Summer Pack
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{{Infobox album
| name = Summer Pack
| type = EP
| artist = Childish Gambino
| cover = Childish Gambino - Summer Pack.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2018|7|11}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = R&B{{cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/latest-news/a22115494/childish-gambino-summer-pack/|title=Childish Gambino Has Dropped 'Summer Pack' To Soundtrack The Heatwave|work=Esquire|last=Ovenden|first=Olivia|date=July 11, 2018|accessdate=July 12, 2018}}
| length = {{duration|m=8|s=30}}
| label =
- Wolf+Rothstein
- Liberator Music
- RCA
| producer =
| prev_title = "Awaken, My Love!"
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = 3.15.20
| next_year = 2020
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Childish Gambino EP
| type = EP
| prev_title = Kauai
| prev_year = 2014
| title = Summer Pack
| year = 2018
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
{{Singles
| name = Summer Pack
| type = EP
| single1 = Summertime Magic
| single1date = July 11, 2018
}}
}}
Summer Pack is the third extended play by American actor and musician Donald Glover, under his stage name Childish Gambino.{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/childish-gambino-releases-two-tune-summer-pack-ep|title=Childish Gambino Releases Two-Tune 'Summer Pack' EP|work=Grammys|last=Merrill|first=Philip|date=July 11, 2018|accessdate=July 12, 2018}} It was released by Wolf+Rothstein, Liberator Music and RCA Records on July 11, 2018. It contains only two songs, "Summertime Magic" and "Feels Like Summer".{{cite press release|title=Childish Gambino Releases A Summer Pack Of New Music: "Summertime Magic" And "Feels Like Summer"|url=https://www.rcarecords.com/news/childish-gambino-releases-a-summer-pack-of-new-music-summertime-magic-and-feels-like-summer/|location=New York|publisher=RCA Records|date=July 11, 2018|accessdate=July 12, 2018}} The EP was produced by Glover and his longtime collaborator, Ludwig Göransson. It was revealed to the public via social media shortly after its release in a surprise manner.{{cite web|url=https://www.magneticmag.com/2018/07/childish-gambino-new-two-songs-summer-pack-ep/|title=Childish Gambino is Summer Ready with New 'Summer Pack' EP|work=Magnetic|last=Middleton|first=Ryan|date=July 11, 2018|accessdate=July 12, 2018}}
Background and release
Following the release of his 2016 album "Awaken, My Love!" and the 2018 re-issue of his debut project EP, Glover released the hit single "This Is America", which became both his first number one and top ten song on the US Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2018/01/30/donald-glover-childish-gambino-ep-rerelease|title=Donald Glover is re-releasing his debut Childish Gambino EP|work=The Fader|last=Darville|first=Jordan|date=January 30, 2018|accessdate=July 12, 2018}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8455823/childish-gambino-this-is-america-no-1-hot-100|title=Childish Gambino's 'This Is America' Is No. 1 On The Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|last=Trust|first=Gary|date=May 14, 2018|accessdate=July 12, 2018}} The track also reached number one on the charts of Australia, Canada and New Zealand, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in eight other countries.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8457331/childish-gambino-this-is-america-no-1-australia-singles-chart|title=Childish Gambino Earns First No. 1 on Australia's Singles Chart With 'This Is America'|magazine=Billboard|last=Brandle|first=Lars|date=May 22, 2018|accessdate=July 12, 2018}} The song was nominated for four Grammy Awards at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards and won two.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/news/2019-grammy-awards-complete-nominations-list|title=61st GRAMMY Awards: Full Nominees List|date=2018-12-07|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=2019-01-08}} Two months following the release of the hit single, Gambino announced the surprise release of the two-song EP Summer Pack on July 11, 2018 featuring the songs "Summertime Magic" and "Feels Like Summer".{{cite news|last=Aswad|first=Jem|date=July 11, 2018|title=Childish Gambino Drops Two New Summer-Themed Songs (Listen)|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/childish-gambino-drops-two-new-summer-themed-songs-listen-1202870279/|work=Variety|accessdate=July 12, 2018}}
Both songs appear in the 2019 film Guava Island, which stars Donald Glover, and features other music from Childish Gambino.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/04/donald-glover-rihanna-guava-island-streaming?verso=true|title=Donald Glover's Guava Island Features Stirring New Versions of "This Is America," "Summertime Magic"|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=13 April 2019 }}
Track listing
Both tracks written and produced by Donald Glover and Ludwig Göransson. Credits adapted from Tidal.{{cite web|title=Summer Pack / Childish Gambino TIDAL|url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/91829557|website=Tidal|accessdate=July 12, 2018}}
{{Track listing
| title1 = Summertime Magic
| length1 = 3:33
| title2 = Feels Like Summer
| length2 = 4:57
| total_length = 8:30
}}
Release history
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| scope="col"| Region
! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format(s) ! scope="col"| Label ! scope="col"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
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| Various
| July 11, 2018 | {{hlist|Digital download|streaming}} | {{hlist|Wolf+Rothstein|Liberator Music|RCA}} |
References
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