Shelter (song)
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| Released | August 11, 2016 | |||||||||
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| Length | 3:39 | |||||||||
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"Shelter" is a song by American electronic music producer Porter Robinson and French electronic music producer Madeon. The song was released and uploaded to Madeon's YouTube channel on August 11, 2016. The song was released in the United States on Columbia Records and popcultur as a digital download, and on Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music, Google Play, and SoundCloud.[1]
Background
"Shelter" was released together with an announcement that Robinson and Leclercq would be touring cities in the US and Canada, dubbed as the "Shelter Live Tour". Robinson confirmed on Twitter that the tour would feature both himself and Madeon playing simultaneously in a live show.[2][3] The tour began in the fall of 2016.
Madeon stated in a press release, “Both Porter and I started working with people in-person when we started making our respective albums and appreciated how much more collaborative you can get... Our intent was to make music that would reflect our friendship.”[2]
Composition
The track is 3 minutes and 39 seconds long. The lead melody in the track is a processed, chopped-up version of Divinity, a song previously produced by Robinson during the production of Worlds, featuring Amy Millan. The track takes elements from both artist's debut albums; Porter Robinson's Worlds, and Madeon's Adventure. The chopped up vocals (provided by Madeon for this track) are a signature sound of both artists, as seen in Robinson's single "Flicker", and Madeon's song "You're On" from Adventure.
Music video
On October 14, 2016, Robinson announced on his Twitter account that he had spent over a year collaborating with Japanese animation studio A-1 Pictures on an animated music video for "Shelter". The music video was released on October 18, 2016, on Porter Robinson's YouTube channel, in partnership with Crunchyroll.[4] Based on an original story written by Robinson, the music video is a short film format.
The film follows 17-year-old Rin (voiced by Sachika Misawa)[5] who lives alone inside a futuristic simulation. She maintains control of the simulation and the virtual world around her through a tablet on which she can draw scenes that the world around her will then create in a 3 dimensional environment. She continues on like this for many years, living a peaceful but lonely life. As time passes, she inadvertently begins to remember things about her past, and the simulation begins to act on its own as it taps into her repressed memories. As an invisible observer, Rin witnesses her life as a 7-year-old child living in Tokyo. Through a series of newsreels and images, it is learned that at this time a moon-sized planetary object is on a collision course with earth. Rin's father Shigeru dedicates a large portion of his time to the happiness of his daughter, but in the meantime builds a single-passenger spacecraft with life support for Rin to escape. Just before the planet makes contact, he connects her to the simulation and launches the ship carrying her into space.[6]
Usage in media
This song was featured in the EA Sports game, FIFA 17.[7]
Reception
Music Times stated in an article that "'Shelter' is what fans of both artists have been hoping for. It manages to bring together the sounds of both artists – Porter Robinson and his synth wizardry found on Worlds and then similar shimmering synths that Madeon has used over the years."[8]
Charts
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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| France (SNEP)[9] | 125 |
| US Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[10] | 16 |
| US Spotify Viral 50 (Billboard)[11] | 15 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label |
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| United States | August 11, 2016 | Digital download |
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References
- ↑ "Porter Robinson and Madeon Release New Song "Shelter," Announce Joint Tour: Listen | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- 1 2 Bein, Kat. "Porter Robinson & Madeon Announce Joint Live Tour, Release Collab 'Shelter'". Billboard. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ↑ "porter robinson on Twitter". Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ↑ Bein, Kat (14 October 2016). "Porter Robinson Teases 'Shelter' Anime". Billboard. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ↑ Green, Scott (15 October 2016). "Porter Robinson And A-1 Pictures Team Up On "Shelter"". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ↑ Bein, Kat (18 October 2016). "Porter Robinson & Madeon Team With A-1 Pictures, Crunchyroll on 6-Minute 'Shelter' Anime". Billboard. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ↑ Corless, Liam (12 September 2016). "The soundtrack for Fifa 17 has been revealed". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ↑ "Porter Robinson, Madeon Release Collaboration 'Shelter,' Announce Joint Live Tour". 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés - SNEP (Week 33, 2016)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Hot Dance/Electronic Songs". September 3, 2016. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
- ↑ "Spotify Viral 50". August 30, 2014. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 21, 2015.