One of Childish Gambino’s biggest hits was born out of a joke and offense at Drake
Childish Gambinoartistic name of Donald Gloverrevealed what his initial ideas were for “This Is America,” one of his biggest hits in his career as a musician, in an interview with QA (via NME). According to the rapper, the first verses resembled a diss track (offense track) directed at drake.
“Time is the oven that makes things special. I had the idea three years earlier. I told Hiro Murai [colaborador frequente de Glover e diretor do clipe da música] and he said, ‘I want to do this.’ I had the music, but the idea was a joke. The ‘this is America’ line was all we had,” he explained.
The song “began as a diss track pro drake” about the rapper’s Canadian origins. “It was a fun way. But I thought, ‘That sounds really good. I’m going to play a little.’ After a while, I told hirowho said, ‘Let’s go.'”
For the clip, wall It is glover were inspired bythriller,” classic by Michael Jackson. In addition to the dance steps, the musician defined that it would be essential to have a good live performance to attract people’s attention. It happened on the show Saturday Night Live.
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In addition to the simultaneous release of a rehearsed live performance, the protest verses reflected the situation experienced by the United States, which contributed to the growth of “This Is America.” Considering the partnerships and inspirations, donald described the track as “‘We Are The World‘ to the trap.”
Source: Rollingstone
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