This is America

Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America’ music video is filled with graphic imagery and metaphors. The musician/actor told E! “I just wanted to make a good song”.  With over 440 million views and hundreds of thousands of comments, the video initiated conversation on social media, quickly becoming a top trending video soon after its release in early May, 2018. The video touches on important subjects in today’s climate such as gun violence, race, and politics