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Let’s Unpack Because The Internet | Mic The Snare

Mic The Snare | March 23, 2025

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This month’s Examining episode is dedicated to an album I’ve been wanting to talk about for ages: Childish Gambino’s Because The Internet. More than just an album, Glover’s second studio project was the center of an entire multidisciplinary universe – including short films, interviews in character, and a 72-page screenplay. But how does the experience hold up today? Let’s see…

Let me know your thoughts on this album and its various pieces in the comments!

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SOURCE LIST

Database: https://create.piktochart.com/output/45210119-the-content-of-because-the-internet

Short Films:
– Chicken & Futility: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhYNHKapKHY
– Clapping for the Wrong Reasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJiWmB3prao

Music Videos:
– Sweatpants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExVtrghW5Y4
– 3005: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG35R8F2j8k
– The Worst Guys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwUug-ucBLc
– Telegraph Ave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3f-eDzkxcw
– Yaphet Kotto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O3gq-yIno0&feature=emb_title

Interviews
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhBntF0q6jY
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTJBWkalBdc
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfM_fb1onoI

– Screenplay (from Genius): https://genius.com/albums/Childish-gambino/Because-the-internet-screenplay

– Screenplay Scenes Set to Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbtnbtF1l4g

Vice Article: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/6e4n74/childish-gambino-music-videos-conspiracy-theories-because-the-internet-2015

Scenes of Glover’s Acting:
30 Rock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsvI4AkLaw0
Community:
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j25tkxg5Vws
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8FYKJRz_8M
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg3NrdLVDVc
Derrick Comedy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcx4_CszaDI
Solo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kYLEau_0Ug
Lion King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MxulhivCvI