MiniVan

2y

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MiniVan

2y

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MiniVan

2y

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MiniVan

2y

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BlueDream

2y

Rather than trying to reclaim the chart positions of “Redbone” and “This Is America,” Glover defined success for his new album in more personal terms.

“Success to me is, honestly, being able to put out a wide-scale album that I would listen to,” he said. “For this album, I really wanted to be able to play big rooms and have big, anthemic songs that fill those rooms, so that people feel a sense of togetherness.”

“Bando” plays like a curated archive of the Childish Gambino experience — stylistically promiscuous, aesthetically astute, lyrically provocative — with an added dose of grown-up equanimity. Its first single, “Lithonia,” channels Rivers Cuomo in the ’90s for a barroom singalong tuned for the end times; the opener “Hearts Are Meant to Fly” is an electro-punk battle cry pitched between Kanye West’s “Yeezus” and the Prodigy; and the shape-shifting soul/funk standout “No Excuse” skillfully marries Marvin Gaye and Fela Kuti.

Fam Udeorji, Glover’s longtime co-manager, said their ambition was to create a body of work that will live with fans for the long term, citing SZA’s “SOS” as an example. “If people listen to this album and it becomes a part of their identity, if they look back a year later and are reminded of how much they listened to it and what that felt like in the summer of ’24 — that kind of real estate is way more valuable to me” than chart metrics, he said.

Glover said that some who were around for the making of the album questioned its more tender or earnest moments. But he ultimately overruled them. At 40, there is no one left for him to be but himself.

sfsorrow

2y

“I think grace is undervalued in the world,” he said. “When I put my son on my shoulders, I feel deep joy. That’s real. No one on their deathbed is going to look back and say, ‘Thank God I avoided being cringe.’”

YA ICEMAN ACE

2y

How do you know if your theatre is / isn’t showing it?

lil sunny

2y

You don’t. Bro doesn’t know what he’s talking about

BIG BOSS KINO

2y

Also I never said I knew what I was talking about

I said "my theater not showing it" as in my theaters app isn't showing it

ilgnd

2y

NAH LEAVE

MiniVan

2y

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BIG BOSS KINO

2y

My bad that I didn't know there was no theaters with showtime yet idk how much up on something I can be besides to check my theater app

JeffersonSteelflex

2y

tracklist out and y’all don’t care? lmao

vagabonds

2y

no say less 🤦🏾‍♂️

YA ICEMAN ACE

2y

Wait, the article is painting this as a cease to album and music releases rather than just the death of the Gambino name

MiniVan

2y

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ilgnd

2y

it was never going to happen

sfsorrow

2y

“I think grace is undervalued in the world,” he said. “When I put my son on my shoulders, I feel deep joy. That’s real. No one on their deathbed is going to look back and say, ‘Thank God I avoided being cringe.’”

vagabonds

2y

why