Childish Gambino releases alternative version of Awaken, My Love

Last week Childish Gambino announced a series of pop-up events in London, Los Angeles, and New York. The Summertime Starts Here pop-ups turned out to be a chance for fans to enjoy free ice cream and buy exclusive merch including, as Pitchfork notes, an alternative version of 2016 album Awaken, My Love! on vinyl.

The album features its original title, Operation Highjump and alternative artwork. Creative director Ibra Ake showed his copy off on Instagram.

we changed the name to “awaken my love” last minute. before that we called the album a different name and it was gonna look like this. pick yours up at lovebox today.

A post shared by Ibra Ake (@ibraake) on Jul 14, 2018 at 9:23am PDT

The London pop-up took place at Lovebox festival on the same day Childish Gambino headlined. Donald Glover showed support for London's anti-Trump protests and played new songs "Feels Like Summer" and "Summertime Magic" during his hour-long set. Check out highlights from the show here.

Thanks @childishgambino @summertimemagic you icecreamed our dreams! lmao @estebandilo #nyc #icecream #was #good #tho #bk #childishgambino #fortgreen #summertimemagic #donaldglover

A post shared by Jess (@jeeessssie) on Jul 14, 2018 at 10:25am PDT

My favourite thing on the Lovebox merch stand was the Childish Gambino vinyl banner and it was not for sale pic.twitter.com/MXsbzpvYG0

— Peter Robinson (@Popjustice) July 14, 2018