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hello. i hope you are doing well during lockdown!!
i will talk about my favorite poem/poet in this post. uh, there's a bunch of poets/poems that could be my favorite. i think one that stands out especially to me is the rapper/singer/songwriter, but also actor/screenwriter/comedian/dj Donald Glover-- aka Childish Gambino.
i moved to champaign in 2013. i did feel a bit lonely-- a lot lonely, actually. i stumbled upon Gambino on youtube, and i was instantly enthralled. i just really like how, through his music, he creates worlds and narratives that feel large yet deeply intimate. it was nice to experience those-- it did make me feel less alone.
with his 2013 concept album, Because The Internet, he told the story of a disillusioned rich boy trying to hold onto fleeting emotion. with his 2016 release, "Awaken, My Love!", he told his own story and projected his own insecurities as a husband, father, and artist through funky, abstract tracks. both albums painted such a colorful picture of their respective worlds, and i really love how through both lyricism and instrumentation he draws you into those worlds.
all that is to say, i eagerly awaited his newest album. i went years waiting for it, only for it to surprise release on march 15 of this year. the resulting album is called 3.15.20 (apt), and there's a song from there i'd like to talk about.
the song is called 12.38-- you can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZpDmlA6N5k.
the song narrates a night out Gambino has, with a girl he's particularly fond on. oh, and they're high the entire time. for one-- i think the lyricism he has going on here is something else. it's spacy, but down to the earth at the same time. there are interludes where things get surreal, and it is often hard to distinguish what's really happening versus what is just a product of Bino's shroom-fueled stupor.
this song is another example of how Childish Gambino draws you into such a deeply realized world. its a song-- but i can still visualize the walk he takes and the people he sees, just by how he conveys his perspective through the music. and as the song goes further, it gets trippier-- with an out-of-nowhere guest verse by rapper 21 Savage about spinach and police brutality, among other things. and then to close off, it switches up with distortion and some lovely vocals.
i guess, if you read this post, and made it to the end-- consider this: what is the song trying to convey? how lovely this girl is? alternatively, how shallow this girl is? do the distortion effects he uses convey the meaning of the lyrics well? or do they distract?
i will talk about my favorite poem/poet in this post. uh, there's a bunch of poets/poems that could be my favorite. i think one that stands out especially to me is the rapper/singer/songwriter, but also actor/screenwriter/comedian/dj Donald Glover-- aka Childish Gambino.
i moved to champaign in 2013. i did feel a bit lonely-- a lot lonely, actually. i stumbled upon Gambino on youtube, and i was instantly enthralled. i just really like how, through his music, he creates worlds and narratives that feel large yet deeply intimate. it was nice to experience those-- it did make me feel less alone.
with his 2013 concept album, Because The Internet, he told the story of a disillusioned rich boy trying to hold onto fleeting emotion. with his 2016 release, "Awaken, My Love!", he told his own story and projected his own insecurities as a husband, father, and artist through funky, abstract tracks. both albums painted such a colorful picture of their respective worlds, and i really love how through both lyricism and instrumentation he draws you into those worlds.
all that is to say, i eagerly awaited his newest album. i went years waiting for it, only for it to surprise release on march 15 of this year. the resulting album is called 3.15.20 (apt), and there's a song from there i'd like to talk about.
the song is called 12.38-- you can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZpDmlA6N5k.
the song narrates a night out Gambino has, with a girl he's particularly fond on. oh, and they're high the entire time. for one-- i think the lyricism he has going on here is something else. it's spacy, but down to the earth at the same time. there are interludes where things get surreal, and it is often hard to distinguish what's really happening versus what is just a product of Bino's shroom-fueled stupor.
this song is another example of how Childish Gambino draws you into such a deeply realized world. its a song-- but i can still visualize the walk he takes and the people he sees, just by how he conveys his perspective through the music. and as the song goes further, it gets trippier-- with an out-of-nowhere guest verse by rapper 21 Savage about spinach and police brutality, among other things. and then to close off, it switches up with distortion and some lovely vocals.
i guess, if you read this post, and made it to the end-- consider this: what is the song trying to convey? how lovely this girl is? alternatively, how shallow this girl is? do the distortion effects he uses convey the meaning of the lyrics well? or do they distract?
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