How Childish Gambino Wasted His Last Album 3.15.20

Despite claiming it as his best project Childish Gambino’s last album 3.15.20 is by far his least popular, and it’s not because the music is bad. Thanks to one of the worst album rollouts we’ve ever seen many fans forget he even dropped it. In this video we see the 3 main reasons Donald Glover fumbled his potentially final album.
0:00 Problem 1
4:23 Problem 2
10:05 Problem 3
11:57 The Truth
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[@wadeseba6637]

Idk if this video aged good or badly

[@learnthetime]

Like a fine milk 🥛

[@darkshark313]

Plus now he got a new tour announced

[@sleep6837]

I am thrilled to say this aged awfully

[@Eleven_11]

lol it's looking like it might... unless gambino saw this video and it inspired him 👀

[@arjungutta7762]

@@Eleven_11 on god he saw this video said "i gotta give this a title at least"

[@GDSprodify]

@@Eleven_11He be online all the time he definitely got mad when Buddy said this lmao

[@cloudneverclear]

@@Eleven_11atavista was teased a LONG time ago

[@itzkatty]

@@Eleven_11 Boy do I have news for you

[@igotbit9454]

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

[@santiagomedranotorres]

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

[@somefreshbread]

ohp

[@MarcusEchols]

I agree!!! Who ever missed this experience of a album then it wasn't meant for them to hear it!

[@USHARDY]

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

[@landodiaz5517]

Fr “no aesthetics” is not an aesthetic in itself. Art has to significantly stand out in someway. Literally anybody could’ve made this cover, zero identity

[@xzotic6]

I think the point flew over your head. This is proof that art is about what the artist wants and streams/sales isn't everything.

[@donyou891]

@@xzotic6the “art” isn’t that good tho, people hate this album because it actually sucks lol

[@annadough5309]

This video single handedly caused the release of Atavista

[@landris6078]

He dropped it at the worst time humanly possible

[@kyle_caswell7130]

⁠@@yungneon4822might of been a couple days before quarantine officially started but eternal atake also was dropped in march 2020 it jus had an insane album rollout that was promoted pretty well

[@061mack]

In the worst way possible

[@Lotuss808]

He didn’t care lmao

[@bygster]

Um you mean best possible, that was an all digital time many Internet artist became huge, Connor price and others

[@andymorin9163]

hmmmm

[@josethemasochist]

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”

[@jaythamalt]

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

[@salomoncostilla7076]

why though? 😭😭

[@thelex0623]

​@@salomoncostilla7076He's re releasing it under the name atavista

[@somefreshbread]

@@salomoncostilla7076 I think we know why now ;-)

[@GizmosHouse]

It got updated, It’s not any better imo

[@johnsonproductions7533]

thanks aigis

[@JRMH-X]

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

[@cianthulu4204]

My dumbass clicked the timestamp 💀 Great song BTW.

[@jeddro]

⁠me too lmao

[@keyaan7043]

me too, It was literally all i listened to during lockdown i stg

[@bradleyharrison9059]

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

[@timothyboykin9318]

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

[@PrettyboyAshtun]

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

[@Eleven_11]

Exactly 💯

[@BODYBAGBUFORD]

W vid, Gambino really started the mysterious aura wave

[@Eleven_11]

appreciate it bro!

[@torinshaw1084]

Nah Jai Paul started the mysterious aura wave.

[@name3236]

Frack ocean been mysterious for awhile

[@dashxlife]

Dude talk young asf. Mf Doom is a thing. Atlanta literally made a episode about “it”

[@otterdonnelly9959]

Yall never heard of Prince or Frank Zappa before?

[@yobamos2158]

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

[@Lxrzo]

nah not the weeknd but everyone else yea

[@isaiahcallaway3226]

Kendrick Lamar could

[@bradswan4630]

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

[@LaRafa7]

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…

[@Non-Legit]

I wonder where little foot was supposed to play in tenet 🤔

[@syra1541]

he was on the radio like two days ago saying that this is basically what he's doing again, making an album to accompany a movie.

[@somefreshbread]

@@Non-Legit backwards during the second version of the heist scene 😀

[@packrunnerkev]

he's gonna be on Yeat's new album

[@Eleven_11]

Need to hear that 🔥

[@dereynharris9240]

What would that sound like?

[@Goodbylekyle]

​@@dereynharris9240 probably good

[@S0LILOQUY]

wtf?

[@packrunnerkev]

@@S0LILOQUY the future

[@rushmore309]

Love, “Little Foot”.

[@Eleven_11]

Same 🔥

[@Eleven_11]

Do you guys like 3.15.20 ?

[@MyFriendlyPup]

Bro why his hips so wide?

[@rapuniverze2998]

@@MyFriendlyPup 🤣🤣

[@j_kid863]

Yes, but I completely forgotten about it

[@joeyearle40]

Elite

[@steveballmer4569]

Forgot about it due to titles

[@stupidmonkey089]

53.49 is legit my favorite CG song EVER

[@steveballmer4569]

It’s a shame too the album was good

[@thaconqueror777]

When it came out I didn’t like it. Now I’m eating my words. I wasn’t on the frequency to understand what he was doing. Great album!

[@George-iq3gf]

Its pretty trash imo, too much of the runtime wasted on being pretentious when most of the songs are just messy and boring

[@AndersonsLavLounge]

He announced an album coming…🤞

[@willemdaho3]

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

[@olihvpd2963]

it just got released again BUT BETTER 🔥

[@CSG370]

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.

[@theyeetusmaximus170]

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.

[@TheRoseBoy11]

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

[@gameframeinc.3389]

So glover shot himself in the foot with this.

[@S0LILOQUY]

i’m sure it’s what he wanted to do tho

[@jaynycha1705]

mans is in movies with half asian chicks and you think he shot himself in the foot. sure pal 🙄

[@Rhinoceros14]

In the little foot AND the big foot

[@LMN22]

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

[@heellazer]

he went and got that Disney bag instead

[@raptru267]

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

[@nightcr_wler]

that’s like comparing Fogo de Chao with McDonalds. Yeah McDonald’s makes more annually and has locations everywhere (and we all secretly love it)- but what is more memorable, higher quality, and better for our system?

[@eddsworldlover]

@@nightcr_wlerdisliking popular things doesn’t make you special pal.

[@subzu2733]

​@@eddsworldloverthat Isn't the point

[@Grim_sights]

@@eddsworldloverdrake is mid, not cause he’s popular. his music is industry standard at best

[@Inseptembertowers]

@@nightcr_wlertruest this i heard in while

[@hoc1992]

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

[@Eleven_11]

Thank you!

[@edumomo]

This album has just being re-released as Altavista.

[@darius4405]

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

[@KaseyMasterpeace]

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.

[@dis_john]

5:55 this is even funnier now 😂

[@vibecheck4588]

aged like cheese

[@tahjmcqueen5418]

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.

[@MrBtak]

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.

[@Junebug879]

I’ll be right by your side till 3005 ayo

[@trollof229antthevariable9]

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

[@HI-ux4hj]

THE ALBUM IS GONE??? IT DISAPPEARED.

[@Eleven_11]

Yoooo I just noticed that too... he must be re releasing it with actual titles

[@rexkhan94]

Its out as atavista

[@thomasvettikad]

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.

[@Troshock]

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

[@oasean]

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

[@Blackmello]

You gotta be feeling crazy after his recent announcement lmaoo

[@mitchdewitt1745]

Interesting video 💯

[@jeen-yuhs4556]

ngl i prefer this version compared to the reworked one

[@ethopathos]

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

[@itsAaronSpeaking]

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

[@Eleven_11]

thank you bro appreciate it fr🔥

[@schmuck.on.wheels]

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

[@officialpharsyde]

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

[@DabiVlogs]

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

[@masontully7391]

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!

[@savaget2058]

Bro took this video personally 😂

[@riobillclips]

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

[@Thatmannelson]

Fire video bro keep this up

[@Eleven_11]

thanks bro!

[@Iamdoctorj]

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.

[@fash1r300]

fye

[@bryson0206]

Real recog real

[@cetzaep]

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

[@galacticreviewer]

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.

[@sparkymafia]

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

[@fighterck6241]

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

[@qtYuppt]

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

[@Eleven_11]

Thank you appreciate you watching!

[@scottwatrous]

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

[@Eleven_11]

Great song

[@scottwatrous]

@@Eleven_11With a great music video! Honestly been really enjoying Glover's work as an actor.

[@KidJaeProductions]

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.

[@bytobyi]

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

[@christophersimms9785]

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.

[@legotendo]

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 😭😭😭

[@smh-TV]

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

[@TheMemeToilet.]

He’s better

[@Lxrzo]

​@@TheMemeToilet.BTI is better than tpab and gkmc combined

[@NoName-tp7md]

​@@LxrzoNo

[@Mahmoud.Kiblawi]

@@Lxrzo😂😂😂😂 horrid take

[@kpylo]

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.

[@morningowl43]

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

[@trevaughn01]

it’s back on streaming now with all the names

[@andymorin9163]

damn u commented this literally an hour before it came out on streaming

[@arsonburneracc]

he uploaded a fully finished version of the album just an hour after this comment lmao, a few songs missing but he'll probably re-do those as singles or on a different album if i had to guess

[@SethGreschuk]

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.

[@heellazer]

Heartbeat is over rated tbh

[@Klump-]

I need him to drop anything

[@eddsworldlover]

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

[@MarcusEchols]

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

[@tyras4610]

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 😭😭

[@syra1541]

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

[@eddsworldlover]

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?

[@Gillah_Ville]

He did what he wanted🔥

[@LungeloShandu]

This whole video sounds like an opinion of a consumer and not of a music listener. It doesn't seem like this album was made to be popular, it was just made to be listened to. That's the privilege of making music out of love, and not to be number 1 on the charts.

[@nickb5371]

He definitely watched this video

[@syra1541]

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

[@korbencastaneda1812]

This aged beautifully

[@ktv7586]

3.15.20 was amazing if you get it you8 get it, if not too bad. He didnt fumble not everyone wants to be at the top of the charts. How the album came out was how it was intended to. Hella dumb take.

[@omarihandsor7678]

what I'm sayin

[@purepat4017]

Even Gambino dissed drake

[@nicholasvinson9862]

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

[@TyFrom99]

whats with the dramatic ass music like you solving a murder mystery lmfao

[@jcal495]

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

[@Grapevin]

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

[@arsonburneracc]

probably decided those songs weren't up to his standards or is just gonna release them at a different date, 3.15.20 was obviously just the pre-production version. also the album in its entirety is still available on youtube just taken off spotify and shit

[@mickjen]

This video has been made irrelevant and I love it

[@Inseptembertowers]

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

[@capn_l]

12.38 is my favorite track

[@adhdmuseum9631]

The royalties he gets from “Atlanta” will keep his family wealthy for generations. You’re confusing someone who makes music for money. He makes music because he likes it. I promise you he doesn’t care if it hits or not because it was made on his own time.

[@mysteries_117]

Hopefully his feature on Yeat is good

[@orlandowright2323]

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.

[@cuhm]

thanks for the album i guess

[@danielgarcia-gv6cd]

Y’all forget that not every artist gives af about being on top of the charts they juts wanna create shit

[@7MinuteAETutorials]

By far, his BEST work. Even better than the remixes.