"Awaken, My Love!" is the third studio album by American recording artist Donald Glover, under the stage name "Childish Gambino". This album was released on December 2, 2016 by Glassnote Records and features solely psychedelic soul, funk, and R&B which is a huge departure from his previous predominant hip-hop/rap style projects. The album is also Glover's highest charting album to date and was streamed over 41.5 million times in it's first week. The album was officially certified “Platinum” by the RIAA on September 27, 2018.
Track listing[]
- 1. Me and Your Mama
- 2. Have Some Love
- 3. Boogieman
- 4. Zombies
- 5. Riot
- 6. Redbone
- 7. California
- 8. Terrified
- 9. Baby Boy
- 10. The Night Me and Your Mama Met
- 11. Stand Tall
Trivia[]
- The album cover was a Easter egg in one of the episodes of Donald Glover's show "Atlanta" before the album's official announcement.
- This is the first album by Glover where entirely every track has been sung instead of rapped.
- This is also his first album not to be a entirely rap album.
- Before the album's release, Glover held a 3-night concert event called "PHAROS" where his fans could come camp out in a deserted area in Joshua Tree, California and would see him perform songs from the album. During each performances, phones or recording devices in general were confiscated.