The Making Of Childish Gambino's "Redbone" With Ludwig Göransson | Deconstructed

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Published 2017-05-10

Childish Gambino’s “Redbone,” the second single off of his 'Awaken, My Love!' album, centers on the narrative of infidelity and paranoia. The track got a prominent placement in the opening moments of Jordan Peele’s record-breaking movie Get Out, too, leading to Platinum certification. Its instrumentation is a collaboration between Donald and Swedish composer and producer Ludwig Göransson; the two have frequently worked together since the 2010 'Culdesac' mixtape. He went to the studio not knowing what the two had in store that day.

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All Comments (21)

@CuckerbergZ 3 years ago

Donald was like “i have a little drum bit, wanna hear it?” He was like “ooohh these 23 different guitars will go well with that”
@marktamberg434 4 years ago

Donald: Yea so I have this drum beat Ludwig: I’ll take it from here
@famusic3997 3 years ago

He didn’t just show the project. He made it from scratch on set. 🙏🏼
@goat9295 3 years ago

With a name like Ludwig, you should know that he is an excellent composer.
@kaylabey 6 years ago

I fucking love producers.
@CedXify 6 years ago

This dude is old school as fuck
@ralphybillofrights7364 3 years ago

How does it feel to know you’ve made the most trippiest beat of the century?
@ninjachannel007 3 years ago

The word genius is overused by lots of producers who just mastered the equipment. This guy is a Beethoven-level music genius, equally comfortable doing R&B, hip-hop, and straight classical.
@kylerichards8777 6 years ago

what redbone sounds like when it's getting deconstructed by its producer
@yessirge 5 years ago

The first time I've seen a producer actually write down chords in one of theses videos
@VeteranBeatz 3 years ago

most important thing he said was “didn’t really know what was going to happen that day“
@pxlllow 3 years ago

Crazy how he can just pick up any instrument and make some insane melody
@ChunkyMonkaayyy 6 years ago

Do this live and there'll be 72 people on stage playing all the damn instruments.
@G33KST4R 6 years ago

These instruments sound like they were lined with LSD and what they produced was an experience, not just a song. This was amazing.
@all-caps3927 1 year ago

Sampling is not cheating, that's a whole different art in and of itself. Although this is pure talent, making such a nice beat takes special hands.
@Br3zzly 3 years ago

If Hans Zimmer does not have time he redirects the film producers to him. He now did Tenet because Hans did not have time. You know you are good if you get recommended by Hans. He also did Mandalorian, Black Panther, Creed and some more.
@trigaVAL 5 years ago

When he brought out a glockenspiel I relised how insane this man is.
@ProdbyJORJ. 4 years ago

He won oscar for the best orginal score for Black Panther, he did mandolarian, creed, venom and cristopher Nolan's TENET is coming too.
@victorvera8 9 months ago

This dude gave us "Can You Hear The Music". Probably one of the best scores ever written
@vXn-vXn 11 months ago

There’s not a single instrument he can’t play. He’s a true master of his craft.