The song heavily focuses on the rich lifestyle theme. In an interview, he stated that the song is titled 'sweatpants' as a reference to the fact that rich people can 'wear whatever the hell they like' no matter the occasion, but because they have a lot of money, no one will say anything. It's also been suggested that it's about how people thing Gambino himself is a 'spoilt rich kid' and the song is his response to those comments.
The music video is split into two parts. In the first part of the music video, it repeats itself three times, showing Gambino walk through a restaurant, sit down at a table, stand up then walk to the exit, then it shows him doing it again. This could represent how a rich person's life can become rather monotonous and lacking of anything different then what is usual, the setting of a mediocre restaurant showing how plain that might be with someone who doesn't have money to show off. This could be the artists own thoughts into how the rich lifestyle of going back and forth doing the same things and being privileged thanks to money is a negative, and corresponding to lyrics of showing off about how much money you have, isn't the way to go about life.
Secondly, as the music video progresses, the characters all turn into Gambino, and by the end, everybody in the restaurant is Gambino. This, along with the lyrics, could show how people are only your friends because of how rich you are. Also it could show how money can make you egotistical and only focus on yourself, hence everybody around him turning into him.
The artist himself has a particularly glum expression on his face, expressing tiredness and boredom. This could be an indicator as to how rich people actually are in themselves, despite having all of this money, promoting a message of 'money isn't everything'. His face could also be showing the emotion of lethargy and laziness, as he doesn't always rap along to the track, some segments he'll be walking or sitting and not actually mime along to the song lyrics. This lethargy once again could show the negative aspects of a rich lifestyle.
The music video is split into two parts. In the first part of the music video, it repeats itself three times, showing Gambino walk through a restaurant, sit down at a table, stand up then walk to the exit, then it shows him doing it again. This could represent how a rich person's life can become rather monotonous and lacking of anything different then what is usual, the setting of a mediocre restaurant showing how plain that might be with someone who doesn't have money to show off. This could be the artists own thoughts into how the rich lifestyle of going back and forth doing the same things and being privileged thanks to money is a negative, and corresponding to lyrics of showing off about how much money you have, isn't the way to go about life.
Secondly, as the music video progresses, the characters all turn into Gambino, and by the end, everybody in the restaurant is Gambino. This, along with the lyrics, could show how people are only your friends because of how rich you are. Also it could show how money can make you egotistical and only focus on yourself, hence everybody around him turning into him.
The artist himself has a particularly glum expression on his face, expressing tiredness and boredom. This could be an indicator as to how rich people actually are in themselves, despite having all of this money, promoting a message of 'money isn't everything'. His face could also be showing the emotion of lethargy and laziness, as he doesn't always rap along to the track, some segments he'll be walking or sitting and not actually mime along to the song lyrics. This lethargy once again could show the negative aspects of a rich lifestyle.
