At the start of the month, on the same day that Donald Glover hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time, "This is America" was released into the world. Instantly iconic, it felt like the kind of epochal video and song Michael Jackson specialised in, one that will be remembered in a quarter of a century. It confirmed that, whether releasing music under the Childish Gambino moniker or writing, directing and acting using his own name, Glover is working on a different level to almost any of his contemporaries. Kanye West, undeniably a creator of masterpieces, shared the video while many critics noted that this is the kind of work he no longer seems capable of as he cosies up to the President, offers startling comments on slavery and watches Rick and Morty. The king is dead, long live the king.
