳他人的人格——而窦靖童诠释了这种人格。
套用一位粉丝的话:离她的生活远一点,离她的家庭远一点,离她的音乐近一点。保持理智,尽量沉默。
哦对了,窦靖童所有的英文歌都不提供翻译,因为她希望歌曲不要被翻译带走了原本的味道。
Today's Takeaway
一起来学习音乐相关的表达吧!
Jazz 爵士
Classical Music 古典音乐
Blues 蓝调/布鲁斯
Pop Music 流行音乐
Signature 签名
Album 专辑
Rhyme 韵律
Tempo 拍子,音乐速度
Lyrics 歌词 
Beat 节拍
Composition 音乐作品  
Melody 旋律
Keyboard 键盘,通常指电子琴 
Arousic (指乐器)原声的
Chorus 和唱,副歌
Debut Single 首张单曲 
Debut Album 首张专辑
Release 唱片的发行、推出 
Musicianship 音乐技巧,音乐感,音乐才能,音乐修养, 音乐鉴赏力
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