![]() In depicting police brutality as a creature under a child’s bed at night, Gambino explains that police brutality is harmful and frightening without using many words. The first track and single from the album, “Me and Your Mama,” embodies the record as a whole. It begins with a sweet lullaby sound, and after about 30 seconds Glover introduces a smooth, relaxing repetition of the same verse. After two minutes, a surprising electric guitar enters along with Gambino’s passionate vocals. The album is similar to this song, pleasant harmonies contrasting with rough rhythmic tunes, somehow, these musical paradoxes combine impeccably. Prior to the album’s release, Gambino tweeted a link to his PHAROS Earth app which he created for his PHAROS show in which he performed songs from “Awaken, My Love!” The app was later updated with videos from the PHAROS concert filmed in a virtual reality technique. Glover also announced that a virtual reality vinyl would be available to purchase in the coming months. There has been no talk regarding a tour in the future, but without a doubt, Childish Gambino will definitely be seen more by the entertainment industry in the coming years. On top of the album release, Glover is playing the part of Lando Calrissian in a 2018 Star Wars movie. He also has been cast in an upcoming Spider-man movie. “Awaken, My Love!” is absolutely a groundbreaking hit. These factors solidify Glover’s role as a musician, which wasn’t taken as seriously in his first two albums.Album Review: Childish Gambino - Awaken, My Love Glover views society in a compelling way and asserts these views in his simple, yet sentimental lyrics, in his emotional vocals and in his memorable sound production. ![]() I’ve written in some length about the many career paths of Donald Glover. Then in March of this year, Chance confirmed that the pair had collaborated, saying: “We perpetuated that rumour for a long time without recording anything… We did link up in Atlanta and record some tracks and… they’re amazing.”Ĭhance previously featured on the Gambino tracks ‘They Don’t Like Me’ and ‘The Worst Guys’ while Glover featured on the ‘Acid Rap’ track ‘Favourite Song’.To sum up, it seems like no matter what creative project he turns his hand to he’s consistently great at it, which is as infuriating as it is spellbinding. Glover later said: “I feel like if I don’t make a Chance the Rapper mixtape, like a double mixtape, a bunch of 14-year-olds will kick my ass.“ When he has a moment, we’ve been sitting down and working together,” he said at the time. “We actually, like, sat down in the studio and were talking for a little bit. In February 2017, Glover said that the two artists were planning on collaborating. As much as ‘Redbone’ is a punk song because it’s a gospel song that’s on the radio, I’m like there’s only so far you can go before you just are the radio.” What happened to that Chance The Rapper collaboration? Being punk just always felt really good to me and we always looked at Atlanta as a punk show and I feel like the direction I would go with Childish Gambino wouldn’t be punk anymore. Glover has previously said: “I feel like there’s gotta be a reason to do things and I always had a reason to be punk. ![]() ‘Awaken, My Love!’ saw Glover move away from the rap-leaning sound of the earlier Gambino albums and this next record could continue this path. You can watch it over and over again and still pick up on something new.”Īs well as ‘This Is America’, Glover also performed another new song called ‘Saturday’ on SNL in May. NME‘s Sam Moore previously wrote of the clip: “It’s the sort of agenda-setting, sit-up-and-take-notice work which only comes around every so often: it’s not even a stretch to describe it as a seismic moment in popular culture. Probably recent single ‘This Is America’, which came with a powerful and political video that went viral online. The album’s expected to be released at some point in 2018, coming via Wolf + Rothstein and RCA Records.ĭonald Glover performing as Childish Gambino What songs could feature on the album?
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