A Porter Robinson Retrospective 

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

8 years later, still get full-body chills every time I hear the Sea of Voices drop

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

and now we have Cheerleader, Knock Yourself Out XD, and Russian Roulette. and they're so epic and awesome

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 :)

ive connected so much more with his music after viewing this

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 ❤️

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.

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

The story of Porter's art is a story of growing up. Quite a remarkable feat.

"...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 RU-vid 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?

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

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

EPILEPSY WARNING FOR THIS VIDEO If anyone sees my message somehow before you watch this, just be careful of epilepsy.

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 :')

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

i love it when an artist allows himself to evolve, and for me even though i liked his previous work, Nurture is excellent

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

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.

Watched this 3 times this week. Porter is the best and this documentary is so addictive. Just like porters music

This is like, one of the best video essays I've ever seen

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 :)

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?

This is amazing, keep posting vids of this quality and you will absolutely be a mainstay music channel on RU-vid. Madeon next?

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!

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.

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.

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!

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!

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

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.

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)

Wait Clarity was a Porter Robinson song with Zedd?

Bruh this documentary is amazing. Literally gave me chills and even made me tear up in parts. This video needs more views.

sea of voices hit so hard I started crying it's like you can hear porters entire life In just a few minutes

"World" era is so Magical, Sea of Voice & She Heals Everything always got me chill

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.

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.

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.

EVERYTHING WE NEED IS ALREADY HERE!!!

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!

'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.

Okay, the second I heard Language, I knew exactly what Porter was communicating. Worlds was 100% Porter, and I don't think he abandoned any persona. This was exactly what I expected. Language and Easy had a LOT of soul-stirring melodies, and if anything they paved the way for Worlds.

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'm only 2 minutes in and I'm loosing my mind this is insane.

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

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.

This video is so well made. I really appreciate the effort that you put into creating this.

Thank you for making this and enhancing our love for Porter Robinson’s work

Absolutely great video. Thank you for making this

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.

Oh my gosh this quality is insane for such a small channel! How does this have less than 100 views????

I've been waiting for someone to make something like this! Thank you for all your hard work.

This editing is so great! Keep making videos. This is super impressive.

Beautiful video, thanks for making it. Can't wait for the new album next month!

This video absolutely deserves more attention, you did a great job :)

THANK YOU PORTER THANK YOU RIKA THANK YOU BRIDGER

Sad that I barely found this. This is so well made and beautiful. Thank you for making this!

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.

lost track of the amount of times this video made me cry, thank you for such a beautiful piece on porter

Fantastic video and deep dive, thank you for putting this together

This is beautiful, thank you. So well put together.

Can't wait to watch this video in it's entirety❤ thank you, Porter is my absolute favourite!

This video needs way more views.... honestly the best video I've watched in a long time. Keep going!

What an amazing video! I genuinely loved the way you articulated his albums, great stuff.

Amazing Video!!! Really cool that you used the live versions of a lot of the songs.

Beautiful video. Your style of editing does not give off the feeling of someone on their first attempt, I could feel the passion and emotion everywhere and it really pulled me in in a way that not many videos do.

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!

Just became one of my all time favorite videos that I’ll have to come back to once a year. Thank you 💙💜💚

This was so well done, I had chills the whole way through. Excited for this new era of Porter

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!

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

this is a spectacular video, my friend. porter’s music means so much to me…

bro this is my fifth watch of this video in this week alone, its an amazing video, keep going ;)

this video perfectly captures how i’ve felt about porter since i first listened to worlds.. thanks so much for the phenomenal vid!!

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!

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 ^^

Thank you for illustrating such an amazing artist with such an Amazing video

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 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!!

Made me cry. You laid out all my feelings about Porter perfectly :,)

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!

As a big Porter fan I loved this video!!! I really appreciate all the time and effort that was put into this video, it was done super well!

IDK why this was recommended to me now and not 10 months ago but this is fucking awesome! a perfect retrospective and your editing is *chef's kiss*

it's always the youtubers with under 1000 subs that make banger videos

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.

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 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!

THANK U SOOO FKN MUCH FOR THIS >

I have been a huge porter fan for years even went to second sky 2021. Thank you so much for making this it really clarified why I love porter so much and I cant wait to see him again sometime!

man, what a fantastic video! this should have waaay more recognition, seriously ngl i almost cried while watching anyway, hugs from brazil

Your passion for not just Porter but Music shines through this documentary. Cohesive and impactful is what this video is. Thanks for the hard work spent on compiling all this media, interviews, tracks, thoughts, emotions. Insane video.

Halfway through and the quality of this documentary never stops to amaze me

I keep coming back to this video since I found it about a year ago. This is an absolute masterpiece. You’ve managed to articulate why I and I’m sure many others love Porter so much but weren’t quite sure how to say it. I get chills every time the Unfold drops at the end❤️❤️❤️

WAIT THIS IS YOUR FIRST VIDEO!? Holy shit, well done. Loved the whole process, I was easily teary eyed multiple times. Thanks :)