After releasing two consecutive No. 1 pop-punk albums, Machine Gun Kelly has said that his intention for his subsequent album is to return to his rap roots that preceded his crossover into the rock world.
That is what the musician, who launched Mainstream Sellout earlier this yr, instructed Audacy’s Kevan Kenney in a brand new interview (audio under). The file is MGK’s sixth studio effort total and the second since relaunching his profession as a pop-punk artist with 2020’s platinum-selling Tickets To My Downfall. Whereas many questioned his transition from a mainstream style to 1 that hit its business peak roughly 20 years in the past, the transfer has been nothing however a whole success.
Cautious not to wear down his welcome, MGK cited quite a lot of causes for returning to rap on this proposed followup to Mainstream Sellout.
“I’m going to make a rap album for myself. For no different motive, no level to show, no chip on my shoulder… If I preserve doing issues to show issues to individuals, I’m going to, one, drive myself loopy and, two, not make a superb product,” the 32-year-old instructed Kenney.
“I made Tickets and Mainstream Sellout as a result of I wished to make them. I must now additionally make individuals miss that sound,” he continued, “as a result of Tickets and Mainstream Sellout are companion albums, I do not suppose making a 3rd that is so [sonically aligned with the last two albums] goes to be thrilling until it is missed.”
Divulging the following steps he plans to take, MGK went on, “So I’m going to do that tour and I’m gonna step into the place I left [off with 2019’s] Lodge Diablo and broaden on my storytelling as a rapper and discover a new revolutionary sound for the hip-hop Machine Gun Kelly. That’s the place my pleasure is and the place me as a music archaeologist desires to discover.”
He is nonetheless trying to find what the “subsequent model” of his pop-punk sound is and is hoping to be struck by the “proper inspiration,” like how he was on Mainstream Sellout by merging completely different musical worlds, specifically bringing a few of his hip-hop and rap influences to the fold. “That was enjoyable for me as a result of I knew how we might one-up Tickets,” MGK stated of the expertise making his newest album.
There’s greater than a rap/hip-hop album on the horizon, nevertheless. A 52-date arena tour with Avril Lavigne and a rotating solid of openers is about to start on June 8 and, two weeks prior on Could 20, the stoner comedy movie Good Mourning, starring MGK and Lavigne’s new fiancé and fellow pop-punk rocker Mod Sun, will likely be launched on choose pay-per-view platforms.
Machine Gun Kelly — Audacy Interview (April 26, 2022)
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