Divinity (commentary) Songtext
von Porter Robinson

So "Divinity"
That was-, that′s the first song on the album
And I think it's the first song that I wrote
That was really in the world′s style
And by that I mean like 90-ish VPM
Um, at that sort of-, that sort of chord atmosphere and sensibility
And the structure really begins with a hook, um
To me, that's where the whole style sort of came out of


Um, uh, Amy Millan of course she
She did this like wonderful chord, this vocal
Um, she's from the band
Stars Reachers, one of my real like high school
Um, high school records that I got really, really sentimental about
Um, you know their song Asia′s Beauty
Um, and yeah that-, that
That band is-, is-, is so good

Uh, and I think like
I-, I know, I remember writing "Divinity"
And it was one of-
It was one of the first songs that I wrote of the album
And to me, you know I′ve written that intro
Um with that, that little yeah-ah-aah that sound
And I-, I just felt that it was so hooky

I-, I think that actually I hadn't written it as an intro initially
But I knew I need it to be removed to the front of the production
And then everything just really flowed out of it from there
And then I′m like resolved as
I'm this-, this feels very me to me
And I-, I felt like I kind of stumbled upon the sound of worlds
And that′s why I felt it was really critical
But have it as the first song of the album