Porter Robinson - Trying to Feel Alive (Official Audio)

[@cosmicatt]

You’re literally saving lives you’ll never know of.

[@___aZa___]

Mine 🙋‍♂️

[@thisischetan]

he's the future Avicii

[@Aron_Lee1]

@@thisischetan he's no future avicii, he's porter robinson. No diss to avicii tho, its just that porter is being himself. ♥

[@Makhwax]

@@thisischetan stop comparing everyone and every song to Avicii. This song infact sounds more like something from "The Slip - Eisenhower" album

[@thisischetan]

@@Makhwax what the fuck? when did i compare? I'm just saying that porter has something unique in his music like avicii had. he deserves more. he's not like something marshmello who releases tons of stupid music every month. think before saying something.

[@quazimacation]

" Here I am on the other side of this, still struggling with making music, still not necessarily feeling whole, but beginning to understand that maybe that's a good thing. Maybe that’s the point. Maybe making music is my way of trying to feel alive, over and over again.” Porters description on the song.

[@Servio01]

;-; i love it.

[@microwavedfrog_]

😥 porter doesn't deserve to feel like this... He saved so many people with his music

[@line5815]

where do yall check the descriptions?

[@quazimacation]

@@line5815 if you go into his website, and go to pre-order the album, you can look at a brief description of each song as porter sees them.

[@plneet3504]

@@line5815 If you mean the quote it was an interview you can search up on youtube

[@carlyh4315]

IM HERE. WE FINALLY MADE IT TO NURTURE

[@wabisabi25]

We were here

[@dessertoni]

We have been waiting 7 years for this and it feels nurturing

[@hidroxy252]

we made it my friend.

[@okolol]

@@dessertoni count down on community post definitely make it feels longer

[@sayonindigodjem]

I’m here tooo!

[@KandiFangs]

This whole album feels like a healing ache, like old wounds closing as the sun soaks into your skin. Hurts, but in such a good way.

[@westont98]

This is legit the best description of nurture

[@hyper_lynx]

One could even say, nurturing the wound

[@JiroAndroid]

2014: Give life to a world that's our own 2021: A gift that I couldn’t recognize: trying to feel alive

[@Guimaster127]

2024: This seems like it's everything to me

[@Avossk]

"Maybe I don't really need to feel satisfied" I hope every creative person is able to embrace that sentiment bc it just goes to show that you'll always have room to grow and evolve as an artist and it's such a beautiful note to end this album off on Thank you so much Porter, this album genuinely means so much to me

[@NamaDoodoo]

Thank you.

[@marilynn3696]

thank you for this

[@deathakid]

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[@italyisntreal]

i almost cried. thank you so much

[@StephenVTran]

Well said ❤️

[@24ryosaku]

"and then somebody, somewhere finds the warmth of summer in the songs you write" THIS IS US PORTER. THIS IS US. Thank you for bringing and sharing Nurture to us. We love you 💖

[@glencepeda9958]

My dad suddenly passed away last week. Been listening to Porter Robinson "Look at the Sky" on repeat ever since. This new song of his, "Trying to feel Alive" hits hard but in an uplifting way. Thank you Porter. ❤

[@ryanparker432]

Hang tight you brave soul ❤️

[@jaredk8239]

Sorry for your loss, Porter'h music also helps me with my losses. His music is healing when you think you're too broken to fix

[@raghibnoor1099]

Hey fam, hope you're in a better place mentally and physically now. My father means a lot to me, so I cant imagine how much losing him could hurt. Im so very sorry you had to go through that. I pray that youre in a good place now.

[@BlackEdgedKatana]

Listening to this on a friday morning saying to myself, 'this is going to be the best day of my life'

[@dIEGO-te5mw]

I want to cry... laugh... think... write... scream... jump... sing... love... walk... look... compose... recite...I just want to do it all... I have so many good feelings right now, it's like I know exactly what you are missing and give it all to you with each song.... You're not conscious of time, you don't want the last note to come, the last song, the last verse and at the same time if you want, to start the journey all over again.It was worth waiting more than a year. My soul is Nourished ❤️🌳🕊️☁️☃️🔥🌊👩🏻🍼❤️

[@cable391]

This album is emotion in the form of sound.

[@dessertoni]

And here is the best album of the year plus decade

[@BlueElement]

at least until porter releases another album this decade

[@hellmannsmayonnaise1152]

@@BlueElement true he could do that

[@IanTho1]

​@@hellmannsmayonnaise1152 yeah about that....

[@thotiemnail1601]

@@BlueElement you can talk bout that

[@nickbarkan]

This is easily Porter Robinson’s magnum opus, the epitome and autonomy of his music is in this song. This song is what Porter Robinson means to me. Simple, cute, beautiful, rugged, and worthwhile arrangements and melodies. Harmonicas, kalimbas, Microsoft synthesizers, and the simplicity of all of that is in this masterwork.

[@codestraws]

I don't know what's the future for Porter Robinson is but I know he'll be happy knowing that he left us the greatest gift anyone can ask for the journey to Nuture was unbelievable so many memories listing to every song was cherishing and now that I am here at the end it makes me so happy thank you Porter Robinson for everything these past years thank you thank you thank you... for everything.

[@mokopuppet116]

nuture

[@WARlord1903]

nuture

[@sharrpshooter1]

I think there is more music in the future for porter, this album seems like it's him finally relearning how to love making music again

[@precisemotion]

You're here at the end? We aint even gotten to see the live show yet! We're just getting started

[@jacksondobek4181]

I live a simple life. I see a Porter Robinson song posted a minute ago, I click

[@MarkJohnson-gt1if]

No need to rush, you know its gonna be good ❤

[@sharrpshooter1]

One of my favorite things is I have always seen these comments on anything porter puts out since I have been listening to him (from worlds). Its nice to know not everything changes

[@jacksondobek4181]

@@sharrpshooter1 Fr! As the views definitely aren’t the same as they were years ago, nice to know people still see porter’s work the same now as it was

[@dewkiid5952]

and Porter finished this album with his own voice, without a pitch corrector, it's so beautiful, really, as if everything was going towards this, an incredible sense of completeness, and his voice sounds so warm and kind, thanks God for Porter, I seemed to have been waiting for this album all my life, I am so happy listening to this

[@MrHazmie]

Nurture Endings: Best Ending: Trying To Feel Alive Secret Ending: Fullmoon Lullaby Actual Ending: Goodbye To A World (Nurture Live Edit) _I found this very accurate._

[@hyperlit1989]

Goodbye to a world "Worlds"

[@sharkypanda414]

Here we go ladies and gents, a journey awaits us.

[@05protogen35]

Hey porter, you saved a life. I cannot thank you enough. Not all heroes wear capes

[@NamaDoodoo]

I’m really proud of you. Keep going. Keep striving. 💜

[@vex7830]

The little robot voice thing brings so much to the song

[@pattymolina1466]

Trying to listen to all the songs he’s dropping all at once 😭😭😭💕

[@midnightpandax]

This song makes me feel like a child running in a field of grass, I love it so much

[@sharrpshooter1]

Listening to worlds and nurture shows such a fucking personal growth and story that no one but Porter will really know the full story too. You can tell how much he has changed in the last 6 years yet, still retains some familiar sounds

[@david_potvin15]

I can feel the passion he’s singing with from 2:48 - 3:18. The way he’s breathing through each lyric. It’s heavy man

[@kiwi_juice0]

yes that is the best part imo

[@mattyice5422]

Trying To Feel Alive finally hit a million views! I’m so proud of this song since it’s the perfect way to end nurture. Congrats TTFA on this huge achievement!

[@ariefnafly8062]

this song sound like you wake up in the morning on the day you will have a happy family trip to the nature.

[@cerasfish]

something very important to me comes to an end today, just after the end of the nurture era. thanks for the past few years, this made for a good soundtrack leading up to it.

[@AkaitoTempest]

Porter Robinson releasing all these new songs all at once. Man, this is what Christmas felt like all those years ago.

[@nazurin5982]

That's what albums are :)

[@AkaitoTempest]

@@nazurin5982 it still came as a surprise! I thought the last song in Nurture was Musician, then he drops more!

[@volttheunknown]

@@AkaitoTempest ever heard of twitter? He announced the tracklist before releasing the album

[@AkaitoTempest]

@@volttheunknown ah, I might've missed that announcement. my bad~

[@volttheunknown]

@@AkaitoTempest yeah, he also announces some interviews and other cool stuff

[@arcies9286]

Nurture heals because it's so genuine. sometimes feelings of insecurity lead to an iron will, and hard times teach you to appreciate the good in life. Thank you Porter for sharing your life with so many, and saving so many with your music. This album is not what I expected, but what I need

[@drairirae3741]

First time listening to this piece of art, I am so grateful for life and this world regardless of how bad it can get, I found Porter's music at the exact moment I needed it

[@Amelia.foster22]

This just makes me dream of a time when I’ll get to hang out with my friends again and we are all laughing together around a campfire but there’s this inner peace, this moment where time just stops and I realise this is the feeling of being alive. I’ve been surviving for this moment.

[@Kat-sr5rw]

At the very end Porter realized that not being satisfied, that the attempt to feel alive, was what keeps him moving forward what a lovely and perfect final song to this nurturing album

[@avwitchblade3373]

this album felt like a warm hug from Porter to me. almost every lyric of this album made me felt like it was written to me; i felt so attached that i cried the whole journey. i just hope Porter knows that he reached deep into the heart of a 17 year old depressed teen, and he make him feel more alive than ever with his music

[@NamaDoodoo]

💜

[@BMB]

Thank you Porter, for staying alive, and encouraging us to do the same.

[@gleon1266]

these five last tracks I've been crying, like really, really crying, and I haven't cried in a long, long time... this album spoke to me in a very personal way, and It changed my mind in so many ways, just listening to this album and thinking in all that it means. thank you porter, I'm still crying... thank you for this beautiful album.

[@NamaDoodoo]

Let the floodgates open my guy. Hope you’re doing good 💜

[@baconhwang]

This song sounds like a caterpillar being born and exploring the world around it

[@PieMK6R]

Then it becomes a 🦋

[@mattregan366]

@@PieMK6R okay that's adorable

[@supaflyty5735]

What

[@64_bit80]

this album means so fucking much to me. even the wait itself was kind of a spiritual journey because a lot of the singles dropped around the same time as some of my personal breakthroughs. i didn't make music when this album dropped, but i've struggled a lot with this sort of self-destructive type-A behavior and so i'm intimately familiar with a lot of the themes in this album. whenever i slip into old habits, this album reminds me what the spark i live for feels like. from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much, porter. i don't know where i'd be without this album

[@colour_bloo]

Trying to feel alive, feels like the end credits to a movie, where the protagonist is finally at peace with themselves, after overcoming their personal struggles. I also like how we hear his real voice I'm this song - it's like he finally doesn't have to hide behind mask anymore.

[@donnycorn3086]

There's 2 MVs from Porter that I can relate this to, and it's kinda surprising that "Easy" MV fits these more ways than "Shelter" do.

[@jakeblargh]

It's the last song of the album so it fits perfectly

[@riacardi7011]

lowkey would be awesome if his live set would be based on a anime

[@CoachRoach555]

Wonder if it would have worked for Bojack

[@Martiandy]

When the choir thing came in I just died

[@NamaDoodoo]

Favourite part 💜

[@Wewillwaitforthis]

Omg it HITS

[@oldchannel1312]

@@Wewillwaitforthis whats a choir

[@zenko3906]

@@oldchannel1312 think they were talking about 1:40

[@uwatanabmoe4361]

I'm glad we are all alive to experience the release of this album

[@mir4cle372]

i’ve never felt happier to be alive than right now. just spent 10 minutes crying to this song after what was the best week i’ve had in years. don’t give up on life; it’s more worth it than i would have ever imagined 💜

[@philippek8520]

Congratulations ! You have finished your first listen of Nurture. Have fun with the rest of them :)

[@vinhxo2k632]

Well, do you feel better now? I thought I'd run until the sky came out And with the sunlight on my face Something changed And just trying to feel alive We climbed a mountain, are you satisfied? As you stand at the top You already wanna do this One more time Maybe it's the gift that I couldn't recognize Maybe I don't really need to feel satisfied Maybe it's a gift that I spend all this time Just trying to feel alive Maybe I don't really want to be satisfied Maybe it's the gift that I couldn't recognize Maybe this is all, maybe this was all Then somebody somewhere finds The warmth of summer in the songs you write Maybe it's a gift that I couldn't recognize Trying to feel alive

[@swooshi1]

Thank you so much Porter, I'm pretty much alive right now.

[@ShinjiIkariFTW]

nurture is one of the best albums ive heard

[@s-upper]

This album is an example of how telling to a person to stop feeling sad actually works. At the end of this whole album i just took a deep breath, looked up at the sky, wiped tears off, and finally felt calm for real.

[@Mijehake]

A friend I met online introduced me to Porter Robinson. And I miss talking to the guy cause he truly had a heartfelt soul.. his music was incredibly unique, and he had enormous dreams that personally inspired me to go the path im on now, but he's been like erased from the internet.. I hope to God I get to hear from him one day and get a chance to go with him to one of your Shows..

[@toeman2595]

Es como si una brisa te abrazara fuerte, como si te reconfortara, como si volvieras a todos los momentos más bonitos que has vivido, como si por un momento estuvieras muy bien, caminando en algún lugar, en algún momento. Gracias Porter por haberme abrazado en la madrugada y por alentarme a seguir sonriendo

[@rnknvisuals]

I can envision Porter having so much fun performing this song live. I’d love to experience that moment.

[@thealaskanforever]

AHHHHH. Porter you can’t tease us like this. Im dying for Friday to happen. It’s 8pm here in Alaska still.

[@thealaskanforever]

@AP Carlos 10000vr we still have sun up until 10pm lol

[@thealaskanforever]

@AP Carlos 10000vr nah that’s a good thing! More vitamin D hah. Eventually the sun won’t go down for a few months

[@thealaskanforever]

@AP Carlos 10000vr oh I see now haha.

[@stews407]

Woah, you’re from Alaska too?!! I’m currently in Fairbanks, I can’t wait for the rest to drop!!

[@woofcaptain8212]

the album already dropped tho?

[@blurrykestrel1819]

I don’t think I can state with words just how much my life has been impacted by the incredible music you create. I first heard your music back when I was still in freshman year of high school, it filled me with a feeling I can’t really describe, it had so much soul in it. I continued to listen to it throughout high school, I don’t think I went a single day without at least one of your songs playing in my crappy knock off earbuds from the dollar store. Even today I still listen to each of your songs constantly. The music you make has given me so much comfort and joy over the years that I couldn’t possibly in my life hope to repay you for what you have done for me. I’m completely serious when I say that I cannot imagine where I would be without it. Truly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for everything you have done, both for me and for others. Thank you, Porter Robinson.

[@nickpetrossi2008]

Your music makes me homesick for a place ive never been.

[@Halfrightfox]

The whole album is beautiful, but this is truly a masterpiece.

[@LiveSpingas]

Most underrated song on the album imo

[@supercannonball1236]

Idk what it is but this man's music just has an otherworldly quality to it. It almost brings on a feeling of nostalgia without actually making me reflect on anything from the past. It's weird yet comforting. I wish more people appreciated you for more then the "Goodbye to a World" meme. Keep up the amazing work.

[@Af-pd1kc]

thank you so much for this album. dont know how i missed it but found it at the right time.

[@Rilea_]

Sending you all the good vibes, you got this

[@pixelperfect1729]

Out of the more than 500 albums I’ve listened to, this one is my absolute favorite. Despite that, it’s almost difficult to listen to. It’s incredibly intense for me emotionally. It’s like staring at the sun.

[@westont98]

This song came at the PERFECT time. I'm finally starting to find purpose in my life and live for the things I want to do. It's taken me years of struggle, depression and bouts with suicidal ideations. But maybe all that was worth it, maybe all of that was to mold me into the person I'm meant to be. Maybe it's okay I'm never satisfied with experiencing something and have to keep doing more and more until I've seen all I can. Maybe it's a gift that I'm still trying to feel alive. This song shows me that my pain, my struggles, were always gifts to me. They showed me how strong I am and gave me purpose in my life. Fuck, this song is the one that resonates with me the most at this current moment in my life. Thank you, Porter.

[@alejandroperez7669]

There's a word that describes this perfect album: heartwarming Thank you Porter, I can not use words to let everyone know how blessed I feel with this masterpiece Hope everyone has a great time, see ya later!

[@n3bbian]

I could have been born in any century. But I was born in a century where this masterpiece exists. I’m so lucky. WE are so lucky. Thank you Porter~

[@chimeraguts]

Born too early to travel the galaxy, born too late to explore new lands, born just in time to experience Porter Robinson.

[@JeorgeStrider]

How do you not just have the biggest grin after such a hopeful song?

[@uncleschubert8083]

I really like the way him breathing in for air between sentences mixes with the music, god tier layout IMO

[@persondudeman2276]

I just had a revelation about this song. To me, it's about how as a creative, you always strive for more and more, to try and make yourself, well, feel alive, and come alive but when you actually accomplish something being so self critical that you aren't actually able to fully embrace your work. So you do it again and again, in a never ending cycle of struggle and trying to improve to try and chase that feeling of "I finally made it". But it just never comes, because you always want more out of your work. The ending makes me cry every time though, because it's the realization that maybe it's not the art itself will make you feel alive, but who you can impact with it that truly makes you come alive.

[@akbarjunaedi5745]

The perfect ending credits song.

[@frythechip7930]

This song is so amazing. These songs give me so much inspiration! - Side note: I remember one night where I decided to try out a new burger place that was about a 30min drive for me, so I got in the car and turned the radio way up and played this song over and over again. It was so great driving at night with the windows down, feeling the nice cool breeze, looking at the night sky while having this song was blasting through the radio, driving to a new area and seeing new places, while also being very excited for my burger. Both the drive there and back was so much fun! Despite the fact that my life is very rocky at the moment, this little adventure made me so happy. Ah, good times. It really is the simple things that make life great

[@mossymagicks]

God, that Harmonica tho, I think this is the first time I ever cried from a piece of music

[@tach393]

thank you porter robinson the release of this album was so important during the time of its release in my life. it was divine timing

[@jsparks1787]

I swear some day this will blow up. There is something extra special about this song that just can’t be put into words.

[@jeshua4732]

The wait has been good, thank you Porter for bringing us a great and beautiful album

[@DocgaCL]

heyy

[@blockbot296]

"And then somebody somewhere finds The warmth of summer in the songs you write" Yeah that's exactly why we make something and leave it behind into this world.

[@pedslapchat]

i cant... every time the line "trying feel alive" comes it never fails in to making me tear up a bit... (3:01)

[@javieric.]

I'm literally grateful for being alive When life is sucks, you will be grateful after hear this song Thank you Porter.

[@NamaDoodoo]

Thank you for sticking around 💜

[@ilovegrass]

Man the new album is so underrated I hope more people listen to all the songs in the new album, I'll definitely share it with my friends.

[@arcies9286]

I've lost count to how many times I've listened to this on loop in the last 3 months off & on, still somehow just as good every listen

[@Butterbean32]

It took a while for me to think so, but I think this is genuinely the best song on the album. It's so warm and fuzzy feeling, and you can truly feel that Porter found closure in his struggle. Can't thank Fantano enough for pivoting my view on this song from the album ending to the album "end credits rolling" song

[@punisherseal6781]

everytime i feel not satisfied i play this song, sometimes no matter how small sacrifie we did, everything we did can help people from anywhere we never know and thats make me feel alive,and it is a gift that i couldnt recognize.now i never complain about anything thanks to this song...

[@LlamaDramaRama]

Me too!

[@maeganbeach4814]

there is the warmth of summer in the songs you write

[@KeyboardMoment]

This is legit my favourite song out of the all the songs in the album Love it so much

[@Coolio_Ash]

You said during second sky this was super under rated even though it's your favorite song you ever wrote, and I'm here to say it's mine too. I'm one of the somebodies, somewhere, who found the warmth of summer in the songs you write.

[@Coolio_Ash]

It is a perfect closer to a beautiful album.

[@sirdushon]

so gład you brought thïs here, this søng feels like such ā perfect credits and wrap to such ā healing âlbum such as nurture 🥺💕

[@EelPeople]

This is one of the best endings to an album I've heard in a long time, probably since "Heysatan" by Sigur Ros. The lyrics are amazing. I was pretty much crying after hearing it for the first time.

[@rezabonsky7267]

A life saved.

[@colinkelch877]

We most certainly do find the warmth of summer in your songs. Thank you porter

[@stamossbm]

These lyrics just resonate so deeply with me. Thank you so much for your music.

[@DionManoakeesick]

my definition of music, and how i'd describe it is - trying to convey feelings and hope into those who are hurt. music isn't about you, it's about trying to help those who are hurt. music is always about healing those who can't help themselves. music is about love and emotion, not profit. maybe you need a different way of looking at music porter, maybe then you can understand the feelings and trust you need. something i do, when feeling intense feelings of emotions is to sit still. listen to the music in your head, sometimes it may feel chaotic, but even then. if your having trouble with your music, sit with someone you love, do something you like doing. you'll eventually hear the song that correlates with your scenario, music comes to me when i feel intense. kinda like spider mans 6th sense. love you porter, always on your side.

[@antarikshmusicofficial]

Listening to The Nurture album was a spiritual experience

[@LuckyW23]

A sunrise or sunset banger for sure

[@sergioalejandro6557]

Oh man ... I really found the warmth in your songs, and the inspiration, we are all trying to find something more, to feel something that we think could give us fulfillment, but in trying this, we ignore everything we can bring to others. In the end, we shouldn't try to feel alive ... We just had to try to live, doing and being what we want to be. 💜 Thank you for your music, I find it very comforting in rare moments of my life.

[@HDoBEAST]

May everyone who reads this feel the sun that will shine after the storm of whatever you are going through, no matter how big or small. It’s the journey that makes us alive. Can’t wait to celebrate and dance with everyone to Nurture live.

[@balhaarr]

Damn this is art, uplifting to the next level. So many feelings..

[@__-fm5qv]

I keep listening to this album and to this song. And its the strangest feeling to come to it over and over again, and come out with rhe urge to just say "thank you for making this, its beautiful". Edit: Coming back to this I've finally figured out what this is. This song is like the moment at the end of the film where everything comes full circle. Its the resolution, the space in which our protagonist can take a moment to breathe and apprieciate all they hold dear as the emotions of the journey rush through them. And we as a the audience an breathe a collective sigh of relief as hope for the future is finally restored.

[@eailyl]

i wish fullmoon lullaby could be released worldwide because wow it's probably my favorite on the album

[@Skelly3D0]

Porter, this song means more to me than a lot of people will ever know. I've just came out as trans and for the first time in my life I'm starting to feel alive. Despite still struggling a lot, I'm happy that I'm here. I've spent 23 years trying to exist but knowing something wasn't right and I'm still trying to climb that mountain again. I'm gunna keep slipping and falling but I'm not doing it because I "should" anymore, I'm doing it because it makes me feel more and more alive the further I get. So, thankyou for your music, the gifts you give us 💖

[@mino2698]

Thank you, Porter.

[@niek7422]

I love that Porter uses the ending melody of musician (last 10 sec) here in the chorus. Using it as a leitmotif to essentially tell us he feels alive because of being a musician.

[@landonlaquette1398]

Love the reference to look at the sky in the first verse!!

[@helixxmusic]

Oh yeah he did

[@DustinLarocque]

We found the warmth. Thank you for your gift. Nurture is perfect. And you did just that, For us. Do you feel alive yet? I hope you do. If not today, Someday

[@kayaradiofm]

i keep coming back to this track, i think it’s my favorite song of all time :) thank you so so much Porter

[@sakurabipolar]

Album of the year, no doubt, thank you so much Porter for making it and changing our lifes in a positive way. Thank you so much!

[@Hamuelin]

2:27 IS2G Porter that Ducktales sample put the biggest smile on my face you goof. Love ya buddy. Thank you for Nurture 💚

[@JoshTiong]

I knew that sounded familiar, just forgot the tune that it came from