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Porter Robinson Gears Up for Coachella: Plotting Surprises, Waving Goodbye to ‘Nurture’ and Not Catering to Frank Ocean Fans

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Ethan Shanfeld Porter Robinson is a student of live music. Just days before the acclaimed DJ and musician flies to Los Angeles to begin rehearsing for his main stage Coachella set, he spends much of our 20-minute interview recounting recent performances that stuck out to him.

But when discussing his favorite concerts, Robinson is mostly focused on how the artists carry themselves onstage. He first brings up James Ivy, the Korean-American singer and producer who opened for Robinson on his North American “Nurture” tour, whom he calls “one of the most talented young artists in the world right now.” “When he made a mistake on the guitar in his show, he would just laugh and talk about it,” Robinson says of Ivy. “It was so endearing.

You could see everybody relax as soon as he did that. That kind of genuine, honest, unflattering vulnerability is so likable.

It’s hard, especially when you’re in front of a bajillion people in a live stream like Coachella. But it makes for some of the most memorable moments.” Then, he starts describing Kacey Musgraves’ 2019 Coachella set, at which the country star commanded the audience in a playful game of “When I Say Yee, You Say Haw,” as she often does in concert. “Either she messed up or the crowd messed up,” Robinson remembers. “And she goes, ‘I didn’t say fucking yee!’ It was the most memorable part of her set.” He continues, “A lesser artist would wince in that moment, like ‘that didn’t go how it was supposed to.’ Or ‘I just looked stupid.’ It’s so endearing to go the other way and just own it.” Taking notes from some of his favorite live performers is helping Robinson prepare to play the main stage — before Kali Uchis, Björk and Frank Ocean — of one of the world’s biggest music

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