Bando Stone & the New World | ||||
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Released | July 19, 2024 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 60:11 | |||
Label | RCA | |||
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Bando Stone & the New World is the fifth studio album by American musician Donald Glover, under the stage name Childish Gambino. It will also be the soundtrack album to his upcoming film of the same name. It was released on July 19, 2024, through RCA Records, and Glover has said it is his final album under the Childish Gambino moniker. [1]
In 2017, Donald Glover revealed he planned to retire the stage name Childish Gambino after his next project, telling the Governors Ball Music Festival attendees, "I'll see you for the last Gambino album". [2] In 2018, Glover won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance for his 2016 single "Redbone". At the Q&A following the ceremony, Glover reiterated his intention to retire the Gambino moniker and release a final project, saying "I think endings are good because they force things to get better". [3] Glover told attendees of the This is America Tour that the tour would be Childish Gambino's final tour. [4] In 2020, Glover unceremoniously released the studio album 3.15.20 in an unfinished state amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the loss of his father. It was unknown at the time if the release would be Glover's final Childish Gambino project. [5] [6]
In 2023, Glover confirmed that Childish Gambino had not been retired yet, revealing that he was in the process of making new music. [7] During a livestream in May 2024 from Glover's production company Gilga, Glover announced that he would be releasing two albums in the same year. The first would be a finished version of 3.15.20, now titled Atavista; the second would be an all-new album titled Bando Stone and The New World, the soundtrack to a tentpole film from Gilga of the same name. Glover confirmed the latter release would act as the final album under the moniker of Childish Gambino. [8] [9]
Atavista officially released on May 13, 2024, with Glover confirming the release for the all-new Childish Gambino in the summer of the same year. [10] A world tour, called "The New World Tour", was announced by Glover the same week. [11]
The project features Glover taking on the role of Bando Stone, a singer stumbling into a post-apocalyptic world before teaming up with a woman and her son to fight prehistoric creatures and try to escape from an unexplained phenomenon that seems to delete "chunks" of the world. [12] [13] Glover began work on both the album and the film after completing the final season of his television series Atlanta in 2022. The concept of the film stemmed from Glover trying to find a purpose for his work, with the film revolving around a musician trying to survive a global calamity. [14]
Glover called the album a "big goodbye album" and stated he wanted to force the audience to participate and to use their imagination. [15] He said he focused on making anthemic songs, allowing for a sense of togetherness when played in large rooms. He also focused on not shying away from wholesomeness and joy on the record, saying "No one on their deathbed is going to look back and say, 'Thank God I avoided being cringe.'" [14]
Labeled by AllMusic's Tim Sendra as a "modern pop whirlwind", Bando Stone and The New World is an amalgamation of almost all of the musical phases of Glover's career. [16] It dips into trap, "smooth" R&B, "jangling" indie pop, hyperpop-flavored hip hop, "over-stuffed" mainstream pop, and rock balladry. [16]
The film, touted as an IMAX exclusive event, had its first trailer premiere in IMAX with showings of A Quiet Place: Day One, releasing on YouTube on July 1, 2024. [17]
The album's lead single, "Lithonia", was released on July 2, 2024, with the album being dated for release on July 19. [18] It is a guitar-driven rock song named after the city of Lithonia in Georgia. [19] Abby Jones of Stereogum described the song as "dramatic" and "rock-heavy". [20]
The same week Glover held a listening party event in Little Island, New York where he played and performed songs from the album ahead of release. Glover confirmed features with Chloe Bailey, Steve Lacy, Flo Milli, Fousheé, Jorja Smith, Yeat, Amaarae and Glover's son. [21] [22]
The album's second single, "In the Night" featuring Jorja Smith and Amaarae, was released on July 16, 2024. [23]
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [16] |
Clash | 9/10 [24] |
The Independent | [25] |
Robin Murray of Clash called Bando Stone & the New World an "exceptional" work of "maturity and vision, out-pacing [Glover's] peers to deliver something vital, and true to himself." [24] The Independent 's Louis Chilton believes the "overgrown opus" does little to dispel Glover's reputation as a "self-serious artiste", but its maximalist aesthetic and sublime production lives up to the hype. [25]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hearts Were Meant to Fly" |
| 3:07 | |
2. | "Lithonia" |
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| 2:58 |
3. | "Survive" (featuring Chlöe) |
| 4:07 | |
4. | "Steps Beach" |
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| 3:48 |
5. | "Talk My Shit" (featuring Amaarae and Flo Milli) |
| D. Glover | 3:45 |
6. | "Got to Be" |
| 2:56 | |
7. | "Real Love" |
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| 2:17 |
8. | "In the Night" (featuring Jorja Smith and Amaarae) |
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| 3:49 |
9. | "Yoshinoya" |
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| 3:22 |
10. | "Can You Feel Me" (featuring Legend) |
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| 2:58 |
11. | "No Excuses" |
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| 7:23 |
12. | "Cruisin'" (featuring Yeat) |
| 3:58 | |
13. | "We Are God" |
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| 4:23 |
14. | "Running Around" (featuring Fousheé) |
| 2:34 | |
15. | "Dadvocate" |
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| 2:40 |
16. | "Happy Survival" (featuring Khruangbin) |
| Khruangbin | 3:23 |
17. | "A Place Where Love Goes" |
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| 2:43 |
Total length: | 60:11 |
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