Porter Robinson’s Secret Sky Festival: Over 4 million fans tuned in. Highlights included Porter revealing his new single “Look At The Sky”

This weekend over 4 million fans tuned in to partake in Porter Robinson’s Secret Sky streaming festival which was trending at #2 on Twitter when it kicked off at 2pm EST. The momentum never let up as it continued trending throughout the entire day. It was the #1 stream on YouTube and the top featured stream on the Twitch homepage. It was also featured on the Playstation 4 home screen via the Littlstar app.

Secret Sky kicked off with a set from festival mascot DJ Potaro, who played a Porter Robinson 2010-style electro-house set. 100K plus fans were there to watch the festival-opener perform.

Porter took the Secret Sky stage later in the evening for an emotional set that toggled between euphoria and blistering intensity. He performed some of his classics alongside tracks from his upcoming album, Nurture. This was the first time Porter performed this year, or since the Nurture campaign began. The 250K people who tuned in to watch him were treated to Nurture’s “Something Comforting” and “Get Your Wish.” But the highlight for most was the moment Porter shared his hopeful, unreleased new song “Look At The Sky”, which quickly became a trending topic on Twitter. During the song, the YouTube chat peaked at an impressive 8,813 chat messages per second (with “slow mode” on).

The internet went crazy when Porter dropped the Bay Area rapper Lil B’s “Porter Robinson Based Freestyle” into his set. As it played, the camera caught Porter mouthing Lil B’s words leaving many to wonder if it was a sign that the two are collaborating. Porter took to Twitter to explain that Lil B sent him the freestyle as a Christmas gift, something arranged by Porter’s girlfriend. Full story here. Watch Porter Robinson’s full set here.

Built with Dreamwave technology and designed by Active Theory, the digital auditorium gave concert-goers the ability to move amongst each other throughout a virtual concert venue in real time using their web browser. Users entered Secret Sky and saw themselves depicted as a squiggle avatar. They were then able to navigate through a tunnel to enter the main auditorium area of the festival and join other fans. They were also able to view the festival stream, including custom visuals from each performing artist, set times, and more. Visuals displayed in the auditorium changed dynamically, creating a unique look for each artist. The digital auditorium had close to 1.5 million page views and nearly 1 million fans were in attendance.   WATCH THE AUDITORIUM CLIP HERE.

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