History Music / ChildishGambino

** "Silk Pillow," featuring [[{{Music/Beck}} Beck]]!

* ShoutOut: Expected from someone as BlackAndNerdy as Bino is. Referenced media have include Music/{{Radiohead}}, Music/ArcadeFire, Music/SufjanStevens, ''Film/{{Tron}}'', ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', Creator/KurtVonnegut, internet memes, and much, much more. Each one seems to show that Bino's not just throwing references out and that he's a real fan of everything he does shout out.

* ShoutOut: Expected from someone as BlackAndNerdy as Bino is. Shout outs include Music/{{Radiohead}}, Music/ArcadeFire, Music/SufjanStevens, Film/{{Tron}}, WesternAnimation/InvaderZim, Franchise/{{Pokemon}}, WesternAnimation/AdventureTime, Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles, Creator/KurtVonnegut, internet memes, and much, much more. Each one seems to show that Bino's not just throwing references out and that he's a real fan of everything he does shout out.

** This line from "That Power", which Bino is reportedly very proud of:
-->"Uncool, but lyrically I'm a stone cold killer / so it's [[Film/The400Blows 400 blows]] to these [[Creator/FrancoisTruffaut Truffaut]] niggas."
* SiameseTwinSongs: "All the Shine" and "Letter Home."

** On his stand-up special ''Weirdo,'' he talks about his love of "weird music," which became apparent nearly two years later on ''because the internet.''

* ThatCameOutWrong: In one stand-up routine, he mentions that he doesn't really care about Film/{{Shaft}} and proceeds to portray himself as a superfan of Shaft. He ends up mentioning "Shaft juice" at one point, which is when he stops and realizes what it sounds like.

Throughout the early [=2010s=], he would release his first major works under the Gambino name, carving out an introspective, existential flavor of AlternativeHipHop. However, after a three-year hiatus and a concert series entitled PHAROS, the Gambino sound [[NewSoundAlbum switched to]] more eclectic and singing-centric genres such as psychedelic stylings of soul as well as contemporary R&B.

Childish Gambino is the StageName that Creator/DonaldGlover uses to release music (for his acting career and other entertainment ventures done under his real name, see his creator page). The name Childish Gambino came from Glover putting his own name into [[http://www.mess.be/inickgenwuname.php this]] online [[Music/WuTangClan Wu-Tang]] Name Generator while he was in college.

Glover's music career is OlderThanTheyThink, having been releasing music ([[DoingItForTheArt for free!]]) since 2002. In 2010, his role on ''Series/{{Community}}'' [[ColbertBump brought in a wave of]] ''Series/{{Community}}'' fans to his music, propelling him into the mainstream (and his appearance on Jamie xx's remix of "[[Music/{{Adele}} Rolling in the Deep]]" didn't hurt).

* LongTitle: Appropriately, "The Longest Text Message Ever".

* ExcitedShowTitle: ''"Awaken, My Love!"''.

Childish Gambino is the StageName that Creator/DonaldGlover uses to release music (for his acting career and other entertainment ventures done under his real name, see his creator page). The name Childish Gambino comes from Glover putting his own name into [[http://www.mess.be/inickgenwuname.php this]] online [[Music/WuTangClan Wu-Tang]] Name Generator.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: In the ''because the internet'' screenplay, the first scene has The Boy mentioning "Frito pie". To some people, especially those who didn't grow up in the southern/southwestern United States, it may come as a surprise that [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frito_pie it's an actual dish]] (also known as a "walking taco") and not something made up for the script.

* ''"Awaken, My Love!"'' (2016)

* RefrainFromAssuming: "The Longest Text Message," "Sunrise," and "Freaks and Geeks."