Flicker

"**Flicker**" is the fourth track from Porter Robinson's debut studio album, *Worlds*. It was released as the album's fourth and final single on July 29, 2014.

## Background

In the Spotify commentary of *Worlds*, Robinson described the origins of the song: "When I first wrote 'Flicker', it wasn't meant to be a *Worlds* song, but, um, I had an MP3 or a WAV file sitting on my desktop of... I had to use a text-to-speech program, basically, I took a bunch of song titles and translated them into Japanese, you know, not correctly at all, just using an online translation tool. And then I used text-to-speech on it and just made this little robot voice say all these song titles in Japanese of songs ... that would never be seen, and then I chopped it up into a rap, and that's where you get the 'watashi wa' little hook from, and ... I thought it was a little charming thing. And then, after I'd written ... that piece, I went into the next section with the lead melody and the different chord progression and...you know, to me, 'Flicker' is one of the songs that has a structure that goes to a lot of different places, and it's not meant to be, um, a pop song - it's more of a little journey."

Robinson announced the song's release date on July 14, 2014.

## Lyrics

* Japanese
* Romanized
* English

私はちょうど何が重要か

私はちょうど何が重要か

私はちょうど何が重要か

見つけようとしている、私は

私はちょうど何が重要か

私はちょうど

私はちょうど何が重要か

私はちょうど何が重要か

私はちょ

私はち

じんせいおかねをとるとかんそ

私はちょうど何が重要

私はちょ、私はちょ

私はちょ

で

か

私はちょうど何が重要か

私はちょうど何が重要か

私はちょうど何が重要か

見つけようとしている、私は

私はちょうど何が重要か

私はちょうど

私はちょうど何が重要か

自分たちの生活のトラックを失う方法です

私はちょうど何が重要

私はちょ、私はちょ

私はちょ

で

か

私はちょ、私はちょ

私はちょ

私はちょ、私はちょ

私はちょ

私はちょ、私はちょ

私はちょうどか

私はちょうど何が重要か

Watashi wa choudo nani ga juuyou ka

Watashi wa choudo nani ga juuyou ka

Watashi wa choudo nani ga juuyou ka

Mitsukeyou toshite iru, watashi wa

Watashi wa choudo nani ga juuyou ka

Watashi wa choudo nani

Watashi wa choudo nani ga juuyou ka

Watashi wa choudo nani ga juuyou ka

Watashi wa choudo

Watashi wa chou

Jinsei okane wo toruto kanso

Watashi wa choudo nani ga juu

Watashi wa choudo, watashi wa choudo

Watashi wa choudo

De

Ka

Watashi wa choudo nani ga juuyou ka

Watashi wa choudo nani ga juuyou ka

Watashi wa choudo nani ga juuyou ka

Mitsukeyou toshite iru, watashi wa

Watashi wa choudo nani ga juuyou ka

Watashi wa choudo nani

Watashi wa choudo nani ga juuyou ka

Jibuntachi no seikatsu no torakku wo ushinau houhou desu

Watashi wa choudo nani ga juu

Watashi wa choudo, watashi wa choudo

Watashi wa choudo

De

Ka

Watashi wa choudo, watashi wa choudo

Watashi wa choudo

Watashi wa choudo, watashi wa choudo

Watashi wa choudo

Watashi wa choudo, watashi wa choudo

Watashi wa choudo ka

Watashi wa choudo nani ga juuyou ka

I'm just trying to find what is important.

It is a way to lose track of life of their own.

## Music video

Porter Robinson - Flicker (Official Video)
## Trivia

* The song contains samples from the 2012 anime series *Ano Natsu de Matteru*.
* Also in the Spotify commentary of *Worlds*, Robinson stated that "Flicker" was one of his favorite tracks from the album.

## References

1. ↑ *Only The Beat* - Porter Robinson's Album is a "Flicker" Away
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Spotify* - Flicker commentary
3. ↑ *Twitter* - Porter Robinson announcing the release date of "Flicker"