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Watch Childish Gambino Debut A New Song At MSG

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NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 13: Childish Gambino performs onstage during Rihanna’s 4th Annual Diamond Ball benefitting The Clara Lionel Foundation at Cipriani Wall Street on September 13, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Diamond Ball)

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A few days before launching what he's calling the final Childish Gambino tour, Donald Glover sent two unfinished songs, "Algorhythm" and "All Night," to people who purchased tickets, telling them, "it is important for u to be familiar with them in order to participate, and therefore fully enjoy the experience." At the tour opener in Atlanta, he gave both of those songs their live debut. But those aren't the only new songs Gambino is performing on this outing.

Last night at Madison Square Garden in New York, Glover told the audience, "This is some new shit I’ve been working on," and debuted another previously unheard number. This one had the feel of an old '80s pop-R&B song by Michael Jackson or Lionel Richie. On first pass it's about as good a pastiche as "Redbone," which you should read as high praise.

Watch footage of the new song below.

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