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Shawn Mendes translated his Vine superstardom into genuine pop stardom in 2015 thanks to "Stitches," a lively piece of pop with a slightly soulful undercurrent. Wisely, Mendes and his team decide to play off these soulful inclinations on Illuminate, the album released almost 18 months after his 2015 debut Handwritten. This isn't to say that Mendes is a crooner, nor is he riding anything resembling a funky groove. Instead, Illuminate uses light R&B rhythms as a way to give a bit of grace and warmth, the airiness of "Ruin" and "Three Empty Words" spinning heartbreak into seduction. As it turns out, this wide-eyed puppy dog routine is the key to Mendes' appeal. He's not forceful, and whenever he slides into a loverman routine, there's never a sense that he's a player: his voice is so small and sweet, it feels as if he's whispering sweet nothings to his high school sweetheart. On Handwritten, such quivering sensitivity seemed tentative, but on Illuminate, it has gelled into his pop persona; he's charming because he embraces his ordinariness. Sometimes on Illuminate the songs are a bit too diffuse to benefit from these qualities -- whenever they lack a hook or pronounced melody, the tracks tend to drift -- but a lot of the record provides a good showcase for his tenderness. And these aren't necessarily ballads, either. Certainly, he feels at home on a nice slow-burning torch number like "Don't Be a Fool" -- an old-fashioned slice of swaying '60s soul -- but on the insistent pop of "Treat You Better" and sunny seaside vibes of "Honest," this boyishness is equally appealing, and those sly shifts in tone are why Mendes comes into his own on Illuminate.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
肖恩·门德斯(Shawn Mendes)在2015年将他的藤蔓超级明星转变为真正的流行明星,这要归功于“史迪奇(Stitches)”,这是一部生动活泼的流行音乐,带有轻微的暗流。明智的是,门德斯和他的团队决定在Illuminate上消除这些深情的倾向,这张专辑是在他2015年首张专辑《 Handwriting》发行近18个月后发行的。这并不是说门德斯是个笨拙的人,也不是说他骑的任何类似时髦的东西。取而代之的是,Illuminate使用轻柔的R&B节奏作为一种优雅和温暖的方式,“废墟”和“三个空词”的轻快感使人心碎。事实证明,这种睁大眼睛的小狗程序是门德斯吸引力的关键。他没有力气,每当他滑入情人的行列时,就永远不会感到自己是一名球员:他的声音是如此小巧而甜美,仿佛在向高中恋人低声说话。在《手写》中,这种颤抖的敏感性似乎是暂时的,但在《光明会》上,它已经融入了他的流行角色。他很迷人,因为他拥护他的平凡。有时在Illuminate上,歌曲有些过于分散,无法从这些品质中受益-每当它们缺乏旋律或明显的旋律时,曲目就会漂移-但很多唱片为他的柔情提供了很好的展示。而且这些也不一定是民谣。当然,他在火炬燃烧缓慢的火炬上感到宾至如归,例如“别傻了”(Do n't Be a Fool),这是摇摆着六十年代灵魂的老式片段,但在“ Treat You Better”和阳光明媚的坚持下那种“诚实”的海边氛围,这种男孩气同样吸引人,而那些狡猾的语调转变也正是为什么门德斯(Mendes)在Illuminate身上独树一帜的原因。
©斯蒂芬·托马斯·埃里温/ TiVo
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