Watch Childish Gambino’s unsettling music video for ‘Lithonia’

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Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, has unveiled the unsettling music video for ‘Lithonia’ – you can watch it below.Last night (July 22) – after sharing private links of the video with fans via text messages over the weekend – the actor and rapper finally made the video available to the public.

The music video, directed by Jack Begert, clocks in at two minutes – around a minute under the song’s official runtime.Besides Glover, the music video stars musician and actor Alex Wolff (Hereditary, Pig), Suzanna Son (The Idol, Fear Street: Prom Queen), Swedish composer Ludwig Göransson, musician Lynette Williams and Passion Pit and The Flaming Lips’ Ray Suen.The video starts with Glover and his band performing intimate group, before it quickly grows more unsettling and takes a dark turn.

Watch the music video for ‘Lithonia’ below.‘Lithonia’ marked the first single from Glover’s final album under the Childish Gambino moniker, ‘Bando Stone and The New World’.

The album – released last weekend – also serves as the official soundtrack for a new movie of the same name. Donald Glover revealed the trailer for the film recently, though the film has yet to receive a release date.Kyann-Syan Williams wrote of ‘Bando Stone and The New World’ in a four-star review for NME: “Glover has made a record as otherworldly as his other outings.