But this dancing still isn't very normal, as he moves at times unnaturally, without really moving his feet, like at 1:54 and 2:59. She gets annoyed and moves to a different table, so Bino starts to dance more normally. He doesn't really speak either, and just creepily looks at the woman. But in the beginning of the video, Bino's dancing is very odd, and at times he looks like a zombie, and definitely not human. Bino tries to hit on a girl by dancing to the song, and she seems to find it funny, until she gets her food and leaves. "Sober" is entirely shot in a small dinner, just like the "Sweatpants" video, but the only occupants are Bino and a girl. His next video is "Sober", which is off of his EP Kauai, which is a notable connection. But Gambino is wounded, and out of his damaged body come tentacles, that kill the two men. Gambino gets hit by a truck in the last minute of the video, and two armed men come out and try to attack him. It's filmed in Kauai, and features Gambino and Jhene Aiko just hanging out having fun for most of the video, until the end. We left off with the "Telegraph Ave" video. And today, Gambino posted another video, which seems like further proof that he's an alien. Here are the videos in question (in order of story), check them out yourselves, and enjoy it as a mini Gambino playlist while you’re at it.A few months ago, I posted an article about some very strange connections between Childish Gambino's music videos. As we’ve said about Gambino before, it is totally refreshing to have a Hip Hop artist pushing the boundaries of his medium. If this is the case (as it appears so to be) it would have had to be in planning for over a year now to develop to this point and is a testament at Glover’s commitment and complexity and is a clear gauge of how much effort he really puts into his work.
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The other theory, and this is where the tinfoil hats come on, suggests that the Sweatpants, Urn, 3005 and Worst guys videos all build up to this alien creation of Gambino’s, and that even the screenplay alludes to him having something else inside of him whether it be symbolic or literal in the universe he’s portrayed. For the full story, check out this Reddit article, as there’s no point in me explaining it again on here: This ties in the with the aggressive STN MTN segment of his new mixtape, and as a representation of his own words ‘people forget I’m still a nigga from Atlanta’. This alien creature concept may also be a metaphorical visual representation of Gambino flexing his muscles at accusations of being a ‘white rapper’, and that he’s not afraid at killing other rappers in the game. Some have said that the monster in the video is Gambino’s inner personality which he unfortunately feels he must hide from the world. The people he kills are his fans, because they don’t like him for his true self, but he protects Jhene Aiko (who is both in real life and the vid) someone very close to him and the only person who’s able to relate to him and is therefore unfazed at his transformation. Depression and insecurity are things which Gambino has stated he’s been prone to. The short reasoning for Gambino turning into the creature is that its a metaphor for him releasing his ‘true personality’ via his recent releases. His audience are used to this, and therefore promptly jumped on this new video, coming up with what initially seemed ludicrous ideas about what it means, which with a little research, appear perhaps to be no so ludicrous at all. With the addition of features such as the screenplay written for Because The Internet, it’s quite clear Glover is extremely passionate about his art, and likes layering his work with easter eggs and riddles for fans to work out. Gambino gets run over by a car, turns into something straight out John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’, and brutally murders a couple of guys, sparing the love of his life Jhene Aiko. On being prompted to give the video another chance by someone who had watched it in its entirety, we were surprised to find shit hitting the fan in the closing scenes of the vid. It wasn’t a bad video (it was well filmed and all), but it just didn’t seem to be saying much.īut we’re not afraid to admit we were wrong. We turned it off about three quarters of the way through. We are already very familiar with the song, as it’s been out since Because The Internet was released in December 2013, and if you’re not paying much attention, the video comes across as cliché love crap, including the cheesy staples of a love shack, and romantic fire on the beach. I say second, because if we’re going to be entirely honest, we (like most people, probably) didn’t even make it the whole way through on the first viewing. The second time watching Childish Gambino’s newly released video for Telegraph Avenue (or “Oakland”) is an interesting experience.