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21歲的加拿大創(chuàng)作型歌手Alessia Cara在與唱片公司簽約以后,迅速發(fā)行了首張專輯“Know-It-All”,緊接著又為迪士尼電影《海洋奇緣》(Moana)獻唱片尾曲“How Far I Will Go”,同時她的名字也出現(xiàn)在各大獎項的提名榜單上。Alessia Cara的臉孔親切甜美如鄰家女孩,聲音卻如天籟般直擊人們內(nèi)心深處。她獨特的嗓音、真摯的歌詞和真誠動人的演唱方式使她的很多歌曲都擁有啟迪人心的力量。
歌曲“Scars to Your Beautiful”就是其中一首,歌詞以第三人稱的視角講述了渴望受到關(guān)注的年輕女孩為了擁有封面女郎般的美貌不惜節(jié)食甚至接受整容手術(shù),卻不幸迷失自我的故事。在Alessia Cara看來,長期以來人們受困于約定俗成的“美的標準”,無法接受真正的自己,因此痛苦迷茫,而事實上美無所不在、無所不包,只是需要我們?nèi)グl(fā)現(xiàn)并認可它的存在。無論是戰(zhàn)火留下的傷痕,還是疾病造成的脫發(fā),或者一顆突出的虎牙,甚至是胸前的一顆痣,都是獨一無二的記號,是構(gòu)成自我的一部分,不容置疑。
MV中的Alessia Cara沒有穿華服,沒有化濃妝,也沒有用Photoshop把身體修飾出夸張的曲線。她以高亢嘹亮的歌聲唱出了自己想表達的思想,渴望讓更多的人能夠鼓起勇氣放下美顏相機,接受并熱愛最真實的自己,不必為追趕潮流疲于奔命,不必為他人的評論戰(zhàn)戰(zhàn)兢兢,也不必為個體差異感到羞恥。在她看來,那些被稱作“疤痕”的并不是自己身上的缺陷或者瑕疵,而是審美標準下他人突兀且粗魯?shù)脑u頭論足,因此她高唱“No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful”。在社會審美框架中為自己的瑕疵而苦惱的女孩們,都應(yīng)該正視自己,接受自己,忠于自己,讓內(nèi)在的璀璨之光穿過身體,讓美因自己而存在。
She just wants to be beautiful
She goes unnoticed, she knows no limits,
She craves attention, she praises an image,
She prays to be sculpted by the sculptor
Oh she don't see the light that's shining
Deeper than the eyes can find it
Maybe we have made her blind
So she tries to cover up her pain, and cut her woes away
'Cause cover girls don't cry after their face is made
* (But) there's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark
You should know you're beautiful just the way you are
★ And you don't have to change a thing
The world could change its heart
No scars to your beautiful, we're stars and we're beautiful ★
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh,
(Refrain *)*
She has dreams to be an envy, so she's starving
You know, "Cover girls eat nothing."
She says, "Beauty is pain and there's beauty in everything."
"What's a little bit of hunger?"
"I could go a little while longer," she fades away
She don't see her perfect, she don't understand she's worth it
Or that beauty goes deeper than the surface
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh,
So to all the girls that's hurting
Let me be your mirror, help you see a little bit clearer
The light that shines within
(Refrain *)
No better you than the you that you are
No better life than the life we're living
No better time for your shine, you're a star
Oh, you're beautiful, oh, you're beautiful
(Refrain *)
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