[00:00.00]Welcome to New York (Commentary) - Taylor Swift [00:00.12] [00:00.12]Lyrics by:Taylor Swift/Becca Walls [00:00.23] [00:00.23]Composed by:Taylor Swift/Becca Walls [00:00.33] [00:00.33]Thanks for listening to Big Machine Radio [00:02.34] [00:02.34]As we celebrate the milestones of Taylor Swift [00:05.39] [00:05.39]You know she releases albums in the fall [00:07.97]你知道她总在秋季发行专辑 [00:07.97]So right around October or November [00:09.80]大约就在十月或十一月时分 [00:09.80]There is always so much to celebrate [00:12.02]永远有太多值得欢庆的时刻 [00:12.02]Her album 1989 came out October 27th, 2014 [00:17.33]她的《1989》诞生于2014年10月27日 [00:17.33]Which means this is the fourth anniversary of that album [00:21.44]这意味着这张专辑已走过四载春秋 [00:21.44]And of course [00:21.90]而当然 [00:21.90]This is the album where Taylor Swift firmly planted her flag [00:26.18]这是泰勒·斯威夫特正式树起旗帜 [00:26.18]In the pop music world [00:28.01]进军流行乐坛的里程碑之作 [00:28.01]And she took everybody by storm [00:30.48]她以惊艳之姿席卷全球 [00:30.48]The album sold 1,287 million copies in the US in its first week of release [00:37.73]专辑首周在美国售出1287万张 [00:37.73]And we're gonna actually hear from Taylor about all the songs on the album [00:41.26]我们将聆听泰勒亲述专辑中的每首歌曲 [00:41.26]As we take this little retrospective look at 1989 [00:45.75]一同回顾这张《1989》专辑 [00:45.75]And the first song on the album is Welcome to New York [00:49.26]专辑开篇曲目是《Welcome to New York》 [00:49.26]And Taylor explains why she chose to put this song first on the album [00:53.89]泰勒将为我们解释为何选择这首歌作为开场 [00:53.89]The first song on 1989 is a song called Welcome to New York [00:58.40]《1989》的第一首歌名为《Welcome to New York》 [00:58.40]I wanted to start the album with this song [01:00.24]我特意选择这首歌作为专辑的开端 [01:00.24]Because New York has been an important landscape and location [01:05.23]因为纽约已成为我生命中重要的风景与舞台 [01:05.23]For the story of my life in the last couple of years [01:08.38]承载着这些年我人生故事的篇章 [01:08.38]I dreamed about moving to New York [01:10.39]我曾梦想着搬到纽约 [01:10.39]I obsessed over moving to New York and then I did it [01:13.26]日思夜想着要搬去纽约 最终我做到了 [01:13.26]And the inspiration that I found in that city is kind of hard to describe [01:19.06]这座城市给予我的灵感难以言喻 [01:19.06]And hard to compare to any other force of inspiration [01:22.16]任何其他灵感源泉都难以与之比拟 [01:22.16]I've ever experienced in my life [01:23.58]这是我生命中前所未有的体验 [01:23.58]It's like an electric city [01:25.41]这就像一座电流涌动的城市 [01:25.41]And I approached moving there with such wide-eyed optimism [01:30.69]我怀着天真烂漫的乐观来到这座城市 [01:30.69]And sort of saw it as a place of endless potential and possibilities [01:34.97]将它视为充满无限力和可能的圣地 [01:34.97]And um you can kind of hear that reflected in this music [01:38.42]你大概能从这段旋律中听出这份期许 [01:38.42]And in this first song especially [01:41.22]特别是这首开篇之作 [01:41.22]This is a song I did with Ryan Tedder called Welcome to New York [01:46.02]这是我和瑞安·泰德共同创作的《纽约欢迎你》