Just music that other people wouldn’t like but he loves because it’s just so weird. In one of Glover’s Netflix specials, he mentions how he likes weird music. Next is “Terrified”, a song Pitchfork pairs with “Redbone” (We will get to that later. It would’ve been incredibly impressive if every song on the album was better than the last. But to be fair, if I was the song following M&YM, I would also probably be seen to suck. Pitchfork noted that most of the album “nods to sentiment without producing any.” The songs “Riot” and “Have Some Love” are seemingly calls to action, but Pitchfork doesn’t find it as powerful as songs like “Me and Your Mama”. However you interpret it, it’s the perfect introduction. Another interpretation could be that the song is a warning about the ups and downs of love. As the last song on the album is called “The Night Me and Your Mama Met” and there is a song on the album called “Baby Boy”, some think that this is a song devoted to his newborn son (at the time). Immortal Reviews says that this can be interpreted one of two ways. The instrumental conclusion is just the icing on the cake, starting with raw emotion and giving way to peace. At 4:11, the beat drops into a mellow, almost contemplative tune. Gambino is passionate in this song, literally screaming multiple times as he reflects on a relationship with a girl “with both sensuality and pain”, as Immortal Reviews puts it. Starting off slow and other-worldly, it throws us into a world of electric guitar and harmonizing at 2:00. “Me and Your Mama” is a lyrical, musical, etc. Some of these songs are just too good to breeze over.) I’ll be going in-depth with a few songs from the album, instead of the holistic review that I usually do. (This review is going to be a little bit different.
He also wore a t-shirt with the cover photo during his appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden. Prior to its release, he teased the cover by hiding it in the ninth episode of his FX series, Atlanta. Genius explains it to be a homage to Funkadelic, taking inspiration from the artwork of the group’s 1971 album, Maggot Brain.Īnother cool fact is the way Glover promoted the album. Woven through it is genuine emotion not found in any of his other projects, showing his depth and prowess across multiple genres. “Awaken, My Love!” came out of absolutely nowhere, which is why Pitchfork calls it his most “enjoyable project to date”. Usually albums have at least one thread of connection, but Gambino’s separate albums are exactly that - separate. Gambino has experimented with rap (and it has been sensational), but one thing critics cannot find is the connecting factor between his albums. But Childish Gambino has always been harder to pin down” (Pitchfork). “By now, the world knows who Donald Glover is… he’s likable, sensitive, and observant, the self-aware everyman. Pitchfork also makes an interesting comparison between Donald Glover and his stage name, Childish Gambino. So the natural progression is the review of “Awaken, My Love”, an album completely different than anything he has ever released. I have watched his Netflix specials at least 3 times each, if not more.
I listened to his other albums Camp and Because the Internet religiously in high school. I stopped watching Community after he left. I just wanted to introduce this blog with that.
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