These days, you have to be living under a rock to not know who Childish Gambino is. Whether it’s from his Grammy Award winning single, “Redbone” from the album, Awaken, My Love! or his appearance as an actor (under his real name, Donald Glover) in Solo, or his hit show, Atlanta, his presence is everywhere. The rap-singer made a triumphant return to music earlier this year with the thought provoking, poignant single, “This Is America”. The single will likely be featured on his upcoming album. Childish Gambino says it will be his last album using that moniker. There’s no word yet on whether or not it will be his last album period. Nevertheless, he’s poised to go out with a bang.

Last week, he debuted two new songs that are billed together as Summer Pack. The short EP consists of two socially conscious love songs, “Feels Like Summer” and “Summertime Magic”. The former is a melodic, slow groove that would make Sade raise an eyebrow and take notice. Again, he changes up his delivery here and it works extremely well. This song is much more of a smooth R&B offering, unlike the jagged, lyrically explosive, “This Is America”. The latter, “Summertime Magic” continues the tropical island groove with steel drums. The song kicks in with a heavy bass line as Childish Gambino sings about a woman who reminds him of summertime.

Both songs ooze summer love at its finest. I can’t pick which song I like more than the other. They both are equally satisfying to listen to. At this point, four potential songs have been heard from Childish Gambino’s as yet untitled, upcoming album, This includes the song “Saturday” that he performed on SNL in May of this year. I’m curious to see how the accompanying visuals will look (if he releases them) for these new songs. Both tracks have a current, yet vintage feel. Childish Gambino won’t be going anywhere anytime soon; whether he changes his stage name or not.