It's been a busy 2016 for Porter Robinson and his friend Madeon. The last six months were a whirlwind of creativity as the long-time friends paired up on the original hit “Shelter” as well as a fully collaborative tour which saw the two producers live mash their catalogues into one epic sound fantasy. Then, Robinson tried his hand at story writing with the official “Shelter” music video, which was more or less a mini-anime on its own.

It seems the damn has burst on Robinson's creative spark, and the Worlds creator promises that whatever had him down and out of the studio in 2015 is now in the past.

i really REALLY love the music i've been working on, i missed this passion a lot — porter robinson (@porterrobinson) January 8, 2017

you should know that self doubt and depression destroyed me in 2015. i wish i could have been making and releasing music that whole time — porter robinson (@porterrobinson) January 8, 2017

2016 was better because working with madeon & working on shelter the animation reminded me that i can still make stuff i'm proud of — porter robinson (@porterrobinson) January 8, 2017

in 2017 i'm gonna do very few festivals and be working myself to death on finishing everything i started by myself last year — porter robinson (@porterrobinson) January 8, 2017

The clock is ticking for anyone who hopes to see Robinson and Madeon do their Shelter tour thing. Coachella will be the last performance ever. The two are very staunch about this being a one song, one tour, one time experience, but some superfans may have also noticed a physical EP release of Shelter in Japan. Don't worry, the rest of the world isn't missing out on anything. Robinson addressed the issue with a fan on Twitter.

@GlobalDanceElec @porterrobinson @madeon I'm not mad but i kinda liked the one song, one tour, one time concept — LilTrollDoll (@BarryByanBelter) January 8, 2017

@BarryByanBelter it IS a one-song, one-tour thing. this is a japanese-exclusive physical release of the song Shelter. — porter robinson (@porterrobinson) January 8, 2017

@BarryByanBelter it's still important to release physical music in the japanese market, that's why this exists — porter robinson (@porterrobinson) January 8, 2017

@BarryByanBelter the japanese label requested that we package the single w/ few other things (piano version, couple remixes, older music) — porter robinson (@porterrobinson) January 8, 2017

@BarryByanBelter people in america aren't even really supposed to be aware of this release- just a single to coincide with our show in japan — porter robinson (@porterrobinson) January 8, 2017

@BarryByanBelter it's an extended version of the piano / strings (with no dialogue!) version that i made for shelter the animation — porter robinson (@porterrobinson) January 8, 2017

Here's to Robinson's continues health, happiness, and creativity in 2017.