--- title: Identifying all the cameos in the new Childish Gambino video description: Donald Glover's newest song comes "Feels Like Summer" comes with a star-studded music video featuring Beyoncé and Drake — in cartoon form. canonical: https://time.com/5386059/feels-like-summer-celebrities/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-04T16:46:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:14.991Z og:title: Every Celebrity Cameo in Childish Gambino's New Music Video og:description: From Drake to Michael Jackson to Rihanna, the cartoon video is full of stars og:url: https://time.com/5386059/feels-like-summer-celebrities/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab7d9486d6ebd071/69893962929fad1210bf17e7/screen-shot-2018-09-04-at-11-54-03-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1764 og:image:height: 992 og:image:alt: childish-donald-glover og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Every Celebrity Cameo in Childish Gambino's New Music Video twitter:description: From Drake to Michael Jackson to Rihanna, the cartoon video is full of stars twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab7d9486d6ebd071/69893962929fad1210bf17e7/screen-shot-2018-09-04-at-11-54-03-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Every Celebrity Cameo in Childish Gambino's New Music Video > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 4, 2018 4:46 PM UTC  YouTube  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 4, 2018 4:46 PM UTC Way back in July, [Childish Gambino](http://time.com/5267890/childish-gambino-this-is-america-meaning/) — the musical stage name of Donald Glover — put out two songs, including the retro-feeling R&B groove “Feels Like Summer.” But it wasn’t until Labor Day weekend that the artist decided to draw particular attention to the track with the release of a star-studded accompanying music video. Unlike the [fiery lyrics and video](http://time.com/5267730/childish-gambino-this-is-america-words/) for chart-topping song “This Is America,” which featured Gambino and a cast of characters dancing their way through scenes of violence and police brutality, “Feels Like Summer” is a more lighthearted affair on the surface: it’s all animated (with work by artist [Justin Richburg](https://twitter.com/%5FJustinRichburg)) and sticks to a summertime vibe. But the celebrity cameos, from Michelle Obama to Kanye West to Beyoncé, still pack a punch. And the lyrics aren’t particular optimistic: “Oh, I know you know my pain,” [Gambino sings](https://genius.com/Childish-gambino-feels-like-summer-lyrics). ” I’m hopin’ that this world will change / But it just seems the same.” Here’s [every celebrity](https://genius.com/Childish-gambino-feels-like-summer-lyrics) that pops up in the cryptic cartoon video for “Feels Like Summer.” ## [Donald Glover](http://time.com/5369053/rihanna-donald-glover/) as Childish Gambino, ambling down the street  YouTube ## Rappers Lil Pump and Trippie Redd running across the street  YouTube ## Rapper 21 Savage and producer Metro Boomin’ in a car  YouTube ## Rapper Kodak Black in a house  YouTube ## Rap trio [Migos](http://time.com/5268651/migos-met-gala-2018/) playing basketball  YouTube ## [Chance the Rapper](http://time.com/5257703/donald-trump-chance-the-rapper-tweets/) and Jaden Smith in a cape with rapper Birdman at the grill  YouTube ## Will Smith washing his car  YouTube ## Rapper [Azealia Banks](http://time.com/4653253/rihanna-azealia-banks-donald-trump/) appears sitting in a tree  YouTube ## Rappers [Nicki Minaj](http://time.com/5377307/nicki-minaj-bts-idol/) and Travis Scott playing with blocks  YouTube ## Artists [The Weeknd](http://time.com/collection-post/5277969/the-weeknd-next-generation-leaders/), Ty Dolla $ign and Frank Ocean playing a game with A$AP Rocky, Solange Knowles, and Willow Smith  YouTube  YouTube ## Rapper Soulja Boy  YouTube ## Rapper Future on bicycle, chased by [Drake](http://time.com/5373577/drake-visits-cancer-patient/)  YouTube ## Kid Cudi, alone  YouTube ## [Kanye West](http://time.com/5381915/kanye-west-on-trump-slavery-interview/) in tears wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat; [Michelle Obama](http://time.com/5384902/george-bush-michelle-obama-candy-mccain-funeral/) giving him a hug  YouTube ## [Beyoncé](http://time.com/5358684/beyonce-toxemia-preeclampsia/) wearing a t-shirt referencing Fredo Santana  YouTube ## Tallahassee, Fl. mayor [Andrew Gillum](http://time.com/5381127/andrew-gillum-florida-democratic-primary-governor/) sitting on a park bench  YouTube ## Rapper Lil Uzi Vert getting his hair done by [Oprah Winfrey](http://time.com/5303413/oprah-winfrey-national-museum-african-american-history-culture/), and actress Zendaya getting hers braided by actress and comedian [Tiffany Haddish](http://time.com/5372680/tiffany-haddish-steven-tyler-new-best-friends/)  YouTube ## Talk show host Charlamagne and Rapper Lil Yachty enjoying some popsicles  YouTube ## Rapper Gucci Mane reclining while [Snoop Dogg](http://time.com/5294040/snoop-dogg-gin-and-juice-guinness-world-record/), Dr. Dre, P. Diddy, Wiz Khalifa & [JAY-Z](http://time.com/5333754/jay-z-jet-ski-memes/) synchronized dance behind him  YouTube ## Ball Brothers and Young Thug playing games on a porch  YouTube ## Rapper [2 Chainz](http://time.com/5268822/2-chainz-2018-met-gala-proposal/) snapping a photo of fellow rappers Meek Mill, Pusha T & Lil Wayne  YouTube ## Rap duo Rae Sremmurd shooting water guns with rapper J. Cole  YouTube ## Artists Janelle Monáe and [SZA](http://time.com/4837889/sza-ctrl-interview/) on skateboards  Music video for 'Feels Like Summer' by Childish Gambino ## Chris Brown crying  YouTube ## Big Boi and Andre 3000 of Outkast with eyes closed  YouTube ## [Rihanna](http://time.com/5377413/rihanna-recording/) sitting cross-legged  YouTube ## Whitney Houston with eyes closed  YouTube ## A young Michael Jackson laughing  YouTube ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5386059/feels-like-summer-celebrities/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5386059/feels-like-summer-celebrities/"},"headline":"Every Celebrity Cameo in Childish Gambino's New Music Video","datePublished":"2018-09-04T16:46:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:14.991Z","description":"From Drake to Michelle Obama to Michael Jackson","url":"https://time.com/5386059/feels-like-summer-celebrities/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab7d9486d6ebd071/69893962929fad1210bf17e7/screen-shot-2018-09-04-at-11-54-03-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltab7d9486d6ebd071/69893962929fad1210bf17e7/screen-shot-2018-09-04-at-11-54-03-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"childish-donald-glover","caption":"","creditText":"YouTube","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5386059/feels-like-summer-celebrities/","name":"Every Celebrity Cameo in Childish Gambino's New Music Video"}}]}] ```