"You can talk to your future self. But, you aren't able to see them. You can look at your past self. But, you aren't able to talk to them"-Some dude on Reddit.
There's a lot of "past Porter" on here. The Nurture duets + the heavy distortion after the last chorus. It almost feels like two Porters at different ages collaborating.
This song feels like having a bit of resentment and regret towards your younger self. And knowing you grew up to be a totally different person from what you're younger self would've imagined or hoped for.
@@owenisweirdo If I’m correct, most songs on the album use the I-V-VI-IV (1-5-6-4) chord progression and this song is in B-flat major, thus making the progression: Bb Major, F Major, G Minor, Eb Major (Eb Minor). This may be totally wrong, but it sounds correct.
Dear future me listening to this song for the millionth time, I promise I’ll take care of the person we’ll both be eventually. I hope you're doing well, and that things are going alright. I love you.
Dear past Chris, You did it. You made that TH-cam channel. You get to be a nerd on the internet like you always wanted. You get to be a lot of other things, too. Some of them you won't like, some of them you will. You had lots of hard times, so hard you thought you might not make it out as the same optimistic person you were before. But throughout it all, you had a smile on your face. And now you know that whenever you have hard times, it always helps to give yourself a break and have a smile on your face.
I dont know if these get read but I listened to this earlier with some friends and I just sobbed. I’m 25 and life has been rough, to say the least. But I got through it. So many people have loved me through it. And I think I’ve always thought “man, me as a kid would be so disappointed in the man I am now.” And this song reframed it: what if I looked back at the kid who was growing up in hardship with love? And this song made me feel so much love and compassion for the Elijah at 17, 20, 22, etc. as crisis after crisis hit him. Nurture was my self care album throughout a lot of that. And this album feels like a victory lap for me. I know this album’s content revolves around idol worship and elevating an individual beyond a healthy spot, but I want to say-sincerely-thank you. Your music creates safe spaces, and even in an album that challenges and pushes the listener, it still feels safe. Truly appreciate your art and the portrait of humanity it paints.
I turned 30 the day this album was released and I still have a hard time forgiving and giving myself grace for hardships I had to endure earlier in life. I’d like to think that I’ve tried my best at undoing multi-generational trauma and that my kid sees a dad that will truly be there for her no matter what. Just know that hardships will come and go, but we’re not alone in our hurting and it’s okay to reach out to others. Much love to you, Elijah ❤
I’m 26 and I’m going through a hard time but I feel like it has lasted for a several years. And this song comfort me. This album has lots of songs that made me cry
8 months ago my girlfriend decided to break up with me, it was a relationship of almost seven years, in which I believed that she would be my wife and the love of my life. These have been complicated months, I have felt too much guilt for the things that I could not fix when I had the chance, for the times I kept quiet about the things that I should have said, and for the things that I did not do to make her much happier. Porter has saved my life, I have thought about ending my life on multiple occasions, and I believe that the music and the love that my family has given me always keeps me standing and aware that the sun will rise again, and I will feel happy to be alive again. Thank you very much for this song Porter, you remind me that love comes from within, and that will always be my greatest message, may God always bless our path, a hug to everyone.
This song feels like the opposite of Unfold. When unfold feels like comforting your younger self and telling them to be proud 'cause one day they'll reach what porter has achieved, this one talks like he resents what he become.
Was Unfold part of Nurture? Porter said that when looking back to that era, he should've been less sure about how to deal with stuff, because even around the time he's saying this he still has no idea.
This song hits so unbelievably hard. I turned 17 right after moving away from my hometown and I was a mess, but I didn't want anyone to see it. I lost so many people, and all my life plans because of it. By the time nurture came out two years later I had finally started to figure things out in my life, but I was still a bit of a mess and had very few friends. Nurture helped me find it in myself to push forward and make life worth living for myself again. Now looking back I feel so stupid, since moving away ended up helping me grow as a person in so many ways, and I've done some amazing things like find a career, get really invested in a hobby I've had since I was a kid and went to Japan for the first time. Even so, it still hurts me to think about what I lost and who I might have been in another world...
I really like the amount of regret and insecurity this song displays while still managing to feel comforting like it genuinely transforms the fear of judgement from your younger self to empathy towards your current and former self
i grew up in the philippines and this sounds like the 80s filipino love songs that would play on my grandma's radio everytime i went to her house, this song nostalgic to me despite it being released today
You are so right! One of the things I like about this era of Porter is that we finally get to hear his take on songs in that vein, which I think wouldn't have fit the aesthetic of Worlds, Nurture, and even side projects/aliases like Virtual Self and Air2Earth All of Porter's previous output, I think of as electronic music first and foremost, whereas at least half of the tracks here in SMILE! :D are ones that I can actually think of as straight up traditional-sounding songs, and I love that
well jeez i sobbed. the amount of comfort yet regret in this song is so deep. my past self was awful to me. i always suffered from sh, i went through too much. i couldn’t find the love and comfort i wanted and needed at that time. two people i trusted, ended up using me. and one of them tortured me for years. i smiled, not wanting to hurt them. or just never set any boundaries for myself. i let them hurt me in every way possible. nurture was what comforted me most. and after seeking help. i got better. i cut less, i’m off those friendships and etc. smile! is another piece of comfort now. and this song made me realize, my past self would love me so much right now. i’ve grown. and i still can’t love myself that much. but i’m sure as hell trying to. thanks porter. for everything.
@@KeaneJ123 which is why i think i like this song so much. ive always been on the sweet time > blossom wave. blossom is fine, but sweet time is beautiful
Man, i love everything porter make with his music, in every album you can find a magic and beautiful surprise, this is part of porter, i love this part of he ❤️
Listen to Kero Kero Bonito's "Dear Future Self" before this song. "Easier to Love You" is it's older brother. They really mesh thematically, and even transitions together on the same Key!!
The themes in the lyrics also hit home hard. I find it especially interesting to see a song like this coming from a person i would describe as succesful. Cause the idea of making, actually releasing and performing music i can feel proud of is a goal i've had for years, and that i still have yet to achieve. I guess the human mind will always want to focus on what it hasn't achieved, instead of appreciating all the other things that actually have been achieved.
This is one of the only songs that instantly made me emotional and made me cry literal tears out of nowhere. The lyrics just hit home for me. And apparently I’m a masochist because I have this song on repeat. 😅
This song hits hard. I'm feeling so lonely today in my life. Definitely not what my own past-self would have wished for; but in another way, the experiences I've had and people I've encountered have forged me into who I am today. Even though I feel the loneliest I've ever felt, I've never stopped learning from my mistakes and working on myself as a person. Dear future me, be proud of what we've accomplished. It wasn't easy, but we made it.
La mejor del álbum, sin duda :') Espero que todo el mundo pueda apreciarla, de verdad. De nuevo, muchas gracias, Porter, amo tu música con todo mi ser 🥹🤍
Radical self acceptance and love in all it's pain and glory. Thank you for the tears and reminding me why im on this journey, porter. I'm so proud of both of us.
Change will pass trough everyone, expected or unexpectedly, no one will be perfect because we allways want to be more, if you are feeling like that, cheer up, get up and move, as long as you are alive, you can change, everything its possible.
I just wanna hug little me and say I'm sorry i didn't pick myself back up like i deserved. I catch myself resenting myself when people put me down, but I've learned to appreciate myself regardless of people projecting because i won't be younger than i am in this moment.
I have felt so alone in this world. And having to love myself and love life when someone special is gone from this world and I don’t know if I can move forward. This song helps a little bit
As a trans girl, the letter part ending with: "'I can't shake the feeling that I'll be happy by the time I'm him' And it would be so much easier to love you, if you could only see yourself like me" Hits so hard. I damn near cried the first time. I love that little girl, and I'm always thinking of her, I only wish she could have felt it at the time.
Just listened to the album on the train and it nearly made me cry especially this song. Struck something inside. I imagine that when I listen to it at home the floodgates will open.
[Verse 1] There you were, you're gonna make a scene Comparin' yourself to the person you were at age seventeen I put my suit on and I tied my tie I look like someone I don't recognize [Chorus] And it would be so much easier to love you If you could only see yourself like me And wouldn't it hurt much less when you were lonely If you could only see yourself like me? [Verse 2] I found a letter, "Dear future me I promise I'll take care of the person we'll both be eventually I'll pick up painting, oh, oh, and I'll join the gym" I can't shake the feeling that I'll be happy by the time I'm him [Chorus] And it would be so much easier to love you If you could only see yourself like me And wouldn't it hurt much less when you were lonely If you could only see yourself like me? [Bridge] Please be disappointed in me Isn't it obvious I wasn't who you think? [Chorus] And it would be so much easier to love you If you could only see yourself like me And wouldn't it hurt much less when you were lonely If you could only see yourself like me?
“SMILE! :D” is out now !! porterrobinson.co/SMILE
HOW CAN I WHEN YOU KEEP MAKING ME CRYYYYY😭😭😭
:D
..oh,
there we go...
thanks, Porter♡♪♪♡!! (*^ω^)v
"You can talk to your future self. But, you aren't able to see them. You can look at your past self. But, you aren't able to talk to them"-Some dude on Reddit.
Damn, this quote perfectly encapsulates this song
reddit can be dead serious at times
Reddit disturbed my mental peace. So many fcked up family, wifes, Husbands. People being so self centred and narcissistic.
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@@mr.x2870 It's this reason why I have avoided reddit compared to TH-cam.
I really like how the nurture vocals represents his past self writing the letter for the present him
i was thinking exactly thissss it makes me cry
There's a lot of "past Porter" on here. The Nurture duets + the heavy distortion after the last chorus. It almost feels like two Porters at different ages collaborating.
This song feels like having a bit of resentment and regret towards your younger self. And knowing you grew up to be a totally different person from what you're younger self would've imagined or hoped for.
Unexpected 💀
n1
I think my younger self would be happy to be myself
The ending synth is like smiling while tears is trying to flow out.
why this track feels so personal
instantly sobbed when the nurture voice came in, such a beautiful song
this is so real, my heart absolutely melted when i heard it. so beautiful ❤
Those chords hit me like a truck when they came in. Such a melancholy nostalgic feeling song, absolute favorite
Does anyone know the progression
@@owenisweirdo If I’m correct, most songs on the album use the I-V-VI-IV (1-5-6-4) chord progression and this song is in B-flat major, thus making the progression: Bb Major, F Major, G Minor, Eb Major (Eb Minor). This may be totally wrong, but it sounds correct.
The chords reminded me of the 2nd half of sad machine just more hopeful this time 🥲
If you like this song check out the band pinback very similar
Dear future me listening to this song for the millionth time,
I promise I’ll take care of the person we’ll both be eventually. I hope you're doing well, and that things are going alright. I love you.
Dear past Chris,
You did it. You made that TH-cam channel. You get to be a nerd on the internet like you always wanted. You get to be a lot of other things, too. Some of them you won't like, some of them you will. You had lots of hard times, so hard you thought you might not make it out as the same optimistic person you were before. But throughout it all, you had a smile on your face. And now you know that whenever you have hard times, it always helps to give yourself a break and have a smile on your face.
Dear channel manager who will inevitably see this, I am not sorry for posting this comment
@@KalosLikesComputers based
I dont know if these get read but I listened to this earlier with some friends and I just sobbed. I’m 25 and life has been rough, to say the least. But I got through it. So many people have loved me through it. And I think I’ve always thought “man, me as a kid would be so disappointed in the man I am now.” And this song reframed it: what if I looked back at the kid who was growing up in hardship with love? And this song made me feel so much love and compassion for the Elijah at 17, 20, 22, etc. as crisis after crisis hit him. Nurture was my self care album throughout a lot of that. And this album feels like a victory lap for me.
I know this album’s content revolves around idol worship and elevating an individual beyond a healthy spot, but I want to say-sincerely-thank you. Your music creates safe spaces, and even in an album that challenges and pushes the listener, it still feels safe. Truly appreciate your art and the portrait of humanity it paints.
dude, i was 25 this month and im just like you too, youre not alone, this was my best birthday ever to hear this song
Proud of you Elijah
Don’t know you past this comment but….i love you! Things get better Elijah ❤️ from your 27 year old friend that things did get better for over time.
I turned 30 the day this album was released and I still have a hard time forgiving and giving myself grace for hardships I had to endure earlier in life. I’d like to think that I’ve tried my best at undoing multi-generational trauma and that my kid sees a dad that will truly be there for her no matter what. Just know that hardships will come and go, but we’re not alone in our hurting and it’s okay to reach out to others. Much love to you, Elijah ❤
I’m 26 and I’m going through a hard time but I feel like it has lasted for a several years. And this song comfort me. This album has lots of songs that made me cry
8 months ago my girlfriend decided to break up with me, it was a relationship of almost seven years, in which I believed that she would be my wife and the love of my life. These have been complicated months, I have felt too much guilt for the things that I could not fix when I had the chance, for the times I kept quiet about the things that I should have said, and for the things that I did not do to make her much happier. Porter has saved my life, I have thought about ending my life on multiple occasions, and I believe that the music and the love that my family has given me always keeps me standing and aware that the sun will rise again, and I will feel happy to be alive again. Thank you very much for this song Porter, you remind me that love comes from within, and that will always be my greatest message, may God always bless our path, a hug to everyone.
I wish you all the best for the future. We all make mistakes but that shouldn't mean we can't try again in future.
“I’ll be alive next year” I am, and I’m so happy I got to live to feel kinder to my past self because of this song
This song feels like the opposite of Unfold. When unfold feels like comforting your younger self and telling them to be proud 'cause one day they'll reach what porter has achieved, this one talks like he resents what he become.
Was Unfold part of Nurture? Porter said that when looking back to that era, he should've been less sure about how to deal with stuff, because even around the time he's saying this he still has no idea.
@@chivu8535 yeah it was part of nurture. When did he say that? tho I'm kinda basing my statement on my interpretation of unfold
I don't get that resents his past self. It sounds like he's trying to tell himself to love himself more..
@@miunya I mean that he resents that he become someone that's far from the ideal future self that his young self have thought.
This song hits so unbelievably hard. I turned 17 right after moving away from my hometown and I was a mess, but I didn't want anyone to see it. I lost so many people, and all my life plans because of it. By the time nurture came out two years later I had finally started to figure things out in my life, but I was still a bit of a mess and had very few friends. Nurture helped me find it in myself to push forward and make life worth living for myself again. Now looking back I feel so stupid, since moving away ended up helping me grow as a person in so many ways, and I've done some amazing things like find a career, get really invested in a hobby I've had since I was a kid and went to Japan for the first time. Even so, it still hurts me to think about what I lost and who I might have been in another world...
I really like the amount of regret and insecurity this song displays while still managing to feel comforting
like it genuinely transforms the fear of judgement from your younger self to empathy towards your current and former self
this song made me cry the hardest I have cried in literal years
i grew up in the philippines and this sounds like the 80s filipino love songs that would play on my grandma's radio everytime i went to her house, this song nostalgic to me despite it being released today
literally this
You are so right!
One of the things I like about this era of Porter is that we finally get to hear his take on songs in that vein, which I think wouldn't have fit the aesthetic of Worlds, Nurture, and even side projects/aliases like Virtual Self and Air2Earth
All of Porter's previous output, I think of as electronic music first and foremost, whereas at least half of the tracks here in SMILE! :D are ones that I can actually think of as straight up traditional-sounding songs, and I love that
That was literally my first thought
wow a filipino knows porter
@@3aip. there's a bunch of us out there lol
well jeez i sobbed. the amount of comfort yet regret in this song is so deep. my past self was awful to me. i always suffered from sh, i went through too much. i couldn’t find the love and comfort i wanted and needed at that time.
two people i trusted, ended up using me. and one of them tortured me for years. i smiled, not wanting to hurt them. or just never set any boundaries for myself. i let them hurt me in every way possible. nurture was what comforted me most. and after seeking help. i got better. i cut less, i’m off those friendships and etc. smile! is another piece of comfort now. and this song made me realize, my past self would love me so much right now. i’ve grown. and i still can’t love myself that much. but i’m sure as hell trying to. thanks porter. for everything.
Millenials going through a midlife crisis is the theme for the songs this summer 😆 cheers to another beautiful year of life
This songs feels like a hug to myself, to who i was and to who i am right now. I needed it
Man this song felt like a warm slow dancing song, and I'm here for it
easily one of my favorites of the album.
alternative title: Porter Robinson - Blossom 2
Damn it I was going to make that comment
this is more like sweet time imo
Literally lmao
it's like the sickest hybrid of all time
@@KeaneJ123 which is why i think i like this song so much. ive always been on the sweet time > blossom wave. blossom is fine, but sweet time is beautiful
didnt know how much I needed this song
I'll be listening to this song for the rest of my life
"dear future me, i promise ill take care of the person well both be eventually" what the fuck porter that KILLED ME
LIKE HOW DARE YOU??? 😭 Who are you to have the right to make me cry at 1 minute in at EVERY SONG OMG PORTER 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Oh this hits HARD HARD
this song is the "mirror" of this album
sobbing up portering rmbinmbson 😭
I love whatever instrument that background string sound is at times with the somber high -> low
Banjo??
Not a banjo, it comes in at around the 4th bar, a little low down in the mix
My boyfriend introduced me to porters music and I’ve never felt like this listening to a song ever in my life 🫶 thank you clum
Favourite from the album ❤
This song makes me sob so much 😭😭
Man, i love everything porter make with his music, in every album you can find a magic and beautiful surprise, this is part of porter, i love this part of he ❤️
every album he makes, is so different to the last album, this is the essence of porter ❤
Listen to Kero Kero Bonito's "Dear Future Self" before this song. "Easier to Love You" is it's older brother. They really mesh thematically, and even transitions together on the same Key!!
Literally thought the same thing.
The themes in the lyrics also hit home hard. I find it especially interesting to see a song like this coming from a person i would describe as succesful.
Cause the idea of making, actually releasing and performing music i can feel proud of is a goal i've had for years, and that i still have yet to achieve.
I guess the human mind will always want to focus on what it hasn't achieved, instead of appreciating all the other things that actually have been achieved.
wow.. album of the year..
first time listening to the album and i'm already sobbing uncontrollably, help
Porter keeps on making me cry lol
This is one of the only songs that instantly made me emotional and made me cry literal tears out of nowhere. The lyrics just hit home for me. And apparently I’m a masochist because I have this song on repeat. 😅
This song hits hard.
I'm feeling so lonely today in my life. Definitely not what my own past-self would have wished for; but in another way, the experiences I've had and people I've encountered have forged me into who I am today. Even though I feel the loneliest I've ever felt, I've never stopped learning from my mistakes and working on myself as a person.
Dear future me, be proud of what we've accomplished. It wasn't easy, but we made it.
La mejor del álbum, sin duda :')
Espero que todo el mundo pueda apreciarla, de verdad.
De nuevo, muchas gracias, Porter, amo tu música con todo mi ser 🥹🤍
This one hurts so good, thank you so much
When the Nurture vocals came through, I absolutely lost it... I love this song immensely ❤
Radical self acceptance and love in all it's pain and glory. Thank you for the tears and reminding me why im on this journey, porter. I'm so proud of both of us.
Change will pass trough everyone, expected or unexpectedly, no one will be perfect because we allways want to be more, if you are feeling like that, cheer up, get up and move, as long as you are alive, you can change, everything its possible.
Nurture voice!!!😭❤
I just wanna hug little me and say I'm sorry i didn't pick myself back up like i deserved. I catch myself resenting myself when people put me down, but I've learned to appreciate myself regardless of people projecting because i won't be younger than i am in this moment.
Porter, it's absouloutly beautiful song. my favorite kind of music from you
Best album of Porter Robinson ever
This track is just so beautiful Porter, thanks for this insane album ❤
just thank you bro, thx for everything
I have felt so alone in this world. And having to love myself and love life when someone special is gone from this world and I don’t know if I can move forward. This song helps a little bit
Damn ok zero chill got me crying over here
Wasn’t expecting another Nurture-esc gut punch in this magnificent curveball of an album.
Yeah, cried a lot. Thanks, Anime Boy! And to everyone else: take care of yourself.
As a trans girl, the letter part ending with:
"'I can't shake the feeling that I'll be happy by the time I'm him'
And it would be so much easier to love you, if you could only see yourself like me"
Hits so hard. I damn near cried the first time.
I love that little girl, and I'm always thinking of her, I only wish she could have felt it at the time.
What a beautiful song
This sounds like something you would play at the afterparty of a prom, it hits like a truck to the heart ❤
BEAUTYYYY
please don't ever stop making songs, porter... ❤
This is so sweet..
This song feels like I am 15 again and am sitting careless with my friends on a lukewarm summer night.
I love it.
This feels like Fall/autumn to me , Esto se siente como el otoño para mi :3
Red Hot Chilly Porters.
But seriously, this one is my favorite of the new ones tonight!
this one pulled on my heartstrings a bit
Porter doesn't miss
My favourite from the album. Hits dangerously close to home.
Mr. Porter Robinson... you've fucked me up once again.
same here
cool song!!!
cool song !!
sool cong!!!
i love that one. harmonies are perfect for my feelings
I am not ready for this amount of my new favourite songs.
WE LOVE A PUNCTUAL KING
I love the layered vocals on this track.
This song is going to age like fine wine.
Sounds like my most heartbreaking moment is in here i think so, like dude why would you make this ! shook!! I’m cryinnnng
2:50 bringing in banjo is crazy but it works
I think someone on chat of his recent album release stream said that this was the new trend.
Just listened to the album on the train and it nearly made me cry especially this song. Struck something inside. I imagine that when I listen to it at home the floodgates will open.
best track of the smile :D
Hey past me, I already bought some of the things we were wishing back then.
same man
this is crazy man
To all of you posting your stories in the comments: You are loved. Thank you for sharing. We love you.
im gonna fucking
LOVE THIS ALBUM
Favourite song ever fr 🫶
Damn this one hits like a truck, I'm crying right now
porter bring back his nurture voice 😭😭,
Lets GOOOOO!
nurture voice... i wish i was easier to love
You know what's crazy? I was happier by the time I was her. Not in the ways I thought I'd be, but it would enough for her that I'm happy.
[Verse 1]
There you were, you're gonna make a scene
Comparin' yourself to the person you were at age seventeen
I put my suit on and I tied my tie
I look like someone I don't recognize
[Chorus]
And it would be so much easier to love you
If you could only see yourself like me
And wouldn't it hurt much less when you were lonely
If you could only see yourself like me?
[Verse 2]
I found a letter, "Dear future me
I promise I'll take care of the person we'll both be eventually
I'll pick up painting, oh, oh, and I'll join the gym"
I can't shake the feeling that I'll be happy by the time I'm him
[Chorus]
And it would be so much easier to love you
If you could only see yourself like me
And wouldn't it hurt much less when you were lonely
If you could only see yourself like me?
[Bridge]
Please be disappointed in me
Isn't it obvious I wasn't who you think?
[Chorus]
And it would be so much easier to love you
If you could only see yourself like me
And wouldn't it hurt much less when you were lonely
If you could only see yourself like me?
Spot on
Sounds like fall days sounds like rainy while driking your favorite drink like Strawberry flavor
the guitar is smooth i like it and the thinf too i dont know what thats call in 0:04
very mirror-esce message
PORTERRRREERRR 🩷🩵💗🥹🦊
We need an owl city collab
ME LOVE PORTER ROBINSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
His best song?????
Crying.