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Donald Glover has opened up in regards to the origins of his visceral Childish Gambino music \u201cThis Is America,\u201d which apparently began off as a joke \u2014 and a Drake diss observe. \u201cI had the idea three years before,\u201d he says in a video interview with GQ<\/em>. \u201cI told [director] Hiro [Murai] the idea, and he\u2019s like, \u2018I really want to do that.\u2019 The idea for the song started as a joke. To be completely honest, \u2018This is America\u2019 \u2014 that was all we had was that line. It started as a Drake diss, to be honest, as like a funny way of doing it. But then I was like, this shit sounds kind of hard though. So I was like, let me play with it.\u201d<\/p>\n Glover additionally talks about how he and Murai conceptualized the \u201cThis Is America\u201d music video, which he calls \u201c\u2018We Are The World,\u2019 but for trap.\u201d (The 2018 music options background vocals from Young Thug, Slim Jxmmi of Rae Sremmurd, BlocBoy JB, Quavo of Migos, and 21 Savage.) Initially, they had been impressed by Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cThriller\u201d video. \u201cHow do you make people care about anything anymore?\u201d Glover muses in regards to the music, which he debuted on SNL<\/em>.\u201dThere\u2019s simply a lot shit. You must have a second in actual time.\u201d<\/p>\n In different \u201cThis Is America\u201d information, final month the copyright infringement lawsuit over Glover\u2019s hit music was formally dismissed. According to Billboard<\/a><\/em>, a choose dominated that \u201c[a] cursory comparison with the challenged composition reveals that the content of the choruses is entirely different and not substantially similar.\u201d He additionally mentioned the lyrics of Kidd Wes, who filed the 2021 lawsuit in opposition to Glover, had been a \u201cshort, simple, self-aggrandizing proclamation,\u201d whereas \u201cThis Is America\u201d discusses \u201cwhat America means and how it is perceived.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch Glover speak about \u201cThis Is America\u201d beneath.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n