'My wish is that when people listen to 'Nurture,' they'll be reminded that life is worthwhile.' porterrobinson
For those who have never experienced writer's block, it can be tough to convey the sheer gravity of the sensation — the feeling of existential despair when the well runs dry and the powerlessness that comes from not knowing when it will end. For those whose livelihood is entirely dependent on being creative, writer's block can feel like a potential career killer.In 2014, Robinson turned the EDM world on its head with his debut album,.
The project ended up being a game changer in the EDM world, inspiring a whole new wave of artists that would go on to cite the album as a major influence. But Robinson's massive accomplishment in turn created a bigger problem for himself:Starting in 2015 and carrying through 2017, Robinson hit a wall."I was desperate to make something I was proud of, but the more I struggled, the worse the problem became," Robinson says of this dark period in his life.
Robinson says the process of pulling himself out wasn't easy or straightforward. He started with small things like allowing himself to watch movies, listening to music and going on hikes outside of his North Carolina home. The artist also attributes progress to his girlfriend, Rika Mikuriya, for encouraging and helping him"view things with optimism and hope rather than cynicism, and for instilling in [him] a fraction of [her] steadfast tenacity and persistence.
A major breakthrough came in the form of Robinson's 2017 side project, Virtual Self. A self-indulgent nod to the music he grew up on, it mixed elements of euphoric rave, hardcore, speedcore, trance, and other genres you would have found on the harder DanceDance Revolution and DanceMania maps floating around the web. Despite being a pretty big departure from anything we had heard from Robinson before, Virtual Self ultimately nabbed Robinson his first Grammy nomination.
This was a much needed artistic refresh for Robinson."I realized I shouldn't write music with the expectation that productivity or achievement will fix my problems, but instead with the hope that my honest expression will move people the way music moves me," he says.began to unfurl from there, starting with an instrumental that would later become the album's soaring climax,
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