You’ve heard him as a rapper, you’ve heard him as a rocker, and now, MGK is embracing rootsy folks on his new album, Misplaced Americana.
Launched on Friday (Aug. 8), the LP marks the artist previously often called Machine Gun Kelly’s first full-length Americana undertaking. It follows a string of hip-hop albums launched earlier in his profession in addition to two pop-punk information: Tickets to My Downfall and Mainstream Sellout, each of which reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200.
Misplaced Americana arrives about two months after MGK introduced the undertaking with an album trailer narrated by Bob Dylan. “It’s a sonic map of forgotten locations, a tribute to the spirit of reinvention and a quest to reclaim the essence of American freedom,” the folks icon described the album within the June teaser. “From the glow of neon diners to the rumble of the bikes, that is music that celebrates the sweetness discovered within the in-between areas. The place the previous is reimagined, and the long run is cast by yourself phrases.”
On the time, it wasn’t clear whether or not it was actually Dylan whose voice was featured — however throughout a Tonight Present look a number of days previous to Misplaced Americana‘s launch, MGK confirmed that it was genuine. “To be sincere, I do not know how he even is aware of who I’m to this present day,” he stated. “And I’m fairly certain that if I say the incorrect factor I’ll mess all of it up, so I’ll simply shut up and settle for no matter Bob Dylan throws my method.”
Led by singles “Cliché,” “Vampire Diaries” and “Miss Sunshine,” Misplaced Americana is the seventh album MGK has launched over the course of his profession. The Cleveland-bred artist as grow to be recognized for experimenting with numerous genres, one thing he says is one purpose individuals “hate” on him for no purpose.
“I select to not keep contained right into a societal field,” he stated in a recent interview with Individuals. “I’ve realized they’re the conformists — you don’t even hate me for a purpose which you could really consider, as a result of all I do is entertain, and leisure can’t be that severe.”
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