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Khalid: A Different Path to Fame  潮青天才凱利德：不一樣的成名之路

精英翻譯社轉自https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0058/347738/web/

There used to be only one path to becoming a music star. First, a producer discovers you. Then, you work with him or her to make your first album, and hopefully, it becomes a hit.

過去要成為音樂明星只有一個途徑。首先，一名製作人發現你。然後，你和他或她合作來製作你的首張專輯，並且希望它能一炮而紅。

Khalid’s path to stardom was different. He spent much of his childhood bouncing around different places because of his mother’s job as a US Army singer. As a result, he often felt sad and alone. At that time, he was not yet a musician but had a strong love and talent for music thanks to his mother’s influence. In his own words, he “was raised through music.”

凱利德的成名之路有所不同。他的童年因為母親擔任美軍歌手的工作而大多數的時間都輾轉在不同地方生活。因此，他常感到悲傷與孤獨。當時，他還不是音樂人，但由於媽媽的影響，他熱愛音樂而且很有才華。用他的話來說：他「是透過音樂養大的。」

For his senior year of high school, Khalid ended up in El Paso, Texas. To help deal with his feelings, he wrote songs and posted them on SoundCloud. As the day of his senior prom got closer, the young man wanted to put out a special song for the occasion. This turned out to be his breakthrough single “Location.” The song launched Khalid to fame after a social media star played it on her Snapchat, which happened to be on the same day that Khalid graduated high school.

凱利德高三時落腳到了德州艾爾帕索。為了抒發他的心情感受，他寫歌並將它們發布在SoundCloud上。隨著畢業舞會的日子越來越近，這名年輕人想為這個活動推出一首特別的歌曲。結果這就成了他取得重大進展的單曲〈Location〉。社群媒體上的一位明星在Snapchat上播放這首歌後讓凱利德聲名大噪，這剛好就是凱利德高中畢業的那一天。