Cooped Up (Explicit) – Post Malone/Roddy Ricch
Lyrics by:Louis Bell/Austin Post/Rodrick Wayne Moore, Jr./Billy Walsh
Composed by:Louis Bell/Austin Post/Rodrick Wayne Moore, Jr./Billy Walsh
Post Malone:
Mm-mm-mm
I'm about to pull up
Hit switch pull curtain
Hit switch pull curtain
And I've been waitin' so long
Now I gotta resurface
I gotta resurface
And yeah we 'bout to toast up
All that bread that we burnin'
Burnin' burnin' burnin'
'Cause I've been feelin' cooped up
Yeah
I've been f**kin' cooped up
Mm-mm-mm
Yeah I'm off the Bud Light not the bourbon
Mm
I might chop the roof off the Suburban
Skrrt
Tried to Bia Nice Guy John Terzian
Wow
'Til I started throwin' up in your Birkin
Ooh
Then I woke up in the mornin'
I woke up in the
Police showed up at my door with a warrant
F**k that s**t
I remember flushin' somethin' down the toilet
Flush flush
Guess you gotta let me off with a warnin'
Return of the Mack
Ah
Feelin' like an outcast I'm the only guy in slacks
That'll cost you three stacks
Three stacks three stacks
Now you savin' that check why you takin' my swag
Can you give me that back
Gucci my Prada Miyake
Ooh
Louis Bottega and Tommy
All of these things on my body let's party
Ah ah ah
I'm about to pull up
Hit switch pull curtain
Hit switch pull curtain
And I've been waitin' so long
Now I gotta resurface
I gotta resurface
And yeah we 'bout to toast up
All that bread that we burnin'
Burnin' burnin' burnin'
'Cause I've been feelin' cooped up
Yeah
I've been f**kin' cooped up
Cooped up mm-mm-mm
Roddy Ricch:
S**t gotta pull up
Pull up I'ma pull up
I pull up ayy
Got black minks all on the road woah woah
Got hella h*es poppin' 'dro woah woah
In every hood they show us love woah woah
Partner in crime with me while we whippin' in the spaceship
Got it out the pavement now we gettin' payment
Everybody 'round me gettin' money it's too contagious
Kept it solid now we real rich to they amazement
I pulled up the Black Badge 'cause it was cleaner
I 'member I was just posted up with the demons
And Posty took me on my first d**n tour date
He had me rockin' every night sold out arenas
I'm project n***a I never thought I would see s**t
I tried to tell you you prolly wouldn't believe us
Post Malone:
I'm about to pull up
Hit switch pull curtain
Hit switch pull curtain
And I've been waitin' so long
Now I gotta resurface
I gotta resurface
And yeah we 'bout to toast up
All that bread that we burnin'
Burnin' burnin' burnin'
'Cause I've been feelin' cooped up
Yeah
I've been f**kin' cooped up
Cooped up mm-mm-mm
'Til the daylight come 'til the daylight come
I got Saké in my tummy cigarette in my lungs
It's eleven in the mornin' and we still ain't done
And I'm still that b***h so what
Yeah we 'bout to toast up
All that bread that we burnin'
Burnin' burnin' burnin'
'Cause I've been feelin' cooped up
Yeah
I've been f**kin' cooped up
Cooped up mm-mm-mm
一、创作背景
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专辑语境与发行时间
- 出处:专辑《Twelve Carat Toothache》(十二克拉牙痛),发行于2022年6月3日。
- 单曲发布:《Cooped Up》于2022年5月12日作为单曲先行发布, accompanied by a high-budget music video。
- 时代背景:这首歌创作于全球疫情封锁(Lockdown)逐渐解封后的时期。“Cooped Up”这个词本身就极具时代特征,意指“被关在室内、无法外出”,直接呼应了人们在疫情期间长期居家隔离的普遍经历和随之而来的焦躁感。
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合作契机
- Post Malone 与 Roddy Ricch 此前已有过成功的合作经验(如2020年的热门单曲《Rockstar》)。两人私交甚笃,音乐风格互补:Post Malone 擅长旋律化的演唱和摇滚元素的融合,而 Roddy Ricch 则以流畅的 Flow 和极具爆发力的 Trap 节奏著称。
- 在这首歌中,两人的化学反应再次爆发,旨在打造一首适合派对、驾驶或释放能量的“高能量”曲目,与专辑中其他较为忧郁的抒情歌(如《Wasting Angels》或《I Like You》)形成鲜明对比。
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制作风格
- 由知名制作人 Louis Bell 等人操刀。编曲采用了典型的现代 Trap 节拍,伴随着沉重的808贝斯、急促的Hi-hats以及略带迷幻感的合成器旋律。整体听感紧凑、快速,营造出一种“坐立难安”的听觉张力。
二、表达含义
1. 核心主题:封闭中的焦躁与对自由的渴望
- 标题解读:“Cooped Up”是一个英语习语,形容人长时间被困在狭小空间内(如家里、监狱等)感到烦躁、压抑和受限的状态。
- 疫情隐喻:歌词直白地表达了在疫情封锁期间,人们被迫停止社交、无法旅行、不能举办派对的痛苦。这种物理上的限制导致了心理上的极度渴望——渴望出门、渴望见到朋友、渴望回归正常的生活节奏。
- 能量的释放:整首歌就像是一个压力阀。当歌词唱着“I've been cooped up too long”(我被关太久了)时,实际上是在宣泄积压已久的负面情绪,试图通过音乐和狂欢来打破这种沉闷。
2. 生活方式的炫耀与逃离
- 物质作为解脱:像许多 Trap 歌曲一样,歌词中也包含了对财富、豪车、珠宝和派对的描绘。在这里,这些物质不仅仅是炫耀,更被视为逃离“封闭”状态的工具。有钱意味着可以飞去任何想去的地方,可以举办私人派对,从而摆脱普通人的束缚。
- 拒绝停滞:Post Malone 和 Roddy Ricch 在歌词中传达了一种“拒绝静止”的态度。他们不愿意让生活陷入停滞,即使外界环境不允许,他们也要在自己的世界里创造动态和混乱(在褒义上指活力)。
3. 双人对决与互补
- Post Malone 的部分:通常负责Hook(副歌)和旋律部分,用略带沙哑但充满活力的嗓音唱出那种“受够了等待”的急切感。他的演绎带有一种摇滚明星式的叛逆和不羁。
- Roddy Ricch 的部分:负责Verse(主歌),展示了他标志性的快速Flow和押韵技巧。他的段落更加犀利,描述了从底层奋斗上来后,绝不再让自己被“困住”的决心。他的存在为歌曲增添了更强的节奏驱动力和街头气息。
4. 深层心理:对失控的恐惧与掌控欲
- 虽然表面看是一首派对歌,但深层也流露出一种对失去控制权的焦虑。当一个人被“Cooped Up”时,他是被动的;而歌词中表现出的疯狂消费、到处飞行、大声喧哗,则是一种重新夺回生活主导权的尝试。他们在用行动证明:没人能把我关住。
三、社会反响与文化影响
- TikTok 爆款:由于其节奏感极强且副歌洗脑,《Cooped Up》迅速在 TikTok 上成为热门背景音乐,被用于各种变装视频、健身视频以及展示“解封后生活”的蒙太奇剪辑。
- 现场气氛担当:在 Post Malone 的巡演中,这首歌通常是点燃全场气氛的关键曲目。观众随着重低音跳跃,共同体验那种“冲破牢笼”的快感。
- 时代的注脚:这首歌被视为后疫情时代流行文化的一个缩影。它记录了那个特殊时期人类共同的心理状态——从压抑到反弹,从静止到疯狂的过渡。
总结
“别把我关起来,我要飞得更高。”——这就是《Cooped Up》最直白的呐喊。
