Donald Glover, also known by his moniker Childish Gambino, dropped a new 12-track surprise album yesterday with feature appearances by artistes like Ariana Grande, SZA, 21 Savage.
Titled only 'Donald Glover Presents', it is not available on streaming service and was soon pulled out from the website DonaldGloverPresents.com. The songs were played on loop before being taken down. Currently, the website does not carry any more information about the record except its name.
Glover's last work of music was 'Awaken, My Lover' in 2016, which included the Grammy-winning song 'Redbone'. In recent memory, he released the politically charged 'This is America', which won Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Performance and Best Music Video at the 61st Grammy Awards.
In 2018, Glover announced that he would no longer be releasing music as his alter ego Childish Gambino. "I stand by that. I'm making another project right now ... but I like endings, I think they're important to progress," he had said following his Grammy win that year. There was no indication if Glover's presentation without his Childish Gambino alter-ego means that personality has been discontinued permanently.
Glover was seen onscreen as Lando Calrissian in 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' and was the voice of Simba in Disney's live-action version of 'The Lion King'. He also featured in the Beyonce-led compilation soundtrack 'The Lion King: The Gift' for the movie.
Monday, March 16, 2020 16:54 IST