[8][9] "This Is America" became the 31st song to debut at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming both Gambino's first number one and top ten single in the country. When asked more pointedly to explain the end of the music video, Glover responds. It starts off with a shirtless Gambino dancing through a warehouse, interacting with a series of chaotic scenes. Gambino's dancing is contrasted against moments of violence. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah It comes out of two different sound worlds. Black man Versions using Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" and Earth, Wind & Fire's "September" were some of the most viewed.[37][38]. It’s for the people. The music video won the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage Award for Best Cinematography in a Music Video,[30] as well as the Grammy Award for Best Music Video at the 61st Grammy Awards. With Sacha Baron Cohen, Roy Elghanayan, Emanuela Postacchini, Alfred Pierce. This first shooting also marks a transition in the music, from an African "folk-inspired melody" to "dark, pulsing trap".[23]. Sacha Baron Cohen offers his take on America's patriotism. I feel like it’s not really my place to do that. Old cars. Laing, Anibal O. Lleras. I'm so pretty (Yeah, yeah, woo) These include institutionalization and marginalization, as well as the conflict between celebrity/pop-culture and the real issues with the treatment and state of black America. He responded coyly allowing his art to speak for itself saying, I honestly just wanted to make a good song. (1, 2, 3—get down) Black man I know you wanna party Natty Kasambala assembles a list of footnotes to the video, from … "This is America" gives careful attention to the types of cars used in the video. Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away [10], The song features a gospel-style choir and background contributions from various American rappers. [Bridge: Childish Gambino & Young Thug] The video is a story of the struggles he and other Americans face when it comes to race and … Get your money, Black man (Get your— Black man) [27], Will Gompertz, arts editor of the BBC, asserted that "This Is America" was a "powerful and poignant allegorical portrait of 21st Century America, which warrants a place among the canonical depictions of the USA from Grant Wood's American Gothic to Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, from Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware to America the Beautiful by Norman Lewis". They're both reactions to what's happening in the world. Created by Sacha Baron Cohen. We gon' blow like, yeah (Straight up, uh) Grandma told me Yeah, yeah, or I'ma get the pad Shit don’t change until you get up and wash yo' ass, nigga" from Kendrick’s track. Get your money, Black man (Black man) Watch me move (Blaow) Don't catch you slippin' now (Woo, woo, don't catch you slippin' now) [35][36], The music video also spawned popular Internet memes, particularly those in which the audio was replaced so that Childish Gambino appeared to be dancing in time to another song. The opening is introduced with a gentle gospel choir in the background singing, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go, away”. Yes, According to Insider they are performing a South African dance, called the Gwara Gwara. [12] It also touches on the subject of police brutality and misconduct. Documentary about bizarre and unusual practices in the USA. In a tweet, Peele explained The Sunken Place represents the marginalization of black people in America. “This is America” is Gambino’s first single since he dropped the 2016 studio album Awaken, My Love!. We started out with the beat and then I think within an hour [we had] the main hook. Dropping amid ongoing political and cultural tumult and turmoil, Childish Gambino’s “This is America” appears to be a commentary on black life in America and American culture as a whole. Analysis: Donald Glover's New Childish Gambino Video, 'This Is America' NPR Music's hip-hop journalist Rodney Carmichael breaks down the political … However, in the short film’s final scene, Gambino is seen running frantically through a darkened warehouse trying to escape the mob that now chases him; a reminder that if America chooses to remain willfully ignorant to its problems, they will inevitably be the country’s downfall. Spencer Kornhaber of The Atlantic described the initial reaction on Twitter as "a gushing river of well-deserved praise" and the video as "the most talked-about music video of recent memory. I'm so dope like, yeah (Woo) Yes, he is an actor. No, probably ain't life to a dog At a later point, Childish Gambino uses a Kalashnikov patterned automatic weapon to gun down a church choir, which viewers have interpreted as a reference to the 2015 Charleston church shooting. In the 1800’s and 1900’s white actors would perform in blackface and act out black stereotypes, with excessive facial expressions and movements. [18], The music video was directed by Hiro Murai and released on YouTube simultaneously with Gambino's performance of the song on Saturday Night Live. According to Insider the movements and facial expressions are modeled after Jim Crow), who was a theatre character created by Thomas D. Rice in accordance with contemporary Caucasian ideas of African-Americans and their culture. Get your money, Black man (Get your—Black man) Girl, you got me dancin' (Girl, you got me dancin') I hope they just get to enjoy it. There is certainly some kind of political undertones about gun violence in the official music video, as Bino is seen shooting an anonymous person in the head and later on gunning down a gospel choir. [25] Pitchfork awarded the song the distinction of "Best New Track". Viewers interpreted these scenes as a reference to Americans’ willingness to protect gun rights over people, despite the country’s alarmingly high rates of gun violence. We just want the money (Yeah) - Ludwig Goransson, EW Interview, Fans Are Searching Lyrics For Protest Songs By Rage Against The Machine, N.W.A, & Childish Gambino, Childish Gambino’s “Don’t Worry About Tomorrow” Features An Appearance From His Son, Knowledge Drop: How Childish Gambino Used An iPhone To Record Parts Of ‘Because The Internet’, Dialogo Colombiano Grandma told me Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, tell somebody This Is America. I gotta carry 'em "This Is America" is also Gambino's first top 10; he previously reached number 12 in August 2017 with "Redbone". As soon as you access Reddit, which our american friends always remind us in an AMERICAN COMPANY, then that room becomes de facto American soil. This is America (Woo, ayy) In a 2015 interview with Billboard, Quavo discussed the trend of slavery and police brutality as matter of history repeating itself. Don't catch you slippin' now This is America [33][34] Nigerian rapper Falz released "This Is Nigeria" on May 25, highlighting the nation's issues with corruption and organized crime among others. Ooh, know that (Yeah, know that, hold on) Get your money, Black man (Get your—Black man) The gif depicts Dr Torataro Shima losing his mind and running frantically. Each time Childish Gambino fires a gun in “This Is America,” he hands it off to someone who whisks it away in a red cloth. [Chorus: Childish Gambino] It’s out there. Childish Gambino - This Is America (Official Video) - YouTube Party just for you (Yeah) “When I’m trying to explain our program to someone who doesn’t know it, I stammer a bunch of words like ‘entertaining,’ ‘funny,’ ‘surprising plot twists,’ ‘true stories but not boring I swear’ … and then I just give them this list.” Police be trippin' now (Woo) [31][32], Several artists attracted attention and millions of views for creating covers of the song and music video with altered lyrics and themes, retaining the song's instrumental and the general structure of its music video. This is America (Yeah, yeah) (Missing Lyrics), Hunnid bands, hunnid bands, hunnid bands (, America, I just checked my following list, and. [13][14] Pitchfork's Stephen Kearse described the song as a representation of the "tightrope of being black", with the song "built on the sharp contrast between jolly, syncretic melodies and menacing trap cadences". 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Look how I'm livin' now According to Murai, the video was inspired by the films Mother! Get your money, Black man (Get your—Black man) While he was hosting Saturday Night Live on May 5, Donald Glover (a.k.a. In the music video, directed by frequent Gambino collaborator Hiro Murai, Gambino portrays this comparison by dancing around gleefully with school-aged children, seemingly unbothered by the chaotic scenes of violence in the background. “This Is America” is dense with allusions to American history and pop culture. I'm so fitted (I'm so fitted, woo) https://time.com/5267890/childish-gambino-this-is-america-meaning One second, the entire nation is in an uproar, the next, they are happy and unconcerned, placated by pop culture trends. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Harley stated that he felt "This Is America" was influenced by his song, but that he does not have an issue with it. No. When Childish Gambino dropped “This Is America” last week, the world sat up and listened — more than 100 million times on YouTube alone. "[9] Daniel Kreps of Rolling Stone commented that the video "is a surreal, visceral statement about gun violence in America". On his 2017 track “Nothin New,” 21 Savage rapped about the cyclical nature of poverty, violence, and racism in America as well as gun violence and police brutality. In both instances, a child appears from off-screen holding a red cloth, on which Gambino gently lays the weapon used, while the bodies are simply dragged away, which viewers have interpreted "as a reference to Americans' willingness to protect gun rights over people". You mothafuckas owe me That’s huge. Young Thug, Slim Jxmmi, BlocBoy JB, 21 Savage and Quavo each deliver an ad-lib. Foundation features only the highest-quality digital photos culled from Carol M. Highsmith’s photographic documentation of America. America expands as far as the Wi-Fi can reach. [Verse 2: Childish Gambino, Quavo, Young Thug, 21 Savage & BlocBoy JB] That's a tool (Yeah) Donald Glover (or Childish Gambino) was originally an actor/writer for the NBC sitcom, 30 Rock, actor/comedian known for his role as Troy Barnes on the NBC sitcom Community, as the creator and star of FX’s Atlanta, and as young Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars prequel Solo. and City of God. The video ends with Gambino in a darkened portion of the warehouse, fearfully running towards the camera while being chased by several white people. Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away [Refrain: Choir, Childish Gambino, & Young Thug] Slim Jxmmi), THIS IS MINECRAFT by MineCraft Awesome Parodys (Ft. Solidshibe), Guns ’N Soda (Yeah) by Paye HIP-HOP (Ft. Exhan), This Is the Falcon by How It Should Have Ended, Every Hit Song From 2018 IN 3 MINUTES by Kurt Hugo Schneider, Remix This Is America - Hada Houa L'Maroc (Ghantir) by Don Bigg, ESTO ES ESPAÑA by Xexu García (Ft. 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Its music video accounted for 68% of the song's streaming total. [Outro: Young Thug] 384 likes. The video received about 12.9 million views in 24 hours,[19] and has over 762 million views as of March 2021. They gonna find you like "blocka" (Blaow) I got the strap (Ayy, ayy) Also the “Grandma told me, ‘Get your money’” line is very reminiscent of the line, “I should’ve listened when my grandmama said to me / [7] The lyrics primarily address black culture in the United States and gun violence in the country. The song features background vocals by American rappers Young Thug (who also has writing credit as Williams), Slim Jxmmi of Rae Sremmurd, BlocBoy JB, Quavo of Migos, and 21 Savage When Gambino is dancing, it serves as a metaphor about how unaffected rap is by what’s going on in America. Yes, that’s BlocBoy JB’s adlib. First shown: 16 Jul 2018 This programme is available in HD Offensive themes, strong language and adult humour This programme is subtitled Drivin' expensive foreigns, ayy Ooh, work it (21) "This Is America" is a song by American rapper Donald Glover, under his musical stage name Childish Gambino. Don't catch you slippin' now (Woah, ayy) Many misidentified him as the father of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager killed in 2012. The scene is also perhaps reminiscent of the “running” scene in Get Out. It debuted with 78,000 downloads sold and 65.3 million US streams in the first week. All the featured artists are black Americans, and some of them have contributed to the fight against police brutality in America. [28], In December 2018, Billboard ranked "This Is America" as the 6th best song of the year.[29]. Glover's manager, Fam Rothstein, denied any plagiarism. "This Is America" debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the 31st song to do so in the chart's history. This Is America! Yes, she later took to Instagram to confirm the cameo, posting: One theory suggests that Gambino is running from The Sunken Place, a concept developed in Jordan Peele’s film Get Out. Look what I'm whippin' now Get your money, Black man (Black man) You just a big dawg, yeah Don't catch you slippin' now Get your money, Black man (Black man) Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, tell somebody "[26] Mahita Gajanan of Time quoted music history professor Guthrie Ramsey at the University of Pennsylvania: He's talking about the contradictions of trying to get money, the idea of being a black man in America. Yeah, yeah, this is guerilla (Woo) [22] Choreographed by Sherrie Silver, Gambino and his entourage of young dancers perform several viral dance moves including the South African Gwara Gwara and "Shoot" popularized by BlocBoy JB, who is one of the ad-lib contributors on the song. Don't catch you slippin' now (Ayy) “The Carnage and Chaos of Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’”, “What It Means When Childish Gambino Says ‘This Is America’”, “I should’ve listened when my grandmama said to me, Shit don’t change until you get up and wash yo' ass, nigga", Это Россия, бро (This Is Russia, Bro) [Childish Gambino - This Is America Parody] by Гурам Нармания (Guram Gruzin), United State of Pop 2018 (Turnin' It Up) by DJ Earworm, ☀︎ • this is america by Wunderworld (Ft. Childish Gambino), Beit Hapancake 2.0 - בית הפנקייק 2.0 by Lukach - לוקץ׳ (Ft. Hila Halwani - הילה חלואני), EXTREME MEME MUSIC MEGAMASHUP 3 by DaymanOurSavior, SUPER MEME MEGAMIX ULTIMATE by Vincent Mashups, 2000-2019 mashup | 200 songs from the last 20 years by YamiNoBahamut, This Is America (Demo) by Childish Gambino (Ft. Don't catch you slippin' now We just wanna party (Yeah) This made Gambino the first hip-hop artist to win Record of the Year and Song of the Year, and "This Is America" the first rap song to win these awards. You just a black man in this world Look what I'm whippin' now (Slime!) [9][11] Young Thug returns to supply the song's outro. [15] Billboard critics ranked it 10th among the "greatest music videos of the 21st century. Daniel Kaluuya, best known as the star of the film Get Out which the music video reportedly references, introduced the song's performance. I'm on Gucci (I'm on Gucci) With all the violence going on around us, modern rap focuses on money, trapping, sex, and fashion. Party just for free (Yeah) “This is America” was awarded with the GRAMMY for Best Rap/Sung Performance, Best Music Video, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year at the 2019 GRAMMY Awards: The video has multiple references the dancers in the school uniforms are referencing the Florida shootings and other harmful events that have happened to school students. [15] Bryan Rolli of Forbes calls it "a vicious, urgent take on modern trap music, as Glover adopts the clipped, percussive flow of his contemporaries atop crackling 808s and rumbling bass. It contrasts popular culture’s perception of black experience and its often brutal reality by juxtaposing happy, carefree choruses and dark, aggressive verses. [39] It topped the Hot 100 for two weeks, and left the top ten after five weeks. “This is America” definitely touches on similar themes. Prettyman states "The video tests us, taunting us to keep pace as we try to decode every gesture and calculation". Don't catch you slippin' now Money just for you (You) Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, tell somebody Yeah, yeah, I'ma go into this (Ugh) We made like 80 percent of the song within two hours, and then to finish the rest, it took like two more years. The dance moves were based on various African dances such as Angolan gyrations, the Ghanaian Azonto, as well as the Nigerian Ashoko and the South African gwara gwara.[24]. Childish Gambino), to everyone's surprise, also released a music video for his new song called "This Is America… The music stops and people run away in fear, after which Gambino lights a joint. [Refrain: Choir & Childish Gambino] [20] In an interview with the New York Times, Murai discussed his upcoming season for Atlanta, a show created by and starring Glover. It’s hard not to wonder what he gains from this reclaiming of his hometown. America’ arrives right now because it provides a buffer and counterpoint. [Verse 1: Childish Gambino, Young Thug, Blocboy JB & 21 Savage] America, I just checked my following list, and You go tell somebody A brief scene in the music video portrays a hooded figure riding on a white horse through the chaos behind Bino. The first person depicted as being shot in the video, a guitarist who had been accompanying Gambino's singing up to that point, was musician Calvin the Second, but was initially mistaken by many viewers to be the father of 17-year-old gun violence victim Trayvon Martin. Yeah, yeah, I'm so cold like, yeah (Yeah) You just a barcode, ayy This is one of the first of many repetitive phrases, creating an almost hypnotic suggestion. Gambino’s gold chain necklace and trousers appear to be inspired by the late Fela Kuti, a Nigerian musician dubbed “Africa’s answer to Handel” by one arts critic. "[21], The video contains many scenes involving violence. Viewers have said this resembles scenes from the 2017 film Get Out. Gambino is also the second Emmy Award-winning actor to reach number one on the Hot 100, the first being Justin Timberlake, who topped the chart with "Can't Stop the Feeling!" Written by Glover, Ludwig Göransson, and Jeffery Lamar Williams, and produced by Glover and Göransson, it was released on May 5, 2018, at the same time that Gambino was hosting an episode of Saturday Night Live. You go tell somebody The song is probably most effective in the jarring transition between the verses and chorus. 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Yes! He stated, "There's sort of a world-weariness in both this season and the music video. The best videos are always the ones where viewers are enticed to go back for multiple views, and look a little harder for something they might have missed the first time around. Intentionally or otherwise, Gambino is saying what Kanye isn’t, and saying it explicitly. The video director Hiro Murai also tweeted a gif from the 2006 dream-themed film Paprika, tying into the surrealistic nature of “This Is America”. Throughout the video, numerous vehicles from several decades ago are featured, many of them with their hazard lights flashing and the driver's side door ajar, which critics interpreted as representing fatal police shootings during traffic stops, particularly the shooting of Philando Castile, who was shot while in a 1997 Oldsmobile; others have interpreted that the older model cars represent the relative lack of upward mobility of African Americans. 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