Porter Robinson - Something Comforting (Official Music Video)

Porter Robinson - Something Comforting (Official Music Video)

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Directed by Chris Muir & Carlos Lopez Estrada
Creative Direction: Porter Robinson & Samuel Burgess-Johnson
Producer: Sammi Farber
Exec. Producers: Melora Donoghue
Cinematographer: David Okolo
Editor: Dan Carr
VFX: Vitaly Verlov
Colorist: Dylan Hageman
Production Designer: Liam Moore
Label: Mom+Pop
Artist Management: Slush Management
Commissioner: Amy Davis
Hair and Makeup: Dillon Peña
Stylist: Mark Robinson
Stylist: Michael Martin Del Campo

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Lyrics:
if i send this void away,
have i lost a part of me?
when you wake you’re bargaining
for the promise to come back

cause getting made you want more
and hoping made you hurt more
oh there must be
something wrong with me
and getting made you want more
and hoping made you hurt more
someone tell me
something comforting

take what you want, but you’re tied by the tooth
wasn’t it meant to relieve you?
so suffer the signs that you needed to change
heed all the ways you’d been thinking

cause getting made you want more
and hoping made you hurt more
oh there must be
something wrong with me
cause getting made you want more
and hoping made you hurt more
someone tell me
something comforting

something comforting
something comforting
something comforting
something comforting

something comforting
something comforting
something comforting
something comforting

something comforting

and hoping made you hurt more
oh there must be
something wrong with me
cause getting made you want more
and hoping made you hurt more
someone tell me
something comforting

oh, something comforting

[porterrobinson]

thank you for watching, seriously. i really hope everyone is staying well

[janineangelisa]

From Porter’s interview with popjustice

“It’s about someone who’s stuck and trying to leave — but it’s scary trying to leave. It’s a representation of being stuck in this little studio: being creatively stuck, and the darkness outside the garden is representing the uncertainty of life outside your routines. It’s about taking a leap of faith towards a healthier and more balanced situation.”

[evermore]

Something Comforting it's the biggest "you'll be okay" message life has ever send to me. I'm keeping these lyrics in my heart, and also the feeling of it breaking into pieces ever single time I hear "Oh, there must be... Something wrong with me", that line, I can't help but break dome into tears, at first it was like sadness, recognition of my emptyness, but then it became subtle, less negative, like if I were saying that to myself, comforting myself exactly.

I admire Porter for his ability to create such personal and powerful songs. Each one of them, since the beginning, they all feel like he's hugging us. Like he's there for us.
Love you Porter, so excited for the waiting.

[Zoeloveful]

To me, this video so accurately depicts what it feels like to stay so long in your comfort zone that it starts to lose its appeal, until you discover how scary yet liberating it feels to step outside.

[noT]

This video is a perfect representation of Porter's journey; Every day in this miniature forest of his, he woke up, did his daily routine, and even as the forest was burning day after day, he still insisted on the same daily activities. However, when he finally took the step outside the forest, a whole world opened up in his mind, which helped open his eyes about his daily routines. When he finally escaped the forest, he became immersed in a whole universe of inspiration and beauty, leading him to instead wake up in a huge world of endless possibility.

Porter talked about how life was growing stale and horrible in the pursuit to make new music. He would cut out most aspects of what a "normal" life would be with the belief to have the firm identity as a "musician." However, this cycle of waking up, going onto the computer to attempt to make music for 10 hours and going back to sleep, made finding inspiration to make music even harder. What he normally considered his creation bubble of his studio quickly became a rotting forest. So, when he decided to chill out and try new things in life, that's when creation once again sparked in him, with this newfound appreciation of the world around him, and the spark from that became Nurture.

[raeji]

*get your wish mv comes out*
Porter: "Want to see me make you cry?"

*something comforting mv comes out*
Also Porter: "Want to see me do it again?"

[solidsnake]

To be honest, I have a kind of a personal attachment to this song. When this song was released, I was listening to it like crazy. A few days after it was released,
my dad died in an accident.
I was so sad and still is. I felt like it was the end of the world. But then I suddenly remembered this song. This song became like a tool that helped me get through the tough time I was going through.
This song makes me happy and sad at the same time that I just can't explain it. That's the reason why I love it. I feel like that this song is there for me whenever I need it and I just can't stop binging it now.

THANK YOU PORTER FOR HELPING ME GET THROUGH A TOUGH PART OF MY LIFE <3

[migvelll]

The immense sadness in the line "hoping made you hurt more" hits deep

[falilv_rui]

Sorry for poor English.
I'm Japanese but recently I really liked Porter Robinson's songs:->
When I heard that you liked Japan,
I liked it even more.
I'm rooting for Porter Robinson!!
Sorry for the long sentence.

[Inflake]

I love that Porter basically collaborated with himself on the vocals😌

[sakurahertz]

The glitchy visuals remind of a simulated world like in Shelter

Honestly this looks amazing
The music video definitely did this song justice

[algamation]

You know Porter, I doubt you'll ever see this, but I feel like I just needed to say this to someone, whoever's listening out there. The first time I ever heard this song was probably one of the most emotionally distressing days of my life. I'd spent the entire day arguing with my parents after getting dragged into some argument they were having that morning. Hours later they were telling me that they couldn't stay in the same house anymore and that me and my siblings (one of which is only 11 years old. I'd tried comforting her but she was just destroyed) had to choose who they were going to live with. I begged them not to force us to choose something like this. I just wanted them to stay together. After a while I just couldn't handle being around them anymore, so I left to my room and cried into a stuffed platypus plush while they continued arguing in the living room. After writing out my last words to my sisters so that I would know what to say to them if we weren't living together anymore, I got a notification for this video, and I've got to say, the timing couldn't have been any more perfect. I listened to this a couple of times to try to calm myself down a little, and even though I continued to cry for a long time, and I had to take multiple days off of school because I just couldn't handle being around my classmates in that state, your music was just, for lack of a better term, comforting. Luckily, my parents decided not to split up a few days later, though all of us aren't exactly on great terms right now. I just wanted you to know that. Even if you never read this. Your music has provided me some relief in a very tough time in my life. So, thanks man. You're an amazing artist.

EDIT: I'm doing a lot better now than I was back when I first posted this, and I've left an update further down in the replies (well Youtube's being weird so I actually had to add it to the end of this comment but nevermind that). I cannot begin to express my gratitude towards the now thousands of people this comment has reached (I really didn't expect that kind of response when I first posted it, maybe two or three replies at most!) I'm so grateful that Porter's community is so supportive and encouraging. Really, your kind words really helped reinforce to me early on that other people do have the capacity to care about my problems. Keep being great everyone, your words mean more than you know! I've decided to leave this comment here as a reminder to myself how far I've come, and as a reminder to others reading it that suffering is natural, but it doesn't devalue or define you like I'd first thought of myself. Your life can get better no matter where you are now. Even if it takes a while, I guarantee you it's worth it.

UPDATE: I've been wondering just how to respond to all this for a while now, but now feels like a better time than never, so here I go. I wanted you all to know that, overall, my life's a lot better now than it used to be. I've reconnected with a lot people I care about and have received the kind support and encouragement I've really needed to begin healing and moving past some of the more unsavory parts of my life so far. Not to say I have no problems at all of course, there's been plenty more I've had to deal with than what you see in that original comment, but at the very least I finally feel like I can handle my own issues for the first time in my life, and for once my future's looking brighter than my past. I've moved out of my parent's house, I'll soon be graduating high school, I'm coming up on finishing a few personal writing projects that I'm very satisfied with, and without going into too much detail, I'm beginning to finally come to terms with some personal identity stuff that I'd been taught to hate and repress all my life. I'm sorry if any of you have been worried about me after all this time, but I hope you can see this now so I can let you know that your reaching out to me here wasn't in vain. Really, this is probably some of the most genuine care and concern I've ever received. I hope you all know that it's people like you who've helped to keep people like me going all this time. Without the encouragement from all of you thousands of people, I might not even be writing this update. I love all of you beautiful people,
Thanks for caring :')

[pianoboyedm]

I'm liking this "isolated world" vibe for these mvs, and how whenever Porter steps outside of it, everything collapses

[ThatGuyGEWP]

my mans just trying to plant shit and enjoy nature then has a divine intervention

[ericbuhne]

“If I send this void away, have I lost a part of me?”
That line really sets this song up for me. I have BPD and I’m on the path to getting better, but giving up on my suffering, the emptiness, it feels wrong because that’s what I know. I love this song because it’s sad yet hopeful, and that’s how I feel. Thank you, Porter. I’m glad that you made this song, it helps. It’s something comforting.

[smsry]

Get your wish was 'Water'
Something comforting is -Grass- 'Earth'

Does that mean the next song in the album's gonna be fire?

[N_]

feel like the square surrounded by nothingness resembles the time he felt stuck with his music and in the end where he’s lying in the grass he’s free of all that but idk maybe its something completely different bc this is porter we’re talking about

[LinusKarlssonMusic]

This must be about being creatively stuck. He couldn't get a bite on his fishing rod (no new ideas) and he also lost his watering can so he couldn't *nurture* the life around him that he already got. It isn't until something goes out of the square that he experiences something new (the floating scenes), and before stepping out he looks up at the only full grown tree one last time (Worlds).

[glw]

I'm 33 and I'm going through a really rough time in my life, many times I just wanted to give up but I'm fighting!!! This is the second song of Porter Robinson that had me crying!!!! Your music is really amazing and it touches my heart and I really needed to get that stress out... Thank you for opening up your world to share with us !!!

[szymondudzinski]

Electronic music history is being made in front of our eyes.