So how does this awesome music make it onto the show?



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FAM UDEORJI: For the most part, it's a collective of people. I think it starts with Donald [Glover]'s own narrative and figuring out the moments where he really wants music. He'll pencil that kind of shit in. And then you have Hiro, you have the editors like Isaac [Hagy] and Kyle [Reiter], who also have suggestions, and they're looking at everything and hitting Donald for suggestions. Then we have that open line of communication. Then it gets to Jen, and she just knocks it out. She knows what she's supposed to do and executes.

JEN MALONE: I definitely really dug into the scene, linking with producers, talking to a lot of these artists themselves in Atlanta, really wanting to make the show sound as authentic as possible. So many of the artists we have in the show are now being signed to majors, which is so cool. They're getting publishing deals, which makes my job a little bit more difficult for licensing.

FU: I think this first season, we were all spread apart, but you still feel like [the show’s sound] is super cohesive. There are certain songs that people were connected to that they shared, and those songs landed on the show. To be real, it's just kind of sharing information, like I said, specifically with Donald. Choices that I feel strongly about. I just really want the show to be good, so if there's something that I feel can help, like a Cousin Stizz appearance, or anything that can help with the taste, that's what I'm going to try to do.