Childish Gambino has shared a music video for his track “Lithonia,” which ends with an abrupt and horrifying plot twist.
In the clip, which dropped on Monday (July 22), the artist born Donald Glover and his band perform in a small room, rocking out to the track for a few fans.
As the song progresses, Glover’s band grows sweatier and sweatier, and before the song’s official runtime ends, Glover’s eyes pop out of his head, with bloody guts spilling onto Suzanna Son. Other cameos in the video include Alex Wolff and Ludwig Göransson.
Son, who starred in Red Rocket and The Idol, leaves the cabin-like home immediately, running through a field with Glover chasing her. The video ends with a scream and a fade to black.
Check out the haunting clip below.
The song is featured on Childish Gambino’s new album, Bando Stone & The New World.
The project created some controversy when it was first released, as Glover seemingly took a swipe at Joe Budden on the track “Survive,” which features Chloe Bailey. Gambino appeared to jab Budden over his past rap career and pivot to podcasting.
They in the minor leagues, but I’m pro-black/ I bet he hate his mom, how you know that?/ You got a podcast ’cause you can’t rap/ You on some Fresh and Fit shit, talking body counts/ I count a body every time I’m on tracks,” he raps.
Budden famously retired from rapping in 2018 and has ruffled the feathers of many an A-list MC for his outspoken opinions, most notably Drake and Cardi B.
Fresh and Fit is a nod to the podcast of the same name, whose hosts have also clashed with the former Slaughterhouse member, while Budden and his co-hosts discussed “body counts” — the term for the number of sexual partners a person has had — in an episode of their show last year.
Childish Gambino’s issues with Joe Budden most likely stem from comments the “Pump It Up” hitmaker made about him last year.
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Speaking on his eponymous podcast, Budden claimed that Drake would “smoke” ‘Bino in a battle — and not just a lyrical one.
“If those two have a parody-off, now I’m in. If they have a skit-off — ’cause they both are talented in that regard,” he said, before declaring: “Drake’ll smoke that n-gga’s boots. Drake’ll smoke that n-gga’s fucking muffin.”
He added: “Watch when he hosted the ESPYs. Watch his appearance on SNL. Watch his appearance in the Lil Dicky shit. The Chris Brown video.”
Budden’s remarks were in response to Gambino’s confession that his hit single “This Is America” started out as a Drake diss.
