Big Energy – Latto/Mariah Carey (玛丽亚·凯莉)/DJ Khaled
Lyrics by：Mariah Carey/Alyssa Stephens/Vaughn Oliver/Lukasz Gottwald/Theron Thomas/Adrian Belew/Christopher Frantz/Steven Stanley/Tina Weymouth/Randall Hammers/Jaucquez Lowe/A1 LaFlare/Dave Hall
Composed by：Mariah Carey/Alyssa Stephens/Vaughn Oliver/Lukasz Gottwald/Theron Thomas/Adrian Belew/Christopher Frantz/Steven Stanley/Tina Weymouth/Randall Hammers/Jaucquez Lowe/A1 LaFlare/Dave Hall
This the remix
Haha
Is Miami in the house
Sweet sweet fantasy
Is Atlanta in the house
Is New York in the house
Got that big big energy
Mimi Latto
DJ Khaled
Hey daddy
Got that real big energy
When you gon’ stop playin’
Another one
Bad chick I could be your fantasy
I can tell you got big big energy
Uh-huh
It ain’t too many of them that can handle me
Yeah
But I might let you try it off the Hennessy
Uh
Make ’em sing to this thang like a melody
And if your girl ain’t right I got the remedy
Iii-ee-ii-yaa
It ain’t too many of them that can handle me
Ayy
Bad chick I could be your fantasy
Ayy ayy
Oh when you walk by every night
Talking sweet and looking fine
I get kind of hectic inside
Mmm baby I’m so into you
Darling if you only knew
All the things that flow through my mind
But it’s just a sweet sweet
You gon’ have to come and see this
Pretty like new new sweet like peaches
I’ma be your fantasy you ain’t gon’ believe this
Hold up got Mimi on the remix
On and on and on
On the count of three bad **** get money
Money
Broke **** to the left we don’t want it
We don’t want
I’m the one they love to hate but they can’t get past
Uh-huh
Pretty face no waist and a big ol’ bag ha
Bad chick I could be your fantasy
I can tell you got big big energy
Uh-huh
It ain’t too many of them that can handle me
No
But I might let you try it off the Hennessy
Uh
Make ’em sing to this thang like a melody
And if your girl ain’t right I got the remedy
It ain’t too many of them that can handle me
Ayy
Bad chick I could be your fantasy
Ayy ayy
And they say
Sweet fantasy
Got that big big energy
Big big energy
Sweet fantasy
Got that big big energy
Big big energy
Yuh tell me how you want it
Want it
Three two one camera rollin’
Ooh
Do it slow motion
Uh-huh
Real chick them other **** phony
All that big talk Latto put ’em on it
Latto
I’m just bein’ honest
Yeah
Lingerie Dolce
Ha
Blindfold
Yeah
Tie me to the bed
Yeah
While we roleplay
Yeah
Can’t skip foreplay kill the kitty cold case
Uh-huh
I’m a boss chick but tonight we do it your way
On the count of three bad **** get money
Sweet baby
Broke **** to the left we don’t want it
Sweet baby
If you ever see me broke I’m probably rockin’ a cast
Pretty face no waist with a big ol’ bag ha
Sweet
Sweet fantasy
I could be your fantasy
Got that big big energy
Big big energy
Sweet fantasy
I could be your fantasy
Got that big big energy
Big big energy
Go on Big Latto say
Big Latto say
Uh huh
Go on Big Latto say
It’s a new world
Big Latto say
Big big energy
It’s Latto
It’s Mariah
And I’m looking at my wrist
And it’s a new watch
Dis da remix
一、创作背景
1. Latto 的“能量宣言”
- Latto（本名Alyssa Stephens）在2021年正处于事业上升期，她希望通过《Big Energy》宣告自己的强势登场。
- 歌名“Big Energy”源自网络流行语，形容一个人气场强大、自信爆棚、魅力四射的状态——无论男女，只要拥有“big energy”，就能掌控全场。
- 她在采访中表示：“这首歌是给所有觉得自己不够好、不够强的人听的——你本来就有big energy，只是还没释放。”
2. 向Mariah Carey 致敬：采样《Fantasy》
- 原版《Big Energy》已隐含对90年代R&B黄金时代的致敬，而混音版直接采样Mariah Carey的《Fantasy》标志性旋律（尤其是那句“Oh baby, I’m in love…”）。
- Mariah Carey本人欣然同意合作，并重新录制人声，甚至贡献新歌词，展现其对新生代女艺人的支持。
3. DJ Khaled 的“能量催化剂”
- DJ Khaled虽未演唱主段落，但以标志性的口号式旁白（如“Another one!” “We the best!”）贯穿全曲，扮演“能量召集者”角色。
- 他的加入强化了歌曲的派对属性与商业传播力。
4. 时代精神的呼应
- 歌曲发布于疫情后期，社会亟需积极、自信、充满活力的声音。《Big Energy》恰如一剂“快乐多巴胺”，鼓励人们重拾自我、大胆闪耀。
二、歌词表达的核心含义
“I got that big energy, big body, big fun…
Walk in the room, they know it’s on.”
1. “Big Energy” = 自信即权力
- Latto用“big energy”统摄一切优势：
- 外在：身材（“big body”）、时尚（“big bag”）；
- 内在：野心（“big dreams”）、气场（“walk in the room, they know it’s on”）。
- 她不迎合传统审美，反而以丰腴身材为傲，呼应身体积极性（Body Positivity）运动。
2. 财富与成功的坦然宣告
“Big bag, big watch, big chain”
“I just closed a big deal, now I’m rich again”
- 歌词毫不掩饰对物质成功的追求，但重点在于：这是她靠实力挣来的，而非依附他人。
- 这种“女性谈钱不羞耻”的态度，打破性别刻板印象。
3. Mariah Carey 的“女王加冕”
- 在混音版中，Mariah Carey唱道：
“I’m that girl, always been that girl…
Fantasy, but this is real.” - 她将自己90年代的“Fantasy”（幻想）与Latto的“Reality”（现实）连接——曾经的梦幻女神，如今见证新一代女王崛起。
- “This is real”既指合作真实发生，也暗示：女性赋权不再是幻想，已是现实。
4. 跨世代女性同盟
- 全曲无竞争、无比较，只有互相加持。Mariah Carey不是“前辈指导后辈”，而是并肩而立，共享舞台。
- 这传递出重要信息：女性的成功不是零和游戏，而是彼此照亮。
三、文化意义与影响
- 打破“女性互撕”叙事：在娱乐工业常炒作“天后 vs 新秀”对立的背景下，此次合作展现健康传承；
- 重塑“性感”定义：Latto以丰满身材+强势说唱，挑战“瘦即美”的主流标准；
- 商业与艺术双赢：混音版登上Billboard Hot 100 第16位，英国榜第21，澳大利亚第6，成为Latto至今最成功的单曲；
- Z世代“自信文化”的 anthem：“Big Energy”迅速成为社交媒体热词，用于赞美任何自信闪耀的人。
结语
“我无需变小，世界自会为我让路。”
“你本就是光，现在，尽情闪耀。”
你也有Big Energy——
只要你敢相信。
