PORTER ROBINSON: The long and painful road to Nurture (Part 1)

Interviews with Richard Kingsmill

In 2014, American musician Porter Robinson was riding high on the EDM wave with his acclaimed debut album Worlds.

The momentum continued with a successful Madeon collaboration in 2016, and then his side-project Virtual Self in 2017. However, when it came time to focus on his second album, things started falling apart for Robinson.

A combination of writer’s block and the feeling that nothing was good enough started haunting the musician. When he found out that his younger brother Mark had a rare form of cancer, things spiralled even further.

Seven years on from Worlds we finally have Nurture, an album that will put Porter Robinson back in the limelight on the electronic music scene. In the first half of his chat with Richard Kingsmill, the 28yo takes us through the long and painful journey to this second album.