“Sweatpants” is a harder-hitting cut off Childish Gambino’s album because the internet, and for its music video Childish Gambino chose a pretty cool visual concept: as he loops around a diner, you slowly see more and more Gambinos populate the restaurant until, at last, he is everyone. Interpret it as you will.
Gambino doesn’t seem to like the finished product, though, dropping these tweets shortly after the video’s premiere:
so this sweatpants video and blog was important to us.
— Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) April 14, 2014
and it wasnt handled correctly.
— Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) April 14, 2014
we were told a lot of things were gonna happen and they were all lies. so im done. someone buy me out of this contract.
— Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) April 14, 2014
a lot of people came around after our first week sales. all those people are welcome now. def jam, atlantic, whatever.
— Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) April 14, 2014
i dont like record companies. but im not having another project go through this.
— Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) April 14, 2014
i said “i know how the internet works tho” my record company laughed on the phone and said “oh really?”
— Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) April 14, 2014
dont lie to me
— Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) April 14, 2014
i know im not loud, or outrageous, or a white girl with a big ass, but im fuckin honest.
— Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) April 14, 2014
my team is honest. ur not on my team if ur not honest. dont lie to me.
— Childish Gambino (@DonaldGlover) April 14, 2014
At this point, Donald Glover has basically said he’s living out a screenplay, so maybe disowning the video was the point, or something? Dunno, man. Art.
[H/T: Pigeons and Planes]