Unfold

"Unfold" is a song by American record producer Porter Robinson and British singer-songwriter and producer Orlando Higginbottom, known professionally as Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs. It is the sixth and final single from Robinson's second album Nurture, released on April 22, 2021, one day before the rest of the album. This song is the only listed collaboration on Nurture and Robinson has stated that this was a contributing factor in making the song a callback to his first album Worlds (2014). Background and composition Being a longtime admirer of Higginbottom's music, Robinson decided to collaborate with him for a song on Nurture. During the writing process, Higginbottom expressed his appreciation for "Sea of Voices", a song from Robinson's previous album, Worlds. This led Robinson to write the instrumentation in a similar style to his older music, while still retaining some distinctive elements of his newer works. Most prominently among the distinctive sounds of Nurture is Robinson's own singing voice – sometimes processed to sound more feminine. As a result of "Unfold" now talking on a more maximalist tone, Robinson made the decision to move it towards the conclusion of the record, as he felt it to be "an end-of-album moment." According to Dancing Astronaut David Klemow, "Unfold" also represents Robinson's struggles with depression and his fear of being unable to live up to the standard of Worlds. The song is set in B♭ major at 133 BPM.