This Is America

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music video single song

"This Is America" is a critically acclaimed 2018 song by Childish Gambino that blends hip hop and gospel influences to deliver a powerful commentary on gun violence and systemic racism in the United States.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
This Is America music video 0
"This Is America" 1
single "This Is America" 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf music video ⓘ
single ⓘ
song ⓘ
achievement first US number-one single for Childish Gambino ⓘ
artist Childish Gambino ⓘ
associatedWith Black Lives Matter movement ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Music Video ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance

Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ
Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critical acclaim ⓘ
describedAs politically charged ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
director Hiro Murai ⓘ
distributedBy Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 2018-05-05 ⓘ
firstPerformedAt Saturday Night Live ⓘ
genre gospel ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
trap ⓘ
hasCoverArt This Is America single cover ⓘ
hasMusicVideo This Is America music video ⓘ
label RCA Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wolf + Rothstein ⓘ
mcDJ Recording ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:05 ⓘ
notableAs first hip hop track to win Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ
notableFor symbolic imagery of violence and chaos ⓘ
performer Childish Gambino ⓘ
platform YouTube ⓘ
producer Donald Glover ⓘ
Ludwig Göransson ⓘ
recordedIn 2018 ⓘ
releaseDate 2018-05-05 ⓘ
2018-05-05 ⓘ
theme African American experience ⓘ
gun violence in the United States ⓘ
mass shootings ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
systemic racism in the United States ⓘ
usesMusicalElements choir vocals ⓘ
sudden beat switches ⓘ
trap percussion ⓘ
writer Donald Glover ⓘ
Ludwig Göransson ⓘ
yearOfGrammyWins 2019 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: "This Is America"
this entity surface form: single "This Is America"
Childish Gambino → notableSong → This Is America ⓘ
Ludwig Göransson → notableSongProduced → This Is America ⓘ
Childish Gambino → notableWork → This Is America ⓘ