Machine Gun Smelly
Following his embarrassing feud with Eminem, a rapper who’s pushing fifty and still failing to recreate the music that made him big in the first place, rapper Machine Gun Kelly attempted to subvert the rap i...
Music as media in Downfalls High
Machine Gun Kelly, or MGK, released the wildly successful pop-punk album, Tickets to My Downfall, in September of 2020. In January 2021, he directed and released a 50-minute masterpiece of a short film, Downfal...
YUNGBLUD’s weird! is a testament to individuality
YUNGBLUD’s recent album is a tale for the ages. The UK-based singer-songwriter’s sophomore album, weird!, is an ode to the lost youth of today’s society. With tracks about polyamory, depression, and suici...
I bought tickets to MGK’s downfall. Here’s how it went.
Machine Gun Kelly, or MGK’s, sixth album Tickets to My Downfall (2020) is a prime example of creativity without limits. The rapper stayed true to his high school roots while straying from his typical sound w...