Easy Porter Robinson — Bonus Inside

Have you listened to "Easy" by Porter Robinson (Virtual Self)? Let us know in the comments how it made you feel—and don’t forget to share this guide with a friend who needs an easy way into electronic music.

Unlike Porter’s own singing on Nurture (which is heavily chopped and pitch-shifted), “Easy” features a clean, ethereal female vocal (uncredited, believed to be a sampled or session singer). The lyrics are sparse: easy porter robinson

The official lyric video for “Easy” (under the Virtual Self channel) is deceptively simple: geometric shapes, dancing particle effects, and a slowly rotating 3D model of a heart. But watch it again. Have you listened to "Easy" by Porter Robinson

The Virtual Self project was built by Porter as a way to process the death of his friend and fellow producer, (though “Easy” predates i_o’s passing, the thematic roots of loss are present). The phrase "It’s so easy to fall in love" is not about romance—it is about falling in love with the past . The lyrics are sparse: The official lyric video

The entire track rests on a ridiculously simple piano riff: three notes descending, then repeating. It is childlike. It is a lullaby. Porter once explained in a Twitch stream that he wrote the melody while "messing around" on a cheap keyboard—he kept it because it felt "embarrassingly easy." That lack of pretension is what makes it stick in your brain for days.

As of this writing, electronic music is seeing a massive resurgence of "nostalgia-core"—artists like Fred again.., Jamie xx, and Bicep are sampling old vocals and chopping breakbeats. “Easy” predicted this trend by three years.