A 52-date arena tour with Avril Lavigne and a rotating cast of openers is set to begin on June 8 and, two weeks prior on May 20, the stoner comedy film Good Mourning, starring MGK and Lavigne's new fiancé and fellow pop-punk rocker Mod Sun, will be released on select pay-per-view platforms.Pop-punk. There's more than a rap/hip-hop album on the horizon, however. 'That was fun for me because I knew how we could one-up Tickets,' MGK said of the experience making his latest album. He's still searching for what the 'next version' of his pop-punk sound is and is hoping to be struck by the 'right inspiration,' like how he was on Mainstream Sellout by merging different musical worlds, namely bringing some of his hip-hop and rap influences to the fold. That’s where my excitement is and where me as a music archaeologist wants to explore.' I need to now also make people miss that sound,' he continued, 'because Tickets and Mainstream Sellout are companion albums, I don't think making a third that's so is going to be exciting unless it's missed.'ĭivulging the next steps he plans to take, MGK went on, 'So I’m going to do this tour and I’m gonna step into where I left Hotel Diablo and expand on my storytelling as a rapper and find a new innovative sound for the hip-hop Machine Gun Kelly. 'I made Tickets and Mainstream Sellout because I wanted to make them. If I keep doing things to prove things to people, I’m going to, one, drive myself crazy and, two, not make a good product,' the 32-year-old told Kenney. For no other reason, no point to prove, no chip on my shoulder. 'I’m going to make a rap album for myself. Careful not to wear out his welcome, MGK cited a number of reasons for returning to rap on this proposed followup to Mainstream Sellout.

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