Porter Robinson‘s musical evolution is taking center stage in his first-ever world tour, which he says echoes the career-spanning nature of Taylor Swift‘s historic “Eras Tour.”
The tour takes its name from his stunning SMILE! 😀 album, which released in late-July. Robinson today revealed the tour’s setlist via Apple Music, with whom he opened up about his approach.
“What’s going to be insanely joyous for me to play onstage?” he said. “What if I went as a fan of Porter right now? What would be the ultimate experience?”
Robinson then said he’s planning “a bit of an Eras Tour,” developing a career retrospective in the vein of Swift’s record-breaking run. “Eras” in late-2023 became the highest-grossing tour of all-time after surpassing $1 billion in revenue.
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The influential producer and singer-songwriter will perform most of SMILE! 😀 before taking fans on a nostalgic trip through 2014’s prized debut album, Worlds, and 2021’s scintillating follow-up, Nurture. The performances will close with the deeply personal SMILE! 😀 cut “Russian Roulette,” which Robinson called his favorite song from the record.
“It’s this three-minute, far-off-the-mic, emo-acoustic buildup that leads into this crazy trance drop at the end,” he explained. “I just feel like ending the show with that is going to be this absolute catharsis explosion.”
As Robinson prepares to take his fans through his own musical odyssey, anticipation is building for a show that could redefine indie-electronic performances, much like Swift’s tour has done for pop concerts.
“I think this would be a really good first Porter show to go see, to be honest,” he added. “I think anybody who’s going to see me for the first time, who’s maybe only familiar with one of the albums, will walk away from this show with three or four more new favorites and be like, ‘Oh, my God. I’ve got to go back and listen to that.'”
Fans can check out the full setlist via Apple Music and purchase tickets to the “SMILE! :D” tour here.
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