Machine Gun Kelly Apparently Changed His Stage Name to mgk

Machine Gun Kelly has apparently modified his stage identify to mgk, as seen on music streaming platforms and social media.

While his start identify is Colson Baker, Machine Gun Kelly is the moniker he adopted for his music profession. He’s been utilizing it constantly since his very first album Lace Up (2012), maintaining it even when he shifted towards pop-punk in 2020 with Tickets to My Downfall. 

“I got the name Machine Gun Kelly because of my rapid-fire delivery when I was 15 and started doing shows,” he was quoted as saying in a First Avenue biography.

Machine Gun Kelly was typically shortened to MGK for comfort, but it surely appears as if he is formally adopting the condensed model as his new pseudonym — in all lowercase letters, nevertheless. His profiles on varied streaming platforms together with Spotify and YouTube, in addition to his X account all show mgk as his identify.

mgk not too long ago wiped his Instagram, leaving solely a photograph of his new blackout tattoos which cowl nearly all of his higher physique and arms. Since then, he launched a brand new piano rap ballad titled “Don’t Let Me Go,” which is the second bit of recent music he launched since his sophomore rock album Mainstream Sellout (2022).

Previously, his latest launch had been the 2023 monitor “Pressure,” which marked his return to rap, one thing he stated he was planning on doing in 2022.

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“I’m going to make a rap album for myself. For no other reason, no point to prove, no chip on my shoulder… 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,” mgk affirmed to Audacy’s Kevan Kenney after Mainstream Sellout got here out.

We’ve seen just a few different rock and metallic artists clear their social media profiles recently when getting ready to enter a brand new album cycle, akin to Sleep Token. It’s potential that mgk’s identify change is supposed to function a rebrand to coincide along with his return to rap. Whether he retains it completely or decides to change it again to Machine Gun Kelly in some unspecified time in the future is unclear.

mgk, ‘Don’t Let Me Go’