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Porter Robinson has released SMILE! plus+ via Mom + Pop Music, a 16-artist remix album reinterpreting his personal 2024 LP SMILE!. The release includes contributions from Ninajirachi, underscores, G Jones, Frost Children, Nitepunk, and others, offering a fresh take on his work.
Instead of standard remixes, SMILE! plus+ reinterprets the original album through diverse musical styles. The project spans experimental pop, hardstyle, high-energy electronic, and club sounds, featuring multiple takes on select tracks.
Highlights include Ninajirachi and underscores’ energetic reworking of ‘Perfect Pinterest Garden’, G Jones’s take on ‘Russian Roulette’, Nitepunk’s high-intensity ‘Cheerleader’, and Frost Children’s experimental ‘Is There Really No Happiness?’. The project also features Hatsune Miku with Jamie Paige, alongside Japanese rock band Galileo Galilei’s interpretation of ‘Easier to Love You’. Reinterpreting songs from the deeply personal 2024 album SMILE!, which explored Robinson’s burnout, identity, self-doubt, and post-‘Nurture’ career pressures, opens these specific experiences to entirely new perspectives.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Robinson shared the emotional impact of hearing others sing his personal lyrics. Rather than choosing standard industry collaborators, he sought artists whose creative identities he genuinely respected.
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