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Gambino is basically saying that people pay more attention to what is in front of them instead of whats going on in the background ive rewatched the video like 5x lol
Kierrraaaaaa so true he used the shoot and irrelevant viral trends to cover up what's actually happening, in the background chaos and people jumping off the second floor and car windows. And the focus the whole time is the dancing.
Ppl have the simplest, obvious takes on that new Gambino song #ThisIsAmerica , saying its about police violence/white supremacy. It opens with a young black man shooting an old black man cuz his song was too upbeat& then breaking into your standard ambition rap.
Martin the shootings didn't cover up anything. It doesn't make sense that a shooting would be less important than whats happening in the background. either way, during the shooting scene there was nothing in the back. I think the video has a lot to do with the aftermath of those shootings, because that's when the people come in. kids dancing in the chaos could mean how kids today don't care much about whats going on and they just keep doing there thing even though real problems are happening around them
Childish Gambino's "This Is America"...he plays a Jim Crow caricature that shows plenty of symbolism through subtle nuances and direct distractions by entertaining through dance and trap lyricism. Trendy dancing and the glorification of materialism, while chaos, violence and death takes place around him and in our direct viewing. Desensitized as if the violence is non-existent or just a normal aspect of our daily lives. The last part...is mirroring how black ancestors attempted to escape chaos and death from former slave masters. Running through the darkness, with no real place to run to.
I disagree with the last part. You can see a black woman running on the left. Him and America is running away from something big and chaotic for allowing ourselves to be distracted. Also when he pulled up to shoot the kids he din't have a gun it was taken away, someone else came for the kids for them to run away.
I looked it up! You was right! I think him killing the man in the beginning is how black stereotypes have distracted or killed our real image. The black man on the guitar in the beginning is happy, minding his own business, playing simple but melodic guitar music. He shots the man in the beginning but he shows up at the end but with the sack still on his head. People are still blinded by the stereotype, what he is representing with the music, dances, etc. GIRL! My mind is blown!
Saul Gland I see where you're coming from but he's trying to emphasize a lot on America in particular. Trying to express how black culture is so influential yet American society still discriminates against them. He's trying to show with all the ad-libs of other black artists like the Migos or 21 Savage that he is the representation of all black culture that is in the spotlight in the generation whilst we ignore all of the chaos and important issues (the background). He's trying to display the struggle of being both a black artist in the rap game and a black man in American society. He also made several references to shootings that have occurred which may also be his way of displaying America's lack of gun control and reform. This video was very well created and I honestly agree with his message. It's pretty disappointing that as a society that is trying to be progressive and better than the past, we're still treating other races, which is a social construct not a natural categorization/label, as inferior to another race. History is still repeating itself sadly despite the changes and progress made.
The media distracts us from what going on (the background of the video) all we payed attention to is his dancing which is the point of the video to me 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
Fire Panda i feel like it was about how we pay attention to whats popular (the dancing shit) then something bad happens (shootings or whatever) and we stop for a second but soon everyone forgets and goes back yo paying attention to whats popular again (back to dancing). So the shootings werent a distraction.
just gonna copy and paste this other reply I put out: "the shootings didn't cover up anything. It doesn't make sense that a shooting would be less important than whats happening in the background. either way, during the shooting scene there was nothing in the back. I think the video has a lot to do with the aftermath of those shootings, because that's when the people come in. kids dancing in the chaos could mean how kids today don't care much about whats going on and they just keep doing there thing even though real problems are happening around them " Show less
Miaa Miaaa yeah we paid attention to his dancing and words. Also, notice how none of the cars in the video are new. In Cuba, they arent modernized like the rest of the world.. Just sayin
.i wouldn't say he's underrated & I believes he gets the acknowledgement he deserves. He just don't drop as much music as he use to and people tend to forget about him until he drops gems like this because our attention span is extremely short. He's a master at his craft and creates off pure emotions which is why this is a masterpiece. Just my personal opinion
Nah the concept of the video is like we only focused on shit that don’t matter (the dances, the mumble rap flows, the beats) while we’re not focusing on the more serious issues (police brutality, racism, etc) not to mention we only be focused on recording everything and social media looking for validation instead of speaking out about these issues
In the end it also seems to suggest that you don't care until it happens to you. All throughout the video Bino is dancing without a care in the world. What's happening around him doesn't affect him. Then at the end it's happening to him and now he cares.
These 3 dudes missed the whole concept of what the artist is saying in the video, they themselves are actually doing what the truth of the video is saying, they bobbing they head and smiling, and digging on the dance moves of the artist, the entertainment, focused on all the wrong things, while there is kaos, rasism, police murdering, diminishing values, and the list goes on, everybody making these videos don't know what they talking about, but yall don't care about that right, because as yall say, they look good in their black right, ooops, there it is again, wake up people.
It's ok. Good art never had ONE interpretation/meaning. They might have missed things, but they picked other things up based on their own personal history and what they feel - and CG chose to make it a music vid for a reason: we can watch it as many times and deconstruct it all we want. When they watch it a second time and notice they were distracted, that feeling of epiphany and realization will be felt even stronger, making the message even more powerful.
I think it has to deal with distractions like how the world is going to utter shit and it takes something tragic to happen for people to pay attention to something that’s not mainstream and trendy. I think Donald Glover is symbolizing a few different moments of us as a country being in outrage and shocked about something then being distracted by something less stressful like his dance moves meanwhile shit still is happening behind us that we pay no attention too until it’s too late. I think he is teaching a lesson on awareness of the world.
No hate, yall are dope but he isn't representing a certain culture. He's representing what's poppin and how we all stay distracted. I notice a lot of people a little after the first man killed get back to grooving, especially when the choir comes up but after the choir it really hits... Yet a lot of people still go back to vibing with the song towards the end. We're all the people he's representing when we don't take control of our emotions. He's showing us how easily we can become distracted by things and how the average person forgets about such tragic events within a short time span . It's basically a wake up call.
Owen Wowson ehhh i have to disagree. he’s talking about specially hip-hop culture and the materialism of it whole ignoring the things happening to the people and how there are so much influence (the dancing, trap lyrics) but we don’t use it for real issues
Owen Wowson 💯💯 Right. Everyone so desensitised to the violence nowadays that it's forgotten when the latest fashion/song/etc pops up. Great video. Hopefully more people wake up and take stock of it's message, instead of continuing with their bs
1 in the stink, you are 100%. Even as I watched- trying to understand his lyrics and his angle- I fell for the distraction. Totally. The art of it all was so engaging I overlooked the horrible scenes put in front of me, all but ignored them. All I wanted was the entertainment. His dance, his perfect flow, that damn infectious beat. I have watched this at least 30 times now. I was missing the point because I was so eager to be entertained. Now I see it. I love this video because it is amazingly well done, but it also makes me a little sick. I have a feeling that it should make us feel this way.
I wonder if you noticed at the end it the lyrics go "get your money, black man. get your money, black man. GET DOWN" To me how I interpret that is like mainstream America expects excellence from Black people, yet they're still treated like thugs and gunned down just for being black hence the "Get Down" part. Like i think of that black man in NY who used to work for the Obama administration that was just moving into his apartment yet someone called the cops on him for literally doing nothing.
i’ve looked at a lot of reactions to this video, but then i came to this one... and y’all said some stuff that nobody else said and that i never thought of. this is why i love y’all. 😭💙
Man, the discussions that you three had after the video were very intuitive. The multiple perspectives that you guys had about the video's meaning were thought-provoking.
You young man got to remember right now he is a all around artist singer, rapper, sitcom, movies, and comedian I applaud him for using his platform for truth and I applaud you guys for reacted to it.
Wow I can't explain how good this video was...A real eye opener. Y'all had really good thoughts on the meaning of the video. For some reason when he shot the people in the choir, I thought of the Charleston shooting. I think Gambino really captured alot of the injustices and BS going on today...especially against black and brown people
The song is about Deception. All you see is the Dancing, turning up, the flow, the lyrics, and the fact that you clicked the video showed that you really care about what's popping. In the background however, all the killings in churches, people's homes, kids, etc, are going on as we speak, but we're always distracted by what's popping out in front of us. Very Strong Video. Liked, Commented, Been Subscribed.
Listening to what you guys were saying about Jadan and Childish. Childish has been this way for awhileeeee but he’s really be bringing it out for the past few years. One of his older songs, which a lot of people are familiar with, “cut a white girl with the same black gloves on” says a lot about the message he’s been trying to convey. I like that he is a very intelligent person trying to kind of dumb stuff down for the general public while being creative. Love you guys videos😺
This was such artistry. Telling actual problems in the world, and if you just watched the dancing, you would have missed everything important. He was a portraying Jim Crow, the pose when he shot someone, and the way he moved. The video and song had many layers, Gun Violence, Hate Crime, Suicide/Mental Illness, (when the guy jumped to his death), He also touched on some other references, with the man in Black on the Horse, basically representing Death, and how chaos follows it. You see how every time he shoots someone, the gun is handled carefully? But the people are dragged away, and immediately after, he does some big dance to draw you back in. Then you have people recording it, but not really feeling the weight of the situation, because we are so used to it. We have become blinded and distracted from the important stuff behind the scenes. When he had a gun, no one ran, but when he didn't and only made the image with his hands, everyone ran away. Then after he smoked, he got chased. IDK, Just my thought on the video.
Nobody has mentioned that every time he shot someone, everyone acted like it was normal and went back to business. That one time he was unarmed and made the gesture to hold a gun at someone, everyone ran, the music stopped, etc
I think he went to pull a gun, one wasn't at the ready, and the music stopping represents his emotional state. The kids run, but this time, no one dies. The potential shooter just takes a pause, lights a blunt and chills. Maybe a statement on gun control in america. If the gun isn't available, no one gets shot. In the first two shootings, he was alone when the gun was pulled (other than the victims) so who is there to run away? The other thing is that when the black man shot the black man, they clean it up and hid it away, and no one cares. After the church shooting, the mob comes running to make their noise and make a big temporary deal out of it before they move onto something else, and the cops actually show up.
This video is phenomenal everytime I see it, I see and feel something different. It is POWERFUL! We are America no matter what color and we need to stop the killing of America. Such a talent. GENIUS. I hope this reads as I meant it, with love.
I love the way y'all tossing out your minds via interpretations as it comes to you, no matter what it is. You three analyzing the scenes with different perspectives. It's a rarity to have such openness given the subject matter.
The dancing part is there to represent all the distraction that makes us blind to the chaos that happens behind (look at the chaos behind Childish Gambino while the camera focus on him).
The whole concept of the dancing was to be a distraction (social media)it was to distract you from the things that are happening in the background of the video
It's great to see people having serious conversations about/because of this song. It makes me think about how I could make my own music more serious and less of a beautiful distraction.
DUALISM. DUALITY IN OUR NATURE, OUR ATTENTION, OUR ENVIRONMENT AND WE KNOW ENTERTAINMENT BUT WE DON'T KNOW PLEASURE. The symbolism with the pale white horse riding in the background reminds me of the most craziest book The Pale White Horse. So much can be unpacked by this video. Masterpiece nonetheless.
Did y'all notice okay when he was dancing around the kids and all of a sudden everything went Pause and quiet and he had his arm up and his finger extended like it was a gun and he basically killed off and lost his mind, or whatever and nobody came nobody tried to stop him as soon as he lit a blunt and went out and start dancing on the car the white people started chasing him but did not chase him when he killed off the black kids but chase him when he lit a blunt crazy. The priorities what was more important the kids are the blunt. Oh yeah and did you all see SZA sitting on the car at the end like a beautiful black Queen basically you know she was saying that she may quit music because she was basically not being noticed probably for colorism maybe. I wish we could all just love each other but at the end of it all we will have to answer to GOD. I really wish we did not see color as of race because people don't realize that separation causes division and when there is division there's debate and when there's debate there is questions and when there is questions there is fear and where there is fear causes intimidation and when there is intimidation there is a fight and when you have to fight there comes War but if we all work together as one we would be one. Could you just imagine if the whole entire world work together as one and just love each other how powerful would that be.
That was supposed to be how people use drugs to escape from the issues in their neighborhood, the police, and society as a whole. Constantly trying to survive in a society that was set up to have white people be successful and not black people.
Gambinos Message Is Basically Mass Shootings/Gun Violence Being Handled With Little To No Care , The Reference To Jim Crow, And New Hip Hop Dances And Trends That Is Distracting Us From What Going On In America, Hints The Reason Why He Kept Putting The Dancing Kids In Front Of The Chaos Going On Behind Them.
Rameesha Rodgers thank you,your comment seemed more like what happened in the Gambino video,then what these 3 reactor guys were saying,they kept saying it as like a racial issue or somethin,like wth.. idk..
They’re so cute. ❤️ The video is deep we kept getting distracted from what was going on or what just happened, by the dancing by the music. This is how are children are growing up.
You guys are the representation of this video. The only things you guys noticed was the dancing and when someone got shot. But you missed everything that happened in the background. Just like society
Think yall missed what the video was actually about. The dancing is a distraction. It distracts you from whats really going on such as the things going on in the background or the running into the dark like slaves did in the underground rail road not really knowing where they are running but running to freedom. You got the white horse in the background the church shooting etc. You should go back and watch it. Video is actually really symbolic.
This video showcases so many different issues. I have watched it a few times I'm still seeing new things. All of the violent problems are prominent in this one video. While all these other rap artist are promoting drugs, violence and luxury, Gambino and Kendrick Lamar are telling the truth about the power of the influence in the music industry during these dark times in America. So much respect for this.
I love you guys! I have a highly recommended music video y’all should watch, it’s from Janine, it’s called Too Late. She’s really talented and her voice will definitely get you feeling some type of way
Man ive tuned into a couple reaction videos the past couple weeks with yalls channel and i gotta say i agree with the video breakdown yall come to a conclusion to and many others keep up the good work yall
110% agree he's talking about all the stuff going on in America right now, hence the name of the song and the lyrics. I think this music video is hard for a lot of people to watch, but what I say to them is - if it's hard for you to watch, then imagine what it's like for people who live it? You know? So i think it's a positive thing to have a really realistic video/song like this out now and gaining so much traction.
This video is on point its representation on how the past present and possible future on going events in America. I can actually say his mind in creative mode is letting us know how we think not just black people but just americans in general. I showed this to my grandmother and she cried but she said this is all true she grew up during those times and it was hard and in her words shyt still have not changed... **in the end it masters chasing him I watched 8x but g-ma picked up on it after she explained to me.
It's less about race, and more about what we listen to. Music talking about violence and killing...masked with dances. We ask everyone to take us seriously as a race, but we don't take us seriously. Then, we complain about cultural appropriation, but get someone like Lil Pump record deals. Even after he insults lyricists like J. Cole...calling it "lyrical shit." 😑
AnastasiaLUVSU No sweetie, but thank you for feeding into the stereotype. Music and videos are made for interpretation. My interpretations are molded by my reality. Perception is REALITY. Therefore...THEY ARE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE MY INTERPRETATIONS. You are welcome to your own point of view. I don't believe UND put a minimum on the comments beneath their videos. However comma you can continue to perpetuate ignorance while I continue to live my life, and form my own opinions. Goodbye 😊!
Jerry Williams Then my question would be...how do you interpret the lyrics as they relate to the song, if it is just about race. I'm not saying you are wrong, but I would like to know.
msveeip I think there is definitely a portion of this that has to do with race strictly because of his (Donald Glover) portrayal of Jim Crow. Jim crow is most commonly associated with a set of laws or ideals governing segregation but stem from an act that used to be put on to mimic and mock more traditional African song and dance. I myself cannot presume all of the intentions of the song and music video but my guess would be that the death of traditional African culture in America is a theme here. I hope that I helped in some way. I would love to hear Donald Glover speak more about his personal connection to his creation but I doubt he will simply for the sake of art and interpretation.
This song is so conscious!!! I love the depths and details of this song and video, it’s straight inspired! Please do another react video on this now that some time has gone by and we have a better understanding of the genius, especially since we are in 2021
This is exactly the point. Notice how they’re shocked when the shootings happen and then get distracted by the music and dancing like it didn’t happen. Huge metaphor
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Can y’all react to Aliya janell -forever I’m ready choreography
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Basically, we sing and dance our way through it all, as a coping mechanism and a distraction for ourselves and others.
about to listen now...didn't know you guys had music too 👌😍🔥😊🙌💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Gambino is basically saying that people pay more attention to what is in front of them instead of whats going on in the background ive rewatched the video like 5x lol
Kierrraaaaaa so true he used the shoot and irrelevant viral trends to cover up what's actually happening, in the background chaos and people jumping off the second floor and car windows. And the focus the whole time is the dancing.
Ppl have the simplest, obvious takes on that new Gambino song #ThisIsAmerica , saying its about police violence/white supremacy. It opens with a young black man shooting an old black man cuz his song was too upbeat& then breaking into your standard ambition rap.
Exactly
Martin the shootings didn't cover up anything. It doesn't make sense that a shooting would be less important than whats happening in the background. either way, during the shooting scene there was nothing in the back. I think the video has a lot to do with the aftermath of those shootings, because that's when the people come in. kids dancing in the chaos could mean how kids today don't care much about whats going on and they just keep doing there thing even though real problems are happening around them
Yep
Childish Gambino's "This Is America"...he plays a Jim Crow caricature that shows plenty of symbolism through subtle nuances and direct distractions by entertaining through dance and trap lyricism. Trendy dancing and the glorification of materialism, while chaos, violence and death takes place around him and in our direct viewing. Desensitized as if the violence is non-existent or just a normal aspect of our daily lives.
The last part...is mirroring how black ancestors attempted to escape chaos and death from former slave masters. Running through the darkness, with no real place to run to.
Kíre Howard absolutely on point
Amazing
I disagree with the last part. You can see a black woman running on the left. Him and America is running away from something big and chaotic for allowing ourselves to be distracted. Also when he pulled up to shoot the kids he din't have a gun it was taken away, someone else came for the kids for them to run away.
Kíre Howard YES
Great analysis
*Fun Fact:* The pose that Gambino did @1:26 while he shot the guy, was actually the pose of the _Jim Crowe_ minstrel!
I looked it up! You was right! I think him killing the man in the beginning is how black stereotypes have distracted or killed our real image. The black man on the guitar in the beginning is happy, minding his own business, playing simple but melodic guitar music. He shots the man in the beginning but he shows up at the end but with the sack still on his head. People are still blinded by the stereotype, what he is representing with the music, dances, etc. GIRL! My mind is blown!
I thought he “killed” Travon Martin’s dad at the beginning. He was playing the guitar. *EDIT: This is wrong, it's not Travon's Dad*
Briana Nicole no it isn't that's just a billshit rumor
You're completely right, He looked so similar and has so much significance that I thought it was him. It's not I stand corrected.
T Essence oh wow
Gambino's creativity for this video was very in you're face, but a honest glimpse into America's harsh reality
Saul Gland I see where you're coming from but he's trying to emphasize a lot on America in particular. Trying to express how black culture is so influential yet American society still discriminates against them. He's trying to show with all the ad-libs of other black artists like the Migos or 21 Savage that he is the representation of all black culture that is in the spotlight in the generation whilst we ignore all of the chaos and important issues (the background). He's trying to display the struggle of being both a black artist in the rap game and a black man in American society. He also made several references to shootings that have occurred which may also be his way of displaying America's lack of gun control and reform. This video was very well created and I honestly agree with his message. It's pretty disappointing that as a society that is trying to be progressive and better than the past, we're still treating other races, which is a social construct not a natural categorization/label, as inferior to another race. History is still repeating itself sadly despite the changes and progress made.
Joshua Dimayuga this sums things up perfectly. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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The media distracts us from what going on (the background of the video) all we payed attention to is his dancing which is the point of the video to me 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
what about the shooting, that aint a distraction
Fire Panda i feel like it was about how we pay attention to whats popular (the dancing shit) then something bad happens (shootings or whatever) and we stop for a second but soon everyone forgets and goes back yo paying attention to whats popular again (back to dancing). So the shootings werent a distraction.
just gonna copy and paste this other reply I put out: "the shootings didn't cover up anything. It doesn't make sense that a shooting would be less important than whats happening in the background. either way, during the shooting scene there was nothing in the back. I think the video has a lot to do with the aftermath of those shootings, because that's when the people come in. kids dancing in the chaos could mean how kids today don't care much about whats going on and they just keep doing there thing even though real problems are happening around them "
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Fire Panda I know that I was stating his dancing in general
Miaa Miaaa yeah we paid attention to his dancing and words. Also, notice how none of the cars in the video are new. In Cuba, they arent modernized like the rest of the world.. Just sayin
Childish Gambino is way too underrated! I’ve always been a fan of his artistry & this video is so needed for the times we’re living in
.i wouldn't say he's underrated & I believes he gets the acknowledgement he deserves. He just don't drop as much music as he use to and people tend to forget about him until he drops gems like this because our attention span is extremely short. He's a master at his craft and creates off pure emotions which is why this is a masterpiece. Just my personal opinion
“Who chasin him....” *straight face* “the gah dam purge” 😂
Brai Nicole "it might be zombies" 😂😂
😂🤭😂
Brai Nicole that’s shit was funny 😂 might be zombies 🧟♀️
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I died when he said that
I think the point is they look white but you do t really know but everyone assumes since they look white, they probably are. Good idea
Yall looking great in the black too 😍😍😍
TashaSoSimple ain’t they 😭😍😍
TashaSoSimple I agree 🖤
Amen 🙌🏾😭😍😄
Ikr!😄😄😄
I agree
Y'all didn't peep sza was sitting on the car
Beautifully Broken !!! What time stamp??
6:10 on the white car, but you see her better in the original video.
Beautifully Broken !!! Yes!!
Some things are more important in the context of the video yo.
Representing lady 🗽
Nah the concept of the video is like we only focused on shit that don’t matter (the dances, the mumble rap flows, the beats) while we’re not focusing on the more serious issues (police brutality, racism, etc) not to mention we only be focused on recording everything and social media looking for validation instead of speaking out about these issues
Yes exactly
Nubian Bria and the only time we notice is when its something big, like the choir shooting and the person in the beginning.
EXACTLY!
In the end it also seems to suggest that you don't care until it happens to you. All throughout the video Bino is dancing without a care in the world. What's happening around him doesn't affect him. Then at the end it's happening to him and now he cares.
Oh wow how long did that take to cook in your brain? It's like, it's not even obvious. It came out not long ago but apparently everyone a philosopher
I liked the idea that all of you wear black clothes 😍❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤👌🏽
Queen Be88 =dre 113
3 beautiful black kings
If you listen closely you can hear ad libs from other artist like migos, 21 savage, young thug, and gucci mane
Kierrraaaaaa I knew it sounded familiar
It's not Treyvon Martin's dad. It's Calvin The Second. He's a musician
Kierrraaaaaa YEAAH omg
Chance the rapper at the end too
that's young thug u dutt why do people keep thinking that's chance it sounds nothing like him
These 3 dudes missed the whole concept of what the artist is saying in the video, they themselves are actually doing what the truth of the video is saying, they bobbing they head and smiling, and digging on the dance moves of the artist, the entertainment, focused on all the wrong things, while there is kaos, rasism, police murdering, diminishing values, and the list goes on, everybody making these videos don't know what they talking about, but yall don't care about that right, because as yall say, they look good in their black right, ooops, there it is again, wake up people.
It's ok. Good art never had ONE interpretation/meaning. They might have missed things, but they picked other things up based on their own personal history and what they feel - and CG chose to make it a music vid for a reason: we can watch it as many times and deconstruct it all we want. When they watch it a second time and notice they were distracted, that feeling of epiphany and realization will be felt even stronger, making the message even more powerful.
Y’all Don’t Understand How Long I’ve Been Waiting For Y’all To React To This Dude Uhhh😂😂🤦🏾♀️
same
Kooll Kayy This is his first song since 2016
Same 😭😭
Same lol😂❤
A day?
I think it has to deal with distractions like how the world is going to utter shit and it takes something tragic to happen for people to pay attention to something that’s not mainstream and trendy. I think Donald Glover is symbolizing a few different moments of us as a country being in outrage and shocked about something then being distracted by something less stressful like his dance moves meanwhile shit still is happening behind us that we pay no attention too until it’s too late. I think he is teaching a lesson on awareness of the world.
Loving how consistent yall been !!!
Juls C They're always consistent!!
Juls C you have Instagram ?!
Alan: “Who was chasing him?”
Mike: The got damn purge... 😭😭😭✌🏼
Did y’all see SZA lookin all beautiful ? 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Keepingupwithnikki 🤦🏾♂️
this is america
Smh distracted #ThisIsAmerica
Girl....pay attention...
MindAtLarge010 oh I know you’re what she represents I’m speaking about SZA as a person lol
Kyle Aaron lol no I wasn’t I know exactly what’s going on in the video I’m talking about sza as a person bruh lol
No hate, yall are dope but he isn't representing a certain culture. He's representing what's poppin and how we all stay distracted. I notice a lot of people a little after the first man killed get back to grooving, especially when the choir comes up but after the choir it really hits... Yet a lot of people still go back to vibing with the song towards the end. We're all the people he's representing when we don't take control of our emotions. He's showing us how easily we can become distracted by things and how the average person forgets about such tragic events within a short time span . It's basically a wake up call.
Owen Wowson ehhh i have to disagree. he’s talking about specially hip-hop culture and the materialism of it whole ignoring the things happening to the people and how there are so much influence (the dancing, trap lyrics) but we don’t use it for real issues
or once when the background is not there, hes all alone and then him being hunted down when noone cares about the story anymore
Owen Wowson 💯💯 Right. Everyone so desensitised to the violence nowadays that it's forgotten when the latest fashion/song/etc pops up.
Great video.
Hopefully more people wake up and take stock of it's message, instead of continuing with their bs
1 IN THE STINK Art can be seen in different ways.
1 in the stink, you are 100%. Even as I watched- trying to understand his lyrics and his angle- I fell for the distraction. Totally. The art of it all was so engaging I overlooked the horrible scenes put in front of me, all but ignored them. All I wanted was the entertainment. His dance, his perfect flow, that damn infectious beat. I have watched this at least 30 times now. I was missing the point because I was so eager to be entertained. Now I see it. I love this video because it is amazingly well done, but it also makes me a little sick. I have a feeling that it should make us feel this way.
this video was very VERY moving . 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I wonder if you noticed at the end it the lyrics go "get your money, black man. get your money, black man. GET DOWN" To me how I interpret that is like mainstream America expects excellence from Black people, yet they're still treated like thugs and gunned down just for being black hence the "Get Down" part.
Like i think of that black man in NY who used to work for the Obama administration that was just moving into his apartment yet someone called the cops on him for literally doing nothing.
i’ve looked at a lot of reactions to this video, but then i came to this one... and y’all said some stuff that nobody else said and that i never thought of. this is why i love y’all. 😭💙
YASSSS WAS WAITING ON THIS VIDEO 😭😭😭👏
Glad to see young men come together an analysis something worth talking about. Keep making these videos Kings! ✊
There’s definitely more to this than meets the eye.
Love you guys....peace and power, guys
I never clicked on something so fast ❤️😭
I love when I walk into channels like this and just binge videos. I subbed.
Who peeped that was Sza at the end though
Man, the discussions that you three had after the video were very intuitive. The multiple perspectives that you guys had about the video's meaning were thought-provoking.
Mike Like “The Purge” 😩
Amourr Taylor LOL!
Kentorey looking like a whole snack😍😍
Anyone notice death on the white horse with the police ??
You young man got to remember right now he is a all around artist singer, rapper, sitcom, movies, and comedian I applaud him for using his platform for truth and I applaud you guys for reacted to it.
Wow I can't explain how good this video was...A real eye opener. Y'all had really good thoughts on the meaning of the video. For some reason when he shot the people in the choir, I thought of the Charleston shooting. I think Gambino really captured alot of the injustices and BS going on today...especially against black and brown people
Kentorey is lookin like a whole snack in the video 😍😍😍
Chiidish Gambino is an artist genius..
The song is about Deception. All you see is the Dancing, turning up, the flow, the lyrics, and the fact that you clicked the video showed that you really care about what's popping. In the background however, all the killings in churches, people's homes, kids, etc, are going on as we speak, but we're always distracted by what's popping out in front of us. Very Strong Video. Liked, Commented, Been Subscribed.
This song has layers of layers of deepness.
Listening to what you guys were saying about Jadan and Childish. Childish has been this way for awhileeeee but he’s really be bringing it out for the past few years. One of his older songs, which a lot of people are familiar with, “cut a white girl with the same black gloves on” says a lot about the message he’s been trying to convey.
I like that he is a very intelligent person trying to kind of dumb stuff down for the general public while being creative.
Love you guys videos😺
This was such artistry. Telling actual problems in the world, and if you just watched the dancing, you would have missed everything important. He was a portraying Jim Crow, the pose when he shot someone, and the way he moved. The video and song had many layers, Gun Violence, Hate Crime, Suicide/Mental Illness, (when the guy jumped to his death), He also touched on some other references, with the man in Black on the Horse, basically representing Death, and how chaos follows it.
You see how every time he shoots someone, the gun is handled carefully? But the people are dragged away, and immediately after, he does some big dance to draw you back in. Then you have people recording it, but not really feeling the weight of the situation, because we are so used to it. We have become blinded and distracted from the important stuff behind the scenes. When he had a gun, no one ran, but when he didn't and only made the image with his hands, everyone ran away. Then after he smoked, he got chased. IDK, Just my thought on the video.
Nobody has mentioned that every time he shot someone, everyone acted like it was normal and went back to business. That one time he was unarmed and made the gesture to hold a gun at someone, everyone ran, the music stopped, etc
I think he went to pull a gun, one wasn't at the ready, and the music stopping represents his emotional state. The kids run, but this time, no one dies. The potential shooter just takes a pause, lights a blunt and chills. Maybe a statement on gun control in america. If the gun isn't available, no one gets shot. In the first two shootings, he was alone when the gun was pulled (other than the victims) so who is there to run away?
The other thing is that when the black man shot the black man, they clean it up and hid it away, and no one cares. After the church shooting, the mob comes running to make their noise and make a big temporary deal out of it before they move onto something else, and the cops actually show up.
yeah, the visuals from this music video are so powerful
You guys are the best reactors. Much love for you guys.
“The purge...It might be a zombie...” u good mike 😭😂
This video is phenomenal everytime I see it, I see and feel something different. It is POWERFUL! We are America no matter what color and we need to stop the killing of America. Such a talent. GENIUS. I hope this reads as I meant it, with love.
It also showed how after people got shot they took more care for the gun then the bodies.
I love the way y'all tossing out your minds via interpretations as it comes to you, no matter what it is. You three analyzing the scenes with different perspectives. It's a rarity to have such openness given the subject matter.
Did childish gambino just... GWARA GWARA !!!(if you african you know wassup)
I'm not but it's some fine dance👏
The dancing part is there to represent all the distraction that makes us blind to the chaos that happens behind (look at the chaos behind Childish Gambino while the camera focus on him).
The whole concept of the dancing was to be a distraction (social media)it was to distract you from the things that are happening in the background of the video
It's great to see people having serious conversations about/because of this song. It makes me think about how I could make my own music more serious and less of a beautiful distraction.
SZA is in it too
I like how he always been creative, & he can switch flows like crazy
Y'all missed sza lol
I didn't even know it was her until the post on insta lol
Shanieh Howard Poor SZ I wish she was more than 5 sec in the video 😂
Kim G French She may feature on his album so it might be a tease
SupergirlFaisa I heard she's doing background vocals like how 21 savage, young thug, quavo, etc were doing adlibs.
SupergirlFaisa OMG yes I hope because I love her music.
This is the best reaction video I've seen so far for this.
DUALISM. DUALITY IN OUR NATURE, OUR ATTENTION, OUR ENVIRONMENT AND WE KNOW ENTERTAINMENT BUT WE DON'T KNOW PLEASURE. The symbolism with the pale white horse riding in the background reminds me of the most craziest book The Pale White Horse. So much can be unpacked by this video. Masterpiece nonetheless.
thank you for the commentary 3 beautiful black kings
Ken is spot on I def got a Jaden Smith vibe from this song
I love how you guys analyze the videos 👏🏾😍
Did y'all notice okay when he was dancing around the kids and all of a sudden everything went Pause and quiet and he had his arm up and his finger extended like it was a gun and he basically killed off and lost his mind, or whatever and nobody came nobody tried to stop him as soon as he lit a blunt and went out and start dancing on the car the white people started chasing him but did not chase him when he killed off the black kids but chase him when he lit a blunt crazy. The priorities what was more important the kids are the blunt. Oh yeah and did you all see SZA sitting on the car at the end like a beautiful black Queen basically you know she was saying that she may quit music because she was basically not being noticed probably for colorism maybe. I wish we could all just love each other but at the end of it all we will have to answer to GOD. I really wish we did not see color as of race because people don't realize that separation causes division and when there is division there's debate and when there's debate there is questions and when there is questions there is fear and where there is fear causes intimidation and when there is intimidation there is a fight and when you have to fight there comes War but if we all work together as one we would be one. Could you just imagine if the whole entire world work together as one and just love each other how powerful would that be.
holy shit you're right omfg i didn't even see the prorities part, he wasn't getting chased until he smoke weed. This video is way to deep
That was supposed to be how people use drugs to escape from the issues in their neighborhood, the police, and society as a whole. Constantly trying to survive in a society that was set up to have white people be successful and not black people.
His facial expressions in this video is SPOT ON....it doesn't stay happy sad or mad...we're emotionally fkkd up
so sad how y’all missed the WHOLE point of this video
Congrats guys on being #30 trending!
Gambinos Message Is Basically Mass Shootings/Gun Violence Being Handled With Little To No Care , The Reference To Jim Crow, And New Hip Hop Dances And Trends That Is Distracting Us From What Going On In America, Hints The Reason Why He Kept Putting The Dancing Kids In Front Of The Chaos Going On Behind Them.
Rameesha Rodgers thank you,your comment seemed more like what happened in the Gambino video,then what these 3 reactor guys were saying,they kept saying it as like a racial issue or somethin,like wth.. idk..
They’re so cute. ❤️
The video is deep we kept getting distracted from what was going on or what just happened, by the dancing by the music. This is how are children are growing up.
Best videooo by Childish Gambino
You guys are the representation of this video. The only things you guys noticed was the dancing and when someone got shot. But you missed everything that happened in the background.
Just like society
Donald Glover is a mentor for Jayden.
Kanye is a mentor for Donald.
This is the most conscious reaction I've seen this far. Great job guys!
Think yall missed what the video was actually about. The dancing is a distraction. It distracts you from whats really going on such as the things going on in the background or the running into the dark like slaves did in the underground rail road not really knowing where they are running but running to freedom. You got the white horse in the background the church shooting etc. You should go back and watch it. Video is actually really symbolic.
Amazing commentary guys, amazing! x
I still can't get over him singing on sesame street that's the childish g I know lol
I just love how y'all always bopping to the music. 😍
Haiii guys...big uos from Belize 🇧🇿. Y'all be looking hella snacky tonight 😂💯.
This video showcases so many different issues. I have watched it a few times I'm still seeing new things. All of the violent problems are prominent in this one video. While all these other rap artist are promoting drugs, violence and luxury, Gambino and Kendrick Lamar are telling the truth about the power of the influence in the music industry during these dark times in America. So much respect for this.
When a black man doesn’t actually have a gun that’s when their scared and they run, typical🙄
IAmATanker TheTankerIsMe that’s the point idiot
i think your right
IAmATanker TheTankerIsMe wow!!! That’s a good take!!!! I’ve caught so much of the other stuff but not that!!!!
Someone mentioned that they ignore him when he's doing overtly violent things but chase him when he lights a blunt
Khanyisa Biko yea I’ve heard that too, pretty accurate tbh
It's so many messages in this video it's going to take years for all of em to be recognized
I love you guys! I have a highly recommended music video y’all should watch, it’s from Janine, it’s called Too Late. She’s really talented and her voice will definitely get you feeling some type of way
Man ive tuned into a couple reaction videos the past couple weeks with yalls channel and i gotta say i agree with the video breakdown yall come to a conclusion to and many others keep up the good work yall
Yesss love this reaction, could you guys react to Barbie Tings next?
110% agree he's talking about all the stuff going on in America right now, hence the name of the song and the lyrics. I think this music video is hard for a lot of people to watch, but what I say to them is - if it's hard for you to watch, then imagine what it's like for people who live it? You know? So i think it's a positive thing to have a really realistic video/song like this out now and gaining so much traction.
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This video is on point its representation on how the past present and possible future on going events in America. I can actually say his mind in creative mode is letting us know how we think not just black people but just americans in general. I showed this to my grandmother and she cried but she said this is all true she grew up during those times and it was hard and in her words shyt still have not changed...
**in the end it masters chasing him I watched 8x but g-ma picked up on it after she explained to me.
It's less about race, and more about what we listen to. Music talking about violence and killing...masked with dances. We ask everyone to take us seriously as a race, but we don't take us seriously. Then, we complain about cultural appropriation, but get someone like Lil Pump record deals. Even after he insults lyricists like J. Cole...calling it "lyrical shit." 😑
msveeip Are you stupid?
AnastasiaLUVSU No sweetie, but thank you for feeding into the stereotype. Music and videos are made for interpretation. My interpretations are molded by my reality. Perception is REALITY. Therefore...THEY ARE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE MY INTERPRETATIONS. You are welcome to your own point of view. I don't believe UND put a minimum on the comments beneath their videos. However comma you can continue to perpetuate ignorance while I continue to live my life, and form my own opinions. Goodbye 😊!
Jerry Williams Then my question would be...how do you interpret the lyrics as they relate to the song, if it is just about race. I'm not saying you are wrong, but I would like to know.
msveeip I think there is definitely a portion of this that has to do with race strictly because of his (Donald Glover) portrayal of Jim Crow. Jim crow is most commonly associated with a set of laws or ideals governing segregation but stem from an act that used to be put on to mimic and mock more traditional African song and dance. I myself cannot presume all of the intentions of the song and music video but my guess would be that the death of traditional African culture in America is a theme here. I hope that I helped in some way. I would love to hear Donald Glover speak more about his personal connection to his creation but I doubt he will simply for the sake of art and interpretation.
Dillon Dickerson I agree...that is why I said less, and not nothing.
I'm glad you posting more videos
Did these dudes just compare him to Jaden?1?!
M.P haha
just came across this channel and i'm so in love with you guys.
It's nothing about culture lol. It's all a distraction. You need to pay attention what's really happening in the background.
RyuujinLetum It’s both but they missed so much.
This video is the type of video you watch and even though you don't realize most of the things going on, you know it had a waaaaaay deeper meaning.
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This is was such an insane video and I really enjoyed how you guys discussed the video and song afterwards... Glover is a genius.
U guys deserve way more Subs...Love Y'all Reactions!
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I was waiting for your reaction!
I just found this channel, from your reaction to what I need. I love y'all reactions and analysis😊❤️
This song is so conscious!!! I love the depths and details of this song and video, it’s straight inspired! Please do another react video on this now that some time has gone by and we have a better understanding of the genius, especially since we are in 2021
This is exactly the point. Notice how they’re shocked when the shootings happen and then get distracted by the music and dancing like it didn’t happen. Huge metaphor
I’m so glad that this video has brought about so much intelligent discussion. Hope you guys do another video analyzing the lyrics.