Childish Gambino is set to release his final album, titled “Bando Stone & The New World,” on July 19th. To mark the occasion, he has released the first single from the album, “Lithonia,” which features a departure from his usual sound with heavy guitars and reverb vocals delving into rock territory.
The news about the album release comes shortly after the premiere of the trailer for Gambino’s upcoming film “Bando Stone & The New World.” In the film, he plays a lead character who navigates through an empty world and encounters a mother and her son with whom he fights for survival in a dystopian society filled with giant squids and menacing bird-like creatures. Gambino will also host an interactive listening experience for “Bando Stone & The New World” on July 6th at Little Island in New York City.
To celebrate this new chapter, Gambino plans to embark on his New World Tour. The tour begins on August 11th in Oklahoma City, OK, with stops in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Chicago before traveling overseas to Europe and Australia. Willow and Aamarae are confirmed to support on the tour. In April, Gambino initially announced his final two albums in a conversation about his Gilga project, revealing plans to release two new Childish Gambino albums. The first album, an updated version of “3.15.20” that was quietly released in March 2020 under its original title “Atavista,” arrived in May.