Childish Gambino - This is America (SNL Full Performance)

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Childish Gambino performing “This is America” on Saturday Night Live
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This is America (SNL Full Performance)
- Childish Gambino
Originally Aired May 5, 2018
#childishgambino #thisisamerica #snl

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@memeeeisgud 5 ай бұрын

The way he stands still for like the first half of the song gives me such an unsettling feeling for some reason

@hermitanohonesto 4 ай бұрын

es intesionado, de esa manera generan contraste suspenso y incomodidad en el espectador.-

@heatherthomas5995 4 ай бұрын

HE MEANS BUSINESS

@KarlaWillis 2 ай бұрын

He's standing like a slave on the auction block

@h3nzz 2 ай бұрын

The whole song is supposed to be unsettling, it's all intentional.

@user-fe1gb9uc1t 19 күн бұрын

Michael Jackson used this trick to full effect too

@mduersten 11 ай бұрын

That little girl dancing at the end is just about perfect.

@Michiganders 11 ай бұрын

Yes! 🙏

@NinjaPastry 4 ай бұрын

Hands down one of the most powerful SNL performances Ive ever seen.

@BlkMoses 4 ай бұрын

Kendrick’s SNL performance has entered

@DopeboySpoon Ай бұрын

THE most powerful being Prince. This is the shit though

@hydratedjolly3266 23 күн бұрын

I LOVE MYSELF 🗣️🗣️🗣️@@BlkMoses

@Mia7189 10 ай бұрын

I remember being blown away by this performance. The next morning, he dropped the video, and, well...the rest is hisory.

@34blackula 4 ай бұрын

That's what I remember, seeing him doing it on SNL. The next day everyone was talking about a video and I'm thinking it's the SNL performance. Seen the video and was like this is on another level all together. I liked the SNL performance though, the lyrics and his performance were incredible. Hell he was incredible period the whole night.

@tallskeleton 4 ай бұрын

I thought it dropped simultaneously the same night

@florinadrian5174 10 күн бұрын

Whaaat, this came before the video? Actually it makes more sense, the descent into madness must be gradual.

@chrisgal8665 5 ай бұрын

CRIMINAL TO REMOVE THIS FROM SNL , what a performance

@jbca 4 ай бұрын

What happened

@ramirezproductions0826 3 ай бұрын

Well they had to eventually. They are only allowed to have music performances on their KZfaq channel for a limited amount of time due to licensing issues.

@cablevamp3163 25 күн бұрын

His outfit is even a metaphor That’s how deep this song is

@KarlaWillis 2 ай бұрын

He did the evolution of the way Blacks are seen in this country. His standing still at the beginning with his hands behind his back was a slave on the auction block. Then slowly, very slowly, his hands come down and now he must entertain the masses.

@fecharcomchavedeouro 2 ай бұрын

😢

@profmj7630 24 күн бұрын

Deep analysis ❤

@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 4 ай бұрын

This remains one of the most powerful songs, and performances, ever made. I imagine if Prince was still alive, he would happily be in the back playing every instrument while Childish Gambino rapped.

@DocM. 8 ай бұрын

3:11 God I love that raspy vibrato wail! 😄❤️ Donald Glover is just incredibly talented at everything he sets out to do! Thats a Legend! ❤ Shout out to this kid dancers too, they killed it!

@scoobstopb 6 ай бұрын

That note was on point, wasn't it???

@DocM. 6 ай бұрын

@@scoobstopb Right!? ❤️

@shnshn6871 5 ай бұрын

James Brown

@hipsterdoofas329 4 ай бұрын

This was a revolutionary moment in television.

@F42355E Жыл бұрын

Man, the leg work is the best part of his last dance and even camera ppl at snl didn't realise previously..

@friendlybaby1 Жыл бұрын

The best ‘popular’ song released in the last ten years easily. You can feel the intelligence behind every aspect

@BabeWest 5 ай бұрын

Check out “American Pharaoh” by Jase Harley

@friendlybaby1 5 ай бұрын

Ok, you can feel the plagiarism @@BabeWest

@browngaymethodistjesuschri1361 4 ай бұрын

Pop music really brings out the incorrect opinions huh

@robcoviello5383 4 ай бұрын

🙄

@CanIbeFrank 3 ай бұрын

I like this better kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jJyWirt1udCqZGg.htmlsi=IbpK95z6H5d17Nol

@GHite-vf8wr 23 күн бұрын

Still watching it today. I'm a jaded middle-aged man and this dude is a creative genius!!!!

@cram1180ify 19 күн бұрын

Have you see his latest?

@ladyofrillwater 11 ай бұрын

Dunno why, buy the little girl dancing at the end made me tear up a little bit.

@TheRealSamanthaReacts 4 ай бұрын

same

@meghanmonroe 4 ай бұрын

Same

@mrlij6534 3 ай бұрын

loss of innocence

@badboydrd Ай бұрын

yes!! like wth!?

@AddToShoppingCart Жыл бұрын

Thanks for uploading this, was trying to find it. I remember when this dropped and watching the video over and over until the studio version came out. The lights starting at 2:46 were insane.

@FelipeFTZ Жыл бұрын

The lights were done by Adam LaBay, a real beast on this field. And there is a video from Tom Scott ("Stopping A Laser Beam In Mid-Air") were they show how to make something similar (but at very smaller scale).

@juliam5628 Жыл бұрын

@@FelipeFTZ jk I

@shnshn6871 5 ай бұрын

INSANE!!!

@kathenry7904 Жыл бұрын

Love love love love those dancers! 😍

@chefdrizzle3821 Жыл бұрын

I love when this man dance he be looking so free

@trublud69 8 ай бұрын

Damn! Now THAT is a performance! Major props for your talent brother.

@puddingcarl 8 ай бұрын

i showed this performance to every single one of my friends even though i knew they dgaf 😭😭

@I-See-In-The-Dark 7 ай бұрын

Same fr

@tygerstripes3752 4 ай бұрын

You need a few more friends then.

@squelish 4 ай бұрын

I was so confused when I couldn't find this anymore on YT and I'm so glad that it's back

@michaelrodriguez-qv9sh 11 ай бұрын

Beautiful work of art

@C1honeybun 8 ай бұрын

This performance told such a Deep story. Awesome visuals and vocals, Dramatic!! Awesome.

@hugh_jasso Ай бұрын

Props to Childish Gambino, the real stars of this performance are the kid dancers.

@daniellemorales2216 12 күн бұрын

Love this song and probably one of the best SNL musical performances I've seen in 20 years

@itsmesuzyyy9511 6 ай бұрын

That high note at 3:08 😫❤

@mattbondcomposer 22 күн бұрын

Totally breathtaking. Such an important artist for many reasons.

@davidchukwuocha7052 3 ай бұрын

Those Dancers are fire !

@brina4sultana807 3 ай бұрын

If accuracy was a song

@Fabonj 5 ай бұрын

There was a moment where I was watching Donald, waiting for him to start moving, then I suddenly realized I was missing out on some amazing moves from the dancers to his left!

@user-gs7zm6wp1y 10 ай бұрын

Our country's new national anthem

@twentysixlinx327 4 ай бұрын

This is brilliant! Incredible social commentary, production, and performance.

@imbtyler 4 ай бұрын

Can't ignore that, after the beat drops, the lighting cue is intentionally Cherries-n-Berries. As someone who has had a dissociative panic attack in the back of a squad car with those reds and blues clicking endlessly, it can't be missed.

@ambercontreras8067 3 ай бұрын

Noticed that as well. My heart started beating faster immediately.

@cyb_structure 4 ай бұрын

3 min 46 seconds of absolute artistic excellence. Brilliant track.

@shahanahsan05 4 ай бұрын

One of the greatest SNL performances ever Glover is a literal genius 🐐

@fyrewriter6667 Ай бұрын

I remember watching this live the night it aired and knowing that I was witnessing something important. This performance and the video that followed are historic. No exaggeration.

@leemorejacqueline 2 ай бұрын

the stillness, focus and release in this performance is an immense inspiration to any artist

@kiggerst 3 ай бұрын

This is Art

@aaronnomwesigwa 15 күн бұрын

The 21 adlibs🔥🔥

@discobones 3 ай бұрын

I get chills every time he wails

@mrcarterfx885 4 ай бұрын

What a great all-around talent.

@whamadam7 15 күн бұрын

OK...this is hands down the best SNL performance ever!

@burningMalarkey Ай бұрын

I wish he would come back to music. We need him. 🇺🇸

@barnold23 Ай бұрын

We do.

@Danielvogelbachstan 26 күн бұрын

Tonight he’s dropping

@burningMalarkey 26 күн бұрын

@@Danielvogelbachstan seriously?

@barnold23 3 күн бұрын

@@burningMalarkeythat was crazy. You should make some other wishes! Can you wish for a world where Trump never ran for president in 2016? I think that alone would be enough to correct a lot of our current problems… haha

@RanaGustico Жыл бұрын

Talent showtime! 👏👏👏 Thanks for this

@bobbytwoshoe8851 Ай бұрын

One of the most important songs from recent American history IMHO

@shannonkayatani3001 16 күн бұрын

Utter brilliance on all levels

@Maklanders 17 күн бұрын

you are the best I listen to you every day since the Ivory Coast

@Atticus28 Ай бұрын

The live audience didn’t get to experience how crazy that second part was.

@sdean1978 Ай бұрын

Nobody has ever reminded me of Prince before, until the end of this performance. Brilliant.

@JulioYagus. 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful pure art.

@toniloco7447 7 ай бұрын

ART !!!

@FlowerChildanddan 4 ай бұрын

Rage Against the Machine was the last protest music with this much power, that was popular. Crazy that this is the dude from Community.

@OdessiasOddeseys 5 ай бұрын

Fucking nailed it!! Well done, all! Incredible dancing, too 🤩

@llocalchannel 11 ай бұрын

donald glover 🔥🔥

@YoMama9021 28 күн бұрын

The standing still while talking about parting and doing girl thing is a message. We cannot party yet.

@K.Martin86 3 ай бұрын

He’s so damn talented

@delgadina 3 ай бұрын

the problem about this performance is that it ends

@B3T01500 4 ай бұрын

i love how he shouts out OAXACA!!

@Michiganders 11 ай бұрын

Young Thug outro is genius 3:20

@zahraabdullahi1601 24 күн бұрын

The little girl dancing by herself in the end brings me to tears. Iykyk

@biamariano5189 Ай бұрын

Uma musica e letra impecável e um clipe melhor ainda! 2024 e essa musica continua fazendo tanto sentido😢❤

@YungHoax 4 ай бұрын

2:52 to the end is my favorite 🔥

@Hmb8758 2 ай бұрын

He sings just like it is in the video

@AnilKumar-xl2te Ай бұрын

Music has no limit Song has no limit Dance has no limit Creativity has no limit

@20nar 4 ай бұрын

Those lights and projectors at the end, bruhhh

@beaudwayful 6 ай бұрын

This is fire!

@cinziamorreale7192 7 ай бұрын

Love it…………

@amandahankins2731 9 ай бұрын

Preach!

@mayhem42rob 4 ай бұрын

Still going to be awhile before we all catch up to this track……keep watching Childish Gambino for insight

@aviibeautyy 3 ай бұрын

wow.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@simonfea2 Ай бұрын

Wow, that was great.

@ShinFTW33 9 ай бұрын

This is important art

@aidenmurphy9924 Жыл бұрын

Can anyone tell me what kind of lights these are or how they work? Any info would be great thanks!

@childish.gambino Жыл бұрын

www.precisionlasers.com/projects/childishgambino You can find out everything about them here

@julzzietasmr9590 11 ай бұрын

Pretty sure theyre lasers

@jordanhenshaw 8 ай бұрын

Only works in-camera.

@luvzzzz246 4 ай бұрын

these dancers killed it. and that was the point. listen!

@jeffwatsonmedia Күн бұрын

On Point

@babbleswhencaffinated751 18 күн бұрын

Wowwww

@LILFR34K59 4 ай бұрын

Bro in the first half of the song 🧍‍♂️

@juniorBigBoss745 2 күн бұрын

Incrível 🎉

@corwinchelway9969 9 ай бұрын

fire

@keziacapela1135 3 ай бұрын

Maravilhoso

@nayeyoshira2023 5 ай бұрын

I miss memories this is American 2020-2021 ❤🥲

@QuantumboxAI-qw5db 7 күн бұрын

Donald is a genius he comes from another planet.

@Mike_Spor Ай бұрын

❤wow. Very cool performance. Where can I find those floor laser lights?

@darkideascharliebacardi 11 ай бұрын

❤❤🖤❤️❤️

@chichachallengir 25 күн бұрын

LHDA TSFA MY. 🙌🙌🙌👏

@Millienfilm81 22 күн бұрын

Yo, Childish cooked on this performance.

@donnboulanger 24 күн бұрын

genius

@levonbrodee3589 2 ай бұрын

'WE' are something else, I tell ya.

@garcia207 5 ай бұрын

This is the Falcon Han It did the Kessel Run You cannot steal it Han

@imnotakillabutdontpushme4125 8 ай бұрын

Did the artist doing the adlibs record with him or he took it from other songs? This dude is genius !

@IBedtimeCookies 8 ай бұрын

Recorded with him. It's 21 savage doing the adlibs I believe

@rooflessr 7 ай бұрын

@@IBedtimeCookiesOMG IT IS?!

@ME-nk2og 21 күн бұрын

Donald Glover....master of everything.

@beeslikesteve 4 ай бұрын

I don’t think I like it, but I appreciate it.

@user-dm7lr5vr1c 3 ай бұрын

What type of lighting fixtures were those? I work in theatre and I have never seen fixtures do what those were doing.

@digitalsoundbath 2 ай бұрын

He has a backing track drop out on purpose in this

@QuickWitit07 23 күн бұрын

This is what it looks like when the lighting man outshine the performer. No pun intended.

@idemoniakoart Жыл бұрын

damn what's going on with those lights, that's quite a visual experience

@maximemunier9102 11 ай бұрын

Lights frequencies sync with the tv camera own frequency ;p

@julzzietasmr9590 11 ай бұрын

Theyre projectionlasers, can put pictures into the sky, its like hologram type shit but not quite there yet. Look em up :)

@jordanhenshaw 8 ай бұрын

Only works for the camera.

@juliemorgan5840 19 күн бұрын

My name is Julie I m a person that loves this music xx

@michaeljacksin9367 7 ай бұрын

Kanyes runaway being in my recommended after this is great

@davidburgess504 4 ай бұрын

It looks like he's about to be sentenced to the Phantom Zone!

@ohnonomorenames 3 ай бұрын

Song is great no doubt. But how do the lighting affects work??? How did they get the lines to stop and start??? I want to guess that it was projected aligned from the camera but the dancers cross the beam. I'm sure it is probably stupidly simple so help me out

@DominiqueDefossez Ай бұрын

anyone know what type those lasers at the back are? The start and stop in thin air, mind blown, how does that work? Wow and now the vortex he's in..

@JMMC1005 16 күн бұрын

It's a clever trick done by syncing up the lasers to the camera frame rate. In person, you'd see full beams like any other laser. The effect works because of something called 'rolling shutter'. Basically, the camera doesn't capture the full frame at once. Instead, it captures it line by line, very quickly. If the laser flashes for less than the duration of a single frame, it will only show up in part of the frame. By fiddling with the timing, the beams can be made to move up and down. It's the same reason why spinning propellers look like they are bending when filmed. They move while the frame is being captured.