Porter Robinson - Something Comforting (Official Music Video)

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

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.”

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

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.

When your pc only loads one chunk of your minecraft world.

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

洋楽を現地の人の言葉のニュアンスで受け取れることって少ないと思うけど、好きなアーティストが親日家で自身で和訳を付けてくれるとアーティストの考えだったり伝えたいことがクリアに伝わる気がしてすごい聴きやすい

overananalyzing this song, the video and chord progression's relationship, 3~5 min read i think
The box is a representation of the "comfort zone", the area that most people are most comfortable with working in. Although in this video it is represented as a small miniature forest... [cont.]
quote from another comment: "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."
TL;DR: this song is about stepping outside of your comfort zone and discovering something new, and reflect porter's own experience of this cycle.
anyways, during the first half of the song, the song uses a main chord progression:(e flat major) IV, III, VI, II, VI. this represents the cycle, the "comfort zone", and even as the music, which initially is upbeat, the song itself goes through 4 of the 5 stages of grief:
1:54 represents denial, with the literal cry for "help" and the moaning vocal samples. Porter looks around in his area, looking for sources of inspiration inside his comfort zone, but fails to do so. This is also the first time he reaches outside his comfort zone.
2:19 represents anger, the kicks and the relatively rough sounding synth express the frustration that comes with not being able to make songs.
2:35 represents depression, which is shown by the lack of other instruments, leaving only a piano and the vocalist. In the video, we see porter lying down, and reevaluating his past decisions, just depression in general
2:47 represents acceptance, where some. of the instruments join back in, and porter in the video makes up his mind to step outside his comfort zone. This is also the segment in which Porter stand up, having made up his mind, and steps outside the box that trapped him in a fixated bubble of thought.
After this segment, we are met with the second chorus, which reuses the elements of the previous chorus, but changes the chord progression to II, III, IV, V. This marks a big change in the song and can be seen as a revelation of some sorts to Porter. He then continues to expand outside his comfort zone, and the song continues to expand in depth as Porter adds more and more "layers" to the song. After he accepts that his comfort zone was not the best place to have been writing songs in, Porter embraces change and is rewarded with newfound inspiration.

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

*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?"

“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.

Porterさんへ
初めまして、有村(arimura)さんのブルーハムハムを見て日本から来ました。
素晴らしい曲ですね。
昨日から何回も聴いています。
あなたの努力が実りますように。
日本から応援してます。

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.

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.

hey you, yeah you scrolling through the comments. crazy to think about how much we’ve been through right? just know you’re loved, you’re amazing, and i’m so glad you’re here to share this song with me 💚

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 !!!

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.

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

"Cause getting made you want more, and hoping made you hurt more"
*hits home*

To me, this song has always been about depression. The void that opens up in your heart... after a while, it becomes a part of you. Trying to get better, to find hope in your future can feel like trying to abandon that part of yourself, like you're losing part of yourself.
But years later, I can say that's not the case. That void is still sort of there... I don't think it will ever leave, but it isn't hostile anymore. It's there whenever I see someone struggling to get up in the morning, and it helps me be kind. It helps me understand I'm not alone, they're not alone and we all need help sometimes.
It helps me reach out a hand and say the world really isn't as bad as you think.
It helps me smile, and say something comforting :)

Genre: Porter Robinson

The glitchy visuals remind of a simulated world like in Shelter
Honestly this looks amazing
The music video definitely did this song justice

なんかめちゃくちゃ懐かしい気持ちになる…
こういう感じの電子音楽もっと知りたいな

小さなシンセサイザーから来ました
アニソンのようなEDMのような…中毒性が凄い

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

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

1:14
ブルーハムハムから来ました。
爽快感がある素敵なメロディー！！好きです！

こんなに透き通った曲は初めて
リピートが止まらない

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 KRplus'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 :')

Get your wish was 'Water'
Something comforting is -Grass- 'Earth'
Does that mean the next song in the album's gonna be fire?

I'm japanese.I am leaning to make music.I want make music like this.

I lost my dog a few hours ago as of writing this.
This album was the first place I went to comfort myself.
Thank you Porter, and everyone who worked on these songs, for making my life a bit more bearable :')

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

*porter releases a new song*
fans, five minutes after: *writes 100-page theory novel of porter's entire life*
how many bugs crawled on you while filming this?

Okay let’s get that album now yeah it’s been long enough

This tune's something comforting.

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).

This song said “everything’s going to be fine” in 10 different languages to me. Thank you porter

I believe this song fills the gap that's left when I want someone's advice and encouragment, but I just can't bare the suffering that comes along with those words. It does so, perfectly.

I really hope in the future he is remembered as the freaking legend he is. Absolutely 100% pure, unadulterated raw human emotion is expressed in everyone of his songs. And it's perfect every time ..

it has reference to shelter, some parts are kinda biblical, we are in a story as it connects with "Get your Wish" as well.
alluring, love it.

When you realize the girl voice you've been hearing is just his voice high pitch

Male voice : Porter Robinson
Female Voice : Porter Robinson 🔥

SOSOからきました。カッコいい。てか歌詞がいい

I feel like the square represents the false fulfillment he has garnered from his music career. Kinda how he needed the "glory" to remain happy with his life. And that became a source of fulfillment that slowly began to fade as you can see with the vegetation burning to nothing. And to me, the ending represents the true happiness he has found, where the square only exists as a faded memory in his mind.

The message I got from this song is that he was in a "comfort zone". The more you stay in your comfort zone, the more it actually withers you away. It is never good to stay just within the confines of whats comfortable to you. You have to take risks, face that anxiety and push through. In this case, jump out of your comfort zone. In the end, it may lead you to something much more vast and beautiful then you could possibly imagine.

This video actually represents someone being in their own view of their comfort zone when they are stressed or depressed. The longer you stay in the comfort zone, the more it will start to lose its appeal. That is why the forest started to die away. As soon as your comfort zone dies away then you will have to face your stress and fear alone without anything to support. That is what 3:02 was trying to show you when you have to face stress without using your comfort zone. This is my opinion about the video.

This song gotta be the best of ALL the songs I have ever listened. I really love Unfold and Shelter but this one gotta be higher. Shelter made me cry, Unfold made me feel something unexplainable, and Something Comforting did both. I've been listening to this song for 1 year now and I still do. I'll never get tired of it. Like really, I love this song soooo much especially the chorus. Thank so much for this song like really thank you very very much

2021 : Every anime intro song is made by Porter Robinson.

Sad Machine and Shelter were the inspiration for a book I’m currently writing, so I have to thank you for that

Porterさんの曲はどれも、暖かい気持ちになります！

ポーターロビンソンさんの紡ぐ音楽の中で一番大好き。いっぱいいっぱい泣いてしまう。

I got to know your song on a channel called "有村泰志 / Arimura Taishi".
I can't convey all my thoughts because I can't speak English, but I'm so happy to know it even late.

This just made the quarantine way better

Porter Robinson's music is basically glitch in the matrix but calm

何やろこの非現実てきな開放される疾走感、
目を閉じたらZONE入るはこれは

Didn't know porter's fans were all authors.

I'm a mid aged jobless guy who lost his career for over 3 years because of mental illnesses and diagnosing anxiety disorder......first I want to say sorry that a loser like me love this song......and secondly thank you for making this beautiful comforting song.... :)

Hi Porter, I just want to let you know that you're a brilliant musician. Your ability to mix EDM with deep and meaningful message is hard to find nowadays. Keep up the good work Porter!

I never knew this song would jump start my entire love and creation of music. I saw it one day while scrolling through music to listen to while bored. I popped up in my recommended feed and I discovered an entire world of a guy devoted to making music and a passion for doing so. It inspired me in so many ways as I continued to look into Porters music. This song and Get Your Wish completely changed my life with music and how I developed my image as a person.
So Porter, thanks!

This song is perfect to listen to in self isolation 💙💙💙

That's the She Heals Everything pose!!

めちゃくちゃ好き！！ライブ絶対行きたい！

I absolutely LOVE your music, Porter. It's so inspirational and relaxing at the same time. Also, I can feel your sincerity through your music and your videos. And it's so refreshing and inspiring to see that.

1:17
So basically, the Shepherdess Live visual was a foreshadow to this Music Video.
Porter really out here playing 4D chess with us

Video: Plants a tree
All of the chat: ANIMAL CROSSING VIBES

"Getting made you want more and hoping made you hurt more" is one of the best and most profound lyrics I have ever heard. Its poetry. Amazing.

reminds me of my situation with one of my now ex close friend. fits perfectly, the more i got hurt by him the more i wanted it, i really craved staying by his side but to him i was just a side-friend, i knew that ever since the beginning. after a while i started to realize that i would feel guilty for being asleep while he was awake, because i missed the time we could spend together while he never even cared whenever something bad happened to me, never asked me if i needed him by my side, always just told me not to be emo or things that just belittled the pain i felt. the more i hoped for it to get better, the more it hurt me to the point i'd just think about being worthy of nothing. the more i wanted him to be kind to me, the meaner he got. the more i wished for, the less i got. i finally told him a few days ago, but it hurts a lot, everyone tells me it was an online friendship but it just stings. now i know he never cared about me, i hope i can get over it soon. i always knew he never cared about me like i cared about him, but it hurts, it hurts so much to know he never cared while i always hid my pain to talk to him a little bit more, a little bit more time to spend together and i can't even stop being gloomy, i'm stuck between being angry and sad it hurts too much and it feels like he has died instead, knowing i won't be able to talk to him again hurts so bad but i didn't have any other choice, if i stayed i'd have lost my mind. there really must be something wrong with me, missing him even after he's made clear he doesn't care and ironically i had this song in the playlist i made for him a few months ago, the playlist he's never listened or commented on to, and now i'm listening to it on repeat for his sake. i still care about him nevertheless but i really hope the pain goes away

Old Porter: Falling Girls
New Porter: Falling ME

I think the video is a beautiful representation of the feelings conveyed in the track. I loved the scenes where you were suspended in the air, that looked so cool!

nurtureのレコード買いました。毎日聴いてます最高です。

this helped me go thru the most arduous moments of my life, thank you porter, i admire this song and the message you want to deliver with it, especially during a rough time not only for me but for everyone else, who might have lost someone in all different kinds of aspects. thank you infinitely. stay safe!

The world needs something comforting right now. God bless you

1:17 I love how that looks like a direct reference to the Interlude of Worlds Live

"And hoping made you hurt more..."
Man I relate to that line, sometimes I don't want to hope for anything good to happen because I've experienced several rejections and struggles in a row. But I'm reminded that God has a great plan for all of us, better than anything we could hope for, and I begin to see how all those rejections led to the creation of something great in my life. Amen.

もっと早くこの曲に出会いたかった。

リピート止まらん、電子音と自然をこんなに上手く融合させられるの天才でしょ

“So how is the quarantine going”. Me: 0:01

最近、毎日聴いてます！素敵な音楽をありがとう！

This song never fails to make me tear up.

My music teacher: what's your favorite music genre?
Me: Porter Robinson

This is the kind of music you can never put a label on. It's an experience. It reaches the inner depths of my own personhood, and I never had to say a word. Thank you Porter.

so-soから✋

この曲聴くと怒りや悩みがなくなる

What a song..after shelter and Avicii's Levels ,this one become my all time favorite song..marvelous melody and vibes.true music king...
👑Porter Robinson👑....

Porter: Prepare to cry
Now make it double

素敵な曲を発見🥰

最近すごいハマっています。透明感があってすごく好きです！！

Wow, in my opinion, the beginning parts, he grows himself and his music and is trying to find himself. And during the part where he’s suspended with the sky, he feels like he’s writing the best music he could, but when it’s the dark stormy weather, it’s the depression setting in and then the screen is a blank canvas for him to restart. And then nurture happens!! Love you Porter, really needed this

If you want to sing with me during the premiere, here are the 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

いまめちゃくちゃハマってる曲第1位

Man edm music hardly ever feels this personal and vulnerable. Its really touching, i cant wait to see what he comes up with next

Mad respect for all that you are and all that you do 🙏 you are still and always will be an inspiration for me

小さなシンセサイザーから来ました。ポップなメロディーが寂しさとか美しさとか色んなの含めて表現されてるなと思いました。（あくまで自己解釈です😅）いい音楽に出会えました。ありがとうございます

I love this guy's music gosh darn it...
I also love that he often has a piano version of the main tune somewhere throughout the song, so good

Man this hits different when you're burning out.

This guys is so underrated he deserves more subscriber he's talent is out of this world

Get Your Wish - Water
Something Comforting - Earth
Should we expect a fire and air one next?

there's just something about the last few chords that always pull tears out of me.... it's like the formula to connect to the soul