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Remembering Childish Gambino

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The GRAMMY winner announced that his current "This Is America Tour" would be his last. Last year, he said his next album would be the last under that name. Is this really the end?
Jennifer Velez
GRAMMYs
Sep 7, 2018 - 4:42 pm

Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover is currently on his "This Is America Tour" and while he took the time to drop new music during a recent show, he also took a moment, right in front of a crowd of screaming fans, to announce that it would be his last tour ever as Childish Gambino.

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"If you’re at this show then you know this is the last Gambino tour ever," he said. "So that means I love you forever for supporting me."

Last year, The GRAMMY winner dropped a clue that he was moving on from the moniker saying, “I’ll see you for the last Gambino album,” during a set at a music festival. Months later, we got his biggest hit yet, "This Is America" and a year later, the summer anthem "Feels Like Summer," making it hard for us to even think about letting go. Now, we're not even sure there will be a next album.

And it will be tough to let go – music as Gambino won Glover his first GRAMMY. During an interview with the press right after winning Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Redbone" during the 60th GRAMMY Awards, he was asked by one of the members of the media if he was really done making music as Childish Gambino.

"I stand by that," he said. "I mean, I'm really appreciative of this and I'm still making another project right now, but I like endings and I think they're important to progress."

Well, if this really is goodbye to Childish Gambino, we want to start by remembering some of the amazing songs he brought to us:

"This Is America"

Childish Gambino received huge praise for this hit. It made us dance with its catchy, upbeat sound, but it also made us think and get in touch with social justice topics relevant to our society and culture today. His answer to why he made the song? “I just wanted to make, you know, a good song. Something people could play on Fourth of July.”

"Redbone"

Gambino's first and thus far only GRAMMY win, "Redbone" is an R&B, funk-influenced song that was influenced by the sounds and era of Funkadelic. From his album titled Awaken, My Love! it's known as his "first big hit." It even won Best Traditional R&B Performance at the 60th GRAMMY Awards. In total, Gambino has seven GRAMMY nominations.

"3005"

The rapper/singer's beginning into the GRAMMY world was thanks to 2013's Because The Internet. The album was nominated for Best Rap Album and his song on the album, "3005," was nominated for Best Rap Performance during the 57th GRAMMY awards. In a 2013 interview he said of the song:

'Everybody's like, 'It's a love song, It's kind of an existential thing. I'm just really scared of being alone. When I was little, there was a big dog down the street. I was really scared of it. But when I was with my sister, when I knew I had to protect her, I wasn’t afraid of the dog as much because somebody was there. I had a purpose…I kind of feel lost. I kind of lost that, I feel.'

We'll miss, ya.

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Listen To Select Category GRAMMY Nominees With Apple Music

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Apple Music has teamed up with the Recording Academy to create a playlist that features all of the nominees from select GRAMMY categories. Get the playlist here
Jennifer Velez
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Dec 9, 2018 - 9:01 am

By now you're all caught up on the nominees for the 61st GRAMMY Awards, and you probably know that the 2019 GRAMMY nominees album is now available for pre-order. But what if you don’t want to wait to listen to all your favorite nominees? Well, Apple Music's got you covered! 

The nominations are out! Who do you want to win at the #GRAMMYs? Reply now and hear works from every nominee on @AppleMusic. https://t.co/2zIYpdaON8 pic.twitter.com/Jm2AmQvzjd

— Beats 1 (@Beats1) December 7, 2018

Apple Music has teamed up with the Recording Academy to create a playlist that features a wide variety of nominees—yes, Cardi B, Shawn Mendes, Kacey Musgraves, Childish Gambino and more.

The playlist includes nominees from Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best New Artist.

On Dec. 7, CBS, Apple Music and the Recording Academy announced the nominations for the 61st GRAMMY Award Show with Apple Music host Zane Lowe, GRAMMY winner Alessia Cara, Shawn Mendes and Janelle Monáe.

Listen to the playlist here, and don't forget to tune in to CBS Feb. 10 to catch all your favorite nominees under one roof.

While you listen to the playlist, read about what it takes to earn a nomination, and, if you're up for it, you can also vote for who you think will get voted Best Pop Vocal Album.

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Childish Gambino Releases Two-Tune 'Summer Pack' EP

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"Summertime Magic" and "Feels Like Summer" keep the heat feeling groovy
Philip Merrill
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Jul 11, 2018 - 1:50 pm

GRAMMY winner Childish Gambino released his Summer Pack EP on July 11 — two new tracks to keep you locked in the groove while it's hot. The audio-only singles "Summertime Magic" and "Feels Like Summer" were produced by the artist with long-time collaborator and GRAMMY nominee Ludwig Goransson.

Childish Gambino is, of course, the musical persona of singer/songwriter, actor and TV producer Donald Glover. His schedule feels as accelerated as the Millennium Falcon, fresh off his appearance on the BET Awards, prepping for his tour starting September, and sharing the Austin City Limits Music Festival headliner bill with Paul McCartney this October. If that weren't enough, an additional appearance was just announced on July 11 — he'll also be performing at the iHeartRadio Music Festival on Sept. 21 in Las Vegas.

Gambino's "This Is America" reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 after he released a video for the song and  performed it on "Saturday Night Live." Behind his SNL performance of the new song "Saturday," viewers could spot a smiling Ludwig Goransson on guitar. Those two songs plus the July 11 Summer Pack make up four tracks from what fans expect will be his upcoming album, while they cross their fingers that it won't be his last. After his GRAMMY win in Jan. 2018 backstage, he ominously added weight to rumors his musical persona will be terminated by saying he liked "endings" and advocating the benefits of contracts having a "death clause."

Meanwhile, Glover is currently voicing Simba for the upcoming The Lion King remake. Fans, with their fans turned on, can enjoy the Summer Pack songs while waiting for an audio release of his second song from SNL, "Saturday." One of the most versatile and surprising of entertainers, he's bound to keep everyone guessing at what's coming next.

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Childish Gambino's Striking "This Is America" Charts At No. 1

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The GRAMMY winner's powerful cultural phenomenon earns him his first career No. 1 hit
Renée Fabian
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May 14, 2018 - 11:00 am

While Childish Gambino — aka Donald Glover — debuted his latest single "This Is America" on May 5 while hosting an episode of "Saturday Night Live," it seems the fever pitch surrounding the ground-breaking song and video has finally hit bigtime.

On May 14, Billboard reported that "This Is America" topped the Billboard Hot 100, earning the GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter his first career No. 1 single. It was the most-streamed and top-selling song of the previous week. In addition, Gambino dethroned Drake's 15-week run in the top spot with "Nice For What" and, previously, "God's Plan."

Written by Gambino and songwriter Ludwig Göransson, "This Is America" features a gospel-type choir and variety of artists, including Young Thug, Slim Jxmmi, BlocBoy JB, 21 Savage, and Quavo.

Likely the driver for the song's chart-topping success this past week has a lot to do with its gripping video. Directed by Hiro Murai, it's full of politically and culturally driven symbolism, from the Confederate-style pants Gambino wears to the visual references to Jim Crow, gun violence and a subversive commentary on America's penchant for distraction through entertainment.

The cumulative result of "This Is America" is not only a No. 1 hit for Gambino, but the spark for a much larger conversation on Gambino's reading of America itself.

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Star Wars 2018: Donald Glover Takes Us Inside The Millennium Falcon

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In advance of 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' hitting theaters later this month, the maestro behind Childish Gambino and "Atlanta" shows us inside the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy
Philip Merrill
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May 2, 2018 - 3:18 pm

In 1975, Parliament's "Mothership Connection (Star Child)" advised us to "free your mind and come fly with me. It's hip on the mothership." The final countdown to fly with Han Solo and Lando Calrissian is now in progress with the impending May 25 release of Solo: A Star Wars Story. On May 2, Donald Glover took us on a tour of the mothership, the Millennium Falcon, no doubt whetting the appetite of Star Wars fans who are waiting impatiently for the Ron Howard-directed film.

Last September, Glover took home his first career Emmy wins for his work on "Atlanta." More recently, 60th GRAMMY viewers were enthralled on Jan. 28 when Glover took the stage in his Childish Gambino persona to sing "Terrified." He won Best Traditional R&B Performance for "Redbone" at the 60th GRAMMY Awards and, during an interview after the show, addressed his plans to retire Gambino.

Now, in a galaxy far, far away, Glover will take on the identity of Lando Calrissian, perhaps the slickest space gangster in one of the most popular movie franchises of all time. Solo … comes into the series' timeline while Lando still owns the ship — before he loses it to Han Solo in a bet — and it's got a cape room!

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Check out the exclusive Solo: A Star Wars Story @DolbyCinema poster and see the film in theaters May 25. #HanSolo pic.twitter.com/NDYnJxRKHU

— Star Wars (@starwars) May 1, 2018

As Glover points out in the tour video, Lando knows how to take care of his ride — we get to see it new before Solo and Chewie roughed it up as a result of all those Imperial entanglements. Of course, the natural follow-up question is how much of what Glover shows us comes standard on all Corellian YT-1300f light freighters versus what are Lando's customized modifications? It's clear we can't run out and buy one soon, but the conversation has moved forward since Parliament's 1975 single invited us to fly in space.

In addition to his big debut as Lando Calrissian on the big screen, Glover recently added new Childish Gambino dates to his upcoming tour and he's preparing to host "Saturday Night Live" on May 5.

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