It's time to Say goodbye to Childish Gambino. On Friday, Donald Glover officially released Pando Stone and the New Worldhis sixth and final album under the name Childish Gambino.
“It's a big farewell album,” he told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1.
The 17-track album — which includes the singles “In the Night” with Jorja Smith, Amaarae and “Lithonia” — is supposed to be the soundtrack to the film of the same name. Glover showed a trailer for the film during screenings Quiet Place: Day One And at the 2024 BET Awards earlier this summer. Glover has not yet released the film, and it's not clear when it will be released.
“The soundtrack forced the audience to participate in a way that I don’t feel most things force you to participate in. It forces you to have an imagination,” he told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1. “All of these things allow you to participate, which a lot of things don’t ask of you, which is why I think a lot of things feel flat.”
Ghanaian-American star Amaarae features heavily on the album, joining him on the album opener “H3@rt$ W3re M3@nt T0 F7¥”, on “In the Night”, and again on “Talk My Shit” with Flo Milli. The album also includes collaborations with Chlöe on “Survive” and Yeat on “Cruisin'”. Glover also features his 7-year-old son Legend on vocals on “Can You Feel Me”.
Glover will also take the album on the road during his new world tour, later this year, which he said is “made for rocking halls” and meant to be played live.
“If this live show isn’t the best live show you’ve ever seen, you can get your money back,” Glover said. “When you hear all these songs, you’ll know. I’m going to add all these new songs. I’m going to add all this new technology, but the live event is what makes it valuable to me.”
Glover first announced Bando stone In April, when he revealed that he would be releasing two albums as his final projects under the Childish Gambino name. “We're releasing Atavista“But then there’s the latest Childish Gambino album — which is a soundtrack for the fans,” he said at the time. Atavista It was an official re-release (and partial re-imagining) for 2020. 3.15.20.
While promoting the album, Glover dropped hints about the new album in an Instagram Live. He said of the album last month: “I feel like there are people who don’t have enough fun… When I was a kid, there were big things that would unite us and I feel sorry for all of you. I feel sorry for some of you.”
In 2017, Glover told The Huffington Post during a promotional event for his show, Atlanta He was planning to give up the title at some point.
“There's nothing worse than a third part or a third movie, and we're like, 'Again?'” he said. “You know, I love when something is good and when it comes back there's a reason to come back, there's a reason to do it.”
