Is the "Littlefoot Bigfoot get out the way" a direct reference to the Kendrick/Drake beef? Hasn't Drake been tryna clown on Kdot for having small feet?
Tiny easter egg I noticed: Quinta's character said that they'd be paid if they made it to 2 minutes. The song starts at 1:57, and the angry audience member approaches them at 3:57, exactly 2 minutes into the performance.
This is not mocking you in any way. I’m just very impressed with the message behind this “happy” song and seeing how talented Gambino is, I always wanna know more. Was this just an observation or is there some significance behind the 2 minutes mark of the song or the time 3:57?
@@curtismcdonald6838 Once it gets bloody (3:57), the apathetic and aloof crowd all of a sudden starts to get engaged and dances along with them as if they just want to see them dance (uncritically and blindly consuming the mass media), not hearing them (proactively listening to the message and narrative behind it and be in control of what they are exposed to)
To me, the central meaning is that the performance venue never had any intention of paying Johnny and the Pipes, or any artist for that matter. The industry offers an elusive promise of wealth to artists of color, but churns them through a vicious cycle of ridicule, apathy, and violence. Look at young deceased rappers like Pop Smoke, XXX, Tupac, and Biggie. They started to gain access to generational wealth, but were killed before they got the chance to actually use it. It’s why Quinta doesn’t let them read the contract in the beginning. They’re screwed from the start.
@@funnymime123 Until I saw this video, I never even considered this fact. And when I think back to Tupac and Biggie, not one record producer, black or white, got up and made any attempts to quell the feud. Too profitable.
@@curtismcdonald6838 I think you're missing a key aspect of that generation compared to now. They weren't rappers first. The only reason we settle beef with lyrics and bars is because we lost a lot promising stars to violence. It wasn't the money the started the beef, it wasn't the money that caused the deaths. It'd be much more profitable to keep some of the best names in rap alive. Other motives lead to their deaths.
Don't let it go over your head that the second the music involved "N*ggas dying" the crowd started loving it. Donald Glover truly a genius with every message he puts out there for yall.
I was looking for this comment. Nobody was interested in any of his music until it involved someone died. Then everyone started singing along and dancing. I also noticed that the song was dedicated to people who had absent fathers. That stuck out to me so much.
Foreal - Gambino said this is america was supposed to be a drake diss but transformed. I was wondering if we'd hear from Gambino again and would have loved to see him go at drake. Not his style though, this is america and this track is something way better
I have been obsessed with the nods to iconic classic musical artists. Most notably Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers in the coat and tails, even that cigarrette steal I feel was reminiscent of Marlene Dietrich in Morocco. Childish Gambino does his homework every time.
Gambino: "Just spit some bars about moving yay" Nudy: "I'm gonna rap about bitches and my sex life thanks" SO out of place, dude's in a different league for a different sport.
Actor, singer, rapper, director, producer, dancer, comedian. Is there literally anything he can't do? One of the greatest talents and most under rated artists of a generation
@@SaulBadmon That's the downside to streaming versus just downloading like back in the day. If they decide to change the songs or just wipe it off streaming, it's over for you lmao. I'm sure it's on YT though.
Thank fuck artists like Glover still exist. Making music authentic to his own creative impulses, while having substance, telling a story and still maintaining high musical and lyrical quality! Quality. Plain and simple.
Hiro Murai and Donald Glover Partnership is one of the greatest artistic collaborations of all time; the sinergy that happens between them is simply amazing
Gambino proved his point so well with this one. No cares unless there’s drama involved. No matter how good it is. Like I saw this dance and was like there’s no way that not gonna be the dance of the summer. But no one cares unless there’s drama. Why else did Gambino dropped this in the shadow of the Kendrick drake battle.
Nudy: "Aye can I feature on your track?" Donald: "It's already done... you know what fuck it." Edit: I know the song is a rerelease, he's just dropping it on a new album.
@@gabrielshartinelli Regardless, the joke is that his feature was just like tacked onto the end completely unrelated to or impacting the main song. What's weird is they didn't even really tie his part into the video either. Really one of the more peculiar features I've seen before lol.
Don't let the catchy (what a JAM) music fool you. It's about a kid without a father figure growing up poor, dealing drugs and missing school to get by. Add in the fact he had to literally kill for people to care and it's a dark reality wearing the skin of a fire party song.
U fell for it fool. The gambino part is basically the same thing as Nudg when it comes to lyrics. He just covered it all up with that up tempo ahh song. U don’t actually listen to him.
Funny that at the beginning, when The Pipes were at the club door, Gambino did an Eddie Murphy when he looked back at his band mates. The face he made as he turned and walked in was the same one Murphy made once or twice in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise.
on the surface it sounds like a simple fun pop song, in reality its a cry for help from the perspective of a young black male that didn't have a proper father figure and had to fend for himself through street activity. On the surface the video looks like a goofy lighthearted showcase of choreography but in reality it's a black mirror-esque social commentary on how we only care about talented black artists if there's tragedy and trauma involved. (Young Nudy feature isn’t random, it’s the exact same message just delivered differently) Sidenote: Donald Glover is one of the Greatest creative genius's in the last 50 years
This dude lost his father during what many people consider his peak but the crowed just wanted a happy lil “performance”. I can only imagine his next album is gonna be a very emotionally charged project.
I feel like I’ve been listening to music for a thousand years. Every five or ten years everyone goes mad saying someone is an absolute genius who has managed by chance to put their finger on the zeitgeist of their moment. This guys finger is never on his moment, it spans a universality that has to mean something to everyone who listens and ought to compel them to be better or answer should they feel they can’t. Imagine if he had been painting chapel ceilings in the renaissance! They’d have hidden shapes of anatomical discoveries amongst subversive images that contradict the orthodoxy of the person that commissioned the painting. Genuine genius holds a mirror to us (the zeitgeist touchers) while also showing us a route from the past to a more reasonable future. That’s why there are so few geniuses as most gifted people can’t do both. I hate agreeing with people and I almost exclusively like punk music but people need to watch this person and listen to his words.
@@dwimarpinnock9799 if he was 16, hed be a minor, get 3 years. but now hes an adult looking at a longer sentence. and pray he doesnt sell out his friends to reduce his sentence. but there's many ways to read it.
@@dwimarpinnock9799 it’s a story of the son of a drug kingpin and the affect of a fatherless home. In this case, it’s a jail sentence of a subordinate getting elevated. This song is a tragedy disguised as a catchy pop song
@destroythemindless “underrated: not rated or valued enough.” when you can take your butthurt down a notch and have an adult conversation feel free to respond to this and have an adult conversation. Between his music, acting, and creative “art” through music videos or shows like Atlanta, if you consider that kind of work art, there’s very few individuals like him. Yet what controls hip hop conversations on social media and mainstream media are one trick ponies (not a bad thing btw) like Yeat, Drake, Travis Scott, Megan The Stallion etc. If talent is actually appreciated, we’d be seeing his name a lot more. But I wouldn’t expect “you people” to be able to grasp that without “my people” holding your hand to walk you through it
I will always come back to this sound . Childish Gambino wildin' out cause they woking with a u t h e n t I c v i e w s craftin' that crazy flow. All that work payin' off now they album on repeat.
Childish Gambino is one of those very few very very talented people that don't get the recognition they deserve. and this video proves it for having so much hidden details in it
The acting as he goes from shock and horror at accidentally killing someone to realization and deciding to use this to his advantage is incredible. There's so much conveyed just through his face.
Not just that he can use it to his advantage...but exactly the kind of place he's in. And what they might do to him if he doesn't keep going and use it.
Is he shocked cause it looked like he'd seen that kinda stuff before especially if you listen to the lyrics. Seems like he's asking himself is this all I am? Then the laughter brings him back and he starts singing again. Why can dudes like M&M use lyrics based on their trauma to escape their pasts but brothers get dragged back in or have it used against them?
So true. The beginning when he’s talking about the death of his father broke me. Part me thinks this is the about the pressure he felt needed to perform while grieving over of his father.
I know there are some contextually hidden messages in this because DG is a musical genius so please make this post the post where all meanings, metaphors, symbolism and contextual history is discussed. All contributions and explanations are not only welcome but also encouraged!
The old guy laughing while crying "oh no" is such a complex reaction; it's a mix of disassociation and grief. Everyone else laughs because they are so broken they use humor as a cooping mechanism. Which Is the underlying message of the song; children forced to normalize the traumatic loss of a father and just expecting them to move past it.
It's the look he gives after the guy gets shot and then he spots the first person laughing in the crowd. That's a level of physicality you don't see anymore.
He has such a talent as a comedic actor- and I don’t just mean bringing humor to a scene, but talent like you are talking about, really effectively communicating with that old school physical acting. Comedic acting relies so heavily on timing, nuance of movement and expression, and delivery.
@@WalkingPaceWPexactly, I’d call this unique for him if anything. Callin this trash when there’s clearly a substance in what he’s sayin is nuts in my opinion
I feel like he's just blatantly calling out the rap community for glamorizing the ghetto, the struggle, being criminals, and trying to turn that into entertainment and an identity. "You could literally kill people but people will dance to it if the bars hit hard enough and if you aint bein violent, they dont care for it, they dont wanna talk about it"
Donald Glover is one of the few people who doesn't need to constantly be dropping content to stay relevant. He comes, gives us art, leaves and everything is good. Such a talent.
Has this man ever put out anything but gold? Music, acting performances, direction, dancing, writing, I really hope I continue to see more of him. Especially music, though. I genuinely cant get enough.
@@EPiQ_cR OH SHIT I just now realized from reading your comment that he's the dude that tells that white kid to spell n**f** in that old sketch. Maybe at some point I knew that but forgot? LOL if so who can blame me I mean the man's had so many phases of differing categories.
Representative of the evolution of black American music. Misinterpreted and misunderstood by the masses. The death of the ignorant. The acceptance and beautification of an art form. And the eventual modernization. This is awesome
@@willyoutakethiswillyoutake5729 intelligently dissecting and analyzing an intentional work of art, the way the Gambino intended I might add, is arrogance now? Let me grab my coat, the world is doomed
@haladitheory Not bad... hoping to see you again in the future after some growth. Get a new producer and learn to mix it yourself because i see the inspiration of ASAP and maybe bino since you're here but for example the chorus isn't really good. Keep going though bro, Kendrick, Gambino, and all the greats have 1000's of throw aways before they got to where they are. Kanye spent summers and you should too.
The whole song from the 1st 5 seconds to the dogs barking and howling to the end is saying "we still doing it." Don't miss this message. Word for word.. scene to scene!!!
Crazy how that year was so fucked this completely went under the radar for me in 2020. I’m like this a re release??? 😂 all this is new for me I’m happy yet feel like i been under a rock
another story where someone's art supernaturally protects them from gun violence. i love this message. the old man laughing while also wincing out a "no" is highly relatable.
@@MistaZiggy this is america, where the young students in their uniforms seem shielded from the violence around them as they dance. it is specifically dancing that saves people.
The control in his dancing/facial expressions is phenomenal! I'm so happy to witness his genius in real time! Give this man his flowers while he's here to enjoy them!
I can’t get over how beautiful the videography and lighting are. The entire team did a great job to get the gritty, charged film noir atmosphere. Childish always steals any scene he is in. I love how he uses his background as a comedic actor to deliver his art. It would be so cool to see behind the scenes of this MV
Moral lesson: people like violence,more than a straight,clean performance but as we know childish gambino there is obviously alot of meanings to this one
People went to a bar with entertainment because they enjoy violence more than entertainment? That's probably as fucking stupid as the actual message intended from the black actor turned "rapper" with the white wife and mixed kids that bitches about white people in the media.
Oh yes. There is so much meaning to derive from this. This means you’re just a little bit stupid. If you look at this as much more than a catchy tune, a cash grab and push for more fame, with a bit of aesthetically pleasing videography then 🤷♂️
I haven't seen anyone else notice this, but there's an audience member at 3:49 who's smiling and enjoying the performance before everything goes to shit. He was so close to winning over the crowd with talent, but then he accidentally achieves it with violence. 3:49
i more so perceived it as people only started to enjoy it at all when he provoked someone. before this man smiles we watch gambino take another mans cigarette from him and blow smoke in his face. he started pushing someone around, and got a reaction. this is just furthered by not only provoking him, but just straight up killing him. even worse by his OWN hands. then everyone starts to love it. push someone until they die trying to pick up for themselves. beat down on someone and make them kill themselves unintentionally. he dodged all blame and got the fame
@@CINCEREDAGOD It’s not the same guy. If you compare the time stamps of 3:49 and 3:54 you can see the differences between the two guys better. Different hat and different clothes.
I took it as anticipation expecting the performers to get shot any minute because every move was slightly off beat and over the top enough to be tonally dissonant for the setting, like they're being popy in the wrong place so everyone is wondering who's gonna do it to em. The fact that the singer was the one to pop the guy is hilarious cause they were expecting goofy ahh homeboy with the minstrel act to get shot but subverted expectations and he just rolled with it. Whats interesting about before he roles with it is his posture. Even though it was an accident his posture is firm forward anxious expecting an altercation as opposed as what would be the expected timid anxious response. Form there even his moves are looser, like with that action the crowd can now allow themselves to be pulled into the show
I don’t think it’s about mental capacity. I think it’s more about how this song is trash as fuck. It ends there. I appreciate redbone all the time. There’s a difference.
this is CINEMA, fr tho this is crazy cool, I love how the video isn't just a thing that the song is put on top of, but instead is its own story, its own thing, and is also an extension of the song
Choreographer is Shay Latukolan, one of the best pop and lockers out there. Director is Hiro Murai, DG's long time collaborator since the 3005 music vid. Also co-created and directed lots of Atlanta as well as the This is America music vid. Props also need to go to their long time cinematographer collaborator Larkin Seiple.
what you mean is bring back creativity. bring back time and effort. only a few seems to want to do that. a music video used to be revelatory. glad to see some artists still feel that feel. #respect
@@caseym9042 its part of the message gambino are trying to convey. if u think about it, they both were really rapping about the same thing. the contrast between the verses that have the same subject matters show how easily we can ignore the lyrics and the reality of the artists(the attention only given when violence or tragedy are involved) when its dressed up w the energy of the gambino part. perfectly capturing the dichotomy at the heart of the song. basically what donald glover want to convey is people dont really want to hear the message, they just want to dance to it.
Kendrick: 😤
Drake: 🤡
Gambino: 🕺🏾
Is the "Littlefoot Bigfoot get out the way" a direct reference to the Kendrick/Drake beef? Hasn't Drake been tryna clown on Kdot for having small feet?
Gambino more like ‼️
@@quesocaliente this song released 4 years ago bruh, search it on google. “35.31 by Childish Gambino”
@@quesocalientemaybe 🤔 good point
@@quesocalienteOr Kendrick and Megan thee Stallion🤣🤣🤣💯💯
“Y’all don’t hear me, You just wanna dance” Mr. 3000
Mr. 3005
Idlewild vibes
1st thought that came to my head, this was his "Hey Ya" lol
the amount that line is quoted kinda ruins the quote itself
@@yoda5436 doesn’t hide the fact that it’s true
Act, write, produce, rap, sing, comedian....and he can DANCE!!! This choreography is on point!
Choreography = Shay Latukolan. Donald Glover = genius.
I bet his IQ is really high...in the gifted range.
All that and a great social commentary.
Hes definitely making fun of tik tok dancing and cliche rap lyrics with this one hes a better dancer than this read in between the lines with gambino
Real shit stright 🔥
Tiny easter egg I noticed: Quinta's character said that they'd be paid if they made it to 2 minutes. The song starts at 1:57, and the angry audience member approaches them at 3:57, exactly 2 minutes into the performance.
This is not mocking you in any way. I’m just very impressed with the message behind this “happy” song and seeing how talented Gambino is, I always wanna know more. Was this just an observation or is there some significance behind the 2 minutes mark of the song or the time 3:57?
@@curtismcdonald6838 Once it gets bloody (3:57), the apathetic and aloof crowd all of a sudden starts to get engaged and dances along with them as if they just want to see them dance (uncritically and blindly consuming the mass media), not hearing them (proactively listening to the message and narrative behind it and be in control of what they are exposed to)
To me, the central meaning is that the performance venue never had any intention of paying Johnny and the Pipes, or any artist for that matter. The industry offers an elusive promise of wealth to artists of color, but churns them through a vicious cycle of ridicule, apathy, and violence. Look at young deceased rappers like Pop Smoke, XXX, Tupac, and Biggie. They started to gain access to generational wealth, but were killed before they got the chance to actually use it. It’s why Quinta doesn’t let them read the contract in the beginning. They’re screwed from the start.
@@funnymime123 Until I saw this video, I never even considered this fact. And when I think back to Tupac and Biggie, not one record producer, black or white, got up and made any attempts to quell the feud. Too profitable.
@@curtismcdonald6838 I think you're missing a key aspect of that generation compared to now. They weren't rappers first. The only reason we settle beef with lyrics and bars is because we lost a lot promising stars to violence. It wasn't the money the started the beef, it wasn't the money that caused the deaths. It'd be much more profitable to keep some of the best names in rap alive. Other motives lead to their deaths.
Don't let it go over your head that the second the music involved "N*ggas dying" the crowd started loving it.
Donald Glover truly a genius with every message he puts out there for yall.
I didn't notice that
Also, the lyrics mention violence and abandonment but are wrapped up in an upbeat, catchy, and danceable presentation
I was looking for this comment. Nobody was interested in any of his music until it involved someone died. Then everyone started singing along and dancing. I also noticed that the song was dedicated to people who had absent fathers. That stuck out to me so much.
Then switches to Nudy who just has the most generic girls on my dick diamonds on my wrist type bs bars ruined the song 😂
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Life's taught me to be wary of a wide-eyed smiling Donald Glover. Shit tends to go down after that happens.
Sound advice
😂😂
Bruh! I was not ready!!!
I love that he uses it like a devil to get into places and then put on a hell of a show
He is the Jordan Peele of music videos.
Soon as someone dies, they turn up. Dont miss the point. I've missed this man making music.
Says the white person. White people listen to Drake and Child Gambino
It's also the most viewed part of this video, we aren't any better
I love happy sounding songs with dark words. This shit is dope AF.
Reminds me of Going Ghost by Fly the Fallen
That’s exactly what he’s saying. We dance to destruction if the bass is right lol
Snooze by sza
Bullet by Hollywood undead
THE FIRST CHILDISH GAMBINO MUSIC VIDEO IN (near) SIX YEARS.
It’s been 5 years
He's an actor
This song was on his 2020 album
@@dontblink3022 notice how he said music *video*
See you in 6 years guys
Rap game beefing…
Meanwhile, Childish:
Foreal - Gambino said this is america was supposed to be a drake diss but transformed. I was wondering if we'd hear from Gambino again and would have loved to see him go at drake. Not his style though, this is america and this track is something way better
@@user-cz5ys2ui6z but Drake is from Canada
being childish
The same thing I was thinking lol
Big foot little foot get out the way is Literally him saying drake Kendrick move out the way I'm coming in 😂
As a huge fan of film noir, sociology, and someone whose pipe dream is making music videos, this is genius and I’m floored
Please follow your pipe dream. I believe in you
Hiro Murai also made This is America and it's insane how tapped into historical Black culture he is for a 40-year-old Japanese man.
I have been obsessed with the nods to iconic classic musical artists. Most notably Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers in the coat and tails, even that cigarrette steal I feel was reminiscent of Marlene Dietrich in Morocco. Childish Gambino does his homework every time.
bruh he made a commentary about how we make people feel good by making music about hurting eachother. beautiful.
i gueeeess, look Bro the conxept aint even that deep AND the song boring
@@frikisaurioyou wouldn’t even get it even if you were to be passed a test on this. You got a lot of growing up to do and it shows
@@frikisauriou trolling lol
@@frikisaurioit actually is because there’s a message in this video. You’re probably just not cultured enough to even know the facts
@TemperoXC he's just baiting replies, you can click his pfp and see his other comments 🥴💀
He could have easily made this an episode in Atlanta.
LMAOOO
@@phoggyhugs6690 just give us a 5th season !
He actually made a video for this song?! I've been listening to this for years!!!
all i was looking to say....@@brianluck84
facts
@@CoolBreeze91 he released the final version last monday
Life is indeed tragedy in close up and comedy in long shot.
forreal.
This man doesn't do halfway, he brings everything to every performance. From Community to This is America to Mr and Mrs Smith to this. What a genius!
That transition to Nudy is fucking hilarious. Whole different song 😂
thank God.. that other song was trash
Brah I’m so confused 😂😂😂😂😂
@@jcsmith2231 womp womp
They both talking about trapping what didn't you understand
Kanye West style
Nudy: "so hey donny, where do I fit into this song?"
Donald glover: "uuuuuuuuuuuugh.....right at the end"
Fr had a whole separate beat at the end for nudy lol
@@fredrussell5357 Nudy did NOT understand the assignment lol
lol, that was so random
Gambino: "Just spit some bars about moving yay"
Nudy: "I'm gonna rap about bitches and my sex life thanks"
SO out of place, dude's in a different league for a different sport.
No nu friends 😂
Actor, singer, rapper, director, producer, dancer, comedian. Is there literally anything he can't do? One of the greatest talents and most under rated artists of a generation
This song makes Childish Gambino into Mature Gambino
Nudy with the most random feature of all time 😂
he does this to everyone he features on
The original was better :/ Man added nothing to the song, that whole added section sounds completely disjointed
@@tickettofreedom5865right! Especially considering how seamless the original transition was. And now it’s gone forever :,(
@@SaulBadmon That's the downside to streaming versus just downloading like back in the day. If they decide to change the songs or just wipe it off streaming, it's over for you lmao. I'm sure it's on YT though.
@@tickettofreedom5865 big facts
This video reminds me of the Nietzsche quote: and those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
Deep AF.
Damn you might be a genius
@@terrapin323 You're hilarious.
@@someokiedude9549 you should skip senior year and go straight to college
People with eyes can see what’s really going on. What a time to be alive
Some deep wisdom up in here
Okay?
Fot real
The definition of, "Nobody knows what it means but it's provocative." Gambino back.
Hello. Have you accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior?
lol this song has zero staying power.
The video is about laughing at others pain as the entertainment. The song is about Life choices, broken homes because of hustling.
@@Br.Kevin1nope
@@Br.Kevin1 Have you read the TOS? Imma pass.
He got quinta brunson in here. Its already a W
thats what im sayin
exactly
Love your profile pic
w internet pic
He got money.
Thank fuck artists like Glover still exist. Making music authentic to his own creative impulses, while having substance, telling a story and still maintaining high musical and lyrical quality! Quality. Plain and simple.
This song mashes up in my head with M.I.A.’s “paper planes” too well!!! Anybody else feel it?
lol yeah I hear it
I had paper planes randomly in my head today at work after listening to this yesterday
It's a straight rip off
SIIIIIIIII JUSTOOOOOO❤ solo
Faltaron las escopetas
@@markcarey67 I wouldn't go that far.
Hiro Murai who directed this insane clip is the same person who directed "This Is America" and "Atlanta", what an amazing collaboration!
Also some episodes of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, they are great!
And has been a producer for two seasons of The Bear 👌
Hiro Murai and Donald Glover Partnership is one of the greatest artistic collaborations of all time; the sinergy that happens between them is simply amazing
Let's not forget Lugwig G who basically helped Donald with all his music and in turn went on to win an Oscar for Oppenheimer
Atlanta is one of the best shows ever made in my opinion
Seeing Quinta in random things always making me excited. She's doing so well and deserves it.
like dragonball durag
She came a long way
Gambino proved his point so well with this one. No cares unless there’s drama involved. No matter how good it is. Like I saw this dance and was like there’s no way that not gonna be the dance of the summer. But no one cares unless there’s drama. Why else did Gambino dropped this in the shadow of the Kendrick drake battle.
Donald Glover is a national treasure
Nudy: "Aye can I feature on your track?"
Donald: "It's already done... you know what fuck it."
Edit: I know the song is a rerelease, he's just dropping it on a new album.
it's not even new
@@gabrielshartinelli It was redone
it's new now again lol
@@gabrielshartinelli Regardless, the joke is that his feature was just like tacked onto the end completely unrelated to or impacting the main song. What's weird is they didn't even really tie his part into the video either. Really one of the more peculiar features I've seen before lol.
Lmao 😂😂😂😂right😂😂😂
The "laughing for all the wrong reasons" reference man
you mean clapping for the wrong reasons?
@@vixopher I was gone say😂
@@vixopherprobably both. It’s called an applause 🤷♂️
Gambino was trying to tell us something with that one scene in the video.
which scene/reference?
Gambino is ONE of ONE ….. Keep Being You And Never Let Your Creativity Die.
Kinda want a movie about Johnny and the pipes
Don't let the catchy (what a JAM) music fool you. It's about a kid without a father figure growing up poor, dealing drugs and missing school to get by. Add in the fact he had to literally kill for people to care and it's a dark reality wearing the skin of a fire party song.
Yep, satanic brainwashing
Donald’s “Hey Ya” or Donald’s “Clout Cobain”
This is not gonna play at any of my parties LOL
Interesting and insightful interpretation.
@@mxverick69I don't think this song want intended for party purposes lol. I think the video is mocking what we think of as party music anyways
Gambino: *amazing song relevant to the story*
Nudy: i got bitches and diamonds n shei
U fell for it fool. The gambino part is basically the same thing as Nudg when it comes to lyrics. He just covered it all up with that up tempo ahh song. U don’t actually listen to him.
I laughed out loud :D
i was like wtf who is this guy.. sorry but i was enjoying the song until i heard money diamond and b!@$
you do know nudy is rapping about the same subject matter glover is singing about? lol
@Kujinomics it sounds less like a satire of the subject matter and more like an example of people romanticizing it
I must give big props to the modified single ladies combo mash up dance. He was definitely moving in that suit.
Funny that at the beginning, when The Pipes were at the club door, Gambino did an Eddie Murphy when he looked back at his band mates. The face he made as he turned and walked in was the same one Murphy made once or twice in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise.
on the surface it sounds like a simple fun pop song, in reality its a cry for help from the perspective of a young black male that didn't have a proper father figure and had to fend for himself through street activity. On the surface the video looks like a goofy lighthearted showcase of choreography but in reality it's a black mirror-esque social commentary on how we only care about talented black artists if there's tragedy and trauma involved.
(Young Nudy feature isn’t random, it’s the exact same message just delivered differently)
Sidenote: Donald Glover is one of the Greatest creative genius's in the last 50 years
You're probably one of the few who get it. I first caught the video on TikTok and everyone trashed it. A lot of brain rot on that app sometimes.
YES! Glad people see the message in this. Donald glover is a legend! Everything he does has nuance and layers to it.
He did this on the last music video. Lol
Will said well said
Thank you for reading my mind, you're right.
This dude lost his father during what many people consider his peak but the crowed just wanted a happy lil “performance”. I can only imagine his next album is gonna be a very emotionally charged project.
This is his last. Been talking about it for some time.
@@TheSolarCobalt talking bout what’s after atavista. Whatever he dropping this summer
What you mean
@@TheSolarCobaltthat’s unfortunate. Good thing that he’s talented at literally everything, so we’ll see him again.
@@leviticusbennett9616 There is one more album coming after atavista. Some of his songs on atavista are remastered older material.
I feel like I’ve been listening to music for a thousand years. Every five or ten years everyone goes mad saying someone is an absolute genius who has managed by chance to put their finger on the zeitgeist of their moment. This guys finger is never on his moment, it spans a universality that has to mean something to everyone who listens and ought to compel them to be better or answer should they feel they can’t. Imagine if he had been painting chapel ceilings in the renaissance! They’d have hidden shapes of anatomical discoveries amongst subversive images that contradict the orthodoxy of the person that commissioned the painting. Genuine genius holds a mirror to us (the zeitgeist touchers) while also showing us a route from the past to a more reasonable future. That’s why there are so few geniuses as most gifted people can’t do both. I hate agreeing with people and I almost exclusively like punk music but people need to watch this person and listen to his words.
How about some CC?
“He was only sixteen, he was lookin' at three.
Now he lookin' at nine, pray to God he don't speak” caught me😭. That’s cold blooded. Pure art
I don't get the "he was lookin at three" part. Could you help me out here?
@@dwimarpinnock9799 if he was 16, hed be a minor, get 3 years. but now hes an adult looking at a longer sentence. and pray he doesnt sell out his friends to reduce his sentence. but there's many ways to read it.
@@zaynemeadows8673 Thx
@@zaynemeadows8673damn
@@dwimarpinnock9799 it’s a story of the son of a drug kingpin and the affect of a fatherless home. In this case, it’s a jail sentence of a subordinate getting elevated. This song is a tragedy disguised as a catchy pop song
This man gets praise but is still so criminally underrated.
what lol he is def not underrated.
@coleber7389 so tell us how the way he should get "acurate" rated. You people use the word "underrated" so much without even know the true meaning.
@destroythemindless “underrated: not rated or valued enough.” when you can take your butthurt down a notch and have an adult conversation feel free to respond to this and have an adult conversation. Between his music, acting, and creative “art” through music videos or shows like Atlanta, if you consider that kind of work art, there’s very few individuals like him. Yet what controls hip hop conversations on social media and mainstream media are one trick ponies (not a bad thing btw) like Yeat, Drake, Travis Scott, Megan The Stallion etc. If talent is actually appreciated, we’d be seeing his name a lot more. But I wouldn’t expect “you people” to be able to grasp that without “my people” holding your hand to walk you through it
Millions of views in a few days is the exact opposite of underrated.
He's not on the news as much, because the news care about drama rather than talent
He is too creative for this generation
I will always come back to this sound .
Childish Gambino wildin' out cause they woking with a u t h e n t I c v i e w s craftin' that crazy flow. All that work payin' off now they album on repeat.
The way Donald Glover can act so much with just his eyes, then his face and body follow along... *chef's kiss*
gambinos a triple threat
most talented entertainer of our generation and its not even close.
🤓
@@CrzyLion😂😂😂
6 seasons and a movie!
This man can dance, sing, act, rap, write, do comedy, produce... A literal LEGEND
And has a solid stand-up career
It is commendable and impressive to do all the things. Not a huge fan of his thoughts, but can't deny the work ethic and improvements!
Man’s been a legend
A real modern day renaissance man
Wdym in the making
Okay, what can't this Childish guy do? He got another hit, and his dance was going to break tic tok. Once again, he's on fire............
Childish Gambino is one of those very few very very talented people that don't get the recognition they deserve. and this video proves it for having so much hidden details in it
The acting as he goes from shock and horror at accidentally killing someone to realization and deciding to use this to his advantage is incredible. There's so much conveyed just through his face.
Not just that he can use it to his advantage...but exactly the kind of place he's in. And what they might do to him if he doesn't keep going and use it.
@@RavenDaiit's kinda like the rap industry
Is he shocked cause it looked like he'd seen that kinda stuff before especially if you listen to the lyrics. Seems like he's asking himself is this all I am? Then the laughter brings him back and he starts singing again. Why can dudes like M&M use lyrics based on their trauma to escape their pasts but brothers get dragged back in or have it used against them?
This visual is craaaaazy
That 1234 in a panicked voice got to me
"It's no fun 'til someone dies"
⭐️: THEY DIEING RIGHT NOW! Lol that’s the GAG
While “ eye “ MAGIK!
10 tons of gold this reference is
So true. The beginning when he’s talking about the death of his father broke me.
Part me thinks this is the about the pressure he felt needed to perform while grieving over of his father.
@meatcanyonbrazil9194 Why are we quoting TOOL here? I'm all for it...but is there a connection? haha
I know there are some contextually hidden messages in this because DG is a musical genius so please make this post the post where all meanings, metaphors, symbolism and contextual history is discussed. All contributions and explanations are not only welcome but also encouraged!
Dope! This is his "Hey Ya"
The old guy laughing while crying "oh no" is such a complex reaction; it's a mix of disassociation and grief. Everyone else laughs because they are so broken they use humor as a cooping mechanism. Which Is the underlying message of the song; children forced to normalize the traumatic loss of a father and just expecting them to move past it.
🎯🎯🎯
Well said
What?
@@ermertieplugit's not that hard to understand, read it again
I think he’s saying what cause that’s a reach😅 but who knows
the detail of no sweat on his face until he's stood over the body, and then it cuts back to being dry again right after, it's incredible!
Good eye, great observation.
The DETAILS!
I dont think thats sweat bud.
The fact that the part of the guy getting shot is the most replayed part is nuts.
It is almost unfair how talented Donald Glover is. He is on a different league to us mere mortals.
It's the look he gives after the guy gets shot and then he spots the first person laughing in the crowd. That's a level of physicality you don't see anymore.
So true, it's incredible.
He has such a talent as a comedic actor- and I don’t just mean bringing humor to a scene, but talent like you are talking about, really effectively communicating with that old school physical acting. Comedic acting relies so heavily on timing, nuance of movement and expression, and delivery.
I love love love when I see a little troy in his eyes
Almost forget that Mr. Gambino was a DANCER!! The choreo goes hard!!
Person who did the choreo for Back on 74 did this video as well
I feel like he always uses his whole body in every performance.
I watched this like 5x just for the choreography
Wherever he is, I hope Cab Calloway is looking down and listening to this and going “Aw hell yeah man.”
The way this man constantly re-invents himself is crazy.
This is trash
@@BuzzingGoober🤡
Not really. This is just what "artists" do
@BuzzingGoober bro just trying different things. I wish he would rap again but I'm here for his attempts. I wouldn't call it trash.
@@WalkingPaceWPexactly, I’d call this unique for him if anything. Callin this trash when there’s clearly a substance in what he’s sayin is nuts in my opinion
I feel like he's just blatantly calling out the rap community for glamorizing the ghetto, the struggle, being criminals, and trying to turn that into entertainment and an identity. "You could literally kill people but people will dance to it if the bars hit hard enough and if you aint bein violent, they dont care for it, they dont wanna talk about it"
Facts❤
the fact that they started liking the same song they weren't fucking with, because of something completely unrelated to it
is it the rap community or is it American ? because the police and the military are the biggest celebrities when it comes to violence being celebrated
Yea, I liked how he hit that message home with the featuring deepthroating line at the end. SO DEEP
Then you are 25% right? Congratulations 🎉?
Donald Glover is one of the few people who doesn't need to constantly be dropping content to stay relevant. He comes, gives us art, leaves and everything is good. Such a talent.
Has this man ever put out anything but gold? Music, acting performances, direction, dancing, writing, I really hope I continue to see more of him. Especially music, though. I genuinely cant get enough.
He's composed classics, written and acted his own scripts, been in Star Wars and put a mirror to America.
Even hosted a spelling bee!
Also a comedian
@@EPiQ_cR OH SHIT I just now realized from reading your comment that he's the dude that tells that white kid to spell n**f** in that old sketch. Maybe at some point I knew that but forgot? LOL if so who can blame me I mean the man's had so many phases of differing categories.
@@steveandhishobbies Look up Jerry from Derrick Comedy (same sketch troupe). It's so gross but young Donald's acting is so impeccable in this skit.
And me over here just wanting him to reunite with Abed.
I don’t think the world’s gonna realize how intelligent and creative Childish Gambino is until 10-20 years from now.
He is a frackin genius
I hope it doesn't take that long
this song sounds straight up like paper planes by MIA…
He's a more subtle version of ye!
@@snuffkinzzand the record for worlds longest reach goes too..
not a song that i’d listen to over & over but this masterpiece absolutely blew me away. such a powerful message.. Thank you, Donald.
Came for Gambino, stayed for the Fallout vibez! 🎉
Representative of the evolution of black American music. Misinterpreted and misunderstood by the masses. The death of the ignorant. The acceptance and beautification of an art form. And the eventual modernization. This is awesome
Is this your thesis? Jesus Christ, put down the arrogancyclopedia.
@@willyoutakethiswillyoutake5729 intelligently dissecting and analyzing an intentional work of art, the way the Gambino intended I might add, is arrogance now? Let me grab my coat, the world is doomed
@@willyoutakethiswillyoutake5729people get mad when someone is intelligent lol
I like your analysis. Do you think the inclusion of the Single Ladies choreo is a nod to the similar theme in Beyonce's latest album?
@@willyoutakethiswillyoutake5729bro is offended by OP’s intelligence
This is Gambino's "Hey Ya"
Not nearly as good... at all
No, this is like genuinely bad...
@haladitheory Not bad... hoping to see you again in the future after some growth. Get a new producer and learn to mix it yourself because i see the inspiration of ASAP and maybe bino since you're here but for example the chorus isn't really good. Keep going though bro, Kendrick, Gambino, and all the greats have 1000's of throw aways before they got to where they are. Kanye spent summers and you should too.
I was thinking the same thing
It's not even in the same conversation as Hey Ya
A demonstration of success comes from admiration of an older age.
The whole song from the 1st 5 seconds to the dogs barking and howling to the end is saying "we still doing it." Don't miss this message. Word for word.. scene to scene!!!
crazy hearing the finished version of a song ive been bumping for 4 years
Holy fuck its been 4 years?
Just the album in general it was like hearing it for the first time but also a different experience
Crazy how that year was so fucked this completely went under the radar for me in 2020. I’m like this a re release??? 😂 all this is new for me I’m happy yet feel like i been under a rock
@@xponent16 It was basically just the same album to me 😭 I didn't have any issues with the OG version of it
@@lakesnow7549tbf donald intentionally did pretty much zero marketing for the album so a lot of people missed it
HIro is a genius, I've never disliked anything he's directed. I love how much he works with DonGlover.
Hello. Have you accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior?
DongLover lol
Dat boi don’t miss
Him and Dave Free have the most cinematic visuals. They could all be movies
Major props to the extras and their reactions.
This is art.
another story where someone's art supernaturally protects them from gun violence. i love this message. the old man laughing while also wincing out a "no" is highly relatable.
What’s there other piece you’re referring to?
@@MistaZiggy this is america, where the young students in their uniforms seem shielded from the violence around them as they dance. it is specifically dancing that saves people.
@@MistaZiggysmooth criminal
City of God’s gotta be my favorite example of being protected by art.. a supernatural element is up to interpretation
@@snager80um okay?
The control in his dancing/facial expressions is phenomenal! I'm so happy to witness his genius in real time! Give this man his flowers while he's here to enjoy them!
He's an actor
@@PDog69 Not every actor is a good one.
@@MissGhostfaceignore the haters man us real ones appreciate donald / sickboi/bino
Love Bino vision i'm incredibly excited for the next album and what he could bring to the table
@@jeso7606They didn't hate on him...
The guy that laughed after the gun went off🤣🤣🤣🤣
Donald is literally my favorite singer and a producer for sure.
I can’t get over how beautiful the videography and lighting are. The entire team did a great job to get the gritty, charged film noir atmosphere. Childish always steals any scene he is in. I love how he uses his background as a comedic actor to deliver his art. It would be so cool to see behind the scenes of this MV
right?! cinematically good
Just the words I was preparing to write. Spot on.
Moral lesson: people like violence,more than a straight,clean performance but as we know childish gambino there is obviously alot of meanings to this one
People went to a bar with entertainment because they enjoy violence more than entertainment? That's probably as fucking stupid as the actual message intended from the black actor turned "rapper" with the white wife and mixed kids that bitches about white people in the media.
Exactly.
This definitely what I took from it, brought back the vibe from "This is America" 😵💫
Oh yes. There is so much meaning to derive from this. This means you’re just a little bit stupid. If you look at this as much more than a catchy tune, a cash grab and push for more fame, with a bit of aesthetically pleasing videography then 🤷♂️
999 likes? Just gave you a 1000
the gun shot in the video was perfectly placed and hits harder then you'd think after seeing the reactions switch. love it.
This man wrote and performed “This is America”
Let’s not forget the dichotomy of Gambino
2 was feminine af. How about that dichotomy
The black mirror of hip hop…poetic
It's not that deep
love this analogy ❤
This man used to be a rapper. Now he is some kind of prophet or oracle or something.
is an artist.. don’t see much like him these days
He’s more than just a rapper. He’s a true artist 🫡
he always was a crazy talented musician. calling him just a rapper feels insulting
One of the dumbest comment I've ever seen
Chill bro
CG writing yet another metabanger with critiques of the industry, its history, & the audience. Damn.
I haven't seen anyone else notice this, but there's an audience member at 3:49 who's smiling and enjoying the performance before everything goes to shit. He was so close to winning over the crowd with talent, but then he accidentally achieves it with violence. 3:49
Could also be someone not wanting to be honest about liking something because it goes against the crowd
i more so perceived it as people only started to enjoy it at all when he provoked someone. before this man smiles we watch gambino take another mans cigarette from him and blow smoke in his face. he started pushing someone around, and got a reaction. this is just furthered by not only provoking him, but just straight up killing him. even worse by his OWN hands. then everyone starts to love it. push someone until they die trying to pick up for themselves. beat down on someone and make them kill themselves unintentionally. he dodged all blame and got the fame
He's the same guy who pulls the gun and gets clapped. Watch it again.
@@CINCEREDAGOD It’s not the same guy. If you compare the time stamps of 3:49 and 3:54 you can see the differences between the two guys better. Different hat and different clothes.
I took it as anticipation expecting the performers to get shot any minute because every move was slightly off beat and over the top enough to be tonally dissonant for the setting, like they're being popy in the wrong place so everyone is wondering who's gonna do it to em. The fact that the singer was the one to pop the guy is hilarious cause they were expecting goofy ahh homeboy with the minstrel act to get shot but subverted expectations and he just rolled with it.
Whats interesting about before he roles with it is his posture. Even though it was an accident his posture is firm forward anxious expecting an altercation as opposed as what would be the expected timid anxious response. Form there even his moves are looser, like with that action the crowd can now allow themselves to be pulled into the show
I don't have the mental capacity to really appreciate this dude's music/art.
All good bro, just enjoy it and dance it out. 🎉
This is so real, I’m here scrolling through the comments because I wanna get it so bad but I also just don’t know how to think like that
I don’t think it’s about mental capacity. I think it’s more about how this song is trash as fuck. It ends there. I appreciate redbone all the time. There’s a difference.
Saying that alone opens the door to new understandings.
Keep studying
this is CINEMA, fr tho this is crazy cool, I love how the video isn't just a thing that the song is put on top of, but instead is its own story, its own thing, and is also an extension of the song
Well, this is gonna be stuck in my head for the rest of my life
Whoever choreographed this is a goat😂😂 whoever director need props too😂😂
Choreographer is Shay Latukolan, one of the best pop and lockers out there. Director is Hiro Murai, DG's long time collaborator since the 3005 music vid. Also co-created and directed lots of Atlanta as well as the This is America music vid. Props also need to go to their long time cinematographer collaborator Larkin Seiple.
Shay also choreographed Back on 74 SO GOOD!
New Kendrick music, new childish gambino music, it’s a good year.
New Drake music too. I know yall hate him for some reason now but his music is tough
@@trelwilliams5003 Ignoring the *awful "The Heart Part 6" and the AI song* i kinda agree
@@Gato_D00M the ai song was kinda hard in my opinion but yeah I can’t listen to the heart p6 lmao shits just not for me
Only one left is Frank Ocean. Then it's a complete year.
Don't forget Vince Staples
That was a SHOW! This guy is the total package.
4:05 Gambino was looking down like👁️👄👁️ 😂
he’s so silly!1!1!!1!
When I say “bring back music videos”, this what I’m talkin bout 🔥
Hello. Have you accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior?
what you mean is bring back creativity. bring back time and effort. only a few seems to want to do that.
a music video used to be revelatory. glad to see some artists still feel that feel. #respect
YES
The rkelly and isley brother videos!! ❤😂
young nudy's part felt like a make-a-wish that they legally had to add to the end of the video
Right! So disconnected from the source. The beat switch doesn't really work either. Just awful.
@@caseym9042 its part of the message gambino are trying to convey. if u think about it, they both were really rapping about the same thing. the contrast between the verses that have the same subject matters show how easily we can ignore the lyrics and the reality of the artists(the attention only given when violence or tragedy are involved) when its dressed up w the energy of the gambino part. perfectly capturing the dichotomy at the heart of the song.
basically what donald glover want to convey is people dont really want to hear the message, they just want to dance to it.
Imma be real I like nudys verse it gave the song some contrast
@@ashila96 that’s gospel right there
@@JohnLemon-xq4pd contrast it didn't need
1. The choreography is fire 2. The people in the bar deserve acting awards for keeping a straight face and not tapping their damn feet!