Two years ago, Colson Baker, famously known as Machine Gun Kelly or boyfriend of the beautiful Megan Fox, released his hit album “Tickets to my Downfall.” With a successful attempt to change his career from rap to punk-rock, MGK’s first album post-musical transition made its way to number one on the Billboard 200. With the help of Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, Machine Gun Kelly rose to fame in the world of music.
MGK is set to release his sixth studio album “Mainstream Sellout” on Friday, March 25, 2022, just 10 years after the launch of his first studio album “Lace Up” in 2012. Pre-album, MGK has released two singles that give his listeners a look into what to expect, and both are featuring artists. On Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, MGK gave his fans, both old and new, a look into what to expect for his new punk-rock-esque album with the release of “Papercuts,” featuring Travis Barker. This single was an intimate look into where life has brought the rapper turned punk rocker. He sang about his career in the entertainment industry, being a father and most prominent is his personal knowledge of the hatred he received from his four previous studio albums. His awareness of this hatred and the shift to then being looked up to post-musical genre transition, made it clear that he knows the hard life of being in the entertainment industry and expressed that in one of his two released singles.
His other single, released on Friday, Feb. 4, was titled “Emo Girl” and features Willow Smith. This single, also to be on the upcoming album, gives us a dive into the punk-rock attitude that MGK is achieving through his new album. Describing his ideal woman as an “emo” girl, Smith also plays a role in the song in which she describes herself as an emo girl, while also saying she is interested in “emo girls.” Although this song might not seem like it has a lot of significance, in the media, MGK and his relationship with his new fiancée has been making headlines for the past year. In May of 2020 the punk-rocker and the newly divorced Megan Fox made their relationship public, and we have all watched their love for each other grow.
Almost two years after making their relationship official, MGK asked Megan Fox to be his wife under a banyan tree in Puerto Rico on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. He proposed to her with a double banded ring that connects with magnets: one with an emerald, which is her birth stone, and another with a diamond, which is his birth stone. He describes the two banded rings as “two magnetic bands of thorns that draw together as two halves of the same soul forming the obscure heart that is our love.” In an Instagram post, MGK explains that the ring was designed to hurt when taken off. Confirmed by ring designer Stephen Webster, the specially made engagement ring was in fact made with thorns, so as to hurt when removed.
Although there is no date for the wedding, Machine Gun Kelly has given his fans something else to look forward to: the release of his sixth studio album “Mainstream Sellout” on Friday, March 25.
