hey man, i just randomly typed "porter robinson reaction" in my search bar to rewatch some of my favourite reactions to the abum, but i happened to see this one in between some of them and saw that it's super recent, so i couldn't help but click. seeing someone be passionate about this album and still make summarizing, appreciative videos like these on the album make me super happy. it's like you said yourself, you can be proud of making this one even if you feel like you generally "don't do much with your life". there's really no hurry, discover and do at your own pace, as long as you are happy you are doing well. that doesn't mean being unhappy means you're not doing well though, but you know that, i'm sure. i enjoyed watching this one and your personal stories attached to the songs, i wish you the best of luck moving forward and i hope you find your meaning. much love!
dude thank you so much that is so unbelievably kind, much love to you, thank you for your advice that means the world to me :) i'm really glad you enjoyed the video, i made it for both myself, and people like me who love this album
my husband and I struggled with infertility. I would play this album driving over to the fertility clinic for every appointment. It’s still early but I’m about 5 weeks pregnant now with our miracle lil clump of cells. We decided if it’s a boy, he will be named Porter 💚 this album truly did change our lives.
Look at the sky made me promised myself that "I'll be alive next year" while i was trying to keep the promise, this album changed me. and now "I don't wanna die no more"
The thing about Porter that is so stark: so different from other artists is his vulnerability. As an artist, I’ve been greatly inspired by Porter’s open nature. His perspectives aren’t necessarily unique, but it’s a key piece of the journey of depression that many don’t talk about. The bittersweet melancholic steps you have to take AFTER standing firm and wanting to live feels like hot coals; but the path forward is lush and always there to comfort you. It’s easy to sit with depression, but it’s incredibly difficult to LIVE with depression. As you’ve captured so eloquently in your video essay, Porter’s tale describes a battle spanning over years of trial and error, pain and joy, just to not only make Nurture- but to become at ease with himself. Having to relearn life seems scary, but it becomes so rewarding once you commit to living over surviving. Seeing the beauty in the world, in people, and even in your experiences really is challenging, but all the more rewarding. I don’t often see conversations of this in media as it’s such a delicate and convoluted, personal process- but somehow- Porter NAILS it on the head. Great video. Cried watching the whole thing. It’s great to see us as fans be so connected to such a beautiful story. Thank you to everyone for staying alive 🤍
First time I heard Something Comforting I actually didn't think much of it, I was used to Porter's old stuff, and maybe it didn't scratch the same itch they used to. But the synth melody never left my head, and one day (months later) I found myself somehow "needing" to hear that melody again, and I ended up listening to the song on repeat on a 4 hour bus ride, just looking out the window at the scenery passing by. It's crazy to think how a song I didn't think much of at first, ended up becoming one of my favorite PR songs, I just couldn't believe he outdid himself, "Worlds" is a really hard bar to rise above of. But, on certain days, I would venture to say it's my favorite Porter Robinson song. I later fell in love with Everything Goes On as well. These are the moments I with I could communicate with the artists, and just congratulate them on how utterly amazing the work that they produced is. Trivia: Something Comforting was actually the first song I ever "hearted" on Spotify, on that day during the bus ride, 8th of September, 2022. I guess I was so blown away I really didn't wanna forget how I felt listening to it that day.
this album by porter basically describes my depression ages ago. it's bittersweet, but you gotta keep moving till everything's fine at the end of it all.
A while back...I never knew how to explain, or put into words, the beauty of porter's music to my friends who said "i don't fw his new stuff" or "I heard he's not good live" [and this would frustrate me]. However, the more I listened to Porter's music [nurture specifically] it taught me that its OK to not have to explain yourself to people sometimes. Porter released nurture when I needed it the most going through hard times, and even when I thought I was doing just fine since then, SMILE dropped at a time I never knew I needed. The most beautiful thing about his music is that despite everyone living their own timeline, porter's music can touch so many people's lives at different stages of struggle, healing, or helplessness. Whether you found porter years ago, or discovered him yesterday, the messages in his music are timeless. I know a lot of people are hung up on the fact that they want to hear more of his harder EDM stuff or music that sounds like WORLDS, but over the years you can HEAR that he developed from an DJ to a musician. Never really realized how much porter impacted my life until I took a step back and saw how many of my bios on all my media platforms have porter related quotes/phrases. His music taught me how to love music for what it is and for my own pleasures...NOT to please others and NOT for people's judgement. :')
I like to imagine this is music's most tangible hug, if that makes sense? For years, bit by bit, Porter built this warmth; from his struggles and his vulnerabilities came an incredible acceptance, curiosity, peace that he could finally hug. Then, Nurture became his hug to his listeners, and we hugged back. It was exactly the little pocket of hope and comfort everyone who tuned in needed during the pandemic, and it delivered. It speaks to its timelessness too, when every once in a while retrospectives like this make me marvel at Nurture all over again. Thanks for reminding us how beautiful this album is, and for reminding me to listen to it again :)
I went to his show at the hollywood bowl with my bf not really knowing his music other than Everything goes on, and after that show i was just so full of emotion and at first i didn't understand why. The day after i just could not stop listening to his music! (I still can't) . I realized just how important this music is to people and nuture is really becoming my favorite work of porters. It has become a glimmer of hope after losing my dad earlier this year and for the first time since then i finally feel like i can enjoy being creative again which means the most to me in life.
I have no words to describe how much this album means to me!! Knowing other people's perspectives about the album makes me appreciate this album more and more and more, incredible job dude!! thx for using some of my videos!!
You have ONLY one Video ? I love that Video as a Porter Robinsons Enjoyer you captured what i felt listening to his different Songs him trying out new Genre "Get you Wish" really helped me in tough times. Experimenting is something risky and thats why i appreciate it in Porter Robinson. His Bedrooms concert are great as well not showing only hos music but the ones he simply likes for example Anime Opening of Chobits. Being Authentic means that you do not reach almost all rather the ones alike and thats what made us :D
Finding others who were impacted by this album makes me so happy. I wrote a whole essay detailing what this album means to me in terms of my health, but it was really long (and personally speaking, a RUclips comment doesn't do this album justice) so i'll spare you the trouble haha. But I will say, nurture truly felt like it was meant to be (for a lack of a better word) human. there's such a unique way it has reached people in the way you can't describe to people who haven't heard it or been impacted by it. That's truly why I respect Porter as an artist. Nurture is the product of feeling like he'd never create something good again. And if you really think about it, hearing Porter Robinson, the guy who created Nurture, an album so impactful and beautiful and truly soul-speaking, say he though he would never create anything good again, really puts his feelings into perspective. Like, holy shit. He thought his career was over. He thought it was the end for his art. From that (which we know lasted YEARS), blossomed Nurture, something that so many people love and felt spoke to them on a truly unique level. That's why I appreciate this album and it will forever be my favorite, not just because of what it means to me but because it truly speaks for itself. For each unique individual with unique struggles, its meaning to them changes based on different perspectives. Kind of like nature itself, ironically. I always loved this album and always will, but thanks for this video, it reminded me why i love it so much :)
Coming across this video, made me look back vividly when i went to his show(Nurture tour), in Singapore last year. Hearing him play my most fav track in the album,(Wind Tempos) live was something else. I can't really describe much i felt as i was in awe. But all i know, it really pulled a string in my heart. Overall, this album and Porter Robinson has a place in my heart.
What a fun time to post this, as a month ago I got obsessed with Nurture. Loved Worlds in 2021, but when Nurture released, I just couldn't get into it. Now, for all that I love Worlds, I like Nurture about equal to Worlds. What an amazing artist overall
this album gave me so much hope. In 2021, i was in high school. It was one the lowest points of my life. My friend group had a massive falling out, and i was left alone with my thoughts, i had lost hope. One day in late april, i had left school and walked to a local park. I sat on a bench scrolling Twitter and I found a thread about the evolution of porter. As soon as i heard a snippet of his music i was in Love. I started listening to Nurture. And i felt my heart become full. I layed on a hill overlooking a lake and my life came into focus. I learned to not be afraid of failing, and appreciating the things around me. Fast forward a few years and one worlds tattoo later I'm in a loving relationship with the girl I'm going to marry and have a new group of friends whom i was able to experience porter live. I think it's all going well... Thank you Porter
i talk endlessly about this album and his vision to everybody. it’s become a bit, but every once in awhile i feel like someone actually pays attention to the message behind each song or album, and i hear a “that’s pretty good actually”. this album relishes in the depth behind its creation, and that’s something you can’t really make someone who’s not a fan internalize. but i try to explain it and it makes me so happy when i see other fans around the world finding peace in the lyrics and story and sounds of nurture. i am a huge music fan across nearly every genre, but this surpasses “good music”. these are definitely some of my favorite songs ever written, but the whole project to me isn’t my favorite album of all time because “it sounds awesome”, it’s a level of artistry and philosophy and poetry that blows my mind, and the nostalgic antagonist imbedded into the lyrics attacks a feeling i haven’t heard anyone else focus on so well in music this hopeful. i’m very glad you like this record. i don’t even know you, but i love that we can exist in the same world with the same love for something outside of us. isn’t that beautiful?
There is so much beauty in Nurture. Thank you for this video, the world feels so beautiful right now. I know this feeling will fade and I'll feel mundane again fairly soon, but right now, this is just perfect. It's a good temperature in my room, I have no classes tomorrow, I'm all by myself just chilling at my computer listening to Porter and watching RUclips. By most accounts, I'm doing "nothing", but to me, right now, this is such a beautiful feeling, being alive in this moment and space. There is so much to love in this world. I am glad I get to feel this way.
Went on to your channel to look at your backlog and realised this is your first video! This is incredible man, you've earned yourself a sub. You've managed to capture and evaluate everything I love, not only about Nurture, but about all of Porter's music. Your speech at the end really resonated with me as well. I'm also at this point in my life that feels like limbo. Not sure where I am or where I'm going. But I am enjoying it, and just focusing on doing what I love and what makes me happy. Thank you for this incredible video. Hats off to you sir.
I'm seeing Porter live when he brings his tour to Australia, I'm very very excited. His music has meant a lot to me, ever since Language. Nurture was something else entirely though.
This album came out at a point when I was at my lowest and did now know what I wanted to be. It will forever hold a special place in my heart and this video explained exactly the feelings I had.
I wish I could forget about this album and specifically 'unfold' and listen to it for the first time again, the drop in that song is literally shocking (in a good way) Porter really made us find the warmth of summer in the songs he writes
Lately, I’ve been totally into Porter’s music. I started by checking out some reaction videos for his new album, Smile, and then stumbled upon this video in my RUclips recommendations. Nurture has really made an impact on me too. His bittersweet melodies mix happiness and sadness in a way that hits home for me. It’s not just about the complicated instrumentals; the lyrics really connect with me, leaving me both teary-eyed and grinning like crazy. Every time I give the album a listen, it’s like an emotional rollercoaster, and I feel so proud as a Japanese fan, knowing how much he's been inspired by Japanese music. It’s honestly such a beautiful connection.
This ended up in my recommended feed and I'm so happy for it. I've been a fan of Porter Robinson since the music video for "Language." I fell in love with Worlds, of course, but I can only imagine the pressure he must have felt to make a follow-up to such a beloved album. I was hesitant to listen to Nurture but when I finally did, I was blown away. I know nothing about music but I knew it was special. The fact that it came out in 2020 was so perfect, especially for me who was feeling anxious and paranoid during the pandemic. When I heard "I'll be alive next year," it gave me chills. It became a huge comfort for me and gave me hope that I would survive. I love how you can tell how he built up on the techniques he used for Worlds into Nurture. It really feels like he grew as an artist. Also can we just recognize what a brilliant music video "Musician" is?? As a big fan of Eve's music videos, seeing the same style in a Porter Robinson song made my jaw drop! "Mirror" is also really special to me. I'm an incredibly anxious person so it spoke to me deeply. Thank you so much for this video. Thank you for sharing your experience. Porter Robinson forever!
I love knowing that Nurture is still being talked about after 4 years, as it has aged really well. Every now and then, I discover new tidbits of context around the songs, especially Porter's commentary on their meanings, and it really adds to the experience. Trying to Feel Alive, Unfold, Mother, and dullscythe have finally clicked for me after all these years and they're now my favorite parts of the album. What this album feels like to me is a very intense examination of the self: figuring out your own worldviews, things you find beautiful, reasons why you do what you do. This is very apparent to me on Get Your Wish, Musician, Mother, Mirror, Something Comforting, Blossom, and Trying to Feel Alive. It's inspired me to do the same, and I aspire to be as articulate as Porter about his own thought-process and feelings whenever I see interviews of him. The BTS video of Everything Goes On on RUclips really captures what I'm trying to say, and I'd encourage anyone reading to watch it. What's even more inspiring to me is the uncompromising honesty in his songs, particularly the acknowledgement of insecurities and anxieties. I really relate to that, and hearing that someone went through the same feelings that I have right now gave me the push to acknowledge and fix my own shortcomings. This album really changed my life for the better and I'm glad you feel the same way Making of Everything Goes On: ruclips.net/video/bbUPJ9GJkwo/видео.html
incredible work of art, I love finding Porter Robinson "documentaries" and songs being explained, from his or the narrator's POV as it gives the songs so much more the next time I listen to them, thank you for this
I love the way you spoke about nurture so much and it's everything I feel too. Understanding what music means is probably the most important part of listening to it.
I'm glad this video is recommended to me. I was first introduced to Porter by robeats like you, then Nurture comes around and it changed my life in a way that I could not describe. I appreciate how you are taking time to do a deep dive research on Nurture, presenting every element in the album with neat editings and all. Also, I can't believe we got a new Nurture-related video in 2024 🎉❤
thank you for describing it so perfectly into words. nurture saved my life at a time when I was questioning why I was even here. this has inspired me so much. much love!!
i literally saw you follow me on AOTY and checked your youtube page... i literally had watched this video a while ago and i realized it was you! it was because of this video that i listened to "nurture" in its entirety and made me realize how beautiful music can sound and feel. from the bottom of my heart, thank you :)
as an 18 y/o who also feels like I'm not doing too much with my life, I can resonate with this video deeply. porter's music has been known to me since 2021 after finding goodbye to a world. and after exploring his music deeply early this year, he has become my favourite artist of all time. his influences, his struggles, emotional vulnerability, and ability to communicate with his audience through music is a beautiful thing. hearing somebody else talk about how his music affected them had me tearing up. everything about his music is authentic and deep. I'm beyond happy someone else feels this connection. with nurture, you couldn't have expressed your thoughts any better. nurture is a beautiful album to accompany anybody's first time living. I have hope it will all be okay in the end :)
Thanks for making this video, I feel like you and me have extremely similar feelings about this work of art, and now I have a video to show to people who care about me and things I like. My favorite lyric on the album is from Mirror: "It's not the voice of all the others, you've only said it to yourself." It always calms me down when I feel overwhelmed about making a bad first impression when meeting new people.
this is a really tender, personal analysis of the album that evoked emotion in me (and others, based on this comment section). amazing video and wishing you the best
Agree. 2021-2022 was my struggle year. But this album just came out of nowhere and be the most relatable tracks for me at the time I became his big fans immediately
This is such a great video. The way you break down Nurture helped me finally understand why (I didn't really know prior to watching this) I love it so much. Thank you is all I can say. Subbed.
Nurture also found me in the time I needed it the most. Life saving, Life changing experience, I never would've had if it weren't for talented Porter fans on RUclips
Can't leave the video without giving you thanks. This video made me revive those feelings that i had listening to Nurture a couple of years ago. This album was the light at the end of the tunnel when things wasn't going well in my life at that time, thank you for bring back that feelings that Porter made me discover. Fucking badass video man, it made me tear all the way to the end.
This video is the perfect love letter this album. I play some of the songs on this album on the regular because I love the things I feel when I listen to them; hope, nostalgia, serenity, motivation, running on the grassy plains on a warm sunny morning. But your video has helped me put these feelings/emotions into thoughts and words. I too discovered this album during COVID where everything was uncertain for me and this album was part of the reason I made it. And now, again I find myself back in this period of uncertainty and once again listening to this album (I've also been listening to a lot of "Russian Roulette"). My situation might not be as bad as what you are going through Jack, but all I can say is even a little progress is progress. Never give up.
omg thank you!! that means so much to me! i'm so glad you found the video useful/enjoyable in some way, that's all i can ask for!! thank you so much bro
For 2 decades of sharing and honing his craft . Porter really become more than just an artist. He saved a lot of us - trying to continue in this life and just live. Days seems more fun to wake up everyday knowing there are people who feel, think and do things like this. We are all strangers -normal strangers experiencing such magic. Thanks for this ❤
Also my fav album of all time!!!! This music has gotten me through the worst and best moments of my life for a few years now... No other artist or album has ever made me feel so many emotions at once, in the best way possible. I love that this album is still getting talked about years later
summarized my feelings on this album perfectly - thank you. i really enjoyed watching. nurture came at such a crucial time during the pandemic and it really helped me through so much.... just went to his concert recently and i'm really missing it so much T_T
i’m going to see him when he comes to the UK! i’m so excited aha, thanks for your kind words, glad you enjoyed the video:) makes me so happy to see other people resonate with nurture as much as i did ❤️
18:01 one thing that i dont see a lot of people talking about is how the distortion on the vocals drops when he says "its just that i love you". IIRC Porter has talked about how the vocal distortion is like a mask for him. So in that moment, saying "its just that i love you" is him being truly transparent and his heart pouring out. A similar thing happens at the end of Unfold, where it switches from distorted vocals and clear instrumentation to distorted instrumentation with clear vocals. We literally go behind his mask to see how he's feeling
I already loved this album but finding out he wrote it about pretty much every fear and struggle I have made it so so so much more impactful to me. What I’ve grown to love about Porter over this past year listening to his music is just how passionate and personal he is with everything he produces.
This was one of the best album reviews of Nurture I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot. Well done with the research, narration, and visuals! Nurture came out when I was a Junior in college during the height of COVID, and I was dealing with a lot in my life between struggling through COVID, school, a long-distance relationship, and not knowing where I was going to end up after graduation. Then one day I randomly discovered Something Comforting, and Mirror, which was exactly what I needed to hear that week. I nervously listened to the album that week, and was insipired by every single track. Nurture got me through college, and I didn't think any piece of music could be this impactful in my life. Trying to explain my appreciation for this album to anyone is like trying to explain falling in love, and I'm so glad someone else gets it!
@@ericstroud3765 that’s very kind of you, thank you so much!! glad this video resonated with you :) i hope life treats you well and you continue to find your way :D
You really hit the nail on the head with the ending. This album feels like a warm hug affirming that, even when it's hard to see the good in things, eventually it's all going to be okay.
This album truly saved my life and i mean it literally. Look at the sky was the first song i heard after attempting to take my own life. It was just, so comforting and i needed to hear it. I had been struggling with gifted kid syndrome really really bad and Get Your Wish had hit me like a truck. I could go on and on about every single song in this album and just how much i could relate to it and how truly beautiful and artistic it. I still can't listen to any of the songs in this album without crying. I was so lost when i heard Nurture and i really think it saved my life You really don't find this album, it finds you when you need it
This album is unbelievably incredible. Listening to it late 2021 - early 2022 truly changed my vision of life from before. In fact, it DID changed me as a person. When I was in the age of 16, my character started to change, to rebuild into a more mature version of myself, and that was the time when I discovered Nurture. For some funny reasons, FNF introduced me to the "Goodbye to the World" and later I found the "Shelter" video. Being curious about the creator of those songs, I went to his channel and... It was incredible. Deep meaning + electronic music + traditional musicial instruments (piano, violin) was all I needed to instantly fall in love with this album. The nature aesthetics of Nurture forced me to find beauty in the things I never paid attention before - trees, leaves, the blue sky with the clouds, forests, parks. These things have been completely ordinary and unremarkable to me for all my life, I never really awknowledged them as something truly beautiful. Now I wait for an every spring like for a holiday, every piece of the nature to me is like a little fairy tale that I can go into wherever I want, and with Porter's music it fits the best. The feelings that each song in this album contains make me either sing along with the lyrics or cry with them. As a creative person, I get a lot of the messages in the Nurture and the words that Porter says in the interviews or live shows. I'm very grateful to Porter Robinson for this album and the other music he makes, millions of people are as grateful to him as I am. It has given me tons of ideas, changed me for the better, and taught me to love everything I see and hear. Everything we need is TRULY here. Thank you for the video. I never think it would happen, but that's the first time I feel like the "Like" button is not enough. Also. a couple of fun facts: 1. Since English is not my first language, I thought "Nurture" was a non-existent word, but a word combination. Like, "Nature" and "Future", which correlates to the sound of the album: electronic synth samples and traditional music instruments (like the visuals: stock nature pictures and videos + minimalistic editing and "scribbles"), which sounded cool to me. Only a year later I found out this is a real word lol 2. Looking at the Nurture picture, I thought that the person on it was Porter in this childhood. Like, baby Porter or something like that. And when I found out this is an ADULT PHOTO, I was absolutly shocked. He looks so small on it, I can't-
What a wonderful video! There's a 15th track on this album called "Fullmoon Lullaby," which is an exclusive bonus song only available if you purchase the album in Japan. It's a great epilogue after hearing "Trying to feel alive". I hope to hear your opinion on this song.
This is amazing when i was younger i was super into edm and alot of his worlds songs are super familiar to me i rediscovered his music in 2021 starting with look at the sky and to this day he has been my absolute favorite artist ever. i saw him in concert a few days ago and its amazing how creative he is with all of his lighting and affects and covers and every little detail of his shows. I love how good he is at explaining and teaching things and describing how he feels about something and that is the biggest reason why im so invested in him this was a beautiful video im so glad this album found you you deserve it :)
i got this video recomended by YT, i didn't expect to tear up by the end. You captured many of my thoughts about this album, Porter's music has helped and inspired me a lot, and it makes me really happy that there are so many people out there who appreciate it as much as me. Great video, i really enjoyed it
Rarely do I ever come across a video so good it brings me to tears. Nurture will always be among my favourite albums, and this video will always be among some of my favourites. Thank you for this. Stellar fucking video
I found Porter through Forza Horizon, I had bought the game in late 2015. And that's when I heard language for the first time. I still have fond memories of the late night plays of the game. Sometime in late 2017 to early 2018 I found Sad Machine and Shelter lastly Goodbye To A World. I didn't really associate all the songs with one another(other than Sad Machine and Goodbye To A World) and didn't think much of it at the time. I remember being subscribed to Porter and did see the notification for Get Your Wish, but didn't watch it until about 2-3 weeks after its release. After I heard GYW I added it to my playlist and didn't think anything of it, then I added Something Comforting. And also didn't think anything of it. Then one of the worst moments in my life happened. Something I won't go into detail about for obv reasons but the long and short of it is, that I was in a very toxic and manipulative relationship and I was not doing well mentally. After I had left my now ex and started talking to my now wife, I had saw that Mirror dropped and asked myself “ Who is this guy and what about this music is keeping me coming back” and after opening his channel on youtube and surfing through the entire channel it had made sense to me, It was the same guy who was in FH1 and the same guy who made shelter and so on, I didn't understand until that day and that's when i heard the Look at the Sky Demo for Secret Sky sometime in January 2021, and (I swear it felt like it) next day Look at the Sky officially dropped and it became the number 1 song of that year(still is my personal favorite on nurture) and i followed every single release since then. I guess the point of this comment is that nurture really did change me, it gave me hope in a time where I felt like nothing was going my way. I love Porter and I love this album and no matter what I will still listen to it until I die. Thank you for reading this comment, this video is great and the title is really true for me. Nurture did change my life
thank you so much for sharing that, i’m really happy nurture helped you get out of that dark time, stay strong my guy, you got this!! i know personally that even in my worst moments, nurture will always be here for me no matter what, and i hope you know that too :)
This album helped me so much... On release, I listened to it once, thought it was alright and didn't look back. 2 years later, I was in the worst place I had ever been mentally and I rediscovered Nurture. It was literally, in every way, what I needed to hear at that moment in time. It helped me find hope and allowed me to pick myself up, work on myself and appreciate life again. After this period, I have become the person I want to be and I'm getting so much joy out of life and the experiences I'd have missed if I gave up. The same way I got newfound appreciation for life, I am getting appreciated as a person for the first time ever. Life can be so good, but some people just need a catalyst to start that discovery. This album, along with a few other things, was that catalyst.
U captured my thoughts on this bar for bar and i always kind of assumed there were porter fans that got the same things from this album, but it’s nice to see and hear it
Thanks for making this, you help put into words feelings that I couldn’t personally express about Nurture. I’ve been listening to Porter Robinson since 2012, I fell in love with Language, listened to Worlds and liked it, but in the end the only songs that really resonated and were special to me were Sad Machine and Shelter. Something about the feelings of sadness invoked by the songs, but encouraging you to continue just spoke to me. “And though I known since you’ve awakened her again, she depends on you, she depends on you.” “I’ll give you shelter like you’ve done for me. And I know, I’m not alone, you’ll be watching over us.” My life wasn’t bad by any means at this point, I had struggles, but I was always able to push past because others believed in me and hoped for me. Others depended on me, I’m not alone so just push. The loneliness I felt in my heart and the longing for connections with people outside my parents was manageable. I had listened to Nurture a little when it came out, and really only liked “Look At The Sky.” I thought Porter would be like every other Artist for me, I’m a fan of them. They’re cool, I really like 3 of their songs and I have them saved on my phone, in my big web of music from every genre and a hundred artist. In 2022 the first serious relationship where I truly felt I loved someone more than anything, this person means more to me than the whole world and I would do anything for them. It didn’t work out. Everything about life became so heavy and all I could do was feel the burden and weight of all my failures. Everything slipped and I really didn’t think I could keep going. In my sadness, I went for a walk and listened to “Sad Machine”. I balled my eyes out, and I gave Nurture one more chance. I couldn’t stop crying. Every single song that I had previously thought nothing of was so powerful and hit me so hard. I felt everything that I held in for months. Remorse for not trying hard enough. Anger for not being good enough. Doubt if I could ever truly be happy. Gratitude for having loved someone enough for to feel this much pain. Happiness for finally loving someone. Sadness for knowing it’s gone. Resentment for not being loved anymore. Longing, jealously, bitterness, loneliness, anger, disgust. Everything. It’s been 2 years and I’m still struggling, but things are better and manageable. The name of the album is so fitting for life. Nurture. Nurture your life and your soul. Care for yourself. So many lyrics have rung in my head non-stop the past 2 years, and I think they always will. “Wait again, I will be much better then.” “I won’t spend time, resenting the way, things are.” “But sincerely, can’t you feel what I’m feeling.” “Do you see how you’ve grown? Don’t be sorry.” “The feeling you’ve had when you’re held. The comfort of being unwell. So someone will cradle you. Oh I don’t need it, no I won’t grieve it.” “But don’t you waste, the suffering you’ve faced. It’ll serve you in due time.” “Keep going keep going it’ll all be okay in the end.” “So suffer the signs that you needed to change. Heed all the ways you’ve been thinking.” Everything I felt and gone through just serves as a mountain I need to get through. All of this is what it means to be alive. I have to live my best life and keep trying, cause life is beautiful and fleeting. Nurture helped me process my feelings and it will always be a part of me. I love Porter Robinson so much now. He’s my favorite artist and the first person I care enough for to see live. I went to a Smile show and I cried happy tears of joy. I’m happy this album will live on in so many people’s lives as more than just music. Worlds is magical, Smile is fun, but Nurture is an experience and a glimpse into what life is all about.
Definitely. I was in my junior year of high school dealing with my parents’ divorce and the death of my dog as well as a ton of uncertainty about academics and the future and Nurture helped me see the brighter side of life
I'm only maybe halfway through as I type this comment but, I couldn't wait - thank you for making this video! I'm a relatively recent fan of Porter's and Nurture already means so much to me. Really lovely video, all well said.
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hey man, i just randomly typed "porter robinson reaction" in my search bar to rewatch some of my favourite reactions to the abum, but i happened to see this one in between some of them and saw that it's super recent, so i couldn't help but click. seeing someone be passionate about this album and still make summarizing, appreciative videos like these on the album make me super happy. it's like you said yourself, you can be proud of making this one even if you feel like you generally "don't do much with your life". there's really no hurry, discover and do at your own pace, as long as you are happy you are doing well. that doesn't mean being unhappy means you're not doing well though, but you know that, i'm sure. i enjoyed watching this one and your personal stories attached to the songs, i wish you the best of luck moving forward and i hope you find your meaning. much love!
dude thank you so much that is so unbelievably kind, much love to you, thank you for your advice that means the world to me :) i'm really glad you enjoyed the video, i made it for both myself, and people like me who love this album
"dullscythe sounds like it's trying to become a song" literally gave me chills lol
my favorite on the album
bruh Dullscythe was the only song i knew by him until youtube started showing me videos about him like "wow hes popular"
It's my favorite song as well
crazy that nurture still heavily discussed almost over 4 years.
my husband and I struggled with infertility. I would play this album driving over to the fertility clinic for every appointment. It’s still early but I’m about 5 weeks pregnant now with our miracle lil clump of cells. We decided if it’s a boy, he will be named Porter 💚 this album truly did change our lives.
congratulations that’s incredible news 💚
Congrats!
Congrats ❤
coongrats!! wish everything goes well
It's month two now! peovide updates 😊
The Porter Robinson paradox: Nurture is my whole world and always makes me smile
Look at the sky made me promised myself that "I'll be alive next year"
while i was trying to keep the promise, this album changed me.
and now "I don't wanna die no more"
exactly that. look at the sky and sweet time changed my life.
I wanna live, I don’t wanna die
I wanna live
*sick beat drops*
"maybe its a gift that i spent all this time just trying to feel alive"
The thing about Porter that is so stark: so different from other artists is his vulnerability.
As an artist, I’ve been greatly inspired by Porter’s open nature. His perspectives aren’t necessarily unique, but it’s a key piece of the journey of depression that many don’t talk about. The bittersweet melancholic steps you have to take AFTER standing firm and wanting to live feels like hot coals; but the path forward is lush and always there to comfort you.
It’s easy to sit with depression, but it’s incredibly difficult to LIVE with depression. As you’ve captured so eloquently in your video essay, Porter’s tale describes a battle spanning over years of trial and error, pain and joy, just to not only make Nurture- but to become at ease with himself.
Having to relearn life seems scary, but it becomes so rewarding once you commit to living over surviving. Seeing the beauty in the world, in people, and even in your experiences really is challenging, but all the more rewarding. I don’t often see conversations of this in media as it’s such a delicate and convoluted, personal process- but somehow- Porter NAILS it on the head.
Great video. Cried watching the whole thing. It’s great to see us as fans be so connected to such a beautiful story. Thank you to everyone for staying alive 🤍
aw thanks so much! love this comment so much, you summed it up so well :)
First time I heard Something Comforting I actually didn't think much of it, I was used to Porter's old stuff, and maybe it didn't scratch the same itch they used to. But the synth melody never left my head, and one day (months later) I found myself somehow "needing" to hear that melody again, and I ended up listening to the song on repeat on a 4 hour bus ride, just looking out the window at the scenery passing by. It's crazy to think how a song I didn't think much of at first, ended up becoming one of my favorite PR songs, I just couldn't believe he outdid himself, "Worlds" is a really hard bar to rise above of. But, on certain days, I would venture to say it's my favorite Porter Robinson song. I later fell in love with Everything Goes On as well. These are the moments I with I could communicate with the artists, and just congratulate them on how utterly amazing the work that they produced is.
Trivia: Something Comforting was actually the first song I ever "hearted" on Spotify, on that day during the bus ride, 8th of September, 2022. I guess I was so blown away I really didn't wanna forget how I felt listening to it that day.
22:08 _Easier To Love You subtle foreshadowing_
dude mirror makes me fucking sob every god damn time even those snippits of it ugh i love this album so much
Same man I genuinely can't listen to it. It was a song I heard just after my granddad's death, so it's heavily tied to that
this album by porter basically describes my depression ages ago. it's bittersweet, but you gotta keep moving till everything's fine at the end of it all.
This album is so life changer
5:36 bro foreshadowed year of the cup
A while back...I never knew how to explain, or put into words, the beauty of porter's music to my friends who said "i don't fw his new stuff" or "I heard he's not good live" [and this would frustrate me]. However, the more I listened to Porter's music [nurture specifically] it taught me that its OK to not have to explain yourself to people sometimes. Porter released nurture when I needed it the most going through hard times, and even when I thought I was doing just fine since then, SMILE dropped at a time I never knew I needed. The most beautiful thing about his music is that despite everyone living their own timeline, porter's music can touch so many people's lives at different stages of struggle, healing, or helplessness. Whether you found porter years ago, or discovered him yesterday, the messages in his music are timeless. I know a lot of people are hung up on the fact that they want to hear more of his harder EDM stuff or music that sounds like WORLDS, but over the years you can HEAR that he developed from an DJ to a musician.
Never really realized how much porter impacted my life until I took a step back and saw how many of my bios on all my media platforms have porter related quotes/phrases. His music taught me how to love music for what it is and for my own pleasures...NOT to please others and NOT for people's judgement. :')
I like to imagine this is music's most tangible hug, if that makes sense?
For years, bit by bit, Porter built this warmth; from his struggles and his vulnerabilities came an incredible acceptance, curiosity, peace that he could finally hug. Then, Nurture became his hug to his listeners, and we hugged back. It was exactly the little pocket of hope and comfort everyone who tuned in needed during the pandemic, and it delivered. It speaks to its timelessness too, when every once in a while retrospectives like this make me marvel at Nurture all over again.
Thanks for reminding us how beautiful this album is, and for reminding me to listen to it again :)
I went to his show at the hollywood bowl with my bf not really knowing his music other than Everything goes on, and after that show i was just so full of emotion and at first i didn't understand why. The day after i just could not stop listening to his music! (I still can't) . I realized just how important this music is to people and nuture is really becoming my favorite work of porters. It has become a glimmer of hope after losing my dad earlier this year and for the first time since then i finally feel like i can enjoy being creative again which means the most to me in life.
I have no words to describe how much this album means to me!! Knowing other people's perspectives about the album makes me appreciate this album more and more and more, incredible job dude!! thx for using some of my videos!!
thanks so much!! your videos were a massive help in making this video, they are so beautifully made! thank you for being so cool about it :)
You have ONLY one Video ?
I love that Video as a Porter Robinsons Enjoyer you captured what i felt listening to his different Songs him trying out new Genre "Get you Wish" really helped me in tough times.
Experimenting is something risky and thats why i appreciate it in Porter Robinson.
His Bedrooms concert are great as well not showing only hos music but the ones he simply likes for example Anime Opening of Chobits.
Being Authentic means that you do not reach almost all rather the ones alike and thats what made us :D
I had no idea someone would make a video about all of my thoughts about nurture. Still cant stop crying. Nurture really did change my life
Finding others who were impacted by this album makes me so happy. I wrote a whole essay detailing what this album means to me in terms of my health, but it was really long (and personally speaking, a RUclips comment doesn't do this album justice) so i'll spare you the trouble haha.
But I will say, nurture truly felt like it was meant to be (for a lack of a better word) human. there's such a unique way it has reached people in the way you can't describe to people who haven't heard it or been impacted by it. That's truly why I respect Porter as an artist. Nurture is the product of feeling like he'd never create something good again. And if you really think about it, hearing Porter Robinson, the guy who created Nurture, an album so impactful and beautiful and truly soul-speaking, say he though he would never create anything good again, really puts his feelings into perspective. Like, holy shit. He thought his career was over. He thought it was the end for his art. From that (which we know lasted YEARS), blossomed Nurture, something that so many people love and felt spoke to them on a truly unique level. That's why I appreciate this album and it will forever be my favorite, not just because of what it means to me but because it truly speaks for itself. For each unique individual with unique struggles, its meaning to them changes based on different perspectives. Kind of like nature itself, ironically.
I always loved this album and always will, but thanks for this video, it reminded me why i love it so much :)
Coming across this video, made me look back vividly when i went to his show(Nurture tour), in Singapore last year.
Hearing him play my most fav track in the album,(Wind Tempos) live was something else.
I can't really describe much i felt as i was in awe. But all i know, it really pulled a string in my heart.
Overall, this album and Porter Robinson has a place in my heart.
albums like these is the reason why they’re so inspiring and really have a meaningful experience
What a fun time to post this, as a month ago I got obsessed with Nurture. Loved Worlds in 2021, but when Nurture released, I just couldn't get into it. Now, for all that I love Worlds, I like Nurture about equal to Worlds. What an amazing artist overall
want to add a reply because dullscythe... everything about this song makes it my favorite on the record
this album gave me so much hope. In 2021, i was in high school. It was one the lowest points of my life. My friend group had a massive falling out, and i was left alone with my thoughts, i had lost hope. One day in late april, i had left school and walked to a local park. I sat on a bench scrolling Twitter and I found a thread about the evolution of porter. As soon as i heard a snippet of his music i was in Love. I started listening to Nurture. And i felt my heart become full. I layed on a hill overlooking a lake and my life came into focus. I learned to not be afraid of failing, and appreciating the things around me. Fast forward a few years and one worlds tattoo later I'm in a loving relationship with the girl I'm going to marry and have a new group of friends whom i was able to experience porter live. I think it's all going well... Thank you Porter
i talk endlessly about this album and his vision to everybody. it’s become a bit, but every once in awhile i feel like someone actually pays attention to the message behind each song or album, and i hear a “that’s pretty good actually”. this album relishes in the depth behind its creation, and that’s something you can’t really make someone who’s not a fan internalize. but i try to explain it and it makes me so happy when i see other fans around the world finding peace in the lyrics and story and sounds of nurture. i am a huge music fan across nearly every genre, but this surpasses “good music”. these are definitely some of my favorite songs ever written, but the whole project to me isn’t my favorite album of all time because “it sounds awesome”, it’s a level of artistry and philosophy and poetry that blows my mind, and the nostalgic antagonist imbedded into the lyrics attacks a feeling i haven’t heard anyone else focus on so well in music this hopeful.
i’m very glad you like this record. i don’t even know you, but i love that we can exist in the same world with the same love for something outside of us. isn’t that beautiful?
incredible comment, i wholeheartedly agree 🩵 it's a beautiful album and means so much to so many people
There is so much beauty in Nurture. Thank you for this video, the world feels so beautiful right now. I know this feeling will fade and I'll feel mundane again fairly soon, but right now, this is just perfect. It's a good temperature in my room, I have no classes tomorrow, I'm all by myself just chilling at my computer listening to Porter and watching RUclips. By most accounts, I'm doing "nothing", but to me, right now, this is such a beautiful feeling, being alive in this moment and space. There is so much to love in this world. I am glad I get to feel this way.
Great video. One of my favorite albums of all time 🙂
Went on to your channel to look at your backlog and realised this is your first video! This is incredible man, you've earned yourself a sub. You've managed to capture and evaluate everything I love, not only about Nurture, but about all of Porter's music.
Your speech at the end really resonated with me as well. I'm also at this point in my life that feels like limbo. Not sure where I am or where I'm going. But I am enjoying it, and just focusing on doing what I love and what makes me happy.
Thank you for this incredible video. Hats off to you sir.
I'm seeing Porter live when he brings his tour to Australia, I'm very very excited. His music has meant a lot to me, ever since Language. Nurture was something else entirely though.
This album came out at a point when I was at my lowest and did now know what I wanted to be. It will forever hold a special place in my heart and this video explained exactly the feelings I had.
I wish I could forget about this album and specifically 'unfold' and listen to it for the first time again, the drop in that song is literally shocking (in a good way)
Porter really made us find the warmth of summer in the songs he writes
Lately, I’ve been totally into Porter’s music. I started by checking out some reaction videos for his new album, Smile, and then stumbled upon this video in my RUclips recommendations. Nurture has really made an impact on me too. His bittersweet melodies mix happiness and sadness in a way that hits home for me. It’s not just about the complicated instrumentals; the lyrics really connect with me, leaving me both teary-eyed and grinning like crazy. Every time I give the album a listen, it’s like an emotional rollercoaster, and I feel so proud as a Japanese fan, knowing how much he's been inspired by Japanese music. It’s honestly such a beautiful connection.
This ended up in my recommended feed and I'm so happy for it.
I've been a fan of Porter Robinson since the music video for "Language." I fell in love with Worlds, of course, but I can only imagine the pressure he must have felt to make a follow-up to such a beloved album. I was hesitant to listen to Nurture but when I finally did, I was blown away. I know nothing about music but I knew it was special. The fact that it came out in 2020 was so perfect, especially for me who was feeling anxious and paranoid during the pandemic. When I heard "I'll be alive next year," it gave me chills. It became a huge comfort for me and gave me hope that I would survive.
I love how you can tell how he built up on the techniques he used for Worlds into Nurture. It really feels like he grew as an artist.
Also can we just recognize what a brilliant music video "Musician" is?? As a big fan of Eve's music videos, seeing the same style in a Porter Robinson song made my jaw drop!
"Mirror" is also really special to me. I'm an incredibly anxious person so it spoke to me deeply.
Thank you so much for this video. Thank you for sharing your experience. Porter Robinson forever!
I love knowing that Nurture is still being talked about after 4 years, as it has aged really well. Every now and then, I discover new tidbits of context around the songs, especially Porter's commentary on their meanings, and it really adds to the experience. Trying to Feel Alive, Unfold, Mother, and dullscythe have finally clicked for me after all these years and they're now my favorite parts of the album.
What this album feels like to me is a very intense examination of the self: figuring out your own worldviews, things you find beautiful, reasons why you do what you do. This is very apparent to me on Get Your Wish, Musician, Mother, Mirror, Something Comforting, Blossom, and Trying to Feel Alive. It's inspired me to do the same, and I aspire to be as articulate as Porter about his own thought-process and feelings whenever I see interviews of him. The BTS video of Everything Goes On on RUclips really captures what I'm trying to say, and I'd encourage anyone reading to watch it. What's even more inspiring to me is the uncompromising honesty in his songs, particularly the acknowledgement of insecurities and anxieties. I really relate to that, and hearing that someone went through the same feelings that I have right now gave me the push to acknowledge and fix my own shortcomings. This album really changed my life for the better and I'm glad you feel the same way
Making of Everything Goes On: ruclips.net/video/bbUPJ9GJkwo/видео.html
incredible work of art, I love finding Porter Robinson "documentaries" and songs being explained, from his or the narrator's POV as it gives the songs so much more the next time I listen to them, thank you for this
Nuture really is one of the few "perfect" albums out there I can't think of much if anything I'd change.
I love the way you spoke about nurture so much and it's everything I feel too. Understanding what music means is probably the most important part of listening to it.
aw thanks! i agree :)
i've always appreciated this album so much, but you made me appreciate it so much more, amazing video man
I'm glad this video is recommended to me.
I was first introduced to Porter by robeats like you, then Nurture comes around and it changed my life in a way that I could not describe.
I appreciate how you are taking time to do a deep dive research on Nurture, presenting every element in the album with neat editings and all.
Also, I can't believe we got a new Nurture-related video in 2024 🎉❤
thank you for describing it so perfectly into words. nurture saved my life at a time when I was questioning why I was even here. this has inspired me so much. much love!!
i literally saw you follow me on AOTY and checked your youtube page... i literally had watched this video a while ago and i realized it was you! it was because of this video that i listened to "nurture" in its entirety and made me realize how beautiful music can sound and feel. from the bottom of my heart, thank you :)
awww thank you so much!!
as an 18 y/o who also feels like I'm not doing too much with my life, I can resonate with this video deeply. porter's music has been known to me since 2021 after finding goodbye to a world. and after exploring his music deeply early this year, he has become my favourite artist of all time. his influences, his struggles, emotional vulnerability, and ability to communicate with his audience through music is a beautiful thing. hearing somebody else talk about how his music affected them had me tearing up. everything about his music is authentic and deep. I'm beyond happy someone else feels this connection. with nurture, you couldn't have expressed your thoughts any better. nurture is a beautiful album to accompany anybody's first time living. I have hope it will all be okay in the end :)
Lifelike makes me feel like life's beautiful
this video just made me cry (and it’s a good thing)
Thanks for making this video, I feel like you and me have extremely similar feelings about this work of art, and now I have a video to show to people who care about me and things I like.
My favorite lyric on the album is from Mirror: "It's not the voice of all the others, you've only said it to yourself." It always calms me down when I feel overwhelmed about making a bad first impression when meeting new people.
Agree - one of my favourite pieces of art of all time. No words to describe the feelings it brings 💚
Absolutely fantastic.
thank you! happy to hear it from the best in the game
thanks for starting this channel with such amazing video
this is a really tender, personal analysis of the album that evoked emotion in me (and others, based on this comment section). amazing video and wishing you the best
thank you so much!
Nurture was released at the perfect time ngl. Everyone was going through some shit and Porter managed to cheer us up a little
Agree. 2021-2022 was my struggle year.
But this album just came out of nowhere and be the most relatable tracks for me at the time
I became his big fans immediately
Really good video, well done!
This is such a great video. The way you break down Nurture helped me finally understand why (I didn't really know prior to watching this) I love it so much. Thank you is all I can say. Subbed.
that's so kind thank you so much
Nurture also found me in the time I needed it the most. Life saving, Life changing experience, I never would've had if it weren't for talented Porter fans on RUclips
Can't leave the video without giving you thanks. This video made me revive those feelings that i had listening to Nurture a couple of years ago. This album was the light at the end of the tunnel when things wasn't going well in my life at that time, thank you for bring back that feelings that Porter made me discover. Fucking badass video man, it made me tear all the way to the end.
all i wanted when making this video is that it would mean something to people, i’m so glad you liked it :) thanks for your comment ❤️
This video is the perfect love letter this album. I play some of the songs on this album on the regular because I love the things I feel when I listen to them; hope, nostalgia, serenity, motivation, running on the grassy plains on a warm sunny morning. But your video has helped me put these feelings/emotions into thoughts and words.
I too discovered this album during COVID where everything was uncertain for me and this album was part of the reason I made it. And now, again I find myself back in this period of uncertainty and once again listening to this album (I've also been listening to a lot of "Russian Roulette").
My situation might not be as bad as what you are going through Jack, but all I can say is even a little progress is progress. Never give up.
omg thank you!! that means so much to me! i'm so glad you found the video useful/enjoyable in some way, that's all i can ask for!! thank you so much bro
This video is gonna be my favourite one about Porter Robinson. Because it's about Nurture. And Nurture changed my life too.
For 2 decades of sharing and honing his craft . Porter really become more than just an artist. He saved a lot of us - trying to continue in this life and just live.
Days seems more fun to wake up everyday knowing there are people who feel, think and do things like this. We are all strangers -normal strangers experiencing such magic.
Thanks for this ❤
Also my fav album of all time!!!! This music has gotten me through the worst and best moments of my life for a few years now... No other artist or album has ever made me feel so many emotions at once, in the best way possible. I love that this album is still getting talked about years later
its still to this day my favourite album of all time. truly changed my life.
summarized my feelings on this album perfectly - thank you. i really enjoyed watching. nurture came at such a crucial time during the pandemic and it really helped me through so much.... just went to his concert recently and i'm really missing it so much T_T
i’m going to see him when he comes to the UK! i’m so excited aha, thanks for your kind words, glad you enjoyed the video:) makes me so happy to see other people resonate with nurture as much as i did ❤️
incredible dissection of one of my favourite albums of all time. so proud you pieced this together
18:01 one thing that i dont see a lot of people talking about is how the distortion on the vocals drops when he says "its just that i love you". IIRC Porter has talked about how the vocal distortion is like a mask for him. So in that moment, saying "its just that i love you" is him being truly transparent and his heart pouring out. A similar thing happens at the end of Unfold, where it switches from distorted vocals and clear instrumentation to distorted instrumentation with clear vocals. We literally go behind his mask to see how he's feeling
I already loved this album but finding out he wrote it about pretty much every fear and struggle I have made it so so so much more impactful to me. What I’ve grown to love about Porter over this past year listening to his music is just how passionate and personal he is with everything he produces.
I'm so grateful for this album. This album is "home". Keep going. Keep going. Keep going.
This was one of the best album reviews of Nurture I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot. Well done with the research, narration, and visuals!
Nurture came out when I was a Junior in college during the height of COVID, and I was dealing with a lot in my life between struggling through COVID, school, a long-distance relationship, and not knowing where I was going to end up after graduation. Then one day I randomly discovered Something Comforting, and Mirror, which was exactly what I needed to hear that week. I nervously listened to the album that week, and was insipired by every single track. Nurture got me through college, and I didn't think any piece of music could be this impactful in my life. Trying to explain my appreciation for this album to anyone is like trying to explain falling in love, and I'm so glad someone else gets it!
@@ericstroud3765 that’s very kind of you, thank you so much!! glad this video resonated with you :) i hope life treats you well and you continue to find your way :D
You really hit the nail on the head with the ending. This album feels like a warm hug affirming that, even when it's hard to see the good in things, eventually it's all going to be okay.
Unfold +3AM + rain = perfect
This album truly saved my life and i mean it literally. Look at the sky was the first song i heard after attempting to take my own life. It was just, so comforting and i needed to hear it. I had been struggling with gifted kid syndrome really really bad and Get Your Wish had hit me like a truck. I could go on and on about every single song in this album and just how much i could relate to it and how truly beautiful and artistic it. I still can't listen to any of the songs in this album without crying. I was so lost when i heard Nurture and i really think it saved my life
You really don't find this album, it finds you when you need it
Thanks for this video!! its so beautiful how passionate you are about Nurture, one of my favorite albums too. You have gained a new subscriber here.
thank you!
This album in particular and some of Porter's other music is just a huge safe space for me. Something Comforting just hits when you need it to
This album is unbelievably incredible. Listening to it late 2021 - early 2022 truly changed my vision of life from before. In fact, it DID changed me as a person.
When I was in the age of 16, my character started to change, to rebuild into a more mature version of myself, and that was the time when I discovered Nurture. For some funny reasons, FNF introduced me to the "Goodbye to the World" and later I found the "Shelter" video. Being curious about the creator of those songs, I went to his channel and... It was incredible. Deep meaning + electronic music + traditional musicial instruments (piano, violin) was all I needed to instantly fall in love with this album.
The nature aesthetics of Nurture forced me to find beauty in the things I never paid attention before - trees, leaves, the blue sky with the clouds, forests, parks. These things have been completely ordinary and unremarkable to me for all my life, I never really awknowledged them as something truly beautiful. Now I wait for an every spring like for a holiday, every piece of the nature to me is like a little fairy tale that I can go into wherever I want, and with Porter's music it fits the best.
The feelings that each song in this album contains make me either sing along with the lyrics or cry with them. As a creative person, I get a lot of the messages in the Nurture and the words that Porter says in the interviews or live shows. I'm very grateful to Porter Robinson for this album and the other music he makes, millions of people are as grateful to him as I am. It has given me tons of ideas, changed me for the better, and taught me to love everything I see and hear.
Everything we need is TRULY here. Thank you for the video. I never think it would happen, but that's the first time I feel like the "Like" button is not enough.
Also. a couple of fun facts:
1. Since English is not my first language, I thought "Nurture" was a non-existent word, but a word combination. Like, "Nature" and "Future", which correlates to the sound of the album: electronic synth samples and traditional music instruments (like the visuals: stock nature pictures and videos + minimalistic editing and "scribbles"), which sounded cool to me. Only a year later I found out this is a real word lol
2. Looking at the Nurture picture, I thought that the person on it was Porter in this childhood. Like, baby Porter or something like that. And when I found out this is an ADULT PHOTO, I was absolutly shocked. He looks so small on it, I can't-
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Mother is the song i believe I first feel on the album, growing up with mom alone .
Nurture helped me so much through a depressive episode I was going through when it came out. It changed my life.
What a wonderful video!
There's a 15th track on this album called "Fullmoon Lullaby," which is an exclusive bonus song only available if you purchase the album in Japan. It's a great epilogue after hearing "Trying to feel alive".
I hope to hear your opinion on this song.
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This is amazing
when i was younger i was super into edm and alot of his worlds songs are super familiar to me
i rediscovered his music in 2021 starting with look at the sky and to this day he has been my absolute favorite artist ever. i saw him in concert a few days ago and its amazing how creative he is with all of his lighting and affects and covers and every little detail of his shows. I love how good he is at explaining and teaching things and describing how he feels about something and that is the biggest reason why im so invested in him
this was a beautiful video im so glad this album found you you deserve it :)
Trying to feel alive is exactly what Im doing everyday.
nurture puts into words what living is like. the tiny little things we learn to miss some of the most important.
i got this video recomended by YT, i didn't expect to tear up by the end. You captured many of my thoughts about this album, Porter's music has helped and inspired me a lot, and it makes me really happy that there are so many people out there who appreciate it as much as me.
Great video, i really enjoyed it
aww thank you! glad you liked it :)
Rarely do I ever come across a video so good it brings me to tears. Nurture will always be among my favourite albums, and this video will always be among some of my favourites. Thank you for this. Stellar fucking video
so kind thank you so much ❤️ that means everything to me
I found Porter through Forza Horizon, I had bought the game in late 2015. And that's when I heard language for the first time. I still have fond memories of the late night plays of the game. Sometime in late 2017 to early 2018 I found Sad Machine and Shelter lastly Goodbye To A World. I didn't really associate all the songs with one another(other than Sad Machine and Goodbye To A World) and didn't think much of it at the time.
I remember being subscribed to Porter and did see the notification for Get Your Wish, but didn't watch it until about 2-3 weeks after its release. After I heard GYW I added it to my playlist and didn't think anything of it, then I added Something Comforting. And also didn't think anything of it. Then one of the worst moments in my life happened. Something I won't go into detail about for obv reasons but the long and short of it is, that I was in a very toxic and manipulative relationship and I was not doing well mentally. After I had left my now ex and started talking to my now wife, I had saw that Mirror dropped and asked myself “ Who is this guy and what about this music is keeping me coming back” and after opening his channel on youtube and surfing through the entire channel it had made sense to me, It was the same guy who was in FH1 and the same guy who made shelter and so on, I didn't understand until that day and that's when i heard the Look at the Sky Demo for Secret Sky sometime in January 2021, and (I swear it felt like it) next day Look at the Sky officially dropped and it became the number 1 song of that year(still is my personal favorite on nurture) and i followed every single release since then. I guess the point of this comment is that nurture really did change me, it gave me hope in a time where I felt like nothing was going my way. I love Porter and I love this album and no matter what I will still listen to it until I die. Thank you for reading this comment, this video is great and the title is really true for me. Nurture did change my life
thank you so much for sharing that, i’m really happy nurture helped you get out of that dark time, stay strong my guy, you got this!! i know personally that even in my worst moments, nurture will always be here for me no matter what, and i hope you know that too :)
this video was fucking beautiful man.
Great video. Love how you included the quotes for context and the editing was really good.
this was a great summation of nurture! love the conclusion / outro, made me tear up! thank you
awwww thank you!!
This whole album is back to back bangers full of meaning, but man, Mirror makes me ugly cry every time.
Nurture is magical, its so personal, feels like a warm hug from loved one. Thanks for the video.
This album helped me so much... On release, I listened to it once, thought it was alright and didn't look back. 2 years later, I was in the worst place I had ever been mentally and I rediscovered Nurture. It was literally, in every way, what I needed to hear at that moment in time. It helped me find hope and allowed me to pick myself up, work on myself and appreciate life again. After this period, I have become the person I want to be and I'm getting so much joy out of life and the experiences I'd have missed if I gave up. The same way I got newfound appreciation for life, I am getting appreciated as a person for the first time ever. Life can be so good, but some people just need a catalyst to start that discovery. This album, along with a few other things, was that catalyst.
Oh what the hell you just described the exact same thing
thank u so much for this comment and sharing your story, im so happy this album helped u as much as it did me :)
U captured my thoughts on this bar for bar and i always kind of assumed there were porter fans that got the same things from this album, but it’s nice to see and hear it
Thanks for making this, you help put into words feelings that I couldn’t personally express about Nurture.
I’ve been listening to Porter Robinson since 2012, I fell in love with Language, listened to Worlds and liked it, but in the end the only songs that really resonated and were special to me were Sad Machine and Shelter. Something about the feelings of sadness invoked by the songs, but encouraging you to continue just spoke to me.
“And though I known since you’ve awakened her again, she depends on you, she depends on you.”
“I’ll give you shelter like you’ve done for me. And I know, I’m not alone, you’ll be watching over us.”
My life wasn’t bad by any means at this point, I had struggles, but I was always able to push past because others believed in me and hoped for me. Others depended on me, I’m not alone so just push. The loneliness I felt in my heart and the longing for connections with people outside my parents was manageable.
I had listened to Nurture a little when it came out, and really only liked “Look At The Sky.” I thought Porter would be like every other Artist for me, I’m a fan of them. They’re cool, I really like 3 of their songs and I have them saved on my phone, in my big web of music from every genre and a hundred artist.
In 2022 the first serious relationship where I truly felt I loved someone more than anything, this person means more to me than the whole world and I would do anything for them. It didn’t work out. Everything about life became so heavy and all I could do was feel the burden and weight of all my failures. Everything slipped and I really didn’t think I could keep going.
In my sadness, I went for a walk and listened to “Sad Machine”. I balled my eyes out, and I gave Nurture one more chance.
I couldn’t stop crying. Every single song that I had previously thought nothing of was so powerful and hit me so hard. I felt everything that I held in for months. Remorse for not trying hard enough. Anger for not being good enough. Doubt if I could ever truly be happy. Gratitude for having loved someone enough for to feel this much pain. Happiness for finally loving someone. Sadness for knowing it’s gone. Resentment for not being loved anymore. Longing, jealously, bitterness, loneliness, anger, disgust. Everything.
It’s been 2 years and I’m still struggling, but things are better and manageable. The name of the album is so fitting for life. Nurture. Nurture your life and your soul. Care for yourself.
So many lyrics have rung in my head non-stop the past 2 years, and I think they always will.
“Wait again, I will be much better then.”
“I won’t spend time, resenting the way, things are.”
“But sincerely, can’t you feel what I’m feeling.”
“Do you see how you’ve grown? Don’t be sorry.”
“The feeling you’ve had when you’re held. The comfort of being unwell. So someone will cradle you. Oh I don’t need it, no I won’t grieve it.”
“But don’t you waste, the suffering you’ve faced. It’ll serve you in due time.”
“Keep going keep going it’ll all be okay in the end.”
“So suffer the signs that you needed to change. Heed all the ways you’ve been thinking.”
Everything I felt and gone through just serves as a mountain I need to get through. All of this is what it means to be alive. I have to live my best life and keep trying, cause life is beautiful and fleeting.
Nurture helped me process my feelings and it will always be a part of me. I love Porter Robinson so much now. He’s my favorite artist and the first person I care enough for to see live. I went to a Smile show and I cried happy tears of joy.
I’m happy this album will live on in so many people’s lives as more than just music. Worlds is magical, Smile is fun, but Nurture is an experience and a glimpse into what life is all about.
absolutely stunningly beautiful comment (⎌ℕ⎌)
You sold me i need to listen to the album now
EVERYTHING WE NEED IS ALREADY HERE!
Definitely. I was in my junior year of high school dealing with my parents’ divorce and the death of my dog as well as a ton of uncertainty about academics and the future and Nurture helped me see the brighter side of life
well done on getting through that brother, all my respect to you ❤️ i’m so glad nurture helped you as much as it helped me
I cried so many times watching this video. this album just .......✨
This video made me check this album and artist out and WOW. This is amazing. Dont listen to electronic music so this was such a breath of fresh air
Something's comforting is my go to listen and cave when mr anxiety kicking in
“music saved my life. dont give up”
I'm only maybe halfway through as I type this comment but, I couldn't wait - thank you for making this video! I'm a relatively recent fan of Porter's and Nurture already means so much to me. Really lovely video, all well said.
EVERYTHING WE NEED IS ALREADY HERE!!!!
nurture is truly an undervalued classic
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My second time watching this video, nurture is helping me a lot these hard days