After making the song, Language, he started to grow tired of the way dance music was back at the time. He started exploring songs in a way he wanted to, ignoring the rules that he used to follow previously set by the norms for EDM. He eventually released the album Worlds with a live show for it with his own vision for it. The album mostly was about the theme of escapism, with every song being a world of its own. Robinson said he wanted everyone to have their own meaning for the songs instead of him giving a definitive meaning or story to every single one of them.
He would later go on to collaborate with his best friend, Madeon, on a song called Shelter which would also later get an animated music video in collaboration with Crunchyroll and A-1 Studios.
For the next few years, he would release music under the alias of Virtual Self, an alias dedicated to making music that would invoke nostalgia reminiscent of the music from early 2000s video games, with live sets to compliment the same feeling. One of the songs under that alias, Ghost Voices, got nominated for the Grammy Award For Best Dance Recording in 2019.
He also hosted his first music festival in 2019, Second Sky (originally named Multiverse) that consisted of artists that he loved. Funds raised by the festival were donated to patients suffering from Burkitt Lymphoma in Malawi by The Robinson Malawi Fund.
In January 2020, Robinson would announce his sophomore album, Nurture. As opposed to Worlds, Nurture would be an album about enjoying the existence that we live in. It was a result of his struggle to create music that he felt satisfied with. The singles released all had vocals by Robinson himself in them, the lyrics talking about the different things he had struggled through the past few years, but also standing there as proof that he made it through all of it.
He also hosted Secret Sky, an online alternative to Second Sky, similar to it but held online through a live-stream and a digital auditorium.
Throughout 2020 and early 2021, 5 singles for Nurture were put out, the song, "Musician" also got an animated music video for it. In January 2021, after experiencing delays due to COVID-19 and due to Robinson wanting to perfect the album, it was announced the 14-song album would be released on April 23rd that year. A deluxe edition in Japan with an extra song in collaboration with Wednesday Campanella was also announced later.
In April 2021, Robinson announced the second secret sky festival with an almost entirely different lineup from last time, taking place on the 24th, right after Nurture would be released. An unexpected final single was released on the 22nd with the album itself being released right after on the 23rd. Secret sky was live-streamed on the 24th along with a VR-based experience available for it. The stream ended with Robinson premiering the Nurture live show, ending with the announcement of another Second Sky festival being held in fall 2021.
Divinity
Porter Robinson Lyrics
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Never felt alive
Call the chants inside
(We will wait for this, we will wait for this)
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chants inside
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chants inside
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
We will
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chants inside
(We will wait for this, we will wait for this)
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chants inside
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chants inside
You see right through me
The lyrics to "Divinity" by Porter Robinson feat. Amy Millan speak to the idea of finding new life and meaning through a deep connection with someone else. The lines "Lean into my side, Never felt alive, Call the chants inside" imply that the person singing has never truly felt alive until they meet the person they are singing to. The "chants" they refer to may represent their own inner desires or longings that they can finally embrace and express freely with their partner.
The repetition of the chorus "We will wait for this" emphasizes a sense of anticipation and patience. It suggests that the love and connection between the two people is worth waiting for, and that both parties are willing to put in the effort and time required to make the relationship work.
The final line of the song, "You see right through me", is a vulnerable admission that the person singing is completely open and exposed to their partner. They are willing to be seen for who they truly are, flaws and all, in order to forge a deep and meaningful connection.
Overall, "Divinity" is a song about finding love and meaning in life through a deep connection with someone else, and being willing to wait and work for it.
Line by Line Meaning
Lean into my side
Get closer to me, embrace me
Never felt alive
I have never felt so alive as I do now
Call the chants inside
Listen closely to my innermost thoughts
(We will wait for this, we will wait for this)
(We are excited and eager for what's next)
We will
Anticipating good things will happen
You see right through me
You understand me perfectly
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Amy Millan, Porter Robinson
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@ExodusX1
@@mfbloc9549
I know this comment was 7 months ago, but if your still trying to find deeper meaning in media/life, think about the future,
all the jaw-dropping things created, how far we've come as human beings,
how only in the past 100 years have we gained the ability to talk to eachother on the internet,
how it's brought so many of us together, to porter robinson, to every person on the planet.
How I'm able to reach out to you, a complete stranger, is crazy to me. Nothing like this has ever happened in human history. When asking the question, "How do I find deeper meanings in things", you are already thinking deeply into meaning.
To enjoy life deeply, you don't even need to think deeply. Just live, because this is our only chance we get,
and I think we get to live in a pretty fuckin awesome time.
@AllisonGhost
"Divinity"
[Chorus: Amy Millan]
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chance and sigh
We will wait for this, we will wait for this
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chance and sigh
We will wait for this, we will wait for this
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chance and sigh
[Refrain: Amy Millan]
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
We will wait (whoa)
[Chorus: Amy Millan]
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chance and sigh
We will wait for this, we will wait for this
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the...
[Refrain: Amy Millan]
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
[Outro: Amy Millan]
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chance and sigh
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chance and sigh
You see right through me
@pintadoAni
When i come here i was like
Yoooooooo
Then i put goodbye to a world and i say
YOOOOOOO
And then sad machine and i was like
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
AND NOW I´M HEARING ALL THE FREALKING ALBUM LIKE
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Edit: How did I get so many likes? :'O
@teakyyyy7544
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chants inside
(We will wait for this, we will wait for this)
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chants inside
(We will wait for this, we will wait for this)
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chants inside
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
We will
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chants inside
(We will wait for this, we will wait for this)
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
We will wait for this
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chants inside
Lean into my side
Never felt alive
Call the chants inside
You see right through me
@RmaNYouTube
This album hasn't aged a bit for me, 5 years after it's release. This is so rare for Electronic Albums.
@RummanNaser
agreed
@shuichitakahashi4594
totally agreed.
@evasignore3957
My favorite electronic album of the decade. Maybe all time.
@benreggaeton2094
I feel like there’s not so many artists like that, personally for me it’s artists like Porter, DeadMau5, flume, Flying Lotus and the leaving ep by Skrillex that are timeless
@theankitnagar
6 now. Still the same.
@SmashPhoenixX
this music was years ahead of its time.
@dR0L0b
literally :)
@bobfronk7235
We’ve waited long enough rejoice in wonderful creation of sound
@alanjoynesjr4835
na lol music only gets worse as time goes by.