Decoding the Rap-Comic Complex in Childish Gambino’s Final LP
Through a dystopian plot, Childish Gambino’s final record attempts to narrate his insecurity, as opposed to its raw, uncomplicated exploration in Atavista.
Asmita Choudhury
Asmita Choudhury is an independent researcher and an editor with a
reputed academic publishing house in Kolkata, India, with a portfolio
comprising reference, archival and organisational works. She holds a postgraduate degree in English Literature from the Department of English,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, with a specialisation in the literary analysis
of music. Her unpublished Masters’ Dissertation project, titled “The
Concept Album Testimonio: Resisting the Veracity Question”, is an
analysis of the form of the concept album as a suitable vehicle for the
testimonio genre. This apart, in a personal capacity, she has pursued
various projects of literary analysis of music.
Moses Sumney’s Self-Aware Icarus
With 2017’s Aromanticism, Moses Sumney negotiates the self as body and spirit and attempts to reconcile his emotions and sexuality with his religion.