"Terrified" is a song by American singer

Childish Gambino Donald McKinley Glover Jr. (; born September 25, 1983), also known by his musical stage name Childish Gambino (), is an American actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker. While he studied at New York University and after working in Derrick ...

from his third studio album '' "Awaken, My Love!"''. It was sent to

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radio as the album's third single on September 19, 2017.

Live performances

"Terrified" was performed live by Gambino and McCrary at the

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Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. *Childish Gambino – lead and backing vocals,

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*Ludwig Göransson –

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vocals, guitar,

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, synth programming *Per Gunnar Juliusson –

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JD McCrary JayDon McCrary (born July 18, 2007), known mononymously as JayDon (formerly as JD McCrary) is an American singer, actor, and dancer. He starred in ''The Lion King'' (2019) as the voice of young Simba, played Kenny Payne in '' The Paynes'', and ...

– guest vocals *Zac Rae –

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* Ray Suen – guitar

Charts

Release history

References

External links

* {{Childish Gambino 2017 singles 2016 songs Glassnote Records singles Songs written by Ludwig Göransson Songs written by Donald Glover