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wait my phone was dead for the last 3 hours, i just found out this is #32 on trending! thank you guys so much hell yeah twitter.com/porterrobinson…
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-- but with the video, i wanted to extend the idea of 'being alive next year' from being literal into being a metaphor about the things we can contribute to this world that will outlast us.
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the "Look at the Sky" video is about the beauty I find in this cycle. whereas the meaning of the song is more directly about the value of hope and resilience in the face of despair --
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and by creating and sharing our ideas, we're afforded the gift of being able to contribute to this legacy. I think of the story of human creativity as this beautiful tapestry that each of us is given the very very brief opportunity to sew our own patch onto.
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everything we create is a collaboration with millions of strangers.
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sometimes when making music or art, we can think of ourselves as working alone. But that isn't ever really the case -- if I think about it, if I was raised in total isolation without exposure to culture, I would never have come up with any of the concepts of harmony, rhythm -
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LOOK AT THE SKY MUSIC VIDEO: youtu.be/TJBh_hj6DzE
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man i just stumbled across this on soundcloud and it's so cool, so much creativity and effort on display from a lot of up and coming artists in many many different styles. this sort of thing is good for the world
soundcloud.com/artbyform/sets… twitter.com/artbyform/stat…
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the “look at the sky” music video premieres tomorrow at 2p et / 11a pt youtu.be/TJBh_hj6DzE
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SOPHIE truly truly changed music. i distinctly remember the first time hearing her sound and feeling sure that the world was going to change because of it. this loss is very very difficult to process
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i spoke to my good friend @annalunoe about look at the sky, creativity and just generally being in awe of reality - that interview airs tonight at 9pm pt apple.co/DanceXLRadio
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this is also available in VR!! i just did it for the first time today and it's something really special - if you have VR, you can just go to that link in your headset's web browser twitter.com/porterrobinson…
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we created a web experience around look at the sky that i find very beautiful. i don't want to spoil too much, but you can find it here:
look-at-the-sky.com
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there’s also new nurture merch on the store as well: porter.fm/store
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i have a surprise announcement — on top of Look at the Sky coming out today, i can also finally tell you the album release date: Nurture will drop on April 23rd (of 2021!!)
you can pre-order Nurture (vinyl, cd, digital, or streaming pre-save) now: porter.fm/nurture
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look at the sky’s release is tomorrow!
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something good, oh ⛅️ 🔑
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look at the sky - coming out january 27th. you can presave it to have it be automatically added to your collection on release!
porter.fm/lats-presave
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alright imma go celebrate by immediately starting on making the live show.
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now that it’s submitted it’ll still be a few months before it comes out. expect a single or two between now and then >:)
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i turned in the absolute final version a few minutes ago. it’s my favorite music i’ve ever made. i’m so so fucking grateful for the extra time... the album (and me) have both benefitted so much
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as of today, Nurture is 100% finished
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the "DJ Potaro TAKES OVER YOUR ENTIRE LIFE collection" is on sale now - we’ve got pillows, mugs, onesies, plushies, stickers, slippers, and even a rubber ducky (penguin?)
store.porterrobinson.com
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FUCK YEAAAA GOOD FAITH GRAMMY NOMINATION!! @madeon
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announcing the 'dj potaro TAKES OVER YOUR ENTIRE LIFE collection' - coming 7pm pt thursday
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EWNIAH