"Like something that people could play on Fourth of Julys."ĭirected by his frequent "Atlanta" collaborator Hiro Murai and choreographed by Sherrie Silver, the music video touches on gun violence, the precarious state of black bodies in the US, and how we've historically used entertainment to distract us from pervasive cultural and political problems. "I just wanted to make a good song," Glover told E!. In typical Glover fashion, he dismissed close readings of his work in an interview at the Met Gala Monday night. The track's tone swerves from happy-go-lucky psalmic readings to more alarming verses. Like much of Glover's work, "This is America" is cryptic and loaded with shocking imagery and metaphor. Glover released the 4-minute opus under his musical alter-ego Childish Gambino, after performing the song on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." It launched a storm of conversation on social media and quickly became one of the most trending videos on YouTube.
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