The first preview of Donald "Childish Gambino" Glover's Awaken, My Love! album is a genre-spanning emotive track that transforms from a rock ballad into an energetic blues outpouring.
The six-minute song channels the sounds of 1970s funk rock bands like Parliament and Funkadelic. Gambino told Billboard magazine how the music he heard as a child influenced his Awaken, My Love album. "I remember listening to songs my dad would play - albums by the Isleys or Funkadelic - and not understanding the feeling I was feeling," he said. "I remember hearing a Funkadelic scream and being like, 'Wow, that's sexual and it's scary.' Not having a name for that, though; just having a feeling. That's what made it great."
While performing at the 2015 Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee, Childish Gambino surprised fans by debuting this then-untitled song. The tune was later used in a promo entitled "Momma" for the first season of Gambino's FX show, Atlanta.
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