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How Donald Glover Has Used Pettiness to Pour Fuel on His Creative Fire · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Donald Glover just released his final Childish
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Speaker 1: Gambino album, Bando Stone and the New World, and a
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Speaker 1: big reason Donald felt comfortable retiring the Childish Gambino character
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Speaker 1: was because he accomplished almost everything he set out to
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Speaker 1: do with it, one of which was to have a
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Speaker 1: hit album, and he did with Awaken My Love, which
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Speaker 1: was actually the exact goal that inspired the album. It
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Speaker 1: was a personal challenge he took on after being told
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Speaker 1: he couldn't make a hit album. He says it was
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Speaker 1: almost like a pettiness that fueled him, telling hot Ones,
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Speaker 1: it's almost like a dark art. It's something you need
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Speaker 1: when you're young. Because I don't need it as much anymore.
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Speaker 1: Sometimes I still read a review that gets under my skin.
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Speaker 1: It doesn't really serve you as well as you want,
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Speaker 1: but that feeling never quite goes away. You want people
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Speaker 1: who you think are cool to like your music. But
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Speaker 1: at the end of the day, you have to sit
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Speaker 1: back and know you can make music and interesting choices
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Speaker 1: and that you have a flavor that's direct from Hollywood.