Machine Gun Kelly and Bob Dylan
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Within the religious sequel to his legendary 2004 Victoria’s Secret commercial, Bob Dylan has offered narration for a brand new trailer asserting Machine Gun Kelly‘s subsequent album, Misplaced Americana.
“Misplaced Americana is a private excavation of the American dream — a journey to search out what’s been misplaced,” Dylan drawls within the quick clip. He goes on to explain the album as “a love letter to those that search to rediscover” and “a sonic map of forgotten locations, a tribute to the spirit of reinvention, and a quest to reclaim the essence of American freedom.”
Dylan’s narration is accompanied by a montage of house film footage of MGK and pals, together with some photographs of the musician using a bike decked out in a customized Misplaced Americana biker jacket.
There’s a snippet of music, too, on the finish of the clip, a wild synth arpeggio that jumps out after Dylan says: “From the gold 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 longer term is solid by yourself phrases.”
Together with sharing the trailer, MGK mentioned Misplaced Americana would arrive Aug. 8. The album will probably be his first in three years, following 2022’s Mainstream Sellout. MGK has but to disclose the complete monitor listing for Misplaced Americana, however the album will function his recent single, “Cliché.”
“Cliché” is definitely one in every of a number of songs MGK has dropped this 12 months, together with “Your Identify Perpetually,” “Come Choose Me Up,” and a canopy of the Goo Goo Dolls’ “Iris” with Julia Wolf. It’s unclear if any of those songs can even seem on the album.
As for Dylan’s involvement within the trailer, it comes after the legendary singer-songwriter posted, seemingly out of nowhere, a video of MGK rapping on his Instagram earlier this 12 months. Even MGK was astounded, revealing he discovered of Dylan’s submit whereas discussing with pals a few of his considerations and reservations about his subsequent album.
“Simply the originator of doing all the pieces reverse of what individuals needed him to do, randomly posting a video of me again within the day rapping in a vinyl store,” MGK mentioned. “I’m similar to, ‘What the fuck?’ Simply belief the indicators, man. That was so cool. I’m so grateful.”
For these in search of some perception into the ever-mysterious actions of Dylan’s style and creative predilections, who crave some clarification for how he even grew to become conscious of Machine Gun Kelly within the first place, Dylan scholar Ray Padgett shared a idea on Bluesky that’s as hilarious as it’s plausible. “All as a result of the dude has the identical identify as an old gangster Bob was googling. What a journey,” Padgett wrote.
From Rolling Stone US.