Well, this is quite an ensemble.
You're really a method actor, I guess, huh?
This is what we wore every day.
[LAUGHS]
[INAUDIBLE]
Disney really-- they spared no expense.
Can you-- is this something you could get at Fashion Nova?
They-- and I'm not sure, but I believe that Jim
Henson creature shop made this.
JIMMY KIMMEL: They made this for you.
Took about five years.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Wow. - Yeah, it's good.
JIMMY KIMMEL: They did a beautiful job.
And I noticed some of the hair from the costume
is getting into your beard.
No, this is--
this is just stress.
JIMMY KIMMEL: It's just stress.
I was working with Andy Serkis.
You know him? JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah, sure.
He's Gollum, and--
Yeah, he did all the movements and stuff.
So I had been working with him in Africa for about two years
before I got into it.
So I'm just-- you know, just stress.
You really committed to this thing, I guess, huh?
I am. It's really important.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Tonight is the big premiere.
For those that don't know, right across the street from us,
the world is focused on Hollywood for "The Lion King,"
which looks unbeliev-- will there
be animals out there for this?
I mean, I don't know.
I hope so.
I mean, seems--
I mean, it is Hollywood.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah, yeah.
But yeah, probably.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah, you don't know.
You weren't involved in that. - I wasn't.
They didn't ask me.
And you are going--
this weekend, you're going to Australia to--
for a music tour.
Yeah, I'm going on tour in Australia.
Yeah, I have to rebook it.
JIMMY KIMMEL: You-- oh, because you
got hurt or something, right? - I broke my foot.
JIMMY KIMMEL: You broke your foot.
Was that the most embarrassing thing that's
ever happened to you on stage?
I mean-- [LAUGHS]
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
You know what?
No.
No, it was not.
No.
I-- didn't you say that that was it for Childish Gambino?
Is that-- is it over now?
I mean, I think I'm going to still do shows.
I'm not quite sure.
I'm pretty sure--
I definitely want to--
I mean, I broke my foot.
I had to make up these shows. I definitely [INAUDIBLE].
But I love music.
I really love making music for--
Will you do any of "The Lion King" songs in your concert?
Because that could be weird.
I mean, only if I'm dressed like this.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Uh-huh.
But I think Disney has a pretty tight leash--
JIMMY KIMMEL: On that stuff?
--on those songs, you know?
JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah, right.
Yeah, I'd have to be accompanied by probably
like, you know, Bob Iger.
Did you ever imagine that you would cover an Elton John song?
Is that something that ever crossed your mind?
No, I never thought--
I never thought I really would.
I never-- I mean, you never really think they're
going to redo "The Lion King."
JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah, no.
I really didn't.
It's a crazy thing--
I met him, and he was really-- he was really sweet.
And I was like-- JIMMY KIMMEL: Elton or the lion?
Oh. JIMMY KIMMEL: [LAUGHS]
I studied with the lion for about six months,
but I met Elton at--
I think it was in Italy, and he was really
nice and really sweet to us.
And I was like, hey, I'm going to be Simba.
And I think he was like, oh, this guy's crazy.
Like, it was like he didn't know really
what I was talking about.
JIMMY KIMMEL: [LAUGHS] So now, in this movie, you're singing
with Beyoncé, by the way.
- Yes. - Yes?
And--
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
And that's-- are you in the same room with Beyoncé
when you guys are singing?
No, I requested not to be. JIMMY KIMMEL: You did.
Yeah.
[LAUGHTER]
I did not want to be looking into Beyoncé's eyes
while doing this.
So-- JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah.
But no, actually I was working on "Solo" at the time,
so I was in London.
So I recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
JIMMY KIMMEL: I see. - [INAUDIBLE]
And then they put your voices together.
Yeah.
Well, I would imagine it's less
intimidating if you are not in the same room with Beyoncé.
- Yeah. - Yeah?
Yeah.
You know, I imagine it's less intimidating playing basketball
with Michael Jordan--
JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah
--if you're at home just throwing--
[LAUGHTER]
--pieces of paper in the trash, you know?
This is, I think, very interesting,
because Tracy Morgan was here last night on our show.
And you, when you were in college, got a job as a writer
on "30 Rock."
Tracy was on that show.
Yeah.
And did you work directly with Tracy at that time?
Oh, yeah.
I definitely did.
[LAUGHTER]
Yeah, all the time.
JIMMY KIMMEL: So you were writing for television
and studying in college simultaneously.
It was a transition period.
So I was about to graduate, and I got--
and I got the job.
So it was like, I was still an RA,
and I still had to do it over the summer as well for--
You were an RA in the dorm.
Yes, yes.
So you had to, like, make sure the kids
weren't misbehaving in school?
Yes, but I was not there.
I wasn't a good RA.
JIMMY KIMMEL: [LAUGHS]
I wasn't a good one.
I was like-- I remember getting calls of like, oh, yeah.
Someone's very sick.
And I'll be like, I'll be right there.
And I did not.
I had work to do.
JIMMY KIMMEL: [LAUGHS] Is that right?
If one of the kids is sick, the RA is
supposed to take care of them?
Yeah, you're supposed to take them to the hospital.
JIMMY KIMMEL: And how old are you at that time?
Old enough to know better. JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah, right.
Like I shouldn't be in this position.
JIMMY KIMMEL: But not necessarily
old enough to be the one they call
when somebody's sick, right? - Yeah.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah.
I was like, oh, you got to get better.
I'm drunk, too. We gotta--
JIMMY KIMMEL: [LAUGHS]
We gotta, you know--
Did you suddenly have like a--
I mean, for college standards, did you suddenly
have a ton of money when you were writing
for a network television show?
I mean, in New York, yeah.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah, right.
Like you definitely--
I had more money than all my friends, but I felt like--
you know, you don't spend it well.
You're too young. I mean, like--
JIMMY KIMMEL: What were you spending it on?
Can I be honest?
JIMMY KIMMEL: Yeah.
Like, Gushers.
[LAUGHTER]
I wasn't allowed--
I wasn't allowed to have candy as a kid,
so I was like, I'm ballin'.
JIMMY KIMMEL: You go nuts.
You were never allowed to have candy when you were a kid?
I mean, not-- yeah, I wasn't.
Like, no sugary--
Let me-- can I just ask you a serious question for a second?
Do you feel that being denied candy as a child
made you crave candy more when you got out of the house?
Absolutely. JIMMY KIMMEL: OK.
I mean, you have to--
So your advice would be to give the children a little bit
of candy in moderation.
Yeah, or all of it, so they learn--
JIMMY KIMMEL: [LAUGHS] Every day is Halloween.
Every day is Halloween.
And then-- - Well, today is Halloween.
--when their tooth's messed up, you're like, maybe
this candy isn't so great. JIMMY KIMMEL: It's good.
All right. I like that.
I'm going to employ that into my own personal life.
(SINGING) It means no worries for the rest of your days.
It's our problem-free philosophy, hakuna matata.
Hakuna matata.
It means no worries for the rest of your days.
It's our problem-free philosophy, hakuna matata.
That is "The Lion King," Donald Glover.
And who's playing the Timon and Pumbaa in that?
Is that Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner?
Mm-hmm.
And are-- they're singing, too, huh?
Yeah, those were dark days.
They were-- they were a lot.
Seth got really sick shooting there.
We were there for 18 months.
Well, yeah, yeah.
Stuffing Seth into that little costume,
that had to be something. - Yeah.
No, it was rough.
It was rough.
JIMMY KIMMEL: We were just talking about--
I was talking about I'm taking my daughter to see the movie.
She's almost five years old, and I just
have no idea how she's going to react to seeing
these animals talking. - Talking.
Yeah.
It's very strange, because the photo reel--
so I mean, my son, he loves "The Lion King."
Like, he's a big, big fan of--
and of animals in general.
He can run faster on all fours than two feet.
That's not a joke.
JIMMY KIMMEL: He's three years old?
It's very-- you'll know him when you see him.
And we were--
I didn't want to tell him, because I'm like,
oh, I'm Simba.
This is probably the only time in history
this kid will ever happen, where a kid knows a movie,
and his father is the--
and he's the-- so I was like, OK.
You know what?
I'm not going to tell him.
I'm just going to play it super cool.
And my son doesn't watch like movies or--
I mean, he watches movies, but he doesn't watch TV.
He doesn't have commercials.
We basically just show one movie once a week if he wants.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Wow.
And we-- yesterday, I was like, hey.
Just out of nowhere, I was like, you--
you want to go see "The Lion King?"
You know, [INAUDIBLE] kind of thing, just to see if he might
notice my voice, or whatever.
And he was like, oh, sure.
Beyoncé's in it, right?
And I was like, how did you know that?
But also, daddy's in it.
You know, like--
I'm in it, too.
I was like--
JIMMY KIMMEL: Wow.
All I'm saying--
I'm just saying, Beyoncé has people who haven't even
seen television loving her.
This is-- she's incredible.
How does he know Beyoncé?
I don't-- JIMMY KIMMEL: You have no idea.
This is not a joke.
I do not know.
I was like, did grandma tell you that?
He's just like, Beyoncé.
JIMMY KIMMEL: I think it might enter
through the umbilical cord somewhere in the uterus--
Yeah.
And people just know.
I think Beyoncé is probably the celebrity that other
celebrities are most excited to be in the presence of and see,
meet.
She's presidential.
I mean, yeah.
Like, she's the closest-- - Oprah-esque.
Yes. - Yeah.
Do you-- how well do you know Beyoncé?
Not super well.
Well enough to be like, hi Beyoncé, and run away.
JIMMY KIMMEL: How long ago-- did you meet her while doing this,
or you met her years ago?
I met her a couple of years ago at a Jay-Z show.
JIMMY KIMMEL: OK.
And she was-- she was really sweet, and like,
we talked about our kids. And she was really nice.
But I also--
I just happened to--
we were living in New York, and my partner, she was like,
oh, we got to go to this pizza restaurant.
It's Beyoncé's and Jay-Z's favorite restaurant.
Like, Pizza Lucali.
So I'm like, OK.
So I'm going to go-- we're going to go there for date night.
We go there, and Beyoncé and Jay-Z are there
having a way cooler date night.
Like you know, Blue was there.
It was really sweet and cool.
But like, yeah. I was very--
Did you go to them, or did they come to you?
Or did you bump into them? Or how did it work?
We talked for about 10 minutes like, oh, you
could say something. You could say something.
No, you say something.
You're the famous one.
I was like, ah.
So, it was like 10 minutes, and then you go over.
And then you're like, oh, hey.
And you're like, what are you doing here?
I didn't see you, you know.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Wow, that's--
Beyoncé eating pizza.
Yeah.
Are you working on "Atlanta" right now?
I think my contract says I have to say yes.
JIMMY KIMMEL: Oh.
Yes.
JIMMY KIMMEL: So you are supposed to be
working on "Atlanta" right now?
I am working on "Atlanta" right now.
JIMMY KIMMEL: You are, yeah.
On the plane to Australia, you will be writing up a storm.
No.
Literally writing-- this is a script for "Atlanta"
if anybody asks.
For some reason, you were dressed as a lion this season.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Well, it's great to have you here.
Thank you for coming.
Congratulations on all the success this year
with the Grammys and [INAUDIBLE] all of the stuff.
[CHEERING]
Thank you, [INAUDIBLE].
Donald Glover, everybody.
"The Lion King."
He's the one.
It opens July 19.
We'll be right back with D'Arcy Carden.
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