Bonfire (Childish Gambino song): Difference between revisions

A music video for the song was released in July 2011. It begins with Childish Gambino in a forest, sitting up with a noose around his neck, then coughing up blood before untying the noose and throwing it off. Looking up, he sees that the noose was tied to a tree branch, and realizes he was lynched. He then wanders through the forest in search for help, and sees a group of people huddled around a campfire while someone appears to be telling them a scary story, and is relieved. It wears off quick when he notices someone approaching the campsite with the noose he previously threw off and a knife in hand, presumably a killer. He begins trying to get their attention and sprints towards the campers, finding a small knife in the process, and gets there before the killer does, and tries warning the campers, but neither them nor the storyteller can see him, and it is then revealed the 'killer' was simply playing a joke on all of them. Gambino then falls to the ground, landing in the same place he was when the video began, and the video ends.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scpr.org/blogs/newmedia/2011/11/01/3720/new-childish-gambino-music-video-bonfire-actorrapp/|url-status=live|access-date=|website=Southern California Public Radio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024181217/https://www.scpr.org/blogs/newmedia/2011/11/01/3720/new-childish-gambino-music-video-bonfire-actorrapp/ |archive-date=2020-10-24 |title=New Childish Gambino music video 'Bonfire' from actor/Rapper Donald Glover |date=November 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Coplan|first=Chris|date=2011-10-31|title=Video: Childish Gambino - "Bonfire"|url=https://consequence.net/2011/10/video-childish-gambino-bonfire/|url-status=live|access-date=|website=Consequence|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417180351/https://consequence.net/2011/10/video-childish-gambino-bonfire/ |archive-date=2021-04-17 }}</ref>