Porter Robinson‘s new album nurture has been announced yesterday. After 6 years from the first one, the legendary electronic music producer is back. With the album, coming in 2020, Porter has also announced his new single, the first extracted from the album, Get Your Wish would be premiered today.
Out today on Spotify, after an incredible YouTube premiere, Get Your Wish is the first Porter’s single after his latest collaboration in 2016 with Madeon, Shelter. Focused around the water element, the video is an incredible piece of art that, together with the song, make the perfect combination for Porter Robinson’s return in the scene. The video reproduces shos a sort of water stage, with Porter singing his own tune. As he later explained on Twitter, he was singing through effects that artificially make his voice much much higher. The vocal is Porter himself.
also: I'm singing through effects that artificially make my voice much much higher. At first, I did it because it made it easier to talk about painful subjects directly, and then slowly I grew really attached to the sound of that voice.
It's meeeeeeeeeeee
— porter robinson (@porterrobinson) January 29, 2020
Talking about the cover for the YouTube video, you may have noticed some similarities with Language’s one. If we make the two cover near each other, the first thing you would notice is the similar color palette; both have water as the main element but, the color seems to be switched one respect to the other. Another interesting thing is the black shape on Language cover is the same as the blue of Get Your Wish video.
After the release of the single, Porter has posted an image on Twitter where he explains the meaning of the tune.
“Get Your Wish” – he tells – “is about finding a reason to keep moving forward, even if it’s not for your own sake.” He continues explaining his life wasn’t very good around 2015-16 and ’17. His life was built around music and for the first time in his life, he was struggling to make it. He was depressed because he wasn’t able to produce something he was proud of. Gradually, he realized what was his point. As Porter explains “I feel like the world is beautiful and filled with possibility, and that I want to cherish every second that I have to be alive.”
After the video, you can find the full statement by Porter Robinson. The album nurture is also available in vinyl from this link (preorder available Thursday, tomorrow, at 11am pst).
Porter Robinson explains the meaning of Get Your Wish
Get Your Wish is about finding a reason to keep moving forward, even if it’s not for your own sake.
I was doing really badly in 2015, 2016, and early 2017. My entire life revolved around making music, but for the first time in my life, I was struggling to make anything at all. I was desperate to make something I was proud of, but the more I struggled, the worse the problem became. I was very seriously depressed and genuinely thought my life as I knew it was over.
It was almost three years of trying to write music, failing, and being crushed by it every single day.
There were times when I wondered if it was pointless for me to keep trying. I didn’t even know what I was hoping for. If I had come this far and I was still dissatisfied and unhappy, then it was impossible not to ask: Even if I do finish new music, what am I hoping is gonna happen? What is it I want that I don’t currently have? Am I gonna be happy then? Why am I not happy now?
I felt like I had no options – because while the prospect of struggling indefinitely was terrifying, the thought of quitting music was much worse.
For a very long time, I didn’t know what the answer was. I knew that no level of achievement was going to make me happy, but I still felt a life-definingly strong urge to keep doing creative work.
But gradually, I came to realize what the point is for me.
You know how every once in a while, when you’re driving or something, the music you’re listening to just moves you in this amazing, transcendent way? It’s this sublime experience that can’t really be described, but for me it’s like this: I feel like the world is beautiful and filled with possibility, and that I want to cherish every second that I have to be alive. That description doesn’t quite capture it, but it’s as close as I can get.
I have this experience every once in a while when I’m listening to my favorite artists. I feel overwhelmed with gratitude that they do what they do. I think being able to give people that experience through sincere songwriting is what makes it worthwhile.
I realized I shouldn’t write music with the expectation that productivity or achievement will fix my problems, but instead with the hope that my honest expression will move people the way music moves me. So when I was really struggling to write and it seemed impossible, instead of thinking, “You’re struggling because you’re a fraud, you’re clearly not cut out for this,” I began to tell myself, “Yeah, this is what you sacrifice.”
“Get Your Wish” is about that breakthrough, which was one of many that helped me through those years. Making music started to make me happy again.
– Porter
