This is America: Childish Gambino Releases Eye-Opening New Music and Visuals

Childish Gambino dropped a surprise new track called This is America last night during his performance as host on Saturday Night Live and it’s a combination of everything and nothing you expected...

The video and lyrics switch between serious and funny, making comments on American life and current issues, including police violence, racism and gun crime. Fun times. 

The artist has said his next album will be his last under his stage name.

The Grammy winner also debuted another track called Saturday - his first new music since his 2016 album Awaken, My Love! 

The video is definitely open to interpretation, it forces us to look at the state of race relations in America, specifically honing in on notorious events such as the Charleston church shooting, the white supremacists “Tiki March”, and the surge of police killings on black men, just to name a few. Gambino moves right along through each of these events with dancing and erratic emotions, a direct look at how we Americans handle one tragedy to the next. 

Watch the video now and let me know your thoughts in the comment section below!