Landon Barker, whose dad is Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, has spent the past month reflecting on his life — and the new music his ups and downs have inspired.
蘭登·巴克的父親是Blink-182樂隊的鼓手特拉維斯·巴克。在過去的一個月里,他一直在反思自己的生活,以及他的起起落落所激發(fā)的新音樂。
He grew up heavily influenced by Travis, who fueled his love of music early on by taking his son on some of his biggest tours when he was young. Now, "I'm always in the studio," the 20-year-old musician says over Zoom. "I kind of go in there without direction, but I've definitely in the past year made some songs that definitely are album worthy, in my opinion."
他在特拉維斯的影響下長大,特拉維斯小時候帶著他的兒子參加了他的一些大型巡演,從而激發(fā)了他對音樂的熱愛?,F(xiàn)在,“我總是在錄音室里,”這位20歲的音樂家對Zoom說。“我有點沒有方向,但在過去的一年里,我確實創(chuàng)作了一些值得專輯收錄的歌曲,在我看來。”
His debut single, "Friends With Your Ex" (which was accompanied by a music video released last month) reveals how his romance with TikTok star Charli D'Amelio — who is featured in the video — first began last year.
他的首張單曲《Friends With Your Ex》(上個月發(fā)布了一段音樂視頻)揭示了他與抖音明星Charli D'Amelio(視頻中的女主角)的戀情是如何在去年開始的。
The lyrics to the new song document their rocky beginnings: "I was friends with your ex/ You were with him when we met," Landon sings about his girlfriend, age 19, on the chorus. "Guess he hasn't found out yet/ But I know he's gonna kill me when he sees me with you."
這首新歌的歌詞記錄了他們坎坷的開始:“我和你的前任是朋友/當我們相遇的時候你和他在一起,”蘭登在副歌中這樣唱他19歲的女朋友。“我猜他還沒發(fā)現(xiàn)/但我知道他看到我和你在一起會殺了我的。”
The relationship initially sparked a feud between Landon and D'Amelio's ex, fellow TikTok star Chase Hudson (known musically as Huddy), whom she split from in April 2020. (He and Landon are former friends who both starred in Machine Gun Kelly's Downfalls High film, and Huddy was a guest at the Barker-Kardashian wedding in Italy last May.)
這段關(guān)系最初引發(fā)了蘭登和達梅里奧的前任、同樣是TikTok明星的蔡斯·哈德森(在音樂上被稱為Huddy)之間的不和,她于2020年4月與他分手。(他和蘭登是以前的朋友,兩人都出演了機槍手凱利的電影《Downfalls High》,哈迪還參加了去年5月巴克和卡戴珊在意大利舉行的婚禮。)
In June this year, Landon even inked a hyper-realistic tattoo of her eye on his bicep. "Holy s---" was D'Amelio's response via social media.
今年6月,蘭登甚至在自己的二頭肌上紋了一個超現(xiàn)實的眼睛紋身。“天哪——”達梅里奧在社交媒體上回應(yīng)道。
While signing to his father's Elektra Imprint DTA Records was Landon's ultimate goal, he had to work for it. "My dad would be like, 'Show me that you want to sign,'" says Landon. "It wasn't as easy as being like, 'Sign me.' I feel like I had to prove myself to get the opportunity to sign to them."
雖然與父親的Elektra Imprint DTA唱片公司簽約是蘭登的最終目標,但他必須為此而努力。蘭登說:“我爸爸會說,‘讓我看看你想簽什么。“這并不像‘簽下我’那么容易。我覺得我必須證明自己才能得到簽約的機會。”
Travis realized he was serious about a music career when Landon wrote some lyrics for Machine Gun Kelly's "Die in California," which was co-written and produced by Travis and included on MGK's No. 1 album Mainstream Sellout, released in March last year.
當蘭登為機槍凱利的“死在加州”寫了一些歌詞時,特拉維斯意識到他對音樂事業(yè)是認真的,這首歌是特拉維斯共同創(chuàng)作和制作的,并被收錄在MGK的第1張唱片中。去年3月發(fā)行的第一張專輯《主流銷售》。
During a studio session, Landon was working on the track when his father and MGK were in another studio session. While walking by, Kelly heard it and recorded over Landon's track for fun.
在一次錄音室會議上,蘭登正在賽道上工作,而他的父親和MGK在另一個錄音室會議上。路過的時候,凱利聽到了這首歌,為了好玩,她在蘭登的歌上錄了下來。
Landon decided to release a snippet of the song on TikTok to get feedback from his fans, but when Megan Fox heard it, she begged her boyfriend to collaborate further, he says.
蘭登決定在TikTok上發(fā)布這首歌的一小段,以獲得粉絲的反饋,但當梅根·福克斯聽到這首歌時,她懇求她的男朋友進一步合作,他說。
Later the musicians re-recorded the song, and eventually Landon inked a record deal. "It couldn't have gone better," he says, cackling. "But I kind of didn't go into it with expectations. I feel like that is something that I do a lot in my life — is not go through life with any expectations."
后來,音樂家們重新錄制了這首歌,最終蘭登簽下了一份唱片合同。“再好不過了,”他咯咯地笑著說。“但我并沒有抱著期望去做。我覺得這是我一生中經(jīng)常做的事情——不帶任何期望度過一生。”