Why Donald Glover Is Retiring Childish Gambino and More | The One with WSJ Magazine

Donald Glover —who is on his sixth and final world tour as Childish Gambino for his new album ‘Bando Stone & the New World’—sits down for The One with WSJ. Magazine to discuss retiring his rap moniker, what his kids would say about him and how he has changed since becoming a father. He discusses playing Troy Barnes in ‘Community,’ Lando in ‘Star Wars’ and relationship lessons he learned from ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ with Maya Erskine. He also shares what it’s like to collaborate with his brother Stephen Glover, casting his mother, criticism that has stuck with him and advice from Erykah Badu and Merry Clayton.

Chapters:
0:00 Filming ‘Community’
0:51 Improv on set
1:43 Collaborating with your brother
2:43 What your kids would say about you
3:52 Playing Lando in ‘Star Wars’
4:59 Filming ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’
5:54 ‘Bando Stone & the New World’
7:03 Retiring Childish Gambino
7:56 Criticism that has stuck with you
9:02 Advice to younger self

In “The One,” WSJ. Magazine talks to tastemakers and creators about “the one” secret to their success—the one mentor they lean on in a crisis, the one habit they wish they could break, the one call that changed their lives forever. From Angelina Jolie to Ryan Gosling to Kylie Jenner, iconic cultural figures open up to WSJ.

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