Hyperpop Bliss Meets Anime Angst In Porter Robinson's New Single, "Cheerleader"

If we have realized something about Porter Robinson over time, it is that operating the emotional gauntlet of his music is unavoidable. His albums are few and much between, however once they do come, all of us willingly plunge into his bitcrushed universe of unfiltered nostalgia.

As followers wait with bated breath for his long-awaited third LP, Robinson as we speak launched its first single, “Cheerleader.” The anime-inspired dance monitor shimmers like a Tokyo cityscape, fusing bubbly hyperpop and indietronica to ship an incandescent earworm that earns its place amongst his finest.

Its lyrics, an anguished confessional of unrequited devotion, pierce like cherry blossom thorns to reflect the fragility all of us really feel as a relationship’s expiration date nears. Robinson delivers them with tortured ache atop a fizzy synthpunk beat, mourning affection’s insatiable voids by harmonies drenched in longing.

Robinson in early-March mentioned his upcoming album is full, however stopped wanting revealing a title or launch date. The document follows Nurture, which he launched within the spring of 2021 seven years after his fan-favorite debut, Worlds.

Hearken to “Cheerleader” under.