The text-to-speech speaker on the song says "Watashi wa choudo nani ga juuyou ka mitsukeyou toshite iru," translating to "I'm just trying to find what is important to me," which Robinson said was "nice, because it could have come out as something completely random." The song also contains influences of disco, opening with a "summer-y disco guitar" before moving into "hands-in-the-air synth blasts" as a critic for Vice magazine described. Robinson described "Flicker" as more of a "journey" than a pop song, saying that it goes "to a lot of different places" structure-wise. Finally, he composed the lead melody and chord progression. He didn't initially plan "Flicker" to be a track on Worlds until some time later when he was using a translation website to translate "song titles that would never be seen" incorrectly into Japanese, and then put the Japanese text into a text-to-speech program for it to be converted into a WAV file for him to "cut it into a rap" which he called a "charming little thing". The result was a hip-hop-style instrumental that he felt was "incomplete" with only drums and the phased samples. With "Flicker", one of Porter Robinson's favorite songs of his debut studio album Worlds (2014), he wanted to experiment with samples of soul music, which he became a fan of ever since he listened to his favorite album, Daft Punk's second studio record Discovery (2001). Robinson in an interview with Cuepoint. It has, I think, a great climax, a very powerful and big moment." It’s one of my prouder moments on the album because it goes so many places, but flows naturally in between them. But yeah, that song is kind of a frankensong. "I liked the way it sounded, I liked the rhythm of it, the cadence and the flow, so I decided to keep it. The song was well-received from critics, and was a hit on the American Dance/Electronic Songs chart. Vocally, the song contains a text-to-speech voice incorrectly translating "never seen" Japanese song titles that have been chopped and screwed in a rap-like style.Īn official music video for the single premiered on August 14, 2014, and involves footage of Japan filtered with effects including those of 8-bit video games. Musically, the song contains elements of disco and hip-hop, as well as sampling of soul music. Robinson wrote, produced, and performed the track. It was released on Jas the fourth single from his debut studio album Worlds (2014). " Flicker" is a song recorded by American electronic music producer Porter Robinson.
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