@porterrobinson on Twitter: "here’s a visualization of how i chopped [Musician] up"

[@MusicUploadsI]

I did not make this! video from twitter.com/porterrobinson/status/1370086045711101956

[@Cropz]

Okay

[@moohn1059]

Okay

[@haihy123]

thanks

[@clarkingtonatortron]

saw this on his tiktok originally

[@dtatertot]

I was really hoping that that video would also show where the sound at the very beginning of the song came from. I'm really curious ⊙O⊙

[@Gabriel-pj2fc]

My man sampled his own unreleased track

[@vitral2853]

@Sean very true, and the vocal chop samples were from Amy Millian on said track

[@ethandeardorff8559]

You'd be surprised how many artists do that, actually. Most artists claim that their work isn't ever really done, it just escapes them. That's why VIPs have become so popular in the electronic community, artists just wanna keep revising and tweaking and building upon previous work

[@andrewchu6370]

He also made a collab with his other channel

[@ruhmankhalid6675]

That's why you should never delete your unfinished projects, you can sample it later on

[@edcify8241]

It's named recycle

[@theblackphoenix6498]

Really wish this was finished, her voice is insane on this

[@ApetheWizard]

his*

[@橘はやて]

@@ApetheWizard ? Bro. The vocalist is Sarah from Kero Kero Bonito

[@Cropz]

@@ApetheWizard wtf

[@prod.electrostatic1030]

@@ApetheWizard is Sarah a trans man? Did I miss something?

[@killedyourdreams3123]

@@prod.electrostatic1030 no sarah's not trans (at least afaik). i think noah got confused because sarah sings on the original sample/demo but porter sings in musician so maybe he thought OP was talking about porter's singing?

[@BurzdHDgfx]

How can you even think to sample like that, true genius, reminds me of how daft punk used to chop up vocals

[@nr4869]

Daft Punk were even one of his musical inspirations in general. But believe me, they did not only chop up vocals

[@Youchan_Husband]

daft punk was porter inspirational and do influence him a lot tho

[@Edwoah_The_Legend]

Porter was heavily inspired by daft punk so it wouldn’t be surprising if this was the case

[@sau3627]

Vocal chop is pretty common technique in edm production

[@nr4869]

@@sau3627 i know, almost every todays track has vocal chops

[@evan]

Holy shit that’s so cool

[@derwahreminzer4799]

Ikr

[@jacksonneuhart5684]

BRO YOURE HERE?

[@Cropz]

@@jacksonneuhart5684 no hes not

[@Cropz]

@@jacksonneuhart5684 bro ofc loll

[@bonscott333]

Wow that unreleased song sounds like something that was created in heaven.

[@NathanA]

Maclunkey!

[@Cropz]

yeee likely

[@EmmanQuinones5234]

I mean Sarah and Porter working together? Yeah, I think that's pretty much like Heaven.

[@aries8536]

Porter said kkb and him ended up making a hymn like literally about God so heavenly is a good way to explain it

[@AlizerLeHaxor]

a lot of edm producers unreleased songs are much better than their released versions (looking at Skrillex)

[@videotapes9965]

My favorite instrument is Sarah Bonito's voice

[@mjproject7072]

The 2019 demo song is also unironically so good...

[@gayassReal]

do you mean unironically?

[@mjproject7072]

@@gayassReal ah yes...

[@NRobbi42]

KKB only makes good songs

[@Venus.Y]

Agreed

[@watertower1]

Unironically ?????

[@The23rdGamer]

0:27 this activates my neurons

[@copter12349]

How do you do music? Well it's easy:

[@nekif820]

HAHA nice one

[@charmeur5812]

duh, just face your fears and become your heroes????? honestly i don’t understand why you’re freaking out 🙄🙄🙄

[@djlaace1334]

But then you sighed

[@DafaIdham]

Just do what you need to But I don't wanna see you

[@hrydhzzz._.]

Wasting your life.. Isn't it time you get a job?

[@sNIXerBars2009]

For those who want the lyrics: Love is falling away, so why’s it so hard to say what’s real or imagined. (Inhale)

[@petsandthingsilike]

Thank you

[@ngf]

I thought it was ehh ehh ahh ehh ehh, ehh ehh ahh ehh ehh uhh uhh uhh ehh ehh ahh ehh ehh uhh ue e ehh ehh ehh

[@FarronAnimations]

@@ngfno no its: ee ee aA ee ee, hh, ee ee aA ee ee EE-EA-AA ee ee aA ee ee oo, ee ahh-a- eem ahh jin

[@ngf]

@@FarronAnimations ohhhhhhh

[@SnowyyyyTV]

nobody can comprehend how much I need and want this full song

[@SnowyyyyTV]

😏

[@vog-]

@@SnowyyyyTV haha nice

[@at-goold]

Now i want to know what " *dOwN lOokiN uP dOwN lOokiN uP fRom tHe-* " vocal come from.

[@thomas-cummings402]

WE NEED ANSWERS 😂

[@kuuly3334]

Also the Wooh Ay Wooh Ay Wooh

[@blasemusha4001]

@@kuuly3334 this is a super classic sample, "it takes two"

[@yerboibread4978]

Ong that bit sounds like someone speedrunning a game where cutting 3 seconds from your time is done by restarting an npcs dialogue

[@noowofficial9851]

@@blasemusha4001 it was actually originally sampled from “Lyn Collins - Think (About It)”. It’s still very popular among producers in the Drum & Bass world to this day. It’s more commonly known as the “Think Break”

[@ohmanohman...]

who else is just endlessly being recommended this despite having already watched it several times?

[@ohmanohman...]

@restless_rat u rite, u rite.

[@PrinjPal]

the unreleased one we need the unreleased one !! update: little disappointed that he didn't drop it on nurture.

[@muzerx7263]

me too

[@kyllemanalang3455]

yes!!!

[@freddysamjacob363]

Yes. Porter and kero kero bonito!! Like WTF!!

[@Hi_Names_Nat]

might be in nurture! never know!

[@fongus6420]

@@freddysamjacob363 yes

[@tabbid9473]

The best thing that makes Musician such a cool track, is its about becoming a musician, or the things a starter musician would do to begin their journey. Most EDM musicians start by using samples that were already made and edit them. This sample The "Woo Yeah" in the second verse comes from an older classic rap song And the metronome at the beggining, because let's face it, timing is hard to master when you're a beginner. Not just that but lyrically, it talks about how hard it is to be a proper musician, but also how beautiful it is once you get somewhere with it. Great track with great meaning.

[@ianlulu]

@Враги thanks for diving deep into the samples

[@zedxcu]

@Враги i cant believe its literally just called the woo yeah break

[@archive94]

​@@zedxcuI know this was a year ago, but it's also called the Think break.

[@playback6059]

The simplicity always gets me. All you have to do is find it

[@sr_echo]

This is so inspiring actually! He saved unreleased stuff, went back to it after awhile, and reworked it to make something new and amazing Doesn’t sound like much but I love the thought of how creativity can take time and still become something incredible

[@LoofySookie]

This is my first time seeing how he crafts his music and the way he can make random samples sound so vibrant. And the fact that he uses a unreleased track shows that no matter what he puts aside, he still can find value in his previous works. Compared to me, I would cringe at the works I’ve done in the past.

[@yoshidababies4222]

I'm so relieved to see you said you shed a tear because this actually made me cry. Musician means so much to me.

[@jackieburkhart3268]

you should see how daft punk and Kanye samples.

[@PugsyP]

Oh stfu lmao hes just human

[@LoofySookie]

@@jackieburkhart3268 Kanye and DP are both gods in their own respective ways! Sampling art is just cool lol

[@jackieburkhart3268]

@@LoofySookie it is! giving songs that were less popular a fresh coat of paint really pays a homage to the legends who created the original tracks.

[@keisui89]

reminds me of what skrillex did with a lot of his early stuff , first of the year, with you friends, needed change, most of the gypsyhook ep, and slats slats slats just to name a few

[@skrillex9090againAJ]

Dude I thought the same! Especially in Wind Tempos, reminds me alot of With You Friends

[@bellum128]

@@skrillex9090againAJ Man I could discuss With You Friends for days. I've been trying to decipher where those vocal chops came from for years. Likely the "All my love"/reversed version of that sample came from a mysterious rendition of All I Ask of You by Sonny himself, but the other syllables don't match up to any part of the song from what I can tell, meaning there must be some other content that it came from. One possibility I've found is the track Mora, which has a very similar tonality, and parts may have been pitched shifted and chopped from that. Several syllables and words like the drawn out "You" match up almost perfectly with Mora, as well "on your knees" which may match up with the syllables from With You Friends that at first glance sound like "graaa- on your knees"........oh what I would give to have an animation breakdown like this video for each sample in With You Friends.

[@tiozzo.]

crazy that this is the video that introduced me to Porter’s music

[@AkaitoTempest]

I don't know why but this revelation made me smile just as much as listening to any of Porter's other songs

[@SockyStudios]

Idk why but this is actually really satisfying to watch

[@Bl1zzard23]

Porter Robinson is a genius.

[@humblenoob7631]

love the drums on musician, sounds really light but hits so hard

[@catherine1911]

“Love is falling away, so why is it so hard to say what’s real or imagined…” NAH BRO U BECOME MUSICIAN.

[@EDMS]

Mindblown

[@wubwub6728]

It's really mind-blowing to see this clip. Just makes you go "HOW?"

[@fafflerproductions]

Dude is a genius and a musician. It's incredible how he saw that line and completely transformed a scrapped project

[@kartkoe]

sarah has such a beautiful voice good god i need that demo to be an official single so bad

[@DeadMasterMusic]

Seriously when you nail something like this you get that sense of motivation to get those samples into something bigger I love the wonders of music production

[@Lemonademan]

Part of lyrics that got used: Love is falling **a-way** So **why's** it **so hard** To say what's **real or imagined** **(inhale)** Remixed lyrics: Intro: (inhale) x6 Chrous: way way a way way (inhale) way way a way way why's so hard way way a way way (inhale) real or imagined (inhale)

[@hyperlit1989]

Bro got the new meme of the year

[@KeaneJ123]

it's more like "real o-or imagined"

[@Jpyrrhus]

I can’t get over this!! I keep replaying this so much! He finds the beauty in so many things. It’s incredible!

[@brandon_nope]

Instantly reminded me of Daft Punk

[@holehandxuezhang]

van more tiiiiii

[@aiyn470]

Finally my youtube algorithm showing like this

[@apurplekitkat]

One particular detail I really like about “musician”’s remixed samples is the second to last sample literally holding the word “imagine”, which further emphasizes the song’s meaning. While the rest are cuts of words, this word stays relatively intact when pitched and you can hear it in the actual song. Idk I just think it adds even more personality to the final piece that you can hear “imagine” pop up with the rest of the lyrics

[@freeloguy3387]

Porter Robinson im begging you to release this please im begging begging youuuuuuuuuuu

[@Spherey]

the unedited sample highly resembles the song called schnuffelienchen - küss mich, halt mich, lieb mich

[@cellerism]

Imagine this in a concert it would go so hard.

[@kiyasuihito]

This so cool! More musicians should do things like this, give their fans visualizations into how their music was made.

[@Kittenaru]

coming again to this masterpiece

[@hiraamayu4201]

What an unbelievable behind the scene

[@Kittenaru]

I dont know how many times i come to this video, listening the unreleased part again and again, so wonderful

[@MrNiceBoy123456]

Imagine this unreleased sample is the intro song of nurture and leads into musician, it would be so epic.

[@-TheFacelessGamer-]

The clip as a whole sounds so beautiful itself. The creativity to vocal chop anything and make something brand new is so genius.

[@nerojoestar4912]

this puts a smile on my face. brilliant!

[@smurf1151]

the way my eyes slowly widened as i realized what was going on

[@shalomlol1628]

this is my new favorite video

[@pavendax]

i literally cried bc everytime i make vocal chop it never work

[@djlaace1334]

Same

[@zip-creativestudio4692]

Same here 😔😔

[@w0wsum1actually10]

This is some Daft Punk level sampling

[@pigfish99]

Even fragments of which was left unused can be made into parts of a masterpiece.

[@nick15684]

Why is this not released? This sounds like it's amazing just from the 10 seconds here. The full song is probably amazing. Kind of surprised it wouldn't be on Nurture. I know it turned into Musician in the end, but this sounds like it would have been great.

[@AlizerLeHaxor]

i feel you, many other producers not just porter, their unreleased songs are god damn insane, and they just decided to push it back in the corner, never play it again

[@jonasgrill1155]

porter robinson is f**king amazing.

[@alreimyt1448]

Coming again because it so good

[@tanktopthief6094]

Man hearing this feels so good

[@tasenova2717]

your sample cut was not the hard part, the hard part was convincing yourself to make this 6 hour animation, BRuv

[@kevin-ct7uh]

IS THIS WHAT INSPIRED “BLOSSOM”?? THE MELODY SOUNDS REALLY SIMILAR, thats one of my favourite nurture songs

[@Fire2000Ml]

pov: you watched this more than once

[@Lyviant]

i wish the track was released, it really sounded amazing

[@FernandoMartinez-rp7vo]

We need the unreleased

[@flysall.sf_aceh]

I found this magical. Great job Porter.

[@daviddza8759]

It's 10 times watching this video and I don't get tired

[@willowryk]

sooo unbelievably cool that he did this

[@averyoldYoutubeuser]

Such incredible idea of making vocal chops lịke that

[@josesilvestre-bautista8176]

I now appreciate Musician more!

[@Kittenaru]

Bro the unreleased song sounds so gooooood, its like making a scene in my mind and my heart idk why

[@AcediaIX]

One of the reasons why porter Robinson is a music genius, diamond in the rough

[@alreimyt1448]

Coming to this again for how beautiful the sample are

[@vinkel906]

I thought this was gonna be shelter, if it is I'm definitely crying .-.

[@enthusia492]

Would love to hear a full version of this

[@whythough8441]

I love you thank you for this video

[@kukki2107]

WHERE IS THE FULL VERSION OF THIS, I NEED IT, IT CALMS ME DOWN. It's just.. it sounds very calm.. and it's like one of those songs that you feel like someone is head patting you while you are having a bad day..

[@memoriasdeattakai]

Musician by porter robinson

[@kukki2107]

@@memoriasdeattakai yeah I know but I want the full version of this melody instead.

[@Xgennn57]

@@kukki2107 it's an unreleased song

[@GearWorks]

the most precious first 12 seconds of any video.

[@arunistrying]

NO I NEED KERO KERO BACK AAA

[@NeoNovastar]

He and Madeon out here with absolute bangers they're just sitting on. I respect that, not everything works as full length pieces, and sometimes you just need to let things sit until you grow old enough to understand how to use it.

[@lopzidae]

Genius way of sampling, like Daft Punk!

[@cryingsobbing]

this is literally insane

[@darkplay5202]

Wtf this give me goosebumps

[@leenordgomez4275]

That some genius work

[@chacones]

NO, I DON'T MISS THE FEELING...ANYMORE!

[@kezha4936]

What a magneficent work of art! Now I can learn more on how to create my very own EDM music, Thank you Mr Porter Robinson!

[@HexagonFL]

KKB is such an amazing singer ❤️

[@ninosrosas]

COMO TE AMO ROBERTO PORTINSONIO

[@cybertree]

I like the little "boop" that ends it.

[@Teleputer]

Daft Punk Level Sampling right here

[@GianniPapetti]

I watched this video like 20 times by now

[@NortonLuizCruz]

Same

[@racism_CEO]

he is genious and I can't deny it

[@dan_noo]

when he lost the chance, he title it just "musician"...but back then, when he had the chance...

[@sharrpshooter1]

This honestly makes me have even more respect for porter here, in he midst of getting thru a creative rut like he was in, he literally saw and made a saw from the a small clip of an unreleased one. It kind of shows you in a weird way how twisted his mindset must have been in that dark place that it must have seemed like he was constantly on a wild goose chase for something, like a song in-between the songs

[@kimura5660]

this porter robinson is a genious his find another song inside his own song is amazing

[@chenmo204]

its sooooooooooo amazing

[@muhammedhilmi9171]

This gave me goosebumps

[@y.bowcat7782]

you mean to tell me there's a KKB x Porter Robinson tune just gathering dust in the vault?? the world is an unjust place

[@loginman2000]

Thx for the quick vid reup

[@Hoodperd]

this reminds me of how Skrillex - First Of The Year (Equinox) was made

[@anthonymetcalf660]

I really like the video style

[@StampyDog99]

I will never not hear the "never imagined" from now on

[@acrowsnestview6621]

So bloody brilliant 😭😭😭😭😭

[@rinable3696]

Honestly I would have loved to hear the original as its own song maybe like an interlude or something slow to shift into musician

[@zephyrs4850]

freaking genius