Regardless of whether or not you like his music, his antics, or his general presence in society – it’s quite hard to ignore the fact that Machine Gun Kelly is, in fact, one of the more prolific artists in rock music today. With the resurgence in pop-punk gaining ever more traction, MGK’s sound has morphed into something that sits quite nicely alongside a bunch of artists that are all re-joining the scene; Avril Lavigne, My Chemical Romance, everyone at When We Were Young Festival spring to mind. Today, MGK announced his ‘Mainstream Sellout’ tour, which will take him all through North America and Europe, as well as a short stint of dates in the UK. See here for full tour information.
With additional support coming from iann dior and 44phantom, the European leg of the tour doesn’t seem to have attracted as much attention as the US side – that with the inclusion of Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker, PVRIS, and a bunch of other big names. That being said, the inclusion of iann dior alone could make the tour worth a visit. But if MGK’s recent string of collab heavy singles is anything to go by – ‘Ay’ with Lil Wayne, ‘Emo Girl’ with Willow Smith and ‘maybe’ ft. Bring Me The Horizon – then there may be a few surprises up his sleeve regardless of official support. The album’s full tracklist has a bunch of other surprising features, you can check them out, and pre-order the album, here. You can listen to ‘Maybe’ below.
Despite the fact that the album is yet to drop (in theory it’ll be with us this Friday, March 25th), it has still attracted a fair amount of attention over the last few weeks. Other than his verbal fisticuffs with myriad people, the most notable beef could be the very loose feud with Korean-American experimental-pop star Japanese Breakfast and the apparent plagiarism of her most recent album Jubilee. Rolling Stone seemingly tried to get the beef started after MGK revealed the cover to Mainstream Sellout a few weeks ago. But it was quickly downplayed by both MGK and Japanese Breakfast’s leading lady Michelle Zauner, with Kelly even going so far as to thank Rolling stone for introducing him to the album.
so should we beef over tomato’s or…should i thank them for introducing me to your album, because i just listened and i really like it
