A Porter Robinson Retrospective
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- An analysis of Porter Robinson's life and musical catalogue, focusing on the thematic dichotomy that exists between Worlds and Nurture.
**CORRECTION - 16:57 Worlds was released on August 12th, 2014, not the 14th. I don't know what I was cookin' there.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
03:15 - Chapter 1: How did we get here?
12:53 - Chapter 2: Fiction, Nostalgia, and the Synthetic
30:40 - Chapter 3: Reality, the Present, and the Natural
46:02 - Chapter 4: Nurture is the antithesis of Worlds
51:39 - brief personal statement
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY OF THE MUSIC, ART, OR VIDEO SHOWN THROUGHOUT THIS VIDEO. ALL CREDIT AND RIGHTS GO TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS. PLEASE SEE THE END OF THE VIDEO FOR FULL STATEMENT. - Hudba
A lot of people have asked if I'll ever make another video because they enjoyed this one so much. First of all thank you, but second of all I don't know and I don't want to promise anything.
There's a saying that goes something like "Artists make their first album because they have something to share. Artists make a second album because they made a first album."
Though I'm not a musician specifically, this saying resonates with me. I don't want to make a second video just because the first one I made was received well. I want to make sure I have something to say. I want whatever I make next to be intentional, thoughtful, and better than my first.
Regardless, I appreciate everyone's kind words. I thought this video would get a couple hundred views max and here we are. And porter if you ever see this, i think we should kiss sometime! just lmk...
edit 5/26: alright i locked in. next vid will be out before SMILE releases
This is a great philosophy. I used to compose songs, I used to produce 3d animations and a lot of other "creative things". But right now I'm doing nothing. Some poeple say I'm wasting my talent (talent = hard work in my case), but it's simply because I have nothibg to say right now. Maybe I get my voice back in the future. Anyway, loved the analysis of one of my favourite artists!
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Incredible work man, I feel like you've said what you wanted to say, no pressure to make more, you should make it only if it feels right to you
everyone down here talking about the comment but I'm down to kiss don't tell my bf tho
The virtual self one 🥲
8 years later, still get full-body chills every time I hear the Sea of Voices drop
same
@@kaylenboudreau1000 same here【=◈︿◈=】
real asf. this track is legitimately timeless
Btw, Porter Robinson has a few songs in Dance Dance Revolution now -- it came full circle!
Not me checking the title a minute into the video to see if I'm in the right video
same lol
EPILEPSY WARNING FOR THIS VIDEO
If anyone sees my message somehow before you watch this, just be careful of epilepsy.
i have epilepsy, and i thank you very much! still thoroughly enjoyed the video while bracing myself to lower brightness on certain parts .THANK YOU!!!
ive connected so much more with his music after viewing this
Porter is my favorite artist ever and my personal hero, ever since I heard language back when I was a kid I knew that his music was special, worlds was the first album i ever listened to that really captured my imagination and made me feel these strong emotions through music. Shelter was a gorgeous song that was one of the first songs to actually get me to tear up.
I always used music as an escape from reality, often zoning out into it to live in my own head and come up with fantasies using the music as essentially background music
Nurture is an album that's changed the way I view life, when I heard the first three songs i KNEW that this was gonna impact me hard and man it did. Every single song in that album has hit me on such a deep and personal level and I always get teary-eyed when I listen to all of them. I was at his Red Rocks show and it was legitimately the best night of my life.
I've begun trying to start making music of my own, and after years of being depressed, I've started working out and losing weight again after being obese for years. My mental health feels stronger than ever and I feel so ready to tackle the world down and live the life I wanna live. I feel so unafraid and I largely thank nurture for that, for inspiring me to be better and do better things. For the first time in so long I feel so hopeful, alive, and happy. Even though I know I won't always be, I feel like I'll always be able to pick my self up and keep going.
The music I love is no longer a background to my fantasy, but to my reality.
Thank you for making this video, it was so well put together and descried the dichotomy of worlds and nurture so well. Sorry for the long read but this video really made me wanna just express my emotions. Hope you all are having a good day/night and remember it will all be okay in the end :)
The story of Porter's art is a story of growing up. Quite a remarkable feat.
Wow this was amazing. I haven't seen a video that captured why I love Porter Robinson so much better then this. This whole video was a masterpiece. Amazing work.
Exactly what I was about to say
an extremely underrated video, I thought this had like 500k views lol
Just finished - - this is a very well done documentary. I know you've spent so much time and effort in this, and it shows! You've articulated the narrative surrounding Porter and his music very well. You should be proud ❤️
To be honest i clicked on the video and expect that I'll be leaving in the 5th minutes or so, but i was wrong, this video is exceptionally Great, breaking down the musical history of Porter Robinson down to every las song meaning, can't believe that it didn't get more views honestly, great work overall
Yoooo i was at his concert with his album "Nuture" in my country after listening to his music, which made me stay alive today. Without him, i'm worried where i would be today
and now we have cheerleader and its epic and awesome
Dude i love how it all came full circle, the fight or flight segment in the beginning felt out of place but the callback in the end gave me litteral chills fsr
Porter Robinson is one of the very fucking few who can create such intense, intimate, real visions of beauty in everything through song and visual that you just have to sit back and marvel at it. Ever since catching on with Language, tearing up to music for the first time with Sad Machine, tearing up again with Shelter and getting so immersed with his journey in Nurture, Porter's been such an inspiration.
If it's any artist I can say I'm grateful to be alive to see, it has to be Porter Robinson. Thank you for this amazing video for reminding me of that :')
This is like, one of the best video essays I've ever seen
this video really just demonstrates how porter encapsulates these raw emotions into these albums. with "worlds," i grew up from it. with "nurture," i grew WITH it. the whole concept of "worlds" is so so so cool, and i still think about the album announcement/sea of voices dropping!! "worlds" brought me to tears at 13. now, at 21 (or when it dropped at age 19 at the time), it not only inspired me, but gave me hope. i definitely cried lolol,, i was in a dark mental state 2 years ago, and that brought a lot of joy for me.
thank you for making this video, dawg
also DIDN'T MENTION VIRTUAL SELF 😭😭😭😭 that's fine tho, great video regardless :3
didn't mention virtual self *yet*...
; )
holy shit, this is a masterpiece. i started listening to porter in 2019, with later songs like musician and look at the sky really resonating with me. i consider him one of my favourite artists, and this video rly gave me a deeper understanding of his life and struggles he faced with, and it encouraged me to reflect upon his music and how they relate to my life. thanks man
I’ve always wanted someone to make a video about Porter and his journey in music, and it’s mind blowing how high quality and passionate this video is. Thanks for making this man!!
Oh my god. This montage, narration, storyline, audio montage, you did a really great job. I absolutely did not expect this, but I looked every second. i cried at a couple of moments. damn how well it was presented. Thank you very much for this video, i can really feel you. сan't wait for Seconds Sky and what Porter will bring us this time
Wait Clarity was a Porter Robinson song with Zedd?
Explains why I don't much care for the rest of Zedd's music
"...the music (youtube video) you're listening to just moves you in this amazing, transcendent way? It's this sublime experience that can't really be described... I feel overwhelmed with gratitude that they do what they do. I think being able to give people that experience through sincere songwriting (or this video) is what makes it worthwhile".
Seriously though, I mean this as the highest form of praise, this film gave me that experience and made me feel out of body several times; your creation here echoes, and also achieves, what Porter aims to do in the original quote. As someone who's always kind of been on the outside and only sort of knew of Porter though the CZcams mixes I had been slowly falling in love with, think melodic dubstep; future bass; chillstep; etc, and only really starting to get into Porter a handful of months ago, it's been a beautiful phase of discovery finding not only all of his music and interviews, but films like this.
It's crazy how fast I went from only sort of recognizing his name, to him now being one of the most influential artists in my life all within the span of maybe 4-6 months.
Side note, I've noticed this channel is basically blank outside of this masterpiece, with how masterfully produced this video was I have to imagine you maintain a separate, main channel?
You're incredibly kind, thank you.
This is my only channel. : )
As a lifelong Porter fan since 2010/11, this is what me and my friend discuss almost every time we talk about the good 'ol days of electronic music. Not only was this an amazingly well put together video, but it made me tear up at times when your detailed descriptions of each track felt like my sub-conscious was eloquent enough to describe what i felt when i heard each one of these songs years ago. Thank you, creme.
i love it when an artist allows himself to evolve, and for me even though i liked his previous work, Nurture is excellent
Wonderful video, I consider myself a pretty big Porter fan, but this taught me a lot about his history and thoughts at the time.
You strung the narrative together well, and as a newish? creator, I'm surprised how well edited/crafted this is. Glad I found this.
Dude, Bridger, holy cow man.
Firstly, what an insanely good retrospective piece. The timeline & editing, alongside your wonderfully emotional breakdowns of the progression of Porters career takes an incredible amount of talent! Please don’t sell yourself short on that haha!
I’m absolutely a bit biased in saying that this has to be one of the most criminally underrated channels/videos/creators I’ve ever had the pleasure of coming across. I would love to hear you discuss more about your passions man!
As a person who has experienced the cyclical rebirths of many online communities, hopping around from game to game. To now finding myself in my “Nurture era” after finding an incredible partner & starting a family is so surreal. I could continue on and on but I just wanted to share that your video spoke to my heart the same way that Porters music does and I just wanted to say thank you! I hope you’re doing well man!
P.S. thoughts on Cheerleader (love the pop/punk vibes myself!) and the direction we’ll see this next album go?
I was sure this video would have had millions of views before I checked to see 36k. This is an incredible video and sums up my feelings about Porter perfectly. Really well done, this was an amazing experience to watch.
sea of voices hit so hard I started crying it's like you can hear porters entire life In just a few minutes
Watched this 3 times this week. Porter is the best and this documentary is so addictive. Just like porters music
Man, I love music and everything about it..because of that I’m not one to look into interviews with bands or artists. I feel that it can distract or create bias in my understanding of the music. Hearing the explanation of goodbye to a world almost brought me to tears..in 2016 i was in college and this girl and I created a spotify playlist. We didn’t get to spend a bunch of time together coz we were pre-med cell bio majors, so this shared playlist kind of kept us in each others heads and hearts. She added goodbye to a world and I fell in love with the happily nostalgic soundscape. About 2 years go by, ups and downs, scandals etc. It was finally time for us to part ways. Goodbye to a world played from shuffling the playlist as I finished packing my student apartment and the song washed over me along with every memory we’d made together. I wanted so much more, as did she but we knew it couldn’t happen. The song really allowed me to imagine and accept the title. Goodbye to a world, one that her and i created together.
I’ve since married and love my wife endlessly and she even knows how important that time was for me. That girl is now engaged and apparently having her wedding. Cheers to fond memories and worlds after worlds :)
Nurture has made me cry several times. My wife started listening to Porter & I haven't heard any of his work since Worlds and I'm so thrilled he's still making music. This album touched me in so many different ways. Amazing video by the way.
Watching this after listening to Porter's new song Cheerleader. It wasn't until I watched this video that I realized that I've been listening to his musical journey since the spitfire days also. I wish I was able to put my thoughts on his music (or even think as deeply about it) as eloquently as this video. It's truly inspiring to me to see where Porter came from and where he is now. You should be proud of the work you put into making this video because it allowed me to see a side of a musician that I never saw before. This is also art even if you might think this is just summarizing the life of another person.
Commented on the subreddit and I'll say it again here. What an amazing video. It's such a great introduction to Porter but also such an enjoyable experience for seasoned fans.
Amazing stuff!
I wish there was a way to convey everything you said in this video to friends of mine in like... 30 seconds. I want so badly for people to understand how impactful Porter and his music have been for me. The explanation of Worlds and Nurture here are perfect. In particular Nurture and it's themes of struggle, self-care, and finding meaning in the everyday - it's just so inspiring. He has a unique way of conveying emotions in his music, you really can feel that transcendent joy he talks of in his letter.
I guess I'll just send this vid to everyone I know and hope they stick around and watch the whole thing... it really is a masterful breakdown!
Great work and thank you!
I totally get that. It's so hard to be brief about porter. This video used be 1hr 40mins until i decided to cut it down to its current 52mins. It's hard not to just go on and on about him.
@@cremewastaken should released the 1 hr 40 minute version
@@Next5MG +1
This is amazing, keep posting vids of this quality and you will absolutely be a mainstay music channel on CZcams. Madeon next?
🤐
Do Skrillex too...idk if you're a fan but there is a LOT to talk about there for someone who's interested in doing the research and presenting it all together...
Hey, I just wanted to say thank you.
I discovered Porter very recently and honestly never even paid attention to EDM at all until I stumbled across the Worlds album. But it hit me really hard, and I've been diving through his repertoire for the past few months until eventually this video popped into my feed.
The context was extremely satisfying from the perspective of a new enjoyer, and even if it might sound silly I teared up quite a bit just watching this. Good stuff.
What a breeze. 51 minutes went by so fast, what an amazingly encapsulating video, about an amazingly encapsulating person. Superb editing, narration and scriptwriting. As someone who only started listening to Porter with his release of Nurture, and then fell in love with his art in a sort of reverse-chronology, it was truly amazing seeing a retrospective look at his pre-nurture "era", where he comes from, and seeing the personal and artistic evolution of Porter Robinson. Amazing work!
This is the most beautiful things i've ever watched made by a fan. Thank you by all the effort and love put in here, this ressonate in a very profound and beautiful way.
EVERYTHING WE NEED IS ALREADY HERE!!!
10/10 video. i've been listening to porter since worlds came out and he's one of the defining artists who helped me find myself at a young age, discover exactly what kind of art i was into and how to share this art and bond with other people through it as a very online teenager. when nurture came out i was still pushing through remote classes in college and the album was able to breathe new life into me. the dichotomy of real and virtual/fictional expressed in both albums was something that i would think about every now and then and seeing what you could put together in this retrospective brought a lot of those thoughts and feelings back. i often feel like nurture is an album for the adult who grew up in the internet, because of the lessons learnt in worlds and because of how real it is and how didactic it can be in talking about universal experiences that loners are especially prone to, like being finally afraid of death after loving for the first time. anyways, amazing work, thank you so much for it.
I'm only 2 minutes in and I'm loosing my mind this is insane.
Bruh this documentary is amazing. Literally gave me chills and even made me tear up in parts. This video needs more views.
Oh my gosh this quality is insane for such a small channel! How does this have less than 100 views????
very inspirational! eventhough i only listened to language this year for the first time it really transports me back to the early 2010s. A beautiful nostalgic sound
I got to see Porter live on his Nurture Live Europe tour in 2022, and god that was the best evening of my life! I still replay the clips a year later, and I will always cherish that experience (my favorites has to be Something Comforting, Shelter, Language X Unfold, and Get Your Wish)
'Worlds' is definitely up there in my list of best albums. I wasn't a big fan of electronic music, but it was Porter who changed my mind. And boy, was I mesmerized.
I first discovered Porter through Language (FH1 represent)
Then I rediscovered him through Worlds while on the train in the middle of a cold winter.
Recently I finally came around to understanding and loving Nurutre properly.
Every single time, I've had so many chills run down my spine and his work never fails to give me all sorts of fuzzy feelings.
Thank you so much for this amazing retrospective!
this entire video feels like a movie or a rollercoaster, I don't know how to describe it, but when you explained some of the songs I literally had full body chills lasting for minutes (especially sad machine) goddamn!
"World" era is so Magical,
Sea of Voice & She Heals Everything always got me chill
Although I’m not a OG Porter Robinson fan, I first started to listen to his music in 2020, especially his second album, and his music helped me come a long way in some form. To this day, Porter’s music still gives me a peace of mind. That’s just the best way how I can explain it. After his hiatus, I’m looking forward to his new era that he’s stepping into. Great video btw! Thanks for the long video of explanation of where and how Porter got to be where he is.
I am at 17 minutes. This is the best video essay I have ever seen.
god this video is incredible! nurture is my favorite album of all time, thank you for putting the feeling it gives into words :)
I declare this to be the best video about Porter's music for now! You've done a massive and significant job! Thank you so much for that!
The point of the video I was most fascinated by is when he talks about the likelihood you would find your souls mate. I’m a long time porter fan and was listening to his interview with zack sang while I was at work. In the interview he talked about his fiancé Rica. In the interview he talks about how lucky he was to be with her because he couldn’t believe anyone else could possibly be more perfect. Poetry in life
I’ve been a massive Porter fan and enjoyer since middle school, I found him through Worlds at just the right time in life, he gave me an outlet and an appreciation for life. Even 7 years later he did it again at just the right time. He made me tear up, as did this video. Thank you for this production, I think it perfectly encapsulates his musician identity
THANK YOU PORTER
THANK YOU RIKA
THANK YOU BRIDGER
This is an amazing video, my brother. As someone who's been listening to Porter Robinson since 'Worlds', this video describes how it feels like to be a Porter fan extremely well.
I also very much appreciate the fact that you went out of your way to integrate Porter's music into the video in a manner that feels authentic, fits the narrative of the video and is able to send chills down my spine, because it feels like going through these milestones in my life all over again. I still remember the first times I listened to Sea of Voices, Sad Machine, Goodbye to a World, Language, and even She Heals Everything, which I completely forgot existed until this video. You were able to reignite that spark in me and send me back to those moments. This is something that many modern CZcams videos lack, and I thank you for structuring it this way, even if the algorithm does not look at it the same way
Beautiful video, thanks for making it. Can't wait for the new album next month!
Not only is this very well edited, paced and framed, it's clear you put as much love into making this as we know Porter puts into his music. Thank you for making this.
this video popped up in my recs and i regret not seeing it earlier lol. Like most people here i’m a die-hard Porter fans, his music helped me through tough times. And i wanna congratulate you on a beautiful and well crafted video, you really encapsulates his music, the themes and so on, and by doing so you just reinforce our love for his music, thank you
it's always the youtubers with under 1000 subs that make banger videos
Holy crap i never comment on videos but this was so well produced and i those music montage scenes were so emotional and carefully edited. im glad you made this video man
I've been waiting for someone to make something like this! Thank you for all your hard work.
This is amazing and perfectly reminds me of why I like Porter Robinson's music in the first place. Excellent job
I love your reasoning for the connection to porter, I love all his music and I've listened to him since the end of Spitfire and more or less when Language came out. but in the way you love worlds, Nurture for me however is my perfect porter album for a same reason, it really hit me in the right moment in my life. Hes a hero to my artistic and creative process. I hope I can meet him someday. Thank you for making this video
this is genuinely beautiful. I love this so much. As someone whos favorite artist is porter robinson and one of my biggest interests. So hearing one of these videos reciprocate how i feel about him is so pleasant. Thank you for this. ♡
I am seeing him live in November this year I am so excited I can’t wait.
I'm new to porter's music so learning about his entire musical journey thus far which have influenced his works through this video has really helped me gain better perspective of his music and appreciate him as an artist even more 🥺
So thank you for making this!! Really well-written narrative and great editing 💗 this video really deserves so much more traction than it has rn
THANK U SOOO FKN MUCH FOR THIS >
Documentary was amazing man I had to stop myself from crying a few times Truly outstanding work!!!
Bro, This is a WONDERFUL, AMAZING and Beautiful video. Especially for a Porter fan.
10/10 brother.
The way he describes goodbye to a world hits every thing I feel with that. Such an incredible song, even deeper appreciation for it after seeing this. Overall, fantastic video - thank you for putting this together.
Props to you Creme! You come on here, drop this absolute masterclass of a video and then leave again. The fact that you've created such a big project as your first and perhaps only video essay really shows your genuine passion for Porter and his music. Great video, great artist. Great job!
amazing. Incredibly well told. Understanding the WHY of his music, his lyrics, his life situation, just makes me feel so much more connected to the songs and him. I have always loved his music since Shelter came out. Without words or knowing anything about Porter, I could understand him as a person. Through the feeling that the music gave and the partial lyrics that he would put in.
Thank you for this video. 💜
I can't believe I cried twice😅
great video! I've been a huge fan of Porter and Madeon since the Worlds and Adventure days. The Shelter live show show was the greatest music concert I've ever been to, I'll never forget that experience
Thank you for the documentary!! This making me love Porter even more, and also giving me back my motivation that I've lost for months. Thank you so much, can't describe how thankful I am!
Wow, this video was put together so well I thought you were used to making them, only after reading the message at the end of the video and your comment I realized it worked so well because you were so passionate about it rather than just being experienced in making it.
I hope someday you'll love something so much that we'll see another video as heartfelt as this one was, in the meantime though thank you so much for this one Mr. Bridger/Creme.
This is a really great video :) I’m thinking of sending it to my friends who want to learn why I like Porter so much
This was perfect, helped me to understand Porter so much more. Imagining I'll see you at Second Sky 🤙🥰. Thanks for the video!
I just wanted to these this comment here to let you know , we are real people watching this video from different parts of the world and deeply appreciate what you have documented for us. Thanks for making this, I know how much time and effort it would have taken for you to make this video and it came through perfectly. All the best for what you are doing in life and again thanks for making this for us.
This is one of my favorite documentaries I've ever seen on this platform. The amount of passion I can see that went into this is so abundant.
Just watched the whole thing, man. I've been looking for something like this for ages, and it just popped up out of nowhere! Thanks for taking the time and for the effort in making this video.
Porter's music has been a personal oasis for me, Worlds as my escape, and Nurture as my go-to feel-good album. I've always been fascinated by that kind of musical journey and aim to use it as a reference for my own path. I'm not there yet, but I know that someday I will be
This video is so well made. I really appreciate the effort that you put into creating this.
This was an amazing essay, I merely listened without visuals, but it was very well put together, thank you.
What an amazing video! I genuinely loved the way you articulated his albums, great stuff.
Best video i've seen in a long while. You managed to capture what we all felt listening to these songs and put those feelings into words. A great watch, thank you.
thank u so much for this. ur love for porter and his music really shines through, also makin me love him even more. ur fight or flight intrepertation is brilliant! amazing vid!
A great video, was wonderfull to watch, i feel your hard work and heart in this.
Will glad to watch more of your stuff in the future
Sad that I barely found this. This is so well made and beautiful. Thank you for making this!
This is beautiful, thank you. So well put together.
Thank you for making this and enhancing our love for Porter Robinson’s work
loved every minute of it! that was a very well researched documentary and you’ve just earned a new sub!!! ✨
This video was AMAZING, I learned so much about the meanings behind Porter's music and also the lessons he was trying to teach to us in Nurture. There were so many things that I completely missed and didn't understand when he released that album. This helped me absorb so much of it. Thank you so much for making this video!!
I love this video so much! It really encapsulates why Porter's music is so important to me, not to mention the production is really good! Definitely gonna be on the lookout for more of your content ^^
lost track of the amount of times this video made me cry, thank you for such a beautiful piece on porter
This video absolutely deserves more attention, you did a great job :)
Just became one of my all time favorite videos that I’ll have to come back to once a year. Thank you 💙💜💚
I am at a loss of words. unbelievably incredible video, i never saw a video that could capture the feeling i have when i listen to porter robinson more than this one. Absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for making this video!
Good job, this made me cry. Twice. This is by far the most impressive video I've seen for a small youtuber with nearly no subscribers to just drop, and I was thrilled to see every minute. Thank you for making and sharing this