Every article or text interview of Donald Glover
pertaining to the Because the Internet Era
Format: Author. “Title” Link.
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Benjamin, Jeff. “Childish Gambino: ‘Kanye West is Like a Prophet’.” https://www.fuse.tv/videos/2013/10/childish-gambino-kanye-west-interview-3005.
Browne, Rembert. “Glover’s Lane.” http://grantland.com/features/donald-glover-childish-gambino-grammys/.
Dekel, Jon. “Donald Glover is trying to change the world because the internet” https://o.canada.com/entertainment/music/donald-glover-is-trying-to-change-the-world-because-the-internet
Gambino, Childish. ““ask me words” - bino (notero is here too)” https://genius.com/Childish-gambino-ask-me-words-bino-notero-is-here-too-annotated
McMahon, Milly. “Growing Up is Childish”
https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/kz8wm3/growing-up-is-childish
Moore, Jacob. “Know the Ledge.” Photography by Marcus Hyde, http://www.complex.com/music/childish-gambino-interview-know-the-ledge-2014-cover-story.
Moore, Jacob. “Cover Story Uncut.” (uncut “Know the Ledge”)
https://www.complex.com/music/2014/01/childish-gambino-uncut-interview
Morris, Andy. “Childish Gambino Wants Instagrammers to Get Real”
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/childish-gambino-british-gq-interview-online
Rothman, Lily. “A Conversation with Childish Gambino: Nostalgia, Bitcoins and Advice from Tina Fey” https://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/05/a-conversation-with-childish-gambino-nostalgia-bitcoins-and-advice-from-tina-fey/
Ryan, Patrick. “Childish Gambino finds growth in music” https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2015/02/09/childish-gambino-donald-glover/23123433/
Ostroff, Joshua. “Donald Glover (Childish Gambino) On Being Racially Profiled, Seeing Someone Killed And Trayvon Martin” https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/10/30/donald-glover-childish-gambino-race_n_4174682.html
Ostroff, Joshua. “Childish Gambino On Quitting 'Community,' Drake's Online Origins, And His Infamous Instagrams” https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/12/19/childish-gambino-because-the-internet-community-interview_n_4428098.html
Pastuk, Slava. “Fear and Trembling.”
https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/rqexvr/donald-glover-childish-gambino-interview.
Pastuk, Slava. “Full Transcript and Audio - Interview with Donald Glover” https://slavathewrite-blog.tumblr.com/post/65546865877/a-few-days-ago-i-was-given-the-opportunity-to
Weekes, Jabbari. “Childish Gambino Discusses 'Because the Internet' and the Complexity of Web-era Issues” http://exclaim.ca/music/article/childish_gambino_discusses_because_internet_complexity_of_web-era_issues
Zemler, Emily. “Childish Gambino Talks 'because the internet' Album & Staying Honest” https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/5812342/childish-gambino-talks-because-the-internet-album-staying-honest
Abstract, Kevin. “How Childish Gambino Made Things Easier For Kids Like Me.” https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2014/11/how-childish-gambino-made-things-easier-for-kids-like-me.
Aiko, Jhene & Rosenburg. Discuss Meeting Donald - preserved on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/p/s_Mzrrib6g/
Alexander Moore, Madison. “Childish Gambino’s Exhibition At Rough Trade NYC Brings The Internet To Life” https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vvygkd/childish-gambinos-exhibition-at-rough-trade-nyc-brings-the-internet-to-life
Alexis, Nadeska. “Childish Gambino's Because The Internet Started As A Punch Line With Beck” http://www.mtv.com/news/1716148/childish-gambino-because-the-internet-beck/
Battleground, Andrea. “Donald Glover grows up a bit with Childish Gambino’s Because The Internet” https://music.avclub.com/donald-glover-grows-up-a-bit-with-childish-gambino-s-be-1798178956
Barnes, Tom. “Childish Gambino Thinks the Internet is Ruining Our Lives, and He's Fighting Back” https://www.mic.com/articles/76243/childish-gambino-thinks-the-internet-is-ruining-our-lives-and-he-s-fighting-back
Beffert, Jordan. “Because the Internet Review” https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwNEsoeb3W9sQnRSajNfWndlWGc/view
Brown, August. “Review: Childish Gambino’s ‘Because the Internet’ plugs tech life” https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2013-dec-09-la-et-ms-childish-gambino-because-internet-review-20131210-story.html
Chery, Carl. “Childish Gambino's 'on The Fence' About Signing To A Major” http://www.mtv.com/news/1829452/childish-gambino-on-the-fence-about-majors/
CLIO. “because the internet / Rough Trade - The Room” https://clios.com/awards/winner/clio-music-partnerships-collaborations/because-the-internet-rough-trade-the-room-3543
Cosores, Philip. Because the Internet Album Review - Consequence of Sound.
https://consequenceofsound.net/2013/12/album-review-childish-gambino-because-the-internet/
Damiani, Jesse. “Childish Gambino and the Metamodern Ennui: Why Because the Internet Is the Most Significant Album in Recent Memory.”
Part 1: www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-damiani/because-the-internet-chil_b_5485075.html.
Part 2: www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-damiani/childish-gambino-and-the-_b_5513620.html.
Part 3: www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-damiani/childish-gambino-and-the-_1_b_5534498.html.
Part 4: www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-damiani/childish-gambino-and-the-_2_b_5555664.html.
Dee. “See Childish Gambino's Tumblr Come to Life in a Multimedia Exhibition.” https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2013/12/see-childish-gambinos-tumblr-come-life-rough-trade-nyc-exhibition
Delmacy, Nick. “Donald Glover Suicide Watch: Day One” https://cypheravenue.com/donald-glover-suicide-watch-day-one/
Dionne, Zach. “Maybe Donald Glover Is Having a Harder Time Than We Realized” http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/maybe-donald-glover-is-having-a-harder-time-than-we-realized/
Dionne, Zach. “We Went There: Childish Gambino’s Deep Web Tour.” http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/childish-gambinos-deep-web-tour-review/.
Dodds, Eric. “Where is Donald Glover?” https://entertainment.time.com/2013/07/29/where-is-donald-glover/
Drake, David. “Not Just Because the Internet: What Childish Gambino's Success Means” https://www.complex.com/music/2013/12/childish-gambino-because-the-internet-sales-analysis
Feenstra, Gerrit. “Live Review: Childish Gambino at Paramount Theater 5/10/14” https://www.kexp.org/read/2014/5/15/live-review-childish-gambino-at-paramount-theater-51014/
Fey, Tina. “Donald Glover.” http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736210/donald-glover/.
Fresh, Mikey. “Is Donald Glover Really Returning to ‘Community’?” http://www.missinfo.tv/index.php/is-donald-glover-really-returning-to-community/
Garcia, Dan. “INTERVIEW: STEFAN PONCE TALKS NEW ALBUM, WORKING WITH CHILDISH GAMBINO ON NEW MUSIC, AND MORE” https://theearlyregistration.com/2015/09/24/interview-stefan-ponce/
Gocobachi, Pamela. “On the Scene: Childish Gambino's Deep Web Tour hits L.A.'s Shrine Auditorium” https://ew.com/article/2014/05/05/childish-gambino-tour-l-a/
Goddard, Kevin. “Childish Gambino Reveals That Sophomore Album Is Done” https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/childish-gambino-reveals-sophomore-album-is-done-news.7534.html
Gore, Sydney. “Childish Gambino Releases New Song, 'Centipede': Listen” https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/4433216/childish-gambino-releases-new-song-centipede-listen
Harris, Nadia-Elysse. “Are Actor Donald Glover’s Instagram Posts A Cry For Help? How To Recognize Depression And Suicide Warning Signs” https://www.medicaldaily.com/are-actor-donald-glovers-instagram-posts-cry-help-how-recognize-depression-and-suicide-warning-signs
Holmes, Charles. “How Donald Glover and His Team of Collaborators Wrote, Then Made, ‘Guava Island’” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/donald-glover-collaborators-wrote-made-guava-island-822135/
Huffpost. “Childish Gambino Not Happy With ‘Sweatpants’ Leak, Ironic ‘Because The Internet’” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/childish-gambino-sweatpants_n_4338141?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGHBnAsmgSMmnUkOdNp5fo99KwvJdX_My8E8rg4gw8x4cFsmTzFlS3s-wFsyEs7tJWRVfgwqjmZde_I-7Pbrx1CNGF5tQ224bgFzoIHYi4WXNYDqUtUHC9ahL3tPNUbXTuWa3xwdOoi12vV1Oofdn3mekcI2qsD3ukRekxHtQkT6
Hyden, Steven. “Donald Glover’s 404 Error.” http://grantland.com/features/donald-glover-aka-childish-gambino-second-album-internet/.
Iandoli, Kathy. “Behind The Lens: Inside the Weirdly Wired Brain of Director Hiro Murai”
James, Nicolas. “Childish Gambino Deletes All Tweets” https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/childish-gambino-deletes-all-of-his-tweets-news.5833.html
Jeffries, David. Because the Internet Review - AllMusic
https://www.allmusic.com/album/because-the-internet-mw0002586630
Jenkins, Craig. Because the Internet Review - Pitchfork
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18817-childish-gambino-because-the-internet/
Jenkins, Henry. “Transmedia Storytelling 101” http://henryjenkins.org/blog/2007/03/transmedia_storytelling_101.html
Josephs, Brian. “Donald Glover and the Gambino’s Curse”
https://www.passionweiss.com/2014/10/13/donald-glover-and-the-curse-of-the-gambino/
Kaye, Ben. “Watch Childish Gambino's short film, Clapping for the Wrong Reasons” https://consequenceofsound.net/2013/08/watch-childish-gambinos-short-film-clapping-for-the-wrong-reasons/
King, Jamilah. “Donald Glover Tries to Make It Right With 'Because The Internet'.” https://www.colorlines.com/articles/donald-glover-tries-make-it-right-because-internet.
King, Jamilah. “Childish Gambino Sends Fans on Scavenger Hunt to Uncover Secret Track.”
https://www.colorlines.com/articles/childish-gambino-sends-fans-scavenger-hunt-uncover-secret-track.
Kostidakis, Perry. “Gambino offers poignant musical experience” https://web.archive.org/web/20131215050903/http://www.fsunews.com/article/20131209/FSVIEW0107/131208021/Gambino-offers-poignant-musical-experience/
Kramer, Kevin. “What's the Story Behind ‘Melrose,’ the Instrumental Childish Gambino Tweeted at Jhene Aiko?” http://www.complex.com/music/2013/11/childish-gambino-jhene-aiko-melrose-instrumental.
Leight, Elias. “How Donald Glover Charted His Own Path to Hip-Hop Stardom” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/how-donald-glover-charted-his-own-path-to-hip-hop-stardom-628594/
Lenahan, Connor. “Meeting Gambino”
https://connorlenahan.com/2014/03/31/meeting-gambino/
Lilah, Rose. “Childish Gambino Talks Mixtape/EP "STN MTN/KAUAI"” https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/childish-gambino-talks-mixtape-ep-stn-mtn-kauai-new-video.31141.html https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/childish-gambino-puts-ep-with-chance-the-rapper-on-hold-explains-stn-mtn-kauai-update-tape-drops-news.12286.html
London, Duke. “Childish Gambino Says "Rap Is Done" In Hot 97 Interview” https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/childish-gambino-says-rap-is-done-in-hot-97-interview-news.11979.html
Lovatt, Phoebe. “Chance The Rapper's acid reign” https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/16753/1/chance-the-rappers-acid-reign
Mandell, Andrea. “Donald Glover: From redoing Simba after losing his father to his funny Blue Ivy encounter” https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2019/07/16/lion-king-donald-glover-redid-simba-lines-after-losing-dad/1728489001/
McCabe, Kathy. “A Childish shot at the fame name game for rapper” https://amp.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/music/a-childish-shot-at-fame-name-game/news-story/23ed55075ac6b3c696efaa94a29d2c90
McMahon, Matt. “Five Years On, Donald Glover’s ‘Clapping for the Wrong Reasons’ Finds New Context” https://www.passionweiss.com/2018/05/04/clapping-for-the-wrong-reasons/
Melody, Mya. “CHILDISH GAMBINO INTEGRATES TECHNOLOGY WITH HIS DEEP WEB TOUR” http://www.myamelody.com/childish-gambino-integrates-technology-with-his-deep-web-tour/
Metacritic - Metacritic Compilation of Because the Internet Reviews:
https://www.metacritic.com/music/because-the-internet/childish-gambino/critic-reviews
Mlynar, Philip. “Childish Gambino’s Sloppy, Erratic ‘Because the Internet’ Offers Only Unintentional LOL’s” https://www.spin.com/2013/12/childish-gambino-because-the-internet-worst-new-music/
Mok, Tanya. “Exclusive: Here Is Footage From Childish Gambino's Listening Session in Toronto.” http://www.complex.com/music/2013/11/childish-gambino-toronto-listening.
Moment Factory. “CHILDISH GAMBINO : DEEP WEB TOUR” http://gabrielpoiriergalarneau.com/childish-gambino-deep-web-tour
Morris, Andy. “Digging the Deep Web: inside one of the best tours of 2014” https://www.gigwise.com/blogs/96973/childish-gambino-deep-web-tour-behind-the-scenes
Muller, Marissa. “Donald Glover and Lena Dunham Had an Uncomfortable Exchange After His Girls Takedown of White Women” https://www.wmagazine.com/story/donald-glover-lena-dunham-girls-tokenism/
MTV. “Childish Gambino Throws an Impromptu Listening Party in an NYC Park.”
http://www.mtv.com/video-clips/7csb22/childish-gambino-throws-an-impromptu-listening-party-in-an-nyc-park.
MTV “CHILDISH GAMBINO, CHANCE, TOPANGA, TRINIDAD JAME$ CO-STAR IN 'CLAPPING FOR THE WRONG REASONS'” http://www.mtv.com/news/2501713/childish-gambino-chance-topanga-trinidad-jame-co-star-in-clapping-for-the-wrong-reasons/
NICK. “Childish Gambino Upset After “Sweatpants” Music Video Released: Watch Here” https://thissongissick.com/post/childish-gambino-sweatpants-problem-video/
Noahcibbz. “Childish Gambino: An Album is not Enough Anymore Because the Internet…” https://hearingcolourseeingsound.wordpress.com/2014/11/12/childish-gambino-an-album-is-not-enough-anymore-because-the-internet/.
Ohlendorf, Kristopher. “On the Internet by Means of Popular Music: The Cases of Grimes
and Childish Gambino” https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5435&context=etd
Opam, Kwame. “'Because the Internet': Online Fame Gives Donald Glover the Feels.” https://www.theverge.com/2013/12/10/5195582/because-the-Internet-online-fame-gives-donald-glover-the-feels.
Ortiz, Edwin. “Childish Gambino Releases Upcoming Tour Dates Through Web Chat with Former Adult Film Star Abella Anderson.” http://www.complex.com/music/2014/01/childish-gambino-deep-web-tour-dates.
Paris, Liam. ““AND THEY SAYING ITS BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET”:
Childish Gambino and What Artists Need to Survive in 2014.” http://paintingbohemia.org/culturalstudies/race-ethnicity/and-they-saying-its-because-of-the-internet-childish-gambino-and-what-artists-need-to-survive-in-2014/
Pasternack, Alex. “Rapping About Weev and 3D-Printed Guns, Childish Gambino Trolls Us Good” https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bmj8ya/childish-gambino-internet-record
Rindner, Grant. “Knowledge Drop: How Childish Gambino Used an iPhone to Record Parts of Because the Internet” https://genius.com/a/how-childish-gambino-used-an-iphone-to-record-parts-of-because-the-internet
Rocher, Frantz. “7 First Impressions of Childish Gambino's 'Because the Internet'” https://www.complex.com/music/2013/12/childish-gambino-prep-school-mic-killa-quick-reaction-because-the-internet
Rogulewski, Charley. “Lupe Fiasco Beefs With Childish Gambino: "I Don't Work With Blacks"” https://www.vibe.com/2013/07/lupe-fiasco-beefs-childish-gambino-i-dont-work-blacks
Rosen, Christopher. “Childish Gambino Upset At Record Company After ‘Sweatpants’ Video Release” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/childish-gambino-sweatpants-twitter_n_5147801
Rothstein, Famuel. “Being Angry and Black on the Childish Gambino Tour.” https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2014/05/being-angry-and-black-on-the-childish-gambino-tour
Rouse, Wade. “Donald Glover Posts Troubling Notes on Instagram, Opens Up About Leaving Community” https://people.com/celebrity/donald-glover-posts-troubling-notes-on-instagram-opens-up-about-leaving-community/
Rys, Dan. “Childish Gambino Is Afraid Of The Future.”
http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2013/11/childish-gambino-afraid-future/.
Sabeerah. “PHAROS” https://artelectronicmedia.com/artwork/pharos/
Schumaker, Stefan. “The Racial Politics of Childish Gambino” https://medium.com/cuepoint/the-racial-politics-of-childish-gambino-baf1f79c1961#.ptb7hd2xw
Shafer, Cody - BTI Review Under the Radar Magazine
http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/because_the_internet_donald_glover/
Shalom, Chris. “A Little Bit Childish: Childish Gambino’s Because the Internet” https://vancouverweekly.com/a-little-bit-childish-childish-gambinos-because-the-internet/
Silver, Eric. “Childish Gambino Hit Up Washington Square For Surprise Concert” https://nyulocal.com/childish-gambino-hit-up-washington-square-for-surprise-concert-5db464f4459
Slaughter, Graham. “Donald Glover, as rapper Childish Gambino, plays his new album at Trinity Bellwoods Park” https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2013/10/28/donald_glover_as_rapper_childish_gambino_plays_an_impromptu_set_at_trinity_bellwoods_park.html
Slavik, Nathan. STN MTN / Kauai 1 Listen Review (DJBooth)
https://djbooth.net/features/childish-gambino-stn-mtn-album-review
Smith, Trevor. “Childish Gambino Discusses His Next Label Move” https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/childish-gambino-discusses-his-next-label-move-news.10644.html
Smith, Trevor. “First Week Sales Numbers For Beyoncé, Childish Gambino & R. Kelly Are In” https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/final-sales-for-beyonce-news.8590.html
Smith, Trey. “All About that Race: Understanding the Secret in Childish Gambino’s Music Videos” (Vice). https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/6e4n74/childish-gambino-music-videos-conspiracy-theories-because-the-internet-2015
SparkLeMur. “Because the Internet Appreciation Thread. What has this album meant to you?” https://redd.it/7cpytb.
Strecker, Eric. “Donald Glover short film is weird and thought-provoking” https://ew.com/article/2013/08/16/donald-glover-clapping-wrong-reasons/
Sundermann, Eric. “You Don’t Like Childish Gambino's 'Because the Internet' Because of the Internet.” noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/rpx3nr/childish-gambinos-because-the-internet-review-donald-glover.
Tardio, Andres. “Why Are All Of Childish Gambino's Social Media Accounts Wiped?” http://www.mtv.com/news/2025863/childish-gambino-social-media/
Tan, Selena. “Childish Gambino Announces "The Deep Web Tour"” https://hypebeast.com/2014/1/childish-gambino-announces-the-deep-web-tour
Trammell, Matthew. “Beat Construction: How Stefan Ponce Brought Childish Gambino To The Grammys” https://www.thefader.com/2015/02/06/beat-construction-stefan-ponce-is-three-for-three
Trammell, Matthew. Rolling Stone BTI Album Review https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/because-the-internet-112794/
Triggs, Charlotte. “Donald Glover: I Didn't Want to Lie About My Feelings Anymore” https://people.com/tv/donald-glover-i-didnt-want-to-lie-about-my-feelings-anymore/
VanHooker, Brian. “THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF SWEATPANTS” https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-cultural-history-of-sweatpants
VIBE. “Childish Gambino Debuts 'The Crawl' In Texas (Video)” https://www.vibe.com/2013/11/watch-childish-gambino-debuts-the-crawl-texas-video
Weekes, Jabari. BTI Review - Exclaim.
http://exclaim.ca/music/article/childish_gambino-because_internet
WhoSampled. “Because the Internet” https://www.whosampled.com/album/Childish-Gambino/Because-The-Internet/
Witmer, Phil. “One Minute of Music Changed Childish Gambino’s Career Forever” https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ywkjkb/childish-gambino-urn-because-the-internet-2018
Wood, Mikael. “Meet the Swedish producer who helped take Childish Gambino to the Grammys” https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-ludwig-goransson-childish-gambino-grammys-20180126-story.html
The World of Live Music. “CHILDISH GAMBINO – THE DEEP WEB TOUR 2014” https://idleactivity.wordpress.com/2015/04/21/childish-gambino-the-deep-web-tour-2014/
Worldstar (Premiere on Fight Comp Video) “Fight Comp Of The Month Ep 37: Teens Vs McDonalds Employees, Coward Jumps In A Female Brawl, That Slam Though + More! (Feat. Childish Gambino's Official” https://worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video.php?v=wshh4V05gXz3587SVkvy
XXL Mag. BTI Review.
https://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/reviews/2013/12/childish-gambino-because-the-internet-album-review/
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