How Childish Gambino Wasted His Last Album 3.15.20 

Idk if this video aged good or badly

I am thrilled to say this aged awfully

and that's why it's art. doesn't need to be appreciated in the moment. it's gotta be timeless.

This video single handedly caused the release of Atavista

the album is amazing if you take the time to listen to it, and like he said, now it’s kind of a hidden body of work that his fans can enjoy and newcomers may be surprised to find

This is proof that if nothing else, aesthetics matter. A lot.

He dropped it at the worst time humanly possible

donny’s always been a kinda “read between the lines kinda guy”.. I think that’s what led me to get into his music. During his album rollout of because the internet, there was a secret vocal acapella that could be found in the screen play that would pair directly with the beach picnic version of 3005 on his later release ‘kauai’. I respect his secretive nature of creating art and i like that he hid his last album in a way. almost like he’s saying “if you really care, here it is”

as of 5/09/2024, 3.15.20 has been removed from Spotify and Apple Music

19:10 is one of my favorite songs from him ever

I feel like he did it to complete his record contract.

Who is here watching this video after Donald Glover announced his updated version to 3.15.20

W vid, Gambino really started the mysterious aura wave

there’s good songs on this album but it’s just odd and makes it hard to come back to it, it has no normal track list and even cover art

he's gonna be on Yeat's new album

3:15:20 is THE BEST ALBUM no one knows about

Love, “Little Foot”.

53.49 is legit my favorite CG song EVER

There are only five artists in the world right now who could drop an album without a rollout and have it go no.1 in the charts: Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Rihanna, The Weeknd and Frank Ocean

Do you guys like 3.15.20 ?

It’s a shame too the album was good

I read on Reddit that 3-15-20 was intended to work as a soundtrack to Tenet as Donald Glover was up for the part of the Protagonist in the movie. Songs about time, his association with Ludwig (the films musical supervisor and film scorer) as well as the fallout with WB when he signed on for Disney. I think he intended more for it but abandoned it and released whatever was finished. Too many coincidences…

He announced an album coming…🤞

it just got released again BUT BETTER 🔥

tbh this album is aging like fine wine. Listened to it when it first dropped and i always think back at that time where the pandemic was in its early stages and the numerous riots throughout the country. there really was a moment that felt like ‘this is america’ so sad he didn’t add that one, but the album is basically that + raising the youth during these times. i love this sm

Great video! I always wondered what happened with this album. I've still haven't listened to it, for all those reasons listed - but I didn't know it was his "final album." I'll have to sit down and listen to it proper.

Childish Gambino really took this personally and nuked it from streaming 😂😂

he could've been on Drake's level with a proper roll out and normal titles

Man I thought this album was gonna be another BTI level concept album. And I was hype for it. Unfortunately tho, it never came to be

he went and got that Disney bag instead

Under the sun, the final song on the album, still remains one of my favorite Gambino songs in his entire catalogue. It just feels so good to listen to.

5:55 this is even funnier now 😂

I’ll be right by your side till 3005 ayo

This is a great video. I still think Because The Internet is his best but I have to re check out 3.15.20 because I never go back to it

So glover shot himself in the foot with this.

This album has just being re-released as Altavista.

Interesting video 💯

damn just realised how little views this video had. very well put together. good video. keep going at it

THE ALBUM IS GONE??? IT DISAPPEARED.

aged like cheese

I feel this was D. Glover's way of saying things are going to get dark this year, so here is a gift to get you through.

You gotta be feeling crazy after his recent announcement lmaoo

The album is going to drop again with remastered songs and titles. why this vid needed to wait 4 years is beyond me but believe it or not, it is now outdated 3 months after drop.

Yeah and I'm not typing in 1476.5 and 1/3 tbh like wtf

He arrived, he witnessed, and he conquered-and then he let it go. That is legendary.

ngl i prefer this version compared to the reworked one

damnnnnnn today is the day i learned that redbone album wasn’t childish gambinos last album!!!! i’m listening to this right now!!

Great video! imo seems like a cool idea with questionable execution that just didn't work lol. Artist's have been experimenting with new and exciting ways to deliver their music to fans forever - so I can appreciate the attempt! But you make a good point with the song names lol even Kendrick's version at least had numbers I could remember

bruh im just now finishing this video, super interesting. idgaf about him at all lol but this video was dope af bro

Hes said he wants to make more experiences rather than products or things to sell. I think 3.15.20 was just that and the title coincides with that theory. I know ive exhausted niggas on the donaldglover subreddit w this lol but i was down bad w covid from the top of march til the top of april and in that first week n a half was like this it, im stuck in this bed we stuck in the house. Imma cough myself to death in this bed. Then randomly that sunday around 4 fuckin a.m. i got a twitter notification of a link from donald glovers account. I click it, it takes me to the site w the sketches and music just starts playing. Maaan when i tell you i sprung to my feet rolled a blunt and "ran" to my balcony wrapped in 3 blankets and coughing my lungs out to go throw my earbuds in and listen. I sat there and stared at the moon and listened until i heard it loop back to the first song i heard when i opened the link. And i cried man, i needed that shit. Time felt like what we were going thru in that exact moment. Obviously im pretty biased here w this story, but idk, thinkin back to his small house shows in lil lofts downtown NYC during the BTI era and random small pop up park performances. Hes always wanted intimate forms of spectacle intermixed w the larger spectacles like This Is America. & i think thats what this album was, it wasnt for everyone, it was for the die hard fans, the ones really digging and searching every blog to see if anyone knew when the next drop was. His "last" album really feels similar to what happened in that atlanta episode w Al's favorite rapper where he went on a long scavenger hunt just to find the funeral. Heck if you find gambino in a particular order it leads to that same conclusion especially if the last thing you find is guava island y'know? I think what im trying to say is, i think that albums meant to be the "you just had to be there" kind of energy. Similar to the small pop up shows, the Joshua Tree experience, teddy perkins at the emmys, its all the same and its all because the internet.

Fire video bro keep this up

nah he broke all commercial rules and dropped that shit w no promo for a reason. that’s why he’s the same man that made atlanta, that’s why he’s the goat.

i was there when he dropped the album on the website for like only a few hours

been watchin yo vids a while now, always been fye. keep it up and tbh i forgot abt this only reason i knew about was because i did an entire discog listen of gambino

this album is truly great and one of my favorites of his but i do agree that the cover and song titles make it really hard to go back to certain songs. gambinos in my top 5 artists so it is sad that this was his last album but he gave us so much great music so i can’t be disappointed

Bro thanks for the video! Love childish gambino but skipped out on this album cause of the marketing (clear in hindsight). It's a certified banger though as I'm now discovering. But again goated video!

3:31 “as humans when we listen to music we need something visual to attach it to” No dummy

fye

This really might be Childish Gambino best full project and it’s a shame nobody has even heard of it. That 21 savage record still one of the best songs he released. But the problems listed is exactly why it’s forgotten. This is the best video explaining this album too.

It's very clear with how he released it that he was not looking for hit singles or anything lol, the album deliberately rejects an easy label/identity with its release, cover, title, and track titles. You could call it pretentious or silly but it's certainly not an accident

Bro took this video personally 😂

3:20 couldn't even escape the goat in a video about music could we?!.😂

I definitely forgot about this album other than Feels like Summer is a constant jam in my rotation on RU-vid.

I wish I could listen to the album on streaming because it went completely under my rader but sadly it’s not on any streaming service as of now

i still listen to that album to this day after listening to it i actually enjoy it quite a bit it’s not my personal favorite album of his but i get enjoyment out of it

I really love 3.15.20. I think it's been the only album by childish gambino that has this weird unfinished feeling. The songs feel a little incomplete and the production is a little weird. But all of that adds to the overall experience of the album and makes it stand out. It's like an unfinished puzzle that you just have to put together.

it feels like he tried to do a untitled unmastered but failed big time. Gambino is no Kendrick.

Listening to his old stuff thats not even on albums more than his actual albums. It's the way to be. Got This Money is better than Heartbeat there I said it.

its his best album , it does not have to be mainstream to be appreciated

He definitely watched this video

As of April 10, 2024, he’s erased it from Spotify. His next release is gonna be a remastered, repackaged version of the album

I need him to drop anything

He did what he wanted🔥

This aged beautifully

Tbh it was rushed during the pandemic. But Atavista is the finished product we got. While fans say 3.15.20 is better, Atavista is actually. Yes there were some transitions and a couple of songs that aren’t in the newer version, but I honestly think what we have now is what he intended to be for 3.15.20. Plus Feels Like Summer is old, so he probably felt it shouldn’t be in the new one.

what’s crazy is this is one of the albums by him that stands out the most to me. BTI and Camp were always my favs by him but this one showcased more of his high pitched singing abilities and work w diff melodie’s and themes. it really captured the chaos of the world through sound and i think it was just a great way for him to express himself while grieving over the death of his father. i feel like yeah sure he did this for his true fans but mostly did it for himself. i love this album.

He hot 13 on the billboard with no announcement promo! Thats great if you ask me

When i heard the album, it instantly became one of my favorites from him, the downside tho is that it took me about a month to know which song is which 😭😭😭

march 12, 2020 was an insane day, his timing is the only thing i can really fault him for here.

Technically you’re still kind of right because he said he’s releasing Atavista which is the finished version of 3.15.20 and then he’s dropping a soundtrack to a movie he’s making called Bando Stone & the New World. I’m really hoping that the soundtrack will be similar to Because the Internet where that was basically made as the soundtrack to the script he wrote back then.

here from 5-15-24. he took it down from streaming and now it has an official album name and the songs have names. but he messed up my playlists 😭😭

Hopefully his feature on Yeat is good

Obvs the sales went down a lot but you have to remember billboard changed how and what they count (ie stopping counting bundles) in like 2020 or late 2019 or so. Everyone’s numbers tanked like overnight

That Bad and Boojie shoutout at the Grammys genuinely is one of the biggest reasons that song went lmao. All the white ppl saw him shout it out and were like who’s these Amigos fellas?

kind of a shame more people haven't given it a listen, 12:38, algorythm, feels like summer, and 53.49 are great, i get it though, it was hard for me to get into as well

Even Gambino dissed drake

This video has been made irrelevant and I love it

12.38 is my favorite track

I got into this album last year cause I literally had no idea he dropped in 2020

Aaaaand it's gone now. Truly do not understand how his mind works, he straight up deleted it and then reuploaded with 3 songs missing. Insane

I was more of a fan of his mixtapes STN MTN and R O Y A L T Y. But Gambino is the only artist in which I listened to just about every album, song and feature he appeared on.

“because of the internet” and “Atlanta”alone are enough to make the guy’s discography solid forever. Just sayin

and just like that, he's recycling it tonight.

I relisten every few months or so when 24.19 pops up on shuffle

I fucking love this album

He released the Beatles white album

thanks for the album i guess

In my opinion, it’s based on codes(because the internet) . As a computer , having algorithms, a computer talks through numbers, not letters .

we need another album all like Redbone

The background music is louder than your voice