Donald Glover’s career continues to skyrocket on film and television, but the Atlanta star has spent the early part of the fall bidding farewell to Childish Gambino, the musical arm of his multi-faceted persona. The last several weeks have seen him on the This Is America tour, a goodbye trek to coincide with a…
Okay, so we don’t know for sure that Donald Glover’s fourth (and reportedly final) album as Childish Gambino will arrive this month, but the prospect looms large as we turn the corner into fall. What we do know is we’re getting big new albums from Chicago MC Noname, French synth-pop phenom Christine And The Queens,…
One of the things that makes Stephen Colbert such an easy guy to admire is how sincere he is in his passions: When Colbert loves something—like, say, every single possible aspect of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings—he clearly loves it with all his heart, and utterly without embarrassment or shame. You can apparently…
The Video Music Awards, your yearly reminder that MTV does in fact continue to play music videos, are scheduled for August 20, when we’ll see Cardi B, Beyoncé, JAY-Z, Bruno Mars, Drake, Childish Gambino, and more compete for Moonpeople and bragging rights. The complete list of nominations is now out, with The Carters…
Though Donald Glover just released two new Childish Gambino tracks this very morning, it’s unlikely that any music he puts out this year will eclipse “This Is America” and its dynamite music video, at least in reaction. While some have contented themselves with examining its imagery, others have replicated it…
Donald Glover effectively captured the pop-cultural mood with his politically-charged single “This Is America” back in May, and now he’s back with new music for the stickiest time of the year. As Pitchfork reports, this morning Glover released two new songs under his musical pseudonym Childish Gambino, both of which…
Because there’s apparently no part of the entertainment industry that Donald Glover won’t try to ruthlessly flip on its head, the actor, producer, and rapper is reportedly being sued by his former record label for allegedly withholding royalties from them. This is per Variety, which reports that Glover—a.k.a. Childish…
If you thought Yeezy season was over, you were woefully mistaken. After releasing five albums in five weeks—albeit five extremely short albums in five weeks—rumors have started to emerge that Kanye’s got a whole lot left in the tank. Following the publication of a revealing interview with West in the New York Times…
Two months after its debut, Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” remains a hot topic of discussion. At last night’s BET Awards, host Jamie Foxx invited Childish a.k.a Donald Glover up on stage, describing the Atlanta creator as a “singer, songwriter, philanthropist, movie star, overall badass. … A true artist.”
Donald Glover may be putting his Childish Gambino alter ego on ice soon, but he’s clearly making the most of his remaining time with his acclaimed musical project. The release of “This Is America,” in particular, is a career highlight, from its fantastic music video to the song itself, which is both very good and …
It’s been about a month since Childish Gambino released the stunning, Hiro Murai-directed music video for “This Is America.” In that time, the internet has mostly just concerned itself with trying to figure out what each element of the video means, making sense of disorienting images that, in aggregate, function like…
Donald Glover/Childish Gambino made a resoundingly successful grab for the internet’s often-fleeting attention this weekend, compounding a great SNL performance with the release of his much-talked-about new music video, “This Is America.” The video—which features Glover cheerfully strutting through a violence-filled…
Following a stellar performance as both host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live, Donald Glover capped off the weekend by dropping a surprise Childish Gambino track that pretty much guaranteed he’d be dominating the trending topics on Twitter. The Hiro Murai-directed video for “This Is America” is a…
Donald Glover did a predictably good job on Saturday Night Live last night, since he’s good at everything he does already, but if him hosting, performing as the musical guest, and then releasing a video for his new single “This Is America” wasn’t enough Donald Glover for you this weekend, NBC has just released an SNL …
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Refusing to rest on the laurels of merely hosting and serving as musical guest on tonight’s installment of Saturday Night Live, Donald Glover decided to really show us poor mere mortals up this evening, suddenly dropping a new single and video from his musical alter ego, Childish Gambino, onto the internet just a few…
Stepping into the same rarefied air once occupied by Desi Arnaz, MC Hammer, and J-Lo, Donald Glover has been announced as the host and musical guest for an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live. Glover will host the show’s May 5 installment, with his rap persona Childish Gambino providing the night’s musical…
Donald Glover is already committed to hanging up his Childish Gambino musical persona at some point in the near future, at which point he’ll most likely embark on a new creative journey that will be similarly acclaimed and unstoppable. Before that, though, Glover is going on tour as Childish Gambino with hip-hop duo…
Some nights, The Late Show’s booking power provides a roller coaster for the human spirit. On Wednesday, Stephen Colbert opened up on a serious high note, with a funny, thoughtful interview with Donald Glover in advance of tomorrow’s Atlanta season premiere. And that’s before Colbert sprung the lovely surprise of that…
If all you saw was the reaction on Twitter yesterday, you would think Disney just released the trailer for a new movie called Young Lando And His Amazing Fur Coat. In reality, they released the first trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story, in which Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian completely steals the show despite…
