|Paramore|【采访】最新采访两则文字版

简短翻译几个问题：
问： 你们想过PM就这样结束了吗？
HW：我努力作为PM的一员，但让我感到非常累。我们（指ZAC和JOSH）都是朋友，我们一起长大，他们就这么离开了，这也是让我最难过的地方。我有时候会想，我干脆就留几句言告诉大家，我们已经经历了非常多，也许去咖啡馆打个工什么的应该会让自己轻松很多。但是有时候脑子里就会浮现想法，想到作为一个音乐人和艺术家，你会无比感激。人生总有起伏，但也总有一些东西会让我们继续前行。
问：你们一起成长建队的伙伴就这么离开了，你们感到吃惊吗？
TY:我认为他们的离开让我们一时难以接受，也让我们手足无措。我们很长时间都被这件事情所影响，我们无法摆脱这些，因为这也成了所有人的话题。但随着时间推移，我们也渐渐走了出来，我认为未来会更加美好，我们会摆脱过去的。

How do you think everything the band went through came out in the new songs?
HW: I know how it came out musically, because I was there watching Taylor come up with all of these riffs and all these things that you’d never been able to hear him express fully, because as much as Taylor played leads onstage, you couldn’t really hear his personality, because there were a lot of guitars on stage. So for me it was really fun to write this record with him, because I think before this record the last time we sat down in a room alone and wrote a song together was when we were 12 and 13 years old. All of a sudden I saw this mad scientist come out of him, and he just became really an incredible producer as well. He was doing all of our demos and all of our tracks for that, and it was great. And that inspired me so much to write the way that I wrote this time around. For the first time, I’m not angry on every song, I’m not spitting lyrics. I’m singing lyrics, and it’s nice. It just feels good. And sure ,there’s still songs where I dig into matters of, you know, matters of, I don’t know, pain, and matters of the heart and more introspective stuff, but I was able to look at that in a new way. I don’t really feel like I’m standing there screaming at a wall anymore. It felt so healthy to write it.
Was the huge success of ”Airplanes” a surprise for you?
HW: Yeah, that was a total surprise. When I heard the song I loved it. I felt like “Wow, this could really be something,” and all the guys were like “Wow, you have to do that, that’s rad.” It just worked out. I love B.o.B., and that sort of partnership seemed to work perfectly, and the song was fun to sing. It couldn’t have been a better first little soiree to that whole scene. I felt really loved and accepted. It was cool.
Do you see yourself doing more of that stuff in the future, as a solo artist?
HW: Um, I don’t know. It depends on what comes along. Especially with this album, I think we all started to see how versatile we are as a band, and maybe in areas we just weren’t willing to open ourselves up to. We sort of – we let ourselves try these things. It depends on what comes along. I’m definitely open to anything that really inspires me, so it just depends on a few things. I definitely don’t feel like it would cause a rift or anything with our band. I think we all support each other in those little adventures.

问：你认为乐队经历的一切会怎么展现在新歌中？
HW：我知道它是怎么用音乐的形式展现的，因为我看到了TAYLOR创作的一切，他从未如此富有表现力。对我来说和他一起写歌非常开心，上次我们俩单独写歌还是在12,13岁的时候，而突然之间他就变成了一个很棒的创作者。他为新专辑付出了非常多，这也时刻激励着我。这是我第一次不对任何歌曲感动气愤，我这次是在用心唱歌，我用心体会那些痛苦，那些深层次的令人反省的东西，我会用新的方式对待他们。
问：你将来有什么打算？有单飞计划吗？
HW：那取决于今后的发展。经过这张专辑，我们开始感受到自己的多才多艺，甚至在一些我们不愿意接受的方面，我们敢于尝试。我愿意接受任何会激励我的东西,但我不认为这会让我们的乐队产生任何裂痕，乐队的每个人都会互相支持。

I heard a lot more pop influences on this record.
TY: Yeah, we’ve talked about it a bunch recently, but it was funny going into this record, I think, realizing where we came from and why fans in the past have connected with us – I think we were so focused on that, so I would just try to write these kind of Paramore songs, just like I would use the Paramore formula and try to write, like, these heavy guitar riffs … I was really focused on writing like that, and I’d concept these songs and bring them to Hayley and she’d be like, “Eh, it’s cool, but I just don’t feel it,” and it would be something random that I had kind of just written that I wrote for myself, so I told her “You’d never like this in a billion years,” and that was what she’d connect to. I don’t think we knew that we were going to write super poppy songs or dance-y songs, but it just kind of happened. It was really scary, but it was really cool.
How long did it take to adjust to the new lineup?
HW: Well, one thing that was really good for us, we went on a mini tour. We went to South America. We did some stuff overseas and a few shows on Warped Tour. We kind of just threw ourselves into it. There wasn’t a whole lot of time to sit around and sulk or be too scientific about too much. The three of us just fell into our roles and made it work. Not to say that there weren’t the little awkward hang-ups now and then, because we had to get used to this new version of who we were as a band. Personally, it caused a little bit of an identity crisis for all three of us. It was just like, “Let’s just go. Let’s just move forward.”
I know Josh Freese has been touring with you. Have you guys settled on a drummer yet?
HW: Um….no.
TY: After all the member changes and all the drama, we just want to make sure that at least the three of us can hold it together. For now, we’re kind of going day by day and just trying to figure it out. We have friends who are going to play with us, but we don’t have a solid lineup for a drummer. My brother plays guitar with us, and my friend John plays guitar and keys, so I think they’re going to be hopefully more of a permanent fixture, but we’re still trying to figure out the whole drummer thing.

问：我听说这张专辑有很多POP元素
TY：是的，我们之前谈过很多次了。了解到我们的出发点，和我们的fans为什么会喜欢我们的音乐，我认为我们会重视那方面。所以我尝试用上Paramore公式写了几首paramore风格的歌曲，比如有很多吉他riffs。我非常重视这些，于是我就带给Hayley看，Hayley认为很不错，但体会不到那种感觉。但我们应该不会写非常POP的或者Dancey的歌，如果真的写了，会令我很害怕，但也很有趣。
PS： PM前几天在接收采访时说他们这张新专辑的风格受到Alt-J乐队影响非常多。ALT-J英国INDIE ROCK,ALTERNATIVE ROCK，迷幻风格乐队。
问：你们是如何适应新乐队的？
HW:我们开了很多小型巡演，去过南美。Warped Tour也去过很多海外国家，我们全身心地投入其中，我们不是用大多数时间在生闷气。我们三个人各司其职做好自己的工作，但也不是说我们完全没有遇到困难和窘境，但因为我们不得不适应这个新情况。个人来说，我们每个人都经历了身份危机，但我们总是向前看。
问：你们定下新的鼓手了吗？
TY：没有，我们在经历了一切之后，想确定至少我们3个人就可以支撑起全队来。我的一些朋友将会和我们合作，但我们没有确定一个合适的阵容，我们还在考虑鼓手的事情。

问：你们想过开一场世界巡演吗？
HW：还没想好，专辑会在4月份发行，我认为巡演应该会在早春开始。
问:你认为你们会定下新成员吗？
HW：John和Justin已经和我们合作过几年了，你也许在照片里面看不到他们，不过我们的fans认识他们，他们也是我们巡演成员的一部分，特别是对于TAYLOR，那是他的兄弟，所以他们对于我们来说永远是永久成员。说到鼓手，我认为还没找到合适人选，不过我们会想办法。对于我们来说，巡演像是一种生活习惯，每个巡演的成员都已经跟随我们很长时间，我想让人们知道Riley，我们的吉他指导。我想让他们知道我们有多喜欢多重视他们，所以我不知道鼓手的事情，除此之外都已经定型了。
问：你们现在和ZAC和JOSH有联系吗？你们说话吗？
TY：
Time is a beautiful thing, and we’re letting that do its thing.

第二则采访
It's been over three years since Paramore released their last full length album, "Brand New Eyes." With anticipation of the band's new Self-Titled album at an all time high, I had a chance to get a few questions in with front-woman, Hayley Williams. We discussed what direction the band has taken musically, where they're at with their lives and how it impacts their lyrics and everything in between. If you thought the band was going to slow down after the rocky past few years, you're dead wrong. If anything, the band seems more focused and revitalized, ready to deliver their best album to date.
I think the best place to start is talking about your new single "Now." Why did this end up being your first choice for a single? How would you describe it in relation to singles of the past?
To be honest, I was surprised that everyone - speaking of the label - was so ready to release "Now" first. It's quite heavy compared to some of the other songs. The thing is anyone could have picked any of the songs as first single and I would've been alright with it. That's unusual for me, personally. With past albums, I've had a really strong conviction about one particular song from each. For instance, the guys and I convinced a lot of people that "Misery Business" had to be our first single off RIOT! We just knew. That's not to say that we don't have strong feelings about "Now"... We just happen to have those strong feelings for every song on the album!
With your new album you decided to go Self-Titled. Do you feel that's a big statement? Band's tend to name their albums self-titled when they feel it's indicative of the sound they've been trying to craft. Do you feel this is the sound you've been trying to achieve with the band?
It just wouldn't seem right to try and force a name when these songs hit us like lightning. I mean, we couldn't have forced this album if we tried. And we did try, on occasion. Even though I know the writing process was grueling at times, when I think back on it, all the songs just sort of ended up happening! They worked and it really felt natural. We called the record what it is. It's really us. I hope that that says something important to our fans.
How did the writing process differ this time around as opposed to the past? Without rehashing the past, it must have been a change of pace without two of the original members. Do you feel the change helped you, Jeremy, and Taylor grow as songwriters and artists?
Absolutely. I am so thankful for all that we have been through. You really do learn more from the bad... I believe that. It just does something to your perspective and I have never seen the three of us so clearly. Taylor and Jerm are so talented. We all really needed each other during this 

You already have some international dates announced with mewithoutYou in February and then a few festival performances to follow after that. When can people expect to see Paramore and can you give us a hint of who will be joining you? Maybe another go with Tegan and Sara?
The dates overseas with mewithoutYou are just the beginning! We want to be everywhere as much as we can. I can't believe we are kicking everything off with my favorite band ever. Life is wild.
We had the band Kitten open our show in Pomona, CA last year, and we'd like to play with them more. I love Candy Hearts so much and think our fans would love them live. Also, if we could play some shows with Shiny Toy Guns then my friend Carah and I could shred a few stages together. She is the best. Basically, there are a lot of incredible ladies in music who I am so excited about and 2013 is going to be a big year for all of them, with or without a Paramore tour.
Aside from the questions about the new album, the readers wanted to know if you have any plans to ever release any solo material? Or maybe even some form of side project with Chad?
Solo project? Who knows! I am even more into Paramore than I was before. Didn't think that was possible! So, I can't really think that far ahead.
As far as projects with Chad go... I can barely keep up with him! He shows me like 10 new song ideas a day! It's actually so inspiring. We write and play together just for fun but no joint projects to speak of. Let the record show though, if he ever records an "Enter Sandman" cover on acoustic guitar, that it was I who taught him the correct way to play it. You can just mark that down that as a joint project.
You toured with No Doubt a few years, who have been one of the most iconic female fronted rock bands of all time. Did Gwen have any tricks of the trade or knowledge to share with you?
Gwen is amazing. She's down to earth and she works her ass off. I can't even stress how much she does on one single tour day. There was never one thing she said that stuck but there was always plenty to be encouraged by. The fact alone that that band is still together is motivation enough, right? I'm not sure if this will come off the right way, but by seeing her life and everything she does, I can say that I wish fame and success weren't things that go hand in hand with each other in the music business. The "fame" part of music is bogus anyway. I will be ecstatic if our album does well and people love it... but I'll still feel dumb every time we go to LA and some paparazzi guy - who doesn't even have a clue who I am - starts taking pictures of me and calling me "Kayley". I'll still be embarrassed if we're walking down a red carpet, all dressed up, and someone asks me what I think of Miley Cyrus' new 

haircut. Are you kidding me? That's really what it means to be called "famous" in this country and that stuff is meaningless. I like the work part, the creative part, and the connection I get to make with real people because of music. So when people tell me that I'm the next Gwen Stefani, I don't think about the Gwen that I see on the cover of a magazine. I think about the girl who wrote "Simple Kind Of Life" and now, years later, smiles every night on stage when she sings the line, "I always thought I'd be a mom". She has personal goals and dreams and she's reached a lot of them. I think she'd still want all of those things even if there was no one watching.
Can we expect you to lend guest vocals to any new music like you did with mewithoutYou? If not, is there anyone you would like to work with?
I'd love to work with Bruno Mars. Motown music and old R&B is some of my favorite stuff and he just reeks of it. It's not just an influence for him. I mean, like it seems to be running through his veins. Jeremy and Taylor love that stuff too, so it could be fun to sort of be his "backing band" for a song. There's also Glen Hansard of The Swell Season. When I wrote "In The Mourning" (from theSingles Club), his voice was in my head.
Even though you're playing huge shows now, you're still revered as one of "those" that made is from the scene like Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance and now Fun. and people respect your opinion when it comes to music. What are some of the smaller bands that you think people should be listening to?
Well, thank you. That really means a lot. I know I mentioned a couple of these bands before but they're worth mentioning again. I really think Kitten is going to make their mark soon. Chloe is a star and a dancing fool! People should get into them now while they are still a smaller band. Same goes for Candy Hearts. Opposite end of the musical spectrum. Mariel is a real storyteller. Her lyrics are the kind that young people, especially girls, can dig into and hopefully feel less alone. Diamond Youth is another band I'm really into at the moment. It's nice to hear a guy really really singing for a rock band. Lastly, some of our label mates, Twenty One Pilots. Good grief. If this band isn't huge in a year then there's no justice in the world.
Is there anything you want to say to the readers to close this up?
Thank you for reading all my long-winded answers. I'm just so excited to get back out there. If you've been a fan for a while, thank you for sticking with us through all the BS. If you're not a fan and you're just reading this cause you're bored or something… I hope we make a fan out of you with our new album. I fully believe it has the power!
Thank you so much Hayley!
You are welcome! Thank you! 

希望他们能坚持下去。昊子辛苦啦~

感谢！！