“Nobody likes you when you’re 23,” as Blink-182 used to sing on MTV — 23 summers ago. But all these years later, pop punk isn’t merely all grown-up. In 2022, pop punk is back from the dead, more popular and influential than ever — suddenly, it’s the Teenager of the …
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When she was younger, Megan Fox wasn’t like other kids. At four years old, while her peers were risking ringworm in sandboxes and playing tag at recess, the actress was busy manifesting her now-fiancé Machine Gun Kelly. In an interview with Glamour UK, Fox explains her theory, saying: “He’s literally …
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Mick Jagger has credited an unlikely pair of pop-punk singers with keeping the spirit of rock music alive. In a new interview with Swedish radio station P4, the Rolling Stones singer — one of the greatest frontmen in music history — bemoaned the lack of rockers in recent years. However, …
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A YouTube commenter put it most succinctly: “This is either gonna be hilarious or really stupid….or both.” We’re on the same page. On Wednesday, Open Road Films released the trailer for Good Mourning, a comedy directed and written by Machine Gun Kelly and Mod Sun, set to release on May …
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Machine Gun Kelly is celebrating the release of his album Mainstream Sellout with a new video. On Tuesday, he released the colorful, feline-filled video for “Make Up Sex,” featuring Blackbear. And you can probably guess what it’s about. Surrounded by dozens, probably hundreds, of cats in a fully pink room, …
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Released last summer to tease Machine Gun Kelly‘s sixth album, the single “Papercuts,” with its strummy Cobain-pain guitar and brain-stewing power chords, was met with a mild shrug of support. According to the proverbial “people on the Internet,” it was seen as another lateral “rock” move from the ex-mixtape rapper …
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Machine Gun Kelly is heading out on the road this summer for the Mainstream Sellout tour in support of his second full-blown pop-punk record of the same name, out March 25. Fittingly, the rapper-turned-rocker is bolstering the already massive 52-date arena run with special guests Avril Lavigne, Travis Barker, Blackbear, …
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Machine Gun Kelly is back to rapping, kinda, on his new song, “Ay!,” featuring a guest verse from Lil Wayne. The track blends a brooding but dreamy guitar loop with crisp hip-hop production as MGK raps about everything from his preference for sad playlists, skipping meetings, and sleeping until 7 …
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Travis Scott‘s “Franchise” debuted at Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, ending the multi-week reign of Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s “WAP.” Scott’s low-slung collaboration with Young Thug and M.I.A. earned 15.5 million streams and nearly 36,000 downloads. While “WAP” still out-streamed “Franchise,” Scott’s …
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