"Lionhearted" is a song recorded by American

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

producer

Porter Robinson Porter Weston Robinson (born July 15, 1992) is an American DJ, record producer, musician, and singer from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Robinson began producing music in his childhood. He signed to Skrillex's record label Owsla, OWSLA at the age o ...

. It was released on June 7, 2014 as the third single from his debut studio album '' Worlds'' (2014). Robinson wrote, produced, and performed the track. The song is different than the other songs on the record, less emotional and more pop-inspired. The song contains vocals from Swedish pop group Urban Cone. An official music video for the single premiered on June 17, 2014, and involves Robinson and several Japanese women walking around a city, wreaking havoc by turning the city into glitchy, retro imagery. The song was well-received from critics, and was a hit on the American Dance/Electronic Songs chart.

Composition

Robinson has stated that he could have released the track during the months prior to the announcement of ''Worlds'' and its lead singles, as he felt that it was more of an anthem as opposed to the more emotional and touching tracks of ''Worlds''. He has stated that the song is not one of his favorites, those being "Divinity", " Flicker", "

Sad Machine "Sad Machine" is a song recorded by American electronic music producer Porter Robinson. It was released on May 13, 2014 as the second single from his debut studio album '' Worlds'' (2014). Robinson wrote, produced, and performed the track. The so ...

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Sea of Voices "Sea of Voices" is a song recorded by American electronic music producer Porter Robinson. It was released on March 3, 2014 as the first single from his debut studio album '' Worlds'' (2014). The track revealed the tone of ''Worlds'' as emotional an ...

", and "Goodbye to a World". Robinson worked on vocal ideas for the song with American electronic music group

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, but it didn't end up working out. Robinson did, however, keep some of the ideas from these sessions and developed them further with Urban Cone.

are credited as co-writers of the song. The track includes many progressive house elements, including a sidechained lead backed by a 120 bpm kick drum pattern. The track also includes 808 percussion in its fills.

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* {{Authority control 2014 singles 2014 songs Porter Robinson songs Synth-pop songs Song recordings produced by Porter Robinson Songs written by Porter Robinson