1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:07,966 --> 00:00:09,760 [chime sounds, crowd cheers] 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:12,888 WOMAN: The top rock artist is Machine Gun Kelly! 5 00:00:12,888 --> 00:00:14,681 MAN 1: It's the number-one album. 6 00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:16,808 You have the number-one rock album this year. 7 00:00:16,808 --> 00:00:18,810 MAN 2: His album is called "Tickets to my Downfall." 8 00:00:18,810 --> 00:00:21,396 WOMAN: His new album, "Mainstream Sellout," is available. 9 00:00:21,396 --> 00:00:25,692 MAN: He just earned his second number one on Billboard's top rock albums chart, 10 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:28,820 and he broke the record for most solo hits on the hot rock chart. 11 00:00:28,820 --> 00:00:31,698 HOWARD STERN: What a life he's having, huh? He's on a roll. 12 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:33,742 It's like crazy, it must be crazy. 13 00:00:33,742 --> 00:00:36,870 ♪ If I could just have you, be mine! ♪ 14 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:38,121 ♪ Be my baby ♪ 15 00:00:42,209 --> 00:00:45,462 - Fuck Machine Gun Kelly, his music fuckin' sucks. 16 00:00:45,462 --> 00:00:48,048 MAN: "MGK is not a rock artist lol." 17 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:50,050 WOMAN: He has such a wild stage presence. 18 00:00:50,050 --> 00:00:52,678 - I skipped my thesis class just to be here. 19 00:00:52,678 --> 00:00:55,889 MAN: Our next guest is an incredibly talented musician and actor 20 00:00:55,889 --> 00:00:58,016 whose latest album, "Tickets to My Downfall," 21 00:00:58,016 --> 00:00:59,560 was a number-one smash hit... 22 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,770 - Machine Gun Kelly... - He's fucking garbage. 23 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:03,564 - Horrible music. 24 00:01:03,564 --> 00:01:05,357 MAN: Disrespectful jackass. 25 00:01:05,357 --> 00:01:07,317 He sucks, and he's a sellout. 26 00:01:07,317 --> 00:01:10,487 ELLEN: His latest album debuted at number one 27 00:01:10,487 --> 00:01:12,656 on the Billboard 200. That's right! 28 00:01:12,656 --> 00:01:17,870 [singing with crowd] 29 00:01:22,249 --> 00:01:23,542 ♪ Alienate me ♪ 30 00:01:23,542 --> 00:01:25,752 ♪ I'm not the one you want ♪ 31 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:28,255 - And I just look at my daughter, full makeup, 32 00:01:28,255 --> 00:01:30,257 singing "She's in Love with an Emo Girl." 33 00:01:30,257 --> 00:01:31,800 MAN: Dude, I have your face on my leg. 34 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,428 MAN 2: The only thing left for us to see is you fall. 35 00:01:34,428 --> 00:01:37,055 - Fuck MGK! Fuck MGK! 36 00:01:37,055 --> 00:01:38,265 - Fuckin' poser. 37 00:01:38,265 --> 00:01:39,975 MAN: Fuckin' crazy. 38 00:01:39,975 --> 00:01:43,562 He's on "Us" magazine, "Access Hollywood," 39 00:01:43,562 --> 00:01:45,355 "ET" every other day. 40 00:01:45,355 --> 00:01:47,357 - Machine... - Gun Kelly. - Machine Gun Kelly. 41 00:01:47,357 --> 00:01:49,276 MAN: He just had a drive. 42 00:01:49,276 --> 00:01:52,029 MACHINE GUN KELLY: ...the box that society keeps trying to put me in. 43 00:01:52,029 --> 00:01:54,448 You need stronger material because you can't keep me in it. 44 00:01:54,448 --> 00:01:56,200 MAN: Every time I seen him do something, 45 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:57,993 I'm like, I know this is what he wanted. 46 00:01:57,993 --> 00:02:01,455 MAN: You will all die one day. So will MGK. 47 00:02:01,455 --> 00:02:04,625 And I'll be the one to murder him. 48 00:02:04,625 --> 00:02:06,710 [snaps fingers] - It was nice talking to you all. 49 00:02:06,710 --> 00:02:08,921 ♪ I'm afraid they're awake ♪ 50 00:02:08,921 --> 00:02:11,548 ♪ I'm cautious who I'm serenading ♪ 51 00:02:11,548 --> 00:02:13,842 ♪ Summoned them by mistake ♪ 52 00:02:13,842 --> 00:02:16,803 ♪ Price you pay for entertaining ♪ 53 00:02:20,599 --> 00:02:22,976 ♪ tranquil music playing ♪ 54 00:02:28,357 --> 00:02:33,570 KELLY: I watched this dude go off 55 00:02:33,570 --> 00:02:36,865 about that quote when I said, 56 00:02:36,865 --> 00:02:42,079 "As an artist, you're here to give up a piece of your comfort." 57 00:02:44,790 --> 00:02:46,208 And it's like... 58 00:02:46,208 --> 00:02:48,877 "What do you know about giving up your comfort?" 59 00:02:50,379 --> 00:02:53,173 "Everything in your life is exactly what you want." 60 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:55,467 ♪ simple melody on piano ♪ 61 00:02:59,596 --> 00:03:01,306 You don't know shit, though, 62 00:03:01,306 --> 00:03:03,475 about what the fuck I go through 63 00:03:03,475 --> 00:03:06,144 or what this is like. 64 00:03:06,144 --> 00:03:07,813 - Machine Gun Kelly... - ...is a fucking loser. 65 00:03:07,813 --> 00:03:09,773 - Home composer. - Do not disrespect... 66 00:03:09,773 --> 00:03:12,401 - When people say that stuff about my dad, 67 00:03:12,401 --> 00:03:14,444 like I definitely do stick up for him. 68 00:03:14,444 --> 00:03:18,532 You also only see one side of it where it's like the media. 69 00:03:18,532 --> 00:03:19,867 He's a really good musician, 70 00:03:19,867 --> 00:03:22,119 so it's like I feel like people have to dig deeper 71 00:03:22,119 --> 00:03:24,037 than just like what they see on the Internet. 72 00:03:25,497 --> 00:03:28,584 KELLY: Because also my life wasn't always like this. 73 00:03:30,169 --> 00:03:32,880 [indistinct chatter] 74 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:34,840 MAN: How we doin' in the studio? 75 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:36,884 ♪ perky electronic music playing ♪ 76 00:03:36,884 --> 00:03:39,303 - Let's see how many plays we get on Myspace and on YouTube. 77 00:03:39,303 --> 00:03:43,140 - Just get a butter knife, give it a little twist. 78 00:03:46,143 --> 00:03:48,061 MAN: 'K. 79 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:49,897 Man, dude. 80 00:03:49,897 --> 00:03:51,481 Hey, tell the camera what you're doing. 81 00:03:51,481 --> 00:03:54,651 - Shit, I'm toasting a bagel. [man laughs] 82 00:03:56,653 --> 00:04:00,532 When you're sitting here and everything's silent... 83 00:04:02,284 --> 00:04:06,830 really gives you a perspective on what's important. 84 00:04:10,709 --> 00:04:13,086 Love is that importance. 85 00:04:14,755 --> 00:04:18,675 Especially when you go your whole life 86 00:04:18,675 --> 00:04:21,720 feeling neglected of that feeling. 87 00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:36,693 [tattoo gun buzzing] 88 00:04:48,956 --> 00:04:50,290 Hard. 89 00:05:07,015 --> 00:05:13,021 Turning the album in tomorrow, finished it two hours ago. 90 00:05:13,230 --> 00:05:15,148 Now I'm about to go drive 91 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:16,859 150 miles an hour and listen to everything. 92 00:05:16,859 --> 00:05:20,195 ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, I use a razor to take off the edge ♪ 93 00:05:20,195 --> 00:05:22,865 ♪ "Jump off the ledge," they said ♪ 94 00:05:22,865 --> 00:05:27,327 ♪ "Take the laser, aim at my head and paint the walls red," I said ♪ 95 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:29,663 ♪ I'm crazy, I'm off the meds ♪ 96 00:05:29,663 --> 00:05:31,665 ♪ I'm better off dead, they said ♪ 97 00:05:31,665 --> 00:05:33,000 [siren chirps] 98 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,461 Son of a bitch. Fuck. 99 00:05:36,461 --> 00:05:39,840 OFFICER: [over speakers] Straight, straight. Go straight, straight. 100 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:41,508 Are you late somewhere? 101 00:05:41,508 --> 00:05:44,803 KELLY: No, just jamming super hard, got a new song. 102 00:05:44,803 --> 00:05:46,388 OFFICER: Do you have your license? 103 00:05:46,388 --> 00:05:48,557 KELLY: No, I don't. 104 00:05:48,557 --> 00:05:51,059 OFFICER: Okay, uh, you don't have a license? KELLY: No. 105 00:05:51,059 --> 00:05:53,103 OFFICER: Didn't we stop you last time? KELLY: No, sir. 106 00:05:53,103 --> 00:05:55,147 OFFICER: We stopped you last time for the same thing. 107 00:05:55,147 --> 00:05:57,024 KELLY: I know 'cause I just recorded a new song. 108 00:05:57,024 --> 00:06:00,110 ♪ intense sound patterns playing ♪ 109 00:06:00,110 --> 00:06:03,697 KELLY: I just don't think anyone saw me coming. 110 00:06:03,697 --> 00:06:05,449 ♪ music playing ♪ 111 00:06:05,449 --> 00:06:07,910 But I was here the whole time. 112 00:06:10,829 --> 00:06:13,790 We had the cameras rolling, though. 113 00:06:13,790 --> 00:06:15,459 [muffled cheering] 114 00:06:15,459 --> 00:06:16,835 Diablo. 115 00:06:16,835 --> 00:06:19,171 ♪ My name isn't mentioned but this generation ♪ 116 00:06:19,171 --> 00:06:20,339 ♪ Is one of the greatest in lyrical cadence ♪ 117 00:06:20,339 --> 00:06:22,090 ♪ I changed the way rappers rap ♪ 118 00:06:22,090 --> 00:06:23,550 ♪ I saw people take it and make it more famous ♪ 119 00:06:23,550 --> 00:06:25,302 ♪ If I wanna get credit I had to be patient ♪ 120 00:06:25,302 --> 00:06:27,262 ♪ I know people hate me just by my appearance ♪ 121 00:06:27,262 --> 00:06:29,515 ♪ You motherfuckers gettin' serious, eh! ♪ 122 00:06:29,515 --> 00:06:34,603 KELLY: My favorite hip-hop album I ever made was "Hotel Diablo." 123 00:06:34,603 --> 00:06:39,858 ♪ Yo, I'm writing at 5:36-6-6 in the morning, wide awake... ♪ 124 00:06:39,858 --> 00:06:45,447 I had beautiful storytelling production that we were all doing. 125 00:06:45,447 --> 00:06:48,617 Each of us just picking up instruments and synths 126 00:06:48,617 --> 00:06:52,037 and collaborating to make this piece of music. 127 00:06:52,037 --> 00:06:55,040 I was just like, holy shit, what a great album. 128 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:59,419 [rapping] 129 00:06:59,419 --> 00:07:01,964 ♪ The fact is I made it from trailer trash to Saks Fifth ♪ 130 00:07:01,964 --> 00:07:04,132 KELLY: The fans loved it. 131 00:07:04,132 --> 00:07:06,176 My first album with a billion streams. 132 00:07:06,176 --> 00:07:09,972 But for some reason, the media chose to write me off. 133 00:07:09,972 --> 00:07:13,559 ♪ Alone in the glass house ♪ 134 00:07:13,559 --> 00:07:16,728 ♪ Lie awake till the sun's out ♪ 135 00:07:16,728 --> 00:07:19,273 ♪ Pink sky when you come down... ♪ 136 00:07:19,273 --> 00:07:24,069 - I love Hotel Diablo. The lyrics are just so good. 137 00:07:24,069 --> 00:07:28,073 ♪ M3 in the driveway, caffeine for the heartache ♪ 138 00:07:28,073 --> 00:07:31,493 KELLY: Whether it be my antics or my attitude, 139 00:07:31,493 --> 00:07:35,163 the actual music just would kind of get looked over. 140 00:07:35,163 --> 00:07:38,250 ♪ Yeah, I fuck up and lose control... ♪ 141 00:07:38,250 --> 00:07:40,627 It just was like, you won't hear me. 142 00:07:40,627 --> 00:07:42,504 I can't make you see me. 143 00:07:42,504 --> 00:07:44,965 And I could never figure out why. 144 00:07:44,965 --> 00:07:48,385 ♪ Hey, life's been hard since 17 ♪ 145 00:07:48,385 --> 00:07:51,054 ♪ I've been through hell, I think I'm somewhere in between ♪ 146 00:07:58,979 --> 00:08:02,983 I wasn't getting the approval that I was seeking. 147 00:08:02,983 --> 00:08:05,861 But I've been doing this for so long. 148 00:08:05,861 --> 00:08:10,449 And I've absolutely worn my body down. 149 00:08:10,449 --> 00:08:13,368 CASIE: He's an amazing performer. 150 00:08:14,244 --> 00:08:16,038 There's like a magic to him. 151 00:08:16,038 --> 00:08:19,708 Like he has like a sparkle, like a golden touch, almost. 152 00:08:19,708 --> 00:08:21,919 KELLY: The spirit in me died. 153 00:08:21,919 --> 00:08:24,129 I felt like that fire kind of died down a little bit 154 00:08:24,129 --> 00:08:25,881 because I got discouraged. 155 00:08:28,425 --> 00:08:31,178 Nice, we got some mushrooms. 156 00:08:31,178 --> 00:08:34,806 Got some Ecstasy. 157 00:08:34,806 --> 00:08:37,559 Oh, shit, look, disco shit. 158 00:08:39,269 --> 00:08:43,148 I was deep in the drugs at that point. 159 00:08:43,148 --> 00:08:45,484 Gonna make this shit muddy, yo. 160 00:08:45,484 --> 00:08:49,196 I kind of was like, fuck it, this makes me feel good. 161 00:08:49,196 --> 00:08:51,240 [laughing] 162 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:55,369 I've never seen anyone be able to self-sabotage more than me. 163 00:08:55,369 --> 00:09:00,374 I'm like the best self-sabotager I've ever witnessed. 164 00:09:00,374 --> 00:09:02,167 ♪ I got a bullet with somebody's name on it ♪ 165 00:09:02,167 --> 00:09:03,627 ♪ I get up on it I don't need no name on it ♪ 166 00:09:03,627 --> 00:09:05,212 ♪ Killed me a goat so my jacket got stains on it ♪ 167 00:09:05,212 --> 00:09:06,964 ♪ Wiping my nose like I got some cocaine on it ♪ 168 00:09:19,685 --> 00:09:22,062 - What up? - What's up, Case? 169 00:09:22,062 --> 00:09:24,523 CASIE: Checkin' in on my rock candy. 170 00:09:24,523 --> 00:09:25,858 It's strawberry flavored. 171 00:09:25,858 --> 00:09:27,693 KELLY: Dude, she made rock candy. - No way. 172 00:09:27,693 --> 00:09:29,403 KELLY: My little scientist. 173 00:09:29,403 --> 00:09:31,613 ♪ hip-hop playing ♪ 174 00:09:31,613 --> 00:09:33,115 - It's like kind of hard 175 00:09:33,115 --> 00:09:36,577 'cause my mom and my dad are like not together 176 00:09:36,577 --> 00:09:38,495 and they live in two different states. 177 00:09:38,495 --> 00:09:41,081 I bought this neon-colored pink 178 00:09:41,081 --> 00:09:43,166 to make it look like strawberry-flavored. 179 00:09:43,166 --> 00:09:45,586 - Well, you got to make sure you save one for me, 180 00:09:45,586 --> 00:09:47,713 'cause it's been how many days, two days, right? 181 00:09:47,713 --> 00:09:49,381 CASIE: No. -Oh, God. 182 00:09:49,381 --> 00:09:52,718 My days are going in a hole. 183 00:09:52,718 --> 00:09:55,179 - He was always on tour, he was always working. 184 00:09:55,179 --> 00:09:58,015 KELLY: I just got in the studio, so... 185 00:09:58,015 --> 00:09:59,933 - You just got in the studio? 186 00:09:59,933 --> 00:10:01,518 - I'm going to be here for a lot longer. 187 00:10:01,518 --> 00:10:03,854 I'm going to be up till you wake up. 188 00:10:03,854 --> 00:10:07,316 - It's like kind of sad 'cause I just got used to it. 189 00:10:07,316 --> 00:10:11,278 I got used to him not picking me up from school. 190 00:10:11,278 --> 00:10:13,197 - School starts back tomorrow, huh? 191 00:10:13,197 --> 00:10:15,949 I would love to drop you off for that and pick you up. 192 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:18,035 - Ooh, that would be better. 193 00:10:18,035 --> 00:10:20,537 But, like, you can't, like, miss it. 194 00:10:20,537 --> 00:10:23,248 - I won't miss it. I will be there. 195 00:10:23,248 --> 00:10:25,125 -♪ I'll pick you up again ♪ CASIE: Okay... 196 00:10:25,125 --> 00:10:26,960 - Hold on one second. 197 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,962 - What are you saying? - I gotta go to bed. 198 00:10:28,962 --> 00:10:30,506 Goodbye, Dad, love you. 199 00:10:30,506 --> 00:10:32,508 - All right, love you too, good night. 200 00:10:32,508 --> 00:10:33,717 - Good night. 201 00:10:33,717 --> 00:10:34,927 - Good night. 202 00:10:34,927 --> 00:10:36,386 - Bye. - Bye. 203 00:10:36,386 --> 00:10:37,804 - Love you. - Love you, girl. 204 00:10:37,804 --> 00:10:39,056 - Bye. - Bye. 205 00:10:40,807 --> 00:10:43,393 KELLY: Maybe I sabotage myself on purpose 206 00:10:43,393 --> 00:10:47,272 'cause I just feel not worthy of being loved. 207 00:10:49,191 --> 00:10:51,026 It's instilled from childhood, 208 00:10:51,026 --> 00:10:52,903 and... 209 00:10:52,903 --> 00:10:55,656 and you learn from the people that raise you. 210 00:10:58,867 --> 00:11:00,160 I watched my dad... 211 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,164 suffer a lot. 212 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:09,086 He watched his dad die in front of him. 213 00:11:09,086 --> 00:11:11,255 Bleed out on the floor. 214 00:11:12,005 --> 00:11:17,010 Shot in the head with a shotgun in his apartment. 215 00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:20,430 "When officers arrived, they found the man dead on the bed. 216 00:11:20,430 --> 00:11:23,934 The man's wife was hysterical and they were unable to question her." 217 00:11:23,934 --> 00:11:25,978 That was my grandmother. 218 00:11:25,978 --> 00:11:29,189 It's crazy 'cause they actually took my dad to trial 219 00:11:29,189 --> 00:11:30,732 at 9 years old. 220 00:11:30,732 --> 00:11:32,067 - At 9? 221 00:11:32,067 --> 00:11:33,569 - Mm-hmm. 222 00:11:33,569 --> 00:11:37,406 'Cause he never took a chance to heal. 223 00:11:37,406 --> 00:11:41,618 All that stuff like came out on me as I grew up. 224 00:11:41,618 --> 00:11:44,329 - I can see why my dad was so depressed, 225 00:11:44,329 --> 00:11:48,917 'cause like it kind of passed on through generations to him. 226 00:11:48,917 --> 00:11:51,086 I don't know how to explain it. 227 00:11:51,086 --> 00:11:54,256 We never really had family to like go to 228 00:11:54,256 --> 00:11:56,633 on like Thanksgiving or like Christmas. 229 00:11:56,633 --> 00:11:59,428 Usually we'd just go to like Boston Market 230 00:11:59,428 --> 00:12:01,138 or like be by ourselves. 231 00:12:01,138 --> 00:12:03,849 I always just wanted like that big family 232 00:12:03,849 --> 00:12:07,186 'cause I always saw my friends having that like big family dinner. 233 00:12:09,479 --> 00:12:11,857 KELLY: The wound's too deep to heal. 234 00:12:13,233 --> 00:12:16,445 I kind of just transfer all my focus into 235 00:12:16,445 --> 00:12:20,449 drowning out my own pain with this noise. 236 00:12:20,449 --> 00:12:24,786 Music, and this new acceptance that I found 237 00:12:24,786 --> 00:12:29,583 from people who related to me from the words I would write. 238 00:12:29,583 --> 00:12:33,837 ♪ intense sound patterns playing ♪ 239 00:12:33,837 --> 00:12:36,965 REPORTER: Breaking news, stay at home. That's the order tonight. 240 00:12:36,965 --> 00:12:40,302 Major events around the world have been canceled because of coronavirus. 241 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:49,269 - Whoa! 242 00:12:49,269 --> 00:12:51,230 KELLY: My life was very gypsy... 243 00:12:51,230 --> 00:12:52,773 - Happy birthday! 244 00:12:52,773 --> 00:12:55,317 KELLY: I never had a home even as an adult. 245 00:12:55,317 --> 00:12:57,819 I was always on a tour bus. 246 00:12:57,819 --> 00:13:00,405 And fuck, man, you can only take so many drugs 247 00:13:00,405 --> 00:13:02,991 or run the same activities over and over again 248 00:13:02,991 --> 00:13:05,911 before you're like, "Okay, I need a hobby." 249 00:13:05,911 --> 00:13:08,789 And then quarantine hit, 250 00:13:08,789 --> 00:13:11,208 and I picked the guitar back up. 251 00:13:14,461 --> 00:13:18,757 I started just playing guitar covers of my favorite songs. 252 00:13:22,135 --> 00:13:24,263 "Today was a good day." 253 00:13:29,017 --> 00:13:30,435 Avril Lavigne. 254 00:13:32,354 --> 00:13:35,774 Red Hot Chili Peppers. 255 00:13:35,774 --> 00:13:38,652 All of a sudden, everything changed. 256 00:13:38,652 --> 00:13:40,445 I started to realize 257 00:13:40,445 --> 00:13:44,157 that all those nights I spent alone on the bus with my guitar 258 00:13:44,157 --> 00:13:49,913 were fueling my excitement about... life. 259 00:13:49,913 --> 00:13:51,999 ♪ Life with the fast life in the fast lane ♪ 260 00:13:51,999 --> 00:13:54,042 ♪ Life in the cab nice drinking champagne ♪ 261 00:13:54,042 --> 00:13:56,128 ♪ Ice make it last, ice for the back pain... ♪ 262 00:13:56,128 --> 00:13:58,797 I was dropping quarantine session after quarantine session. 263 00:13:58,797 --> 00:14:00,090 I was just recording 264 00:14:00,090 --> 00:14:01,717 and making videos 265 00:14:01,717 --> 00:14:05,053 and I think almost every one of them has 100 million views. 266 00:14:05,053 --> 00:14:07,055 Then late-night shows started picking up on that. 267 00:14:07,055 --> 00:14:08,807 We're excited to have Machine Gun Kelly. 268 00:14:08,807 --> 00:14:11,476 KELLY: In an ironic way, it's kind of like rehab. 269 00:14:11,476 --> 00:14:13,979 I can't do anything, I can't go anywhere. 270 00:14:13,979 --> 00:14:15,480 I just have to sit in my own head. 271 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,067 [Kelly rapping] - Oh! Oh, shit! 272 00:14:19,067 --> 00:14:22,112 Oh, I love that so fucking much. 273 00:14:22,112 --> 00:14:26,241 ♪ Watch me take a good thing and fuck it all up in one night ♪ 274 00:14:26,241 --> 00:14:30,162 MAN: People were freaking out because he turned into a rock star. 275 00:14:30,162 --> 00:14:33,415 - What? Wait. So he's not... This isn't a rap song? 276 00:14:33,415 --> 00:14:35,083 - So he doesn't rap on this? - I don't know. 277 00:14:35,083 --> 00:14:38,170 - Man, you a rock star, bro. 278 00:14:38,170 --> 00:14:39,671 [projector powering up] 279 00:14:39,671 --> 00:14:43,842 - I saw with "I Think I'm OKAY" that it took us back in time 280 00:14:43,842 --> 00:14:46,178 to when life was not so difficult. 281 00:14:46,178 --> 00:14:47,679 [indistinct chatter] 282 00:14:47,679 --> 00:14:49,765 [playing "I Think I'm OKAY"] 283 00:14:56,355 --> 00:15:00,901 ♪ Watch me take a good thing and fuck it all up in one night ♪ 284 00:15:00,901 --> 00:15:04,905 ♪ Catch me, I'm the one on the run away from the headlights ♪ 285 00:15:04,905 --> 00:15:08,408 ♪ No sleep, up all week, wasting time with people I don't like ♪ 286 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:09,701 ♪ I think... ♪ 287 00:15:09,701 --> 00:15:13,247 ♪ That something's fucking wrong with me ♪ 288 00:15:13,247 --> 00:15:16,959 - Just uncomparable to anything that was out at the time. 289 00:15:16,959 --> 00:15:20,170 No one was really messing around with guitars or rock music. 290 00:15:20,170 --> 00:15:24,216 It kind of channeled the inner child in all of us to come back out, 291 00:15:24,216 --> 00:15:27,594 and who wouldn't want to make people feel like that? 292 00:15:27,594 --> 00:15:29,638 ♪ intense sound patterns playing ♪ 293 00:15:29,638 --> 00:15:30,806 [indistinct chatter] 294 00:15:44,236 --> 00:15:47,322 MAN: We always had these big dreams. 295 00:15:47,322 --> 00:15:49,950 I've known Kells since high school. 296 00:15:49,950 --> 00:15:52,703 - This is MGK. This is Slim Jeez. 297 00:15:52,703 --> 00:15:54,496 - My cousin was always like, "Yo, bro, 298 00:15:54,496 --> 00:15:56,999 you got to come see this white boy, bro, he crazy." 299 00:15:56,999 --> 00:16:00,502 - Hey, this boy Machine Gun Kelly. 300 00:16:00,502 --> 00:16:03,088 SLIMXX: His dad ended up kicking him out, 301 00:16:03,088 --> 00:16:04,756 so me and Kells lived in the basement 302 00:16:04,756 --> 00:16:06,383 and slept on four beds together. 303 00:16:06,383 --> 00:16:08,135 [rapping] 304 00:16:11,513 --> 00:16:13,682 Everything that we wished for, 305 00:16:13,682 --> 00:16:16,894 sitting in Ash's mom basement, the things that we talked about 306 00:16:16,894 --> 00:16:19,563 that we were gonna do, we're doing them. 307 00:16:19,563 --> 00:16:22,608 TRAVIS: I think the first time I ever met Machine Gun Kelly 308 00:16:22,608 --> 00:16:23,984 was at a Blink show, 309 00:16:23,984 --> 00:16:27,821 and if I'm not mistaken, it was in Cleveland. 310 00:16:27,821 --> 00:16:30,824 ♪ intense sound patterns playing ♪ 311 00:16:30,824 --> 00:16:32,242 - We're here at the Blink concert. 312 00:16:32,242 --> 00:16:34,453 ♪ Fell in love with the girl at the rock show ♪ 313 00:16:34,453 --> 00:16:36,830 Look at that, that's the Blink bus! 314 00:16:39,625 --> 00:16:43,253 - Kells came back after the show to party a little bit, 315 00:16:43,253 --> 00:16:48,509 and I remember we left him in a weed coma where he couldn't move. 316 00:16:49,885 --> 00:16:50,928 [camera shutter clicks] 317 00:16:50,928 --> 00:16:54,306 KELLY: He became a big brother to me. 318 00:16:54,306 --> 00:16:57,142 TRAVIS: Yeah, we linked for "I think I'm OKAY." 319 00:16:57,142 --> 00:16:59,603 He was like, "Wow, this is turning out really cool," 320 00:16:59,603 --> 00:17:03,398 and he's like, "Yeah, Trav, I've been kind of messing around with rock music again." 321 00:17:03,398 --> 00:17:06,026 I was like, "Yo, can I come to the house, get in the studio?" 322 00:17:09,696 --> 00:17:12,741 - It was like, "Let's just jam." 323 00:17:12,741 --> 00:17:14,284 1, 2, 3... 324 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:17,663 And we made "Bloody Valentine." 325 00:17:17,663 --> 00:17:20,374 - If the chorus is gonna keep going like that, 326 00:17:20,374 --> 00:17:23,752 I feel like there's a... you have an opportunity to say something, like some tag or... 327 00:17:23,752 --> 00:17:26,296 - So I think you gotta add a guitar part that's almost like... 328 00:17:34,429 --> 00:17:36,890 KELLY: Now we can beat it. - You can beat that line. 329 00:17:41,770 --> 00:17:43,730 ♪ ...happen again, you'll be ♪ 330 00:17:43,730 --> 00:17:47,693 [off-key] ♪ My bloody valentine ♪ 331 00:17:48,986 --> 00:17:50,320 ♪ Tonight ♪ 332 00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:52,114 - Aaah! - Seriously, seriously. 333 00:17:52,114 --> 00:17:54,157 I got in my car and he got in his car 334 00:17:54,157 --> 00:17:56,827 and we played back the demo that we had just did. 335 00:17:56,827 --> 00:17:58,829 I probably got one exit down, and I was like, 336 00:17:58,829 --> 00:18:00,622 "Holy fuck, did you just listen to that?" 337 00:18:00,622 --> 00:18:02,916 And he was like, "Yes, it's so good." 338 00:18:02,916 --> 00:18:04,835 TRAVIS: And I think we were both going like, 339 00:18:04,835 --> 00:18:07,171 "Can we do this again and again and again, 340 00:18:07,171 --> 00:18:12,009 enough to create like an album full of this style of music?" 341 00:18:12,009 --> 00:18:15,470 And he's like, "Fuck, we gotta get back in the studio." 342 00:18:17,222 --> 00:18:20,058 KELLY: And, dude, we didn't leave 343 00:18:20,058 --> 00:18:22,811 for, like, months. 344 00:18:22,811 --> 00:18:24,271 [music stops] 345 00:18:24,271 --> 00:18:26,190 - That shit has crashed on us eight times. 346 00:18:26,190 --> 00:18:31,820 ♪ You know my ex, so that makes the whole thing complicated, yeah ♪ 347 00:18:31,820 --> 00:18:37,201 ♪ You know my ex, so that makes the whole thing complicated, yeah ♪ 348 00:18:39,786 --> 00:18:42,080 - Start to make us sound good if we move some shit around. 349 00:18:54,009 --> 00:18:56,345 [cymbal crashes] 350 00:18:56,345 --> 00:18:57,888 - You ready? 351 00:18:57,888 --> 00:19:00,432 Check, check. Here we are at day six 352 00:19:00,432 --> 00:19:04,853 of the Selling Tickets to My Downfall album. 353 00:19:04,853 --> 00:19:07,105 [top pops] [song starts] 354 00:19:07,105 --> 00:19:12,152 ♪ My finger's burning from the temperature ♪ 355 00:19:12,152 --> 00:19:17,199 ♪ My teacher led me off a precipice ♪ 356 00:19:17,199 --> 00:19:20,410 ♪ If I'm a painter, I'd be a depressionist... ♪ 357 00:19:20,410 --> 00:19:22,746 TRAVIS: And it was like in an interesting time, 358 00:19:22,746 --> 00:19:26,208 the midst of like COVID and everyone was quarantining. 359 00:19:26,208 --> 00:19:28,752 You were kind of blocked off from everything. 360 00:19:28,752 --> 00:19:30,879 ♪ C-C-C-G-G ♪ 361 00:19:30,879 --> 00:19:33,465 - Yeah. - ♪ B-B-E-E ♪ 362 00:19:33,465 --> 00:19:34,800 [indistinct chatter] 363 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,177 ♪ Dyin' inside ♪ 364 00:19:37,177 --> 00:19:39,763 [drums beating] 365 00:19:39,763 --> 00:19:41,807 [lyrics muted] 366 00:19:49,648 --> 00:19:51,191 ♪ I'm crazy, I'm off my meds ♪ 367 00:19:51,191 --> 00:19:53,986 ♪ I'm better off dead, they said ♪ 368 00:19:53,986 --> 00:19:57,406 ♪ Use a razor to take off the edge, jump off a ledge ♪ 369 00:19:57,406 --> 00:20:01,535 KELLY: I watched the influence that we had on other artists. 370 00:20:01,535 --> 00:20:04,621 So much of me felt like, 371 00:20:04,621 --> 00:20:07,457 okay, well, what else can I contribute? 372 00:20:07,457 --> 00:20:10,377 Okay, well, what's the next crazy thing we could do? 373 00:20:10,377 --> 00:20:13,130 [indistinct chatter] 374 00:20:13,130 --> 00:20:15,007 ♪ guitar riff playing ♪ 375 00:20:17,050 --> 00:20:21,221 [electronic crackling over guitar chord] 376 00:20:21,221 --> 00:20:23,223 - Yes! 377 00:20:23,223 --> 00:20:25,142 TRAVIS: I just kept being like, 378 00:20:25,142 --> 00:20:26,894 "What the fuck, like, Kells really gets this." 379 00:20:26,894 --> 00:20:29,271 And I don't know, 380 00:20:29,271 --> 00:20:32,608 there's not many pop punk albums like that or rock albums like that. 381 00:20:32,608 --> 00:20:36,528 For me it was like working on a Blink album. 382 00:20:36,528 --> 00:20:40,324 I was so involved in it, I loved it like it was my own, 383 00:20:40,324 --> 00:20:43,160 and I was so impressed by Kells. 384 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,871 - Okay, I'm ready. Check, check, hey. 385 00:20:45,871 --> 00:20:48,707 ♪ You want me to forget you ♪ 386 00:20:48,707 --> 00:20:51,960 ♪ Okay, forget me too ♪ 387 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:53,670 ♪ You tell me-- ♪ No. 388 00:20:53,670 --> 00:20:55,422 Tell me if you guys like these lyrics for the bridge. 389 00:20:55,422 --> 00:20:58,509 ♪ I can't, I can't, I can't pretend to forget you ♪ 390 00:20:58,509 --> 00:21:01,053 ♪ The reason I punched a hole in the back-- ♪ Ah, fuck. 391 00:21:01,053 --> 00:21:02,554 ♪ You want me to forget you ♪ 392 00:21:02,554 --> 00:21:04,473 MAN: He was like, "I have an idea. 393 00:21:04,473 --> 00:21:07,643 I think this new album's gonna be punk rock." 394 00:21:07,643 --> 00:21:09,311 Well, like, let's fuckin' go. 395 00:21:09,311 --> 00:21:11,563 Pop punk, let's bring it back, fuck yeah. 396 00:21:11,563 --> 00:21:12,981 - It's very punk. 397 00:21:23,825 --> 00:21:26,828 ♪ I'm keepin' you waitin' ♪ 398 00:21:26,828 --> 00:21:28,664 ♪ But I won't wait on you ♪ 399 00:21:28,664 --> 00:21:30,874 ♪ You want me to forget you ♪ 400 00:21:30,874 --> 00:21:34,253 ♪ Okay, forget me too ♪ 401 00:21:34,253 --> 00:21:36,255 - Yes! 402 00:21:36,255 --> 00:21:39,132 Yeah! 403 00:21:39,132 --> 00:21:41,552 HALSEY: Headphones are... - So sick. 404 00:21:41,552 --> 00:21:44,221 That's the one. That's so fucking fire. 405 00:21:44,221 --> 00:21:47,057 That's the one, dude. Gotta come high. 406 00:21:47,057 --> 00:21:48,600 HALSEY: I have to change the melody there 407 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,394 and I didn't really like that one. 408 00:21:50,394 --> 00:21:52,813 [singing indistinctly] 409 00:21:52,813 --> 00:21:55,148 Let me do one more? - No. 410 00:21:55,148 --> 00:21:56,733 MAN: If you really want to. 411 00:21:56,733 --> 00:21:58,819 HALSEY: Ha, ha! I'm a perfectionist. 412 00:21:58,819 --> 00:22:01,947 ♪ Want me to forget you... ♪ 413 00:22:01,947 --> 00:22:04,116 ♪ Oh-oh ♪ 414 00:22:04,116 --> 00:22:08,120 ♪ Hey, oh, oh, oh ♪ 415 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:10,747 - I don't know, I can do it better. There was another vocal... 416 00:22:10,747 --> 00:22:12,624 HALSEY: See, you get mad at me and then you wanna be in here 417 00:22:12,624 --> 00:22:14,668 doing 10 takes or some bullshit. 418 00:22:14,668 --> 00:22:16,253 KELLY: First take every time, let's go. 419 00:22:16,253 --> 00:22:18,088 [laughter] Starting now. 420 00:22:18,088 --> 00:22:21,508 [over Halsey's lyrics] ♪ You left, you left, you left ♪ 421 00:22:21,508 --> 00:22:22,676 ♪ Fuck! ♪ 422 00:22:22,676 --> 00:22:23,844 [laughter] 423 00:22:23,844 --> 00:22:25,512 "Los Angeles, get the fuck off the ground." 424 00:22:25,512 --> 00:22:29,474 ♪ punk rock playing ♪ 425 00:22:29,474 --> 00:22:35,105 Down! - ♪ You left before I woke up ♪ 426 00:22:35,105 --> 00:22:39,151 ♪ Why don't I ever see you sober? ♪ 427 00:22:41,570 --> 00:22:43,322 - Whoo! 428 00:22:43,322 --> 00:22:46,074 Aaaaah! 429 00:22:46,074 --> 00:22:47,201 ♪ guitar playing ♪ 430 00:22:47,201 --> 00:22:49,411 Okay, I just want you to look at how many guitars 431 00:22:49,411 --> 00:22:50,913 are going on today. 432 00:22:50,913 --> 00:22:54,458 - Yeah. In the last hook... MAN: Double strap right here. 433 00:22:54,458 --> 00:22:57,586 [comical gasping] MAN: Double strap. 434 00:22:57,586 --> 00:23:00,964 SLIMXX: But Kells always had a vision of, you know, working with Travis 435 00:23:00,964 --> 00:23:03,967 and once they got together, they just had to bond 436 00:23:03,967 --> 00:23:06,178 in the vibes and it was crazy. 437 00:23:06,178 --> 00:23:07,930 ♪ music playing in background ♪ 438 00:23:07,930 --> 00:23:10,557 TRAVIS: Kells is like me. Like, I'll sit in the studio 439 00:23:10,557 --> 00:23:12,935 till 5 in the morning figuring something out, 440 00:23:12,935 --> 00:23:15,312 and we work until we're ready to go to sleep 441 00:23:15,312 --> 00:23:17,314 and we can't keep our eyes open. 442 00:23:17,314 --> 00:23:21,818 We'll do it for a pace that not many can keep up with. 443 00:23:21,818 --> 00:23:24,863 ♪ ...relationships that were bad in love but I want this ♪ 444 00:23:24,863 --> 00:23:26,782 - That's all right, let's do that. 445 00:23:26,782 --> 00:23:29,451 TRAVIS: For like "Tickets," I had to have two engineers, 446 00:23:29,451 --> 00:23:32,162 and we probably averaged four hours of sleep a night 447 00:23:32,162 --> 00:23:34,748 for about six months straight. 448 00:23:34,748 --> 00:23:37,960 ♪ All I know is I don't know nothin' at all ♪ 449 00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:39,211 ♪ People talk... ♪ 450 00:23:39,211 --> 00:23:41,380 Like, stay up till 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning, 451 00:23:41,380 --> 00:23:44,550 wait for Trippie to come through the studio, write a song with Trippie. 452 00:23:44,550 --> 00:23:47,761 ♪ Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh ♪ 453 00:23:47,761 --> 00:23:50,556 ♪ Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh ♪ 454 00:23:50,556 --> 00:23:52,975 [indistinct singing] 455 00:23:52,975 --> 00:23:54,309 [indistinct chatter] 456 00:23:54,309 --> 00:23:55,727 MAN 1: Bitch. MAN 2: Hell yeah. 457 00:23:55,727 --> 00:23:58,730 - [laughs] He said I sound like a dude 458 00:23:58,730 --> 00:24:01,400 who's been wearing the same clothes since yesterday? 459 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,777 Which is fact. 460 00:24:03,777 --> 00:24:06,488 - We had probably half of the album completed, 461 00:24:06,488 --> 00:24:09,157 and I was like, "What's up with the label? You still on Interscope?" 462 00:24:09,157 --> 00:24:13,036 - No one knew where I was at. No one knew what I was doing. 463 00:24:13,036 --> 00:24:14,204 The label is like, 464 00:24:14,204 --> 00:24:16,999 "Well, he put out that Hotel Diablo album, 465 00:24:16,999 --> 00:24:18,834 "like, that did all right, 466 00:24:18,834 --> 00:24:20,502 and like we haven't heard from him." 467 00:24:20,502 --> 00:24:22,337 I was like MIA from everybody. 468 00:24:22,337 --> 00:24:24,548 - "They're not really expecting a record from me. 469 00:24:24,548 --> 00:24:26,758 They probably don't even know I'm working on one." 470 00:24:26,758 --> 00:24:30,304 - I was like, "Well, let's call Janick and let's set up a meeting and play him this." 471 00:24:30,304 --> 00:24:33,265 - Everyone had this idea of who Machine Gun Kelly was, 472 00:24:33,265 --> 00:24:37,686 and I came in with a completely new version of myself. 473 00:24:37,686 --> 00:24:39,521 - I think Interscope thought that we were crazy. 474 00:24:39,521 --> 00:24:41,356 - Walking into the Interscope building to play 475 00:24:41,356 --> 00:24:42,774 "Tickets to my Downfall." 476 00:24:42,774 --> 00:24:45,569 I had put out four rap records on that label. 477 00:24:45,569 --> 00:24:47,237 - Some were new faces. 478 00:24:47,237 --> 00:24:49,364 TRAVIS: And I saw people that were scratching their heads. 479 00:24:49,364 --> 00:24:51,950 - ♪ "You're better off dead," they said ♪ - ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 480 00:24:51,950 --> 00:24:55,120 ♪ I use a razor to take off the edge, jump off the ledge ♪ 481 00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:59,958 ♪ I'm sellin' tickets to my downfall ♪ 482 00:24:59,958 --> 00:25:05,339 ♪ I'm sellin' tickets to my downfall ♪ 483 00:25:09,218 --> 00:25:12,763 - "This isn't what we expected, but we like it." 484 00:25:12,763 --> 00:25:14,348 - What's going on? - It's good. 485 00:25:14,348 --> 00:25:18,018 Let's get another microphone hooked up right here. What's cookin'? 486 00:25:18,018 --> 00:25:21,522 - I left you hanging last time we did... last time we talked, 487 00:25:21,522 --> 00:25:24,316 'cause you had asked me what the project 488 00:25:24,316 --> 00:25:27,069 that Travis and I was working on was called. 489 00:25:27,069 --> 00:25:28,195 - You got something? - Yeah. 490 00:25:28,195 --> 00:25:30,948 - What's it called? - Tickets to my Downfall. 491 00:25:30,948 --> 00:25:33,367 [voices echoing] - What's it called? - "Tickets to my Downfall." 492 00:25:33,367 --> 00:25:35,953 - What's it called? - "Tickets to my Downfall." 493 00:25:35,953 --> 00:25:38,580 - What's it called? - "Tickets to my Downfall." 494 00:25:38,580 --> 00:25:40,499 - What's it called? - "Tickets to my Downfall." 495 00:25:40,499 --> 00:25:42,292 ♪ intense sound patterns playing ♪ 496 00:25:42,292 --> 00:25:46,588 - All right, I'm not really sayin' to be at the Rainbow Lifeguard Tower 497 00:25:46,588 --> 00:25:50,259 on Venice Beach Saturday around 3 p.m. 498 00:25:50,259 --> 00:25:52,803 I'm not sayin' that, but I'm sayin' that. 499 00:25:52,803 --> 00:25:54,471 MAN: You got permits for this? 500 00:25:58,392 --> 00:26:01,270 [cheering] 501 00:26:01,270 --> 00:26:04,439 ♪ I'm still young, wasting my youth ♪ 502 00:26:04,439 --> 00:26:07,317 ♪ I'll grow up next summer ♪ 503 00:26:07,317 --> 00:26:09,236 ♪ I'm back on those drugs I quit ♪ 504 00:26:09,236 --> 00:26:12,197 ♪ I kept my dealer's number ♪ 505 00:26:12,197 --> 00:26:14,908 ♪ I'm still young, wasting my youth ♪ 506 00:26:14,908 --> 00:26:17,578 ♪ I'll grow up next summer ♪ 507 00:26:17,578 --> 00:26:20,581 ♪ I'm back on that girl I quit ♪ 508 00:26:20,581 --> 00:26:22,749 ♪ I should've lost her number ♪ 509 00:26:22,749 --> 00:26:25,627 ♪ I'm overcompensating for heartbreak ♪ 510 00:26:25,627 --> 00:26:28,672 ♪ I swallowed a pill that was in a heart shape ♪ 511 00:26:28,672 --> 00:26:30,883 ♪ Her hands on my chest feelin' my heartbeat ♪ 512 00:26:30,883 --> 00:26:33,886 ♪ She's spillin' her drink all on my car seat ♪ 513 00:26:33,886 --> 00:26:36,054 ♪ She'll get attached and then trap me ♪ 514 00:26:36,054 --> 00:26:38,682 ♪ Then I gotta act like I'm happy ♪ 515 00:26:38,682 --> 00:26:41,852 ♪ She posts pics to get at me ♪ 516 00:26:41,852 --> 00:26:44,021 ♪ Déjà vu, just like last week ♪ 517 00:26:44,021 --> 00:26:46,940 ♪ I'm still young, wasting my youth ♪ 518 00:26:46,940 --> 00:26:49,610 ♪ I'll grow up next summer ♪ 519 00:26:49,610 --> 00:26:52,196 ♪ I'm back on those drugs I quit ♪ 520 00:26:52,196 --> 00:26:54,573 ♪ I kept my dealer's number ♪ 521 00:26:54,573 --> 00:26:57,993 ♪ I'm still young, wasting my youth ♪ 522 00:26:57,993 --> 00:27:00,621 ♪ I'll grow up next summer ♪ 523 00:27:00,621 --> 00:27:02,956 ♪ I'm back on that girl I quit ♪ 524 00:27:02,956 --> 00:27:05,334 ♪ I should've lost her number ♪ 525 00:27:05,334 --> 00:27:08,045 ♪ I'm still young... wasting ♪ 526 00:27:08,045 --> 00:27:10,672 ♪ And I'm not getting younger ♪ 527 00:27:10,672 --> 00:27:13,675 ♪ I'll grow up... ♪ 528 00:27:13,675 --> 00:27:15,427 ♪ And I'll grow up next summer ♪ 529 00:27:15,427 --> 00:27:17,179 ♪ I'm still young... ♪ 530 00:27:17,179 --> 00:27:21,475 ♪ I'm wastin' and I'm not getting younger ♪ 531 00:27:21,475 --> 00:27:22,809 ♪ I'm still young ♪ 532 00:27:22,809 --> 00:27:26,813 ♪ I promise that I'll grow up next summer ♪ 533 00:27:26,813 --> 00:27:30,150 [cheering] 534 00:27:30,150 --> 00:27:33,487 WOMAN: Machine Gun Kelly has finally earned his first number-one album. 535 00:27:33,487 --> 00:27:36,448 - Hey, Trav, number-one album. 536 00:27:36,448 --> 00:27:38,116 Let's go. 537 00:27:38,116 --> 00:27:41,328 Let's go, I don't know who this car is right here. 538 00:27:41,328 --> 00:27:43,539 CREW: Whoaaa! 539 00:27:49,253 --> 00:27:50,796 Let's go! 540 00:27:55,008 --> 00:27:57,344 Number-one album, bro! 541 00:28:06,144 --> 00:28:07,646 Let's go! 542 00:28:07,646 --> 00:28:11,692 - I owe you a front car window, dude, that's my bad. 543 00:28:11,692 --> 00:28:15,445 The only me I liked was me on stage. 544 00:28:15,445 --> 00:28:18,657 Because music was what made people like me. 545 00:28:19,950 --> 00:28:21,118 I was a character. 546 00:28:21,118 --> 00:28:24,371 Some people play a role for six months. 547 00:28:24,371 --> 00:28:26,707 I play a role for 16 years. 548 00:28:26,707 --> 00:28:30,085 ♪ intense sound patterns playing ♪ 549 00:28:30,085 --> 00:28:31,753 [cat mewing] 550 00:28:31,753 --> 00:28:35,048 - You want to listen to "Interlude" while we sit here? 551 00:28:35,048 --> 00:28:36,341 KELLY: Yeah. 552 00:28:36,341 --> 00:28:38,010 WOMAN: Put it on. 553 00:28:38,010 --> 00:28:39,428 [cat purring] 554 00:28:39,428 --> 00:28:41,388 - Right when I actually got into my relationship, 555 00:28:41,388 --> 00:28:44,183 no one could fuckin' move, there was no shows. 556 00:28:44,183 --> 00:28:46,977 So she met me and never even got to see me do 557 00:28:46,977 --> 00:28:50,355 the one thing that I accepted myself for. 558 00:28:50,355 --> 00:28:52,149 [indistinct chatter] 559 00:28:52,149 --> 00:28:55,027 PHOTOGRAPHER: That picture I took of you guys was magic. 560 00:28:55,027 --> 00:28:56,612 - And, uh, and this? 561 00:28:56,612 --> 00:28:58,155 - It was magical. 562 00:28:58,155 --> 00:29:00,240 KELLY: Oh, my God. You know, ask her. 563 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,409 I was the most inconfident, insecure dude ever. 564 00:29:02,409 --> 00:29:04,870 I was like, "Please, just let me go on a stage. 565 00:29:04,870 --> 00:29:07,915 Let me show you I'm cool, like... you'll see." 566 00:29:07,915 --> 00:29:10,709 But meanwhile, she's like, "Dude, I love you." 567 00:29:14,505 --> 00:29:18,175 - So during the Ticket to my Downfall tour, 568 00:29:18,175 --> 00:29:21,136 we had, I think it was less than ten days 569 00:29:21,136 --> 00:29:23,472 to pull a bunch of stuff together. 570 00:29:23,472 --> 00:29:24,973 - It's going down, Downfalls High school. 571 00:29:24,973 --> 00:29:28,435 - Last day of the movie, let's go! - Whooo! 572 00:29:28,435 --> 00:29:32,189 KELLY: The past year, workwise, 573 00:29:32,189 --> 00:29:34,650 I did four movies. 574 00:29:35,901 --> 00:29:38,070 Directed and wrote one of them. 575 00:29:38,070 --> 00:29:39,988 - Oooh! [horn honks] 576 00:29:39,988 --> 00:29:42,366 KELLY: I'd wrote and published a graphic novel. 577 00:29:42,366 --> 00:29:44,785 She should have like red lipstick or-- MAN: Ooh, I like that. 578 00:29:44,785 --> 00:29:47,788 KELLY: I went to Italy and curated the soundtrack 579 00:29:47,788 --> 00:29:49,873 to a Dolce & Gabbana fashion show live, 580 00:29:49,873 --> 00:29:53,085 and also walked in the show at the same time. 581 00:29:57,548 --> 00:29:59,883 Came out with my own nail polish line 582 00:29:59,883 --> 00:30:01,510 called "UNDN." 583 00:30:04,346 --> 00:30:07,266 I showed up to rehearsals 584 00:30:07,266 --> 00:30:08,600 and then realized 585 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,727 I just fucked off 586 00:30:10,727 --> 00:30:14,356 the biggest opportunity for me as a musician ever, 587 00:30:14,356 --> 00:30:17,359 and finally you're telling me that this tour just sold out 588 00:30:17,359 --> 00:30:20,571 and like I forgot to build a set? 589 00:30:20,571 --> 00:30:22,698 - He showed up 72 hours 590 00:30:22,698 --> 00:30:25,742 before we were actually scheduled to play the first show. 591 00:30:25,742 --> 00:30:27,744 - We didn't prepare for shit. 592 00:30:27,744 --> 00:30:30,956 MAN: There's so many moving parts that go into it. You know, production and... 593 00:30:30,956 --> 00:30:32,624 - You know, making sure everything was right, 594 00:30:32,624 --> 00:30:34,877 crew, figuring out the staging. 595 00:30:35,169 --> 00:30:37,921 - You know, we want certain colors for certain instruments. 596 00:30:37,921 --> 00:30:39,798 We want everything to be cohesive. 597 00:30:39,798 --> 00:30:43,218 There's so many things, and we had so little time. 598 00:30:43,218 --> 00:30:46,930 BAZEXX: We really got two days of actual rehearsal. 599 00:30:47,764 --> 00:30:49,391 [indistinct chatter] 600 00:30:49,391 --> 00:30:51,810 I remember when he came in, 601 00:30:51,810 --> 00:30:55,105 he was-- I think he was just overwhelmed with everything. 602 00:30:55,105 --> 00:30:57,399 We had no set, none. 603 00:30:57,399 --> 00:30:59,902 We were like, oh, my God. 604 00:30:59,902 --> 00:31:02,487 What are these kids gonna see when they fuckin' come? 605 00:31:05,115 --> 00:31:07,534 SLIMXX: Kells came in spazzing 606 00:31:07,534 --> 00:31:10,537 and, you know, goin'... doin' what he do. 607 00:31:10,537 --> 00:31:13,081 - I must have been very unpleasant to work with. 608 00:31:13,081 --> 00:31:16,668 All this drum and bass, and this is what the fuck the lights are doing? 609 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,340 Fuck. 610 00:31:34,770 --> 00:31:37,940 - So, eight months before we're supposed to go on tour, 611 00:31:37,940 --> 00:31:39,858 Rook got in a bad accident. 612 00:31:39,858 --> 00:31:42,778 KELLY: I remember the night Rook got into the altercation, 613 00:31:42,778 --> 00:31:46,490 like it was a robbery that turned into him getting run over by a car. 614 00:31:46,490 --> 00:31:49,660 He was lucky to even be alive after that. 615 00:31:49,660 --> 00:31:52,746 But I know it fucked him up because his bones snapped, 616 00:31:52,746 --> 00:31:56,124 and we were six months out from going on a tour, 617 00:31:56,124 --> 00:31:58,669 the biggest tour yet actually. 618 00:31:58,669 --> 00:32:00,504 Technically the doctors were like, 619 00:32:00,504 --> 00:32:02,714 "You aren't going to be able to walk for a year," 620 00:32:02,714 --> 00:32:06,844 and by the time it came to tour, he got behind the drums 621 00:32:06,844 --> 00:32:09,346 and was the best showman, the best performer 622 00:32:09,346 --> 00:32:11,849 and fucking killed it. 623 00:32:11,849 --> 00:32:14,393 - Fuckin' back, baby. 624 00:32:14,393 --> 00:32:17,688 [cheering] 625 00:32:17,688 --> 00:32:19,773 [crowd chanting "MGK!"] 626 00:32:30,909 --> 00:32:33,370 ♪ I saw friends in the front row ♪ 627 00:32:33,370 --> 00:32:35,414 ♪ They'll leave when I'm finished ♪ 628 00:32:35,414 --> 00:32:39,084 KELLY: I've done some so-cool rock concerts. 629 00:32:39,084 --> 00:32:40,586 So many different personalities 630 00:32:40,586 --> 00:32:43,130 and so much that we don't have in common with each other, 631 00:32:43,130 --> 00:32:45,549 but when that one song comes on that we all love, 632 00:32:45,549 --> 00:32:47,467 it all goes away and we're all one. 633 00:32:47,467 --> 00:32:49,845 - It's beyond sold-the-fuck-out. - It is 10,000. 634 00:32:49,845 --> 00:32:53,015 - We seat 10,000 tonight, guys. 635 00:32:53,015 --> 00:32:55,184 - 20K, something like. 636 00:32:58,896 --> 00:33:01,190 [cheering] 637 00:33:16,246 --> 00:33:20,209 ♪ You walked in my life at 2 a.m. ♪ 638 00:33:20,209 --> 00:33:24,129 ♪ 'Cause my boy's little girl is your best friend ♪ 639 00:33:24,129 --> 00:33:27,883 ♪ Act like you don't see me we'll play pretend ♪ 640 00:33:27,883 --> 00:33:30,010 ♪ Your eyes already showed me what... ♪ 641 00:33:30,010 --> 00:33:31,261 ♪ You never said ♪ 642 00:33:31,261 --> 00:33:32,930 ♪ Fuck that, jump, jump! ♪ 643 00:33:32,930 --> 00:33:35,974 KELLY: Yeah, VMA night was a trip. 644 00:33:35,974 --> 00:33:38,185 I should make a fuckin' documentary on that night. 645 00:33:38,185 --> 00:33:40,395 ♪ intense sound patterns playing ♪ 646 00:33:40,395 --> 00:33:42,439 REPORTER: Just told me you had a little scuffle with Conor McGregor 647 00:33:42,439 --> 00:33:44,483 on the carpet, what happened? 648 00:33:44,483 --> 00:33:45,984 - Aah! 649 00:33:45,984 --> 00:33:48,070 My face said it all. 650 00:33:48,070 --> 00:33:49,655 REPORTER: Last night at the MTV VMAs, 651 00:33:49,655 --> 00:33:51,782 Conor McGregor was caught on video throwing his drink 652 00:33:51,782 --> 00:33:54,785 at Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox while on the Red Carpet. 653 00:33:54,785 --> 00:33:56,787 Pandemonium then ensued as several security guards 654 00:33:56,787 --> 00:33:58,539 attempted to hold back the MMA fighter. 655 00:33:58,539 --> 00:34:01,375 - What happened? - I don't even know the guy, to be honest with ya. 656 00:34:01,375 --> 00:34:04,795 - What the fuck is this dude doing? 657 00:34:04,795 --> 00:34:07,297 Let me wash that cheap-ass whiskey off with a shot. 658 00:34:07,297 --> 00:34:08,924 - Yeah. - Yeah. 659 00:34:08,924 --> 00:34:11,885 KELLY: And then we get backstage and everyone was just like 660 00:34:11,885 --> 00:34:13,554 freakin' the fuck out. 661 00:34:13,554 --> 00:34:16,014 - We're looking at our phones and we see everybody on Twitter, 662 00:34:16,014 --> 00:34:17,474 you know, it's going crazy. 663 00:34:17,474 --> 00:34:19,309 WOMAN: Machine Gun Kelly, Olivia Rodrigo... 664 00:34:19,309 --> 00:34:21,395 - Everybody's like, "Yo, fuck that, 665 00:34:21,395 --> 00:34:24,147 we're about to go onstage and we're about to go rock this." 666 00:34:24,147 --> 00:34:26,066 - Waited my whole life for this. 667 00:34:26,066 --> 00:34:29,778 - We had the primetime spot, which was like the best spot of the show. 668 00:34:29,778 --> 00:34:32,114 KELLY: So we go up, I get in the grave. 669 00:34:32,114 --> 00:34:33,699 MAN: 10 seconds. 670 00:34:35,325 --> 00:34:36,785 - I'm already shaking like this. 671 00:34:36,785 --> 00:34:39,162 MAN: 5, 4... 672 00:34:39,162 --> 00:34:42,124 KELLY: I'm laying there, and anxiety just building, building, building. 673 00:34:45,210 --> 00:34:47,337 And all of the sudden, like a worker with a headset 674 00:34:47,337 --> 00:34:49,965 comes out, they're like, "Get out, get out, get out!" 675 00:34:49,965 --> 00:34:52,676 - And I see them striking all of our stuff offstage, 676 00:34:52,676 --> 00:34:54,761 and everybody's like, "What's going on? 677 00:34:54,761 --> 00:34:56,471 What's going on? What's going on?" 678 00:34:56,471 --> 00:35:00,392 - And my nerves now just went to the ultimate level of anxiety. 679 00:35:00,392 --> 00:35:02,686 And then they were like, "You guys are gonna go right after Foo Fighters." 680 00:35:02,686 --> 00:35:04,271 And we were like, "What?" 681 00:35:04,271 --> 00:35:06,273 ♪ punk rock music ♪ 682 00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,046 WOMAN: The winner is... 683 00:35:30,964 --> 00:35:33,884 - We won! Thank you! 684 00:35:36,762 --> 00:35:38,555 [cheering] 685 00:35:38,555 --> 00:35:39,973 - Let's fucking go! 686 00:35:39,973 --> 00:35:41,433 - Yeah! - Let's go! 687 00:35:41,433 --> 00:35:47,439 [cheering] 688 00:35:47,981 --> 00:35:53,987 [indistinct chatter] 689 00:36:04,081 --> 00:36:08,627 - What am I supposed to do? I feel like the world fuckin' hates me. 690 00:36:08,627 --> 00:36:10,546 It's been like that for years now. 691 00:36:10,546 --> 00:36:13,549 It's been like five years straight. 692 00:36:18,929 --> 00:36:21,056 - That shit is just... 693 00:36:21,056 --> 00:36:23,308 It comes with the territory. 694 00:37:00,345 --> 00:37:02,222 - "Why is your dad Emo?" 695 00:37:02,222 --> 00:37:04,683 "Why is he dressed like weird?" 696 00:37:04,683 --> 00:37:06,268 I feel like people have to dig deeper 697 00:37:06,268 --> 00:37:08,562 than just like what they see on the Internet. 698 00:37:08,562 --> 00:37:10,314 [Kelly reading] 699 00:37:16,069 --> 00:37:19,865 - This dude goes off on me the whole time. 700 00:37:21,325 --> 00:37:23,243 Never even sat down with me 701 00:37:23,243 --> 00:37:27,122 to catch a hint of who I actually am as a person, 702 00:37:27,122 --> 00:37:29,082 just going off of public perception 703 00:37:29,082 --> 00:37:31,793 fueled by other people writing articles like this 704 00:37:31,793 --> 00:37:34,463 to make me seem a certain way, like... 705 00:37:34,463 --> 00:37:36,632 to just leave... 706 00:37:38,425 --> 00:37:41,094 a foul taste in other people's mouths. 707 00:37:41,094 --> 00:37:43,639 It's funny, the whole Slipknot issue, 708 00:37:43,639 --> 00:37:46,600 which really isn't a Slipknot issue, it's a Corey issue. 709 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,685 That situation's unfortunate because I think 710 00:37:48,685 --> 00:37:51,230 both of us let our egos get in the way. 711 00:37:51,230 --> 00:37:53,565 You know, I was a fan of Slipknot, 712 00:37:53,565 --> 00:37:54,775 and I was a fan of Corey. 713 00:37:54,775 --> 00:37:56,693 That's why I'd asked him to get on Tickets. 714 00:37:56,693 --> 00:37:59,196 He obviously had mutual respect too 715 00:37:59,196 --> 00:38:00,489 because he cut a verse. 716 00:38:00,489 --> 00:38:03,492 I kind of tried to give notes back, 717 00:38:03,492 --> 00:38:07,454 like, "Oh, you know, this wasn't exactly what I was looking for, can we try this?" 718 00:38:07,454 --> 00:38:09,790 And respectfully he was like, you know, "No." 719 00:38:09,790 --> 00:38:12,960 And I was like, "Okay, cool," so we didn't use it. 720 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:17,089 You know, then I heard him on a podcast. 721 00:38:17,089 --> 00:38:20,509 - I hate all new rock, for the most part. 722 00:38:20,509 --> 00:38:22,511 I think that, well, the "artists" 723 00:38:22,511 --> 00:38:25,639 who failed in one genre and decided to go rock... 724 00:38:25,639 --> 00:38:27,516 and I think he knows who he is. 725 00:38:27,516 --> 00:38:29,560 - That narrative always confused me. 726 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:33,981 My most successful album was the album I just put out. 727 00:38:33,981 --> 00:38:38,861 Hotel Diablo. That's a rap album that has a billion-plus streams. 728 00:38:38,861 --> 00:38:40,529 I could have handled it differently, 729 00:38:40,529 --> 00:38:42,197 was I should have just picked up the phone 730 00:38:42,197 --> 00:38:45,325 and been like, "Hey, dude, like, why would you say that?" 731 00:38:45,325 --> 00:38:48,954 But instead we all reacted ridiculous. 732 00:38:55,127 --> 00:38:56,753 REPORTER: Slipknot and MGK 733 00:38:56,753 --> 00:38:59,673 both performed at Riot Fest over the weekend, 734 00:38:59,673 --> 00:39:03,135 headlining the final day of the annual Chicago gathering. 735 00:39:03,135 --> 00:39:06,638 - What the fuck is up, Chicago? 736 00:39:06,638 --> 00:39:08,557 [cheering] 737 00:39:08,557 --> 00:39:11,768 Hey, you wanna know what I'm really happy that I'm not doing? 738 00:39:11,768 --> 00:39:15,439 Age 50 years old, wearing a fuckin' weird mask on a fuckin' stage. 739 00:39:15,439 --> 00:39:17,357 Fuckin' shit. 740 00:39:17,357 --> 00:39:20,986 But anyway, what's everyone's favorite candy, Reese's Pieces? 741 00:39:20,986 --> 00:39:26,408 The shows after that became really, uh... 742 00:39:27,701 --> 00:39:29,286 interesting. 743 00:39:29,286 --> 00:39:31,830 We'll see what happens. [laughs] 744 00:39:31,830 --> 00:39:34,875 REPORTER: A wild scene unfolded last night 745 00:39:34,875 --> 00:39:36,752 in Louisville, Kentucky, 746 00:39:36,752 --> 00:39:39,087 at the Louder Than Life Fest. 747 00:39:39,087 --> 00:39:42,674 [crowd booing] 748 00:39:42,674 --> 00:39:45,928 A number of people in the crowd turning their backs to the stage 749 00:39:45,928 --> 00:39:47,554 and sticking their middle fingers up. 750 00:39:47,554 --> 00:39:50,265 REPORTER 2: And a festival attendee seemingly shoved him 751 00:39:50,265 --> 00:39:51,975 once he made it over the barricade. 752 00:39:51,975 --> 00:39:53,310 KELLY: It was like a war zone. 753 00:39:53,310 --> 00:39:56,355 As soon as we would touch the stage... 754 00:39:56,355 --> 00:39:58,148 Being an activist for something, 755 00:39:58,148 --> 00:40:01,318 it doesn't count that you're an activist against MGK. 756 00:40:01,318 --> 00:40:04,863 I don't know who that was, but imagine getting punched in the face for that song. 757 00:40:04,863 --> 00:40:07,574 It's not fun, dude. Have fun tonight. I love you guys. 758 00:40:10,619 --> 00:40:13,038 The part that throws me off 759 00:40:13,038 --> 00:40:15,499 with what they don't see is, 760 00:40:15,499 --> 00:40:18,210 I'm also there with my daughter as a dad, 761 00:40:18,210 --> 00:40:21,046 like, okay, well, you know, "Dad's gonna go to work," 762 00:40:21,046 --> 00:40:23,465 and then I'd take ten steps onto the stage 763 00:40:23,465 --> 00:40:28,220 and glass jars and fuckin' rocks, tree branches... 764 00:40:28,220 --> 00:40:30,597 REPORTER: Some even taking things too far, 765 00:40:30,597 --> 00:40:33,725 throwing tree branches and beverages at him, 766 00:40:33,725 --> 00:40:35,978 while he climbed on top of a tent during his set. 767 00:40:35,978 --> 00:40:38,605 [crowd cheering] 768 00:40:43,026 --> 00:40:45,654 - You're awesome, what's up? 769 00:40:53,412 --> 00:40:55,497 I was like... [crowd clamoring] 770 00:41:16,852 --> 00:41:18,145 [crowd cheering] 771 00:41:19,605 --> 00:41:22,357 And if anyone got a problem with that... 772 00:41:22,357 --> 00:41:24,902 ♪ Then it's World War III ♪ 773 00:41:28,739 --> 00:41:32,951 All the Slipknot shit, all the whatever the fuck, like, fuck you too, dude. 774 00:41:32,951 --> 00:41:34,953 Fuck you. 775 00:41:34,953 --> 00:41:36,413 Like, fuck you though. 776 00:41:36,413 --> 00:41:39,416 We've done all this shit for ten years. 777 00:41:39,416 --> 00:41:41,210 We've done the van tours, we did the Warped Tours tours, 778 00:41:41,210 --> 00:41:42,711 we did the rock festivals 779 00:41:42,711 --> 00:41:45,547 way before they were throwing sticks and stones at us, dude, we were loved. 780 00:41:45,547 --> 00:41:49,885 They forgot about all of the stripes that we earned on the touring side. 781 00:41:49,885 --> 00:41:52,221 We opened for fuckin' Slipknot at the festival. 782 00:41:52,221 --> 00:41:55,682 We did all this shit, the Rob Zombies, we did all this shit, Oklahoma circuit. 783 00:41:55,682 --> 00:41:57,851 People were just acting like, "Oh, they just popped up." 784 00:41:57,851 --> 00:42:01,647 Dude, there's fuckin' flyers from fuckin' 2013 that have us on rock festivals. 785 00:42:01,647 --> 00:42:04,233 WOMAN: It's... it's easy to see the negative, 786 00:42:04,233 --> 00:42:06,610 but it's microscopic what the article says. 787 00:42:06,610 --> 00:42:09,363 What about the tens of thousands of people 788 00:42:09,363 --> 00:42:11,782 that cried because they got to see you, 789 00:42:11,782 --> 00:42:14,368 that like held their signs up, that waited in line, 790 00:42:14,368 --> 00:42:16,495 that spent their money to come see you 791 00:42:16,495 --> 00:42:19,998 because you're making their life and your music means something to them? 792 00:42:19,998 --> 00:42:22,918 Somebody, there is a kid that's in the audience tonight 793 00:42:22,918 --> 00:42:25,420 that might have wanted to like kill himself 794 00:42:25,420 --> 00:42:27,214 until a song that you wrote touched him. 795 00:42:27,214 --> 00:42:30,843 Like, so for all those, like, few people, 796 00:42:30,843 --> 00:42:33,428 you have to remember like you also have to let in 797 00:42:33,428 --> 00:42:37,683 like the love, the positivity, the impact and change we're making. 798 00:42:37,683 --> 00:42:40,519 That's what music is to people. 799 00:42:40,519 --> 00:42:43,355 You wouldn't be where you're at 800 00:42:43,355 --> 00:42:45,691 if the words that they said were true. 801 00:42:45,691 --> 00:42:49,862 ♪ intense sound patterns playing ♪ 802 00:42:49,862 --> 00:42:52,865 ♪ I'm still young, wasting my youth ♪ 803 00:42:52,865 --> 00:42:55,450 ♪ I'll grow up next summer ♪ 804 00:42:55,450 --> 00:43:00,581 ♪ intense music playing ♪ 805 00:43:01,039 --> 00:43:04,668 - I was with Megan in her house, 806 00:43:04,668 --> 00:43:06,170 and I told the hospital, I said, 807 00:43:06,170 --> 00:43:09,131 "If it looks bad, like, you call me." 808 00:43:09,131 --> 00:43:11,884 And they called me. 809 00:43:11,884 --> 00:43:14,720 They put the phone up to his ear and he took his last breath, 810 00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:18,265 and that was the last time I heard from my father. 811 00:43:20,475 --> 00:43:22,853 I was with him a couple days before, 812 00:43:22,853 --> 00:43:28,734 and the last thing he said to me... "Colson..." 813 00:43:28,734 --> 00:43:30,402 I was like, "Yeah, it's me." 814 00:43:30,402 --> 00:43:32,321 He's like, "Oh, you're not here." 815 00:43:32,321 --> 00:43:36,325 He's like, "Am I in heaven?" 816 00:43:36,325 --> 00:43:40,412 I was like, "No, no, Dad, you're just right here. 817 00:43:40,412 --> 00:43:42,831 I'm just saying hi." 818 00:43:42,831 --> 00:43:44,833 And he was like, "You're not here, 819 00:43:44,833 --> 00:43:47,294 but I love that I'm seeing you right now." 820 00:43:47,294 --> 00:43:49,755 I said, "No, Dad, I'm really here, I'm really here." 821 00:43:49,755 --> 00:43:51,423 And he goes like, "No, you're not." 822 00:43:51,423 --> 00:43:53,133 I had this conversation with him 823 00:43:53,133 --> 00:43:58,514 even though he was clearly like checking out, 824 00:43:58,514 --> 00:44:01,892 but I turned around and I was like, "Dad, 825 00:44:01,892 --> 00:44:04,311 I love you so much, 826 00:44:04,311 --> 00:44:06,772 and I'm so sorry 827 00:44:06,772 --> 00:44:10,317 for how we lived this life together, 828 00:44:10,317 --> 00:44:13,028 and, like, we'll do it better on the next one." 829 00:44:13,028 --> 00:44:15,113 I went to close the door and I heard-- 830 00:44:15,113 --> 00:44:16,990 I saw him, he was just staring up at the ceiling. 831 00:44:16,990 --> 00:44:18,742 He had the biggest smile on his face 832 00:44:18,742 --> 00:44:20,619 'cause he thought he was in heaven. 833 00:44:20,619 --> 00:44:23,872 He thought I was like an angel visiting him or whatever as his son, and... 834 00:44:23,872 --> 00:44:25,541 ♪ rock guitar playing ♪ 835 00:44:33,841 --> 00:44:36,718 He just was staring up at the ceiling, smiling. 836 00:44:36,718 --> 00:44:39,763 He just goes, "What a trip." 837 00:44:39,763 --> 00:44:41,431 [crowd cheering] 838 00:44:41,431 --> 00:44:43,934 MAN: We love you! 839 00:44:43,934 --> 00:44:45,394 [crowd shouting, cheering] 840 00:44:45,394 --> 00:44:47,980 - It's a trip 841 00:44:47,980 --> 00:44:50,107 that, uh... 842 00:44:50,107 --> 00:44:51,692 that you chose to spend 843 00:44:51,692 --> 00:44:53,819 your holiday with me here tonight. 844 00:44:53,819 --> 00:44:55,571 I know, uh, times are hard. 845 00:44:55,571 --> 00:44:57,447 [cheering] It's really cool that 846 00:44:57,447 --> 00:45:00,284 you filled this place up real good. 847 00:45:00,284 --> 00:45:02,995 You know, I remember there was a spot called Peabody's. 848 00:45:02,995 --> 00:45:07,082 They tore it down and then turned it into some college dormitories, but... 849 00:45:07,082 --> 00:45:09,293 It was 20 blocks up this way. 850 00:45:09,293 --> 00:45:12,254 And a guy named Troy, he used to book me for these shows, 851 00:45:12,254 --> 00:45:14,089 and I had to get him on the phone with my dad 852 00:45:14,089 --> 00:45:16,091 so that my dad would let me stay up past 11:00 853 00:45:16,091 --> 00:45:19,595 so I could perform and open up for like 40 people. 854 00:45:19,595 --> 00:45:22,097 And I was like, "Ah, this is going to change my whole life." 855 00:45:22,097 --> 00:45:25,517 It was like 40 people. Jesus fucking Christ, but... 856 00:45:25,517 --> 00:45:26,852 [cheering] And they said 857 00:45:26,852 --> 00:45:29,271 that this is like the most tickets that... 858 00:45:29,271 --> 00:45:30,856 [cheering continues] 859 00:45:30,856 --> 00:45:32,441 [drums beat] 860 00:45:32,441 --> 00:45:35,569 This is the most tickets that any artist from Cleveland 861 00:45:35,569 --> 00:45:37,487 has ever sold in this building, so... 862 00:45:37,487 --> 00:45:38,697 [cheering] 863 00:45:38,697 --> 00:45:41,158 I'm going to play a song that means a lot to me. 864 00:45:41,158 --> 00:45:43,368 This song is called "Lonely." 865 00:45:43,368 --> 00:45:45,662 [cheering] 866 00:45:45,662 --> 00:45:48,415 ♪ Last time I saw you ♪ 867 00:45:50,083 --> 00:45:54,296 ♪ I cried, I wish you had more time left ♪ 868 00:45:54,296 --> 00:45:57,216 ♪ The last time I heard you ♪ 869 00:45:59,426 --> 00:46:02,262 ♪ They held the phone, you took your last breath ♪ 870 00:46:02,262 --> 00:46:06,517 ♪ Lonely, lonely, even when the room is full ♪ 871 00:46:06,517 --> 00:46:10,896 ♪ I'd trade it, trade it, I would trade it all for you ♪ 872 00:46:10,896 --> 00:46:15,234 ♪ Lonely, lonely, even when the room is full ♪ 873 00:46:15,234 --> 00:46:19,696 ♪ I'd trade it, trade it, I'd trade it all for you ♪ 874 00:46:19,696 --> 00:46:23,617 ♪ Lonely, lonely, even when the room is full ♪ 875 00:46:23,617 --> 00:46:28,288 ♪ I'd trade it, trade it, I'd trade it all for you ♪ 876 00:46:28,288 --> 00:46:32,292 ♪ Lonely, lonely, even when the room is full ♪ 877 00:46:32,292 --> 00:46:36,421 ♪ I hate this, I'm jaded and I'd trade it all for you ♪ 878 00:46:52,104 --> 00:46:54,106 KELLY: Songs like "Lonely," 879 00:46:54,106 --> 00:46:56,525 it's necessary 880 00:46:56,525 --> 00:46:59,278 because 90% of my fans 881 00:46:59,278 --> 00:47:00,737 sign up to listen to me 882 00:47:00,737 --> 00:47:04,783 because of the pain that they relate to in my lyrics. 883 00:47:04,783 --> 00:47:08,829 They view it as something like a cathartic experience, 884 00:47:08,829 --> 00:47:11,248 so to me it's almost like... 885 00:47:11,248 --> 00:47:15,210 for those four minutes, we're going to church. 886 00:47:15,210 --> 00:47:17,588 [cheering and applause] 887 00:47:25,262 --> 00:47:27,764 My father passed away on July 5th. 888 00:47:29,933 --> 00:47:32,895 It's the same day that Hotel Diablo came out. 889 00:47:35,314 --> 00:47:37,733 You know, I flew to my dad's apartment 890 00:47:37,733 --> 00:47:40,360 to clear all this stuff out. 891 00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:43,197 I had this really weird interaction with this neighbor 892 00:47:43,197 --> 00:47:46,283 who told me all these things I didn't want to hear, and... 893 00:47:46,283 --> 00:47:50,704 that fucked me up even more because I couldn't get closure on it. 894 00:47:50,704 --> 00:47:52,539 I wouldn't leave my room 895 00:47:52,539 --> 00:47:55,792 and I started getting really, really, really dark, 896 00:47:55,792 --> 00:47:57,377 like... 897 00:47:57,377 --> 00:48:00,631 Megan went to Bulgaria to shoot a movie. 898 00:48:00,631 --> 00:48:03,258 I started getting this really wild paranoia, 899 00:48:03,258 --> 00:48:06,178 like I kept getting paranoid that someone was gonna come and kill me. 900 00:48:06,178 --> 00:48:07,513 Then there was this-- 901 00:48:07,513 --> 00:48:10,516 I would always sleep with a shotgun next to my bed. 902 00:48:12,309 --> 00:48:18,273 And, like, one of the days, I just fuckin' snapped. 903 00:48:19,608 --> 00:48:21,276 I called Megan, I was like... 904 00:48:21,276 --> 00:48:23,445 "You aren't here for me." 905 00:48:23,445 --> 00:48:28,283 I'm in my room and I'm like freaking out on her and... 906 00:48:28,283 --> 00:48:31,078 Dude, I put the shotgun in my mouth. 907 00:48:32,496 --> 00:48:35,082 And I'm yelling on the phone, 908 00:48:35,082 --> 00:48:38,043 and like the barrel's in my mouth. 909 00:48:38,043 --> 00:48:39,837 And I go to cock the shotgun, 910 00:48:39,837 --> 00:48:42,589 and the bullet as it comes back up, 911 00:48:42,589 --> 00:48:45,342 the shell just gets jammed. 912 00:48:46,552 --> 00:48:48,262 Megan's like dead silent. 913 00:48:52,140 --> 00:48:56,395 That was kind of where I started realizing, like, 914 00:48:56,395 --> 00:48:59,731 something's not right. 915 00:49:01,733 --> 00:49:04,778 Megan's like, "There's two yous." 916 00:49:04,778 --> 00:49:06,864 And it was the same thing with my daughter. 917 00:49:06,864 --> 00:49:10,367 They simultaneously kind of came at me 918 00:49:10,367 --> 00:49:11,910 with this like... 919 00:49:13,495 --> 00:49:18,333 "I want to, like, be able to see in your eyes. 920 00:49:18,333 --> 00:49:20,961 I don't want, I don't want to, like, 921 00:49:20,961 --> 00:49:23,505 be talking to you through a veil anymore. 922 00:49:23,505 --> 00:49:27,593 I want to, like, see you as my father, 923 00:49:27,593 --> 00:49:29,887 and I want to see you as my... 924 00:49:29,887 --> 00:49:31,305 um... 925 00:49:31,305 --> 00:49:33,932 you know, husband-to-be." 926 00:49:33,932 --> 00:49:35,976 And I was like... 927 00:49:38,187 --> 00:49:41,940 I need to kick, I need to kick the drugs. 928 00:49:41,940 --> 00:49:44,026 For real this time. 929 00:49:44,026 --> 00:49:47,029 ♪ tranquil guitar music playing ♪ 930 00:49:54,578 --> 00:49:58,248 Megan became like the sun to me, 931 00:49:58,248 --> 00:50:01,335 like the one that I revolve around and gives me life 932 00:50:01,335 --> 00:50:03,337 and like helps me grow. 933 00:50:03,337 --> 00:50:07,341 [indistinct chatter, singing] 934 00:50:07,341 --> 00:50:10,093 That's what makes me write those songs, 935 00:50:10,093 --> 00:50:13,222 'cause it's just like every fairy tale that they never told you in school, 936 00:50:13,222 --> 00:50:15,057 that they never taught you. 937 00:50:15,057 --> 00:50:18,727 Like, it's just this like, the passion between us is otherworldly. 938 00:50:18,727 --> 00:50:22,356 I know I've known her in so many other lifetimes. 939 00:50:23,941 --> 00:50:29,780 ♪ She loves a boy so much ♪ 940 00:50:29,780 --> 00:50:35,702 ♪ She wants him to steal her breath ♪ 941 00:50:35,702 --> 00:50:41,458 ♪ She loves a boy so much ♪ 942 00:50:41,458 --> 00:50:47,464 ♪ She wants him to steal her breath ♪ 943 00:50:47,923 --> 00:50:50,342 Because also... 944 00:50:50,342 --> 00:50:52,344 if the world was coming to an end... 945 00:50:52,344 --> 00:50:55,472 KELLY: That's what makes my pen move so much, like... 946 00:50:55,472 --> 00:50:57,349 I always see flower shops, 947 00:50:57,349 --> 00:51:00,936 and I've got tens of thousands of dollars' worth of flowers, 948 00:51:00,936 --> 00:51:02,729 but flowers die, songs don't. 949 00:51:02,729 --> 00:51:05,190 MAN 1: Best show ever, honestly. MAN 2: For me too. 950 00:51:05,190 --> 00:51:07,276 - It was amazing! - It was so good! 951 00:51:07,276 --> 00:51:10,529 - It was the best night of our life. [indistinct chatter] 952 00:51:10,529 --> 00:51:12,573 - Dude, I started a mosh pot. - We started three! 953 00:51:12,573 --> 00:51:14,867 - That was the coolest part was watching him crowd surf. 954 00:51:14,867 --> 00:51:17,744 - It was so awesome. - I would literally stand out here for like four days 955 00:51:17,744 --> 00:51:19,538 just so you can get like a glimpse at him. 956 00:51:19,538 --> 00:51:22,416 - I would do anything for Machine Gun Kelly. - Obsessed. 957 00:51:22,416 --> 00:51:24,835 MAN: Watch him disappear and then all of the sudden 958 00:51:24,835 --> 00:51:26,879 he was across the... the venue, it was awesome. 959 00:51:26,879 --> 00:51:30,465 - He's the best, the best in the game. I fuckin' love him. 960 00:51:30,465 --> 00:51:33,677 MAN: It puts you in mindsets to where you can achieve anything you want, honestly. 961 00:51:33,927 --> 00:51:35,470 WOMAN: The love of my life. 962 00:51:35,470 --> 00:51:37,472 - I'll grow up next summer. 963 00:51:37,472 --> 00:51:40,100 [crowd cheering] MAN: We're not even playing tonight. 964 00:51:40,100 --> 00:51:42,311 And there's a thousand fans outside the hotel. 965 00:51:42,311 --> 00:51:44,771 [speaking Spanish] - I've waited ten years... 966 00:51:44,771 --> 00:51:48,984 MAN: It brings people together. I just met these people tonight, and we're homies. 967 00:51:48,984 --> 00:51:52,821 - A couple of years ago, I got bullied a lot, and... 968 00:51:54,823 --> 00:51:57,534 his music cheered me up. 969 00:51:57,534 --> 00:52:00,412 - Aww, Aiden, it's okay. It's okay. 970 00:52:00,412 --> 00:52:04,041 ROOK: Playing a live show in front of thousands of people is... 971 00:52:04,041 --> 00:52:06,710 there's no feeling like it. 972 00:52:06,710 --> 00:52:08,629 All eyes are on you, 973 00:52:08,629 --> 00:52:11,423 and you go throughout your whole life being like, 974 00:52:11,423 --> 00:52:13,383 "Man, what I would give to just have like 975 00:52:13,383 --> 00:52:14,760 one of those moments." 976 00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:17,596 Like even one of those moments is worth it. 977 00:52:17,596 --> 00:52:19,515 BAZEXX: You know, and he went hard every night. 978 00:52:19,515 --> 00:52:22,726 That was one of my favorite things that I noticed about him immediately. 979 00:52:22,726 --> 00:52:26,271 It didn't matter if there was ten people in the audience or 10,000. 980 00:52:27,564 --> 00:52:29,107 [gear clattering] 981 00:52:41,703 --> 00:52:44,623 - ...abandonment, like... 982 00:52:44,623 --> 00:52:47,793 fear of showing back up 983 00:52:47,793 --> 00:52:49,419 and they don't come. 984 00:52:52,089 --> 00:52:55,092 But... 985 00:52:55,092 --> 00:52:57,928 judging by these shows, it's only getting bigger. 986 00:52:57,928 --> 00:52:59,388 [clicks tongue] 987 00:53:06,061 --> 00:53:08,647 ♪ intense sound patterns playing ♪ 988 00:53:08,647 --> 00:53:12,067 I wanted to put on an amazing show 989 00:53:12,067 --> 00:53:16,113 for fans who, one, may have seen us over the past ten years 990 00:53:16,113 --> 00:53:18,323 and they came to finally see like, 991 00:53:18,323 --> 00:53:22,202 "Okay, well, what do you look like on this scale?" 992 00:53:22,202 --> 00:53:27,082 And then for all these thousands of new fans, like, 993 00:53:27,082 --> 00:53:29,251 "Oh, well, we have to convince you 994 00:53:29,251 --> 00:53:31,420 to always come back and see our show." 995 00:53:31,420 --> 00:53:35,591 Like this has to be lifechanging for you. 996 00:53:43,599 --> 00:53:45,225 TRAVIS: Kells is obsessed. 997 00:53:45,225 --> 00:53:46,768 He is determined. 998 00:53:46,768 --> 00:53:49,271 He is relentless. 999 00:53:49,271 --> 00:53:52,941 He is willing to beat it to a bloody pulp 1000 00:53:52,941 --> 00:53:55,152 to the wee hours of the night. 1001 00:53:55,152 --> 00:53:57,154 He will overthink shit. 1002 00:53:57,154 --> 00:54:00,407 He will never be satisfied, 1003 00:54:00,407 --> 00:54:02,159 it's never good enough, 1004 00:54:02,159 --> 00:54:06,038 and that's what it takes to be the best. 1005 00:54:06,038 --> 00:54:09,291 - My fuckin' voice hurts so bad. 1006 00:54:09,291 --> 00:54:10,876 MAN: Oh, man. 1007 00:54:12,669 --> 00:54:15,172 KELLY: Dude, look how much blood I'm spitting up. 1008 00:54:20,052 --> 00:54:22,763 ♪ Breakups are entertaining ♪ 1009 00:54:22,763 --> 00:54:25,516 ♪ My mental imbalance ♪ 1010 00:54:25,516 --> 00:54:27,226 [indistinct chatter] 1011 00:54:31,230 --> 00:54:34,858 KELLY: But there's so much hurt everywhere. 1012 00:54:34,858 --> 00:54:38,570 We gotta learn how to, like, let it out. 1013 00:54:38,570 --> 00:54:40,489 ♪ rock music playing ♪ 1014 00:54:40,489 --> 00:54:43,992 If we just keep it pent up, we're all going to go crazy. 1015 00:54:43,992 --> 00:54:46,119 ♪ electric guitar playing ♪ 1016 00:54:53,043 --> 00:54:55,587 [speakers feeding back] 1017 00:54:55,587 --> 00:54:57,965 ♪ Career suicide ♪ 1018 00:54:57,965 --> 00:55:01,218 - I'm all good with the ending as long as you change "Career Suicide." 1019 00:55:01,218 --> 00:55:03,804 - I'm not changing "Career Suicide." 1020 00:55:03,804 --> 00:55:07,015 NICK: It's just out of place. 1021 00:55:07,015 --> 00:55:09,101 KELLY: It's supposed to be out of place. 1022 00:55:09,101 --> 00:55:11,895 I'm fighting you over this one, go ahead. 1023 00:55:11,895 --> 00:55:13,605 Here, I just texted you the address. 1024 00:55:13,605 --> 00:55:15,691 Come here and tell me you don't like it all you want. 1025 00:55:15,691 --> 00:55:17,109 - Kells. 1026 00:55:19,111 --> 00:55:21,822 - Look, this is what I'm greeting you with, you understand? 1027 00:55:21,822 --> 00:55:25,242 You can't silence me. [muffled commotion] 1028 00:55:25,242 --> 00:55:28,412 [laughter] MAN: I'm at your fuckin' door! 1029 00:55:28,412 --> 00:55:32,332 - Say you love it. - Open the fuckin' door! I love it. 1030 00:55:32,332 --> 00:55:34,585 ♪ Career suicide ♪ 1031 00:55:34,585 --> 00:55:36,211 ♪ Hey ♪ 1032 00:55:36,211 --> 00:55:38,755 - I just want to say, I will say this. 1033 00:55:38,755 --> 00:55:42,759 This motherfucker's only sang one part of the song all day. 1034 00:55:42,759 --> 00:55:45,679 You know what part it is? The part you're making fun of. 1035 00:55:45,679 --> 00:55:47,973 [laughs] 1036 00:55:47,973 --> 00:55:51,351 So... either I'm just... - Ohh... 1037 00:55:51,351 --> 00:55:53,520 - I know for sure 1038 00:55:53,520 --> 00:55:55,439 it's an adlib that every single... 1039 00:55:55,439 --> 00:55:59,651 ♪ Just because I was an angel face, baby ♪ 1040 00:55:59,651 --> 00:56:01,486 ♪ Baby! ♪ 1041 00:56:01,486 --> 00:56:02,779 [softly] ♪ Career suicide ♪ 1042 00:56:02,779 --> 00:56:05,115 ♪ Ehh! ♪ 1043 00:56:05,115 --> 00:56:06,825 ♪ Ehhh! ♪ 1044 00:56:07,075 --> 00:56:10,495 ♪ Keep my mouth shut and wave ♪ 1045 00:56:10,495 --> 00:56:13,165 ♪ Hey, hey ♪ 1046 00:56:13,165 --> 00:56:17,294 ♪ I'm dancing on my grave ♪ 1047 00:56:17,294 --> 00:56:21,548 ♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh ♪ 1048 00:56:24,343 --> 00:56:30,057 ♪ Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh ♪ 1049 00:56:30,057 --> 00:56:33,310 ♪ I spend a lot of nights thinking I might go to sleep and then never wake up ♪ 1050 00:56:33,310 --> 00:56:36,396 ♪ I spend a lot of money on these therapy sessions even though I'm not showing up ♪ 1051 00:56:36,396 --> 00:56:38,524 ♪ I spend a lot of time healing my mind and my heart ♪ 1052 00:56:38,524 --> 00:56:40,108 ♪ But I still put these drugs in my gut ♪ 1053 00:56:40,108 --> 00:56:41,944 ♪ Me and my girl were just screaming at each other ♪ 1054 00:56:41,944 --> 00:56:43,570 ♪ Right before we both got out of the truck ♪ 1055 00:56:43,570 --> 00:56:45,822 ♪ I got some demons inside, I'm tryna free them inside ♪ 1056 00:56:45,822 --> 00:56:48,408 ♪ I'm from the Cleveland East Side where the boy who was just starving with you ♪ 1057 00:56:48,408 --> 00:56:49,993 ♪ Now might try to eat you alive ♪ 1058 00:56:49,993 --> 00:56:52,663 ♪ Damn, y'all said that I switched genres ♪ 1059 00:56:52,663 --> 00:56:53,830 ♪ I saw the limit and took it farther ♪ 1060 00:56:53,830 --> 00:56:55,666 ♪ I'm a genius, could've made Donda ♪ 1061 00:56:55,666 --> 00:56:58,001 ♪ But this song is for my dead father, aah! ♪ 1062 00:57:14,726 --> 00:57:16,562 ♪ We let it go ♪ 1063 00:57:16,562 --> 00:57:18,105 ♪ Let it go ♪ 1064 00:57:18,105 --> 00:57:21,692 ♪ Yeah, I know I might die in California ♪ 1065 00:57:21,692 --> 00:57:25,404 ♪ Die in California ♪ 1066 00:57:25,404 --> 00:57:26,947 Fuck. 1067 00:57:26,947 --> 00:57:31,493 BAZEXX: The content and the sonic sound of "Mainstream Sellout" 1068 00:57:31,493 --> 00:57:34,997 was a continuation of "Tickets" for a reason, 1069 00:57:34,997 --> 00:57:38,083 because all of the issues that "Tickets" left off with, 1070 00:57:38,083 --> 00:57:39,668 there was no resolution. 1071 00:57:39,668 --> 00:57:44,339 It was like you left off on like, "I'm lost." 1072 00:57:44,339 --> 00:57:46,258 So, I mean, I think for the second record, 1073 00:57:46,258 --> 00:57:49,136 when we went back into the studio, we knew we had to follow it up. 1074 00:57:49,136 --> 00:57:51,555 I think we knew that we could take our time a little bit 1075 00:57:51,555 --> 00:57:54,016 because people were gonna be, all eyes were gonna be on this, 1076 00:57:54,016 --> 00:57:57,227 so I think that there was a lot of pressure. 1077 00:57:57,227 --> 00:57:59,605 You know, everybody was checking for this when it came out, 1078 00:57:59,605 --> 00:58:01,440 so we wanted to make sure when it did come out 1079 00:58:01,440 --> 00:58:03,150 that it was perfect, that it was good. 1080 00:58:06,570 --> 00:58:08,405 - Mainstream Sellout is like, 1081 00:58:08,405 --> 00:58:11,116 the name really like speaks for itself, man, 1082 00:58:11,116 --> 00:58:14,786 because they're gonna call you this, they're gonna call you, 1083 00:58:14,786 --> 00:58:16,496 "Oh, you're a sellout." 1084 00:58:16,496 --> 00:58:19,666 I just feel like you can never really please everybody, 1085 00:58:19,666 --> 00:58:22,127 but, "all right, cool, you want to call me a mainstream sellout, cool, 1086 00:58:22,127 --> 00:58:24,421 this is my album's name and everybody's going to listen to it." 1087 00:58:24,421 --> 00:58:28,258 - All right. ♪ Lived nine lives so I guess I've got none left ♪ 1088 00:58:28,258 --> 00:58:30,385 ♪ Spent mine fucked up runnin' down... ♪ 1089 00:58:30,385 --> 00:58:34,348 KELLY: With Mainstream Sellout, it was like... 1090 00:58:34,348 --> 00:58:37,643 we had to double down and show people that 1091 00:58:37,643 --> 00:58:40,646 the success of Tickets wasn't just luck. 1092 00:58:40,646 --> 00:58:43,815 Right? There was a lot more riding on 1093 00:58:43,815 --> 00:58:48,153 the success of Mainstream Sellout matching what Tickets did 1094 00:58:48,153 --> 00:58:50,572 because people almost tried to play it off like, 1095 00:58:50,572 --> 00:58:52,032 "Oh, that was luck." 1096 00:58:52,032 --> 00:58:54,535 You can't get lucky twice. 1097 00:58:54,535 --> 00:58:57,371 Let's just move on to a new lick. 1098 00:58:57,371 --> 00:58:59,248 MAN: All right. - Yeah. 1099 00:58:59,248 --> 00:59:02,960 Because if it doesn't have bite, I don't even want to do it. 1100 00:59:15,097 --> 00:59:17,099 ♪ I'm not the one you want ♪ 1101 00:59:17,099 --> 00:59:19,268 ♪ I feel so... ♪ 1102 00:59:19,268 --> 00:59:21,311 KELLY: Hey, that shit sounded tight. 1103 00:59:24,940 --> 00:59:26,358 [indistinct chatter] 1104 00:59:26,358 --> 00:59:28,819 ♪ intense sound patterns playing ♪ 1105 00:59:28,819 --> 00:59:31,738 ♪ acoustic guitar playing ♪ 1106 00:59:34,658 --> 00:59:35,909 Yeah, of course. 1107 00:59:37,703 --> 00:59:40,539 ♪ I fell in love with an emo girl ♪ 1108 00:59:40,539 --> 00:59:43,375 ♪ I fell in love with an emo girl ♪ 1109 00:59:43,375 --> 00:59:46,211 ♪ She fell in love with an emo boy ♪ 1110 00:59:46,211 --> 00:59:49,214 ♪ All she wants is an emo boy ♪ 1111 00:59:49,214 --> 00:59:51,175 [audio reversing] 1112 00:59:51,175 --> 00:59:54,386 ♪ Hit her line, my cup filled up with purple rain ♪ 1113 00:59:54,386 --> 00:59:57,723 ♪ My anatomy's made up of alcohol ♪ 1114 00:59:57,723 --> 01:00:01,101 ♪ What a tragedy, you told me never call ♪ 1115 01:00:01,101 --> 01:00:04,521 ♪ It's been 17 days up on Adderall... ♪ 1116 01:00:06,440 --> 01:00:09,985 - Let me redo the first one, I can do that shit again too. - Hard. 1117 01:00:09,985 --> 01:00:13,405 KELLY: Right, he's coming in, I can see him. 1118 01:00:13,405 --> 01:00:15,240 That's the goat, bruh. 1119 01:00:15,240 --> 01:00:20,454 All right, so there's two Wayne stories on this album. 1120 01:00:20,454 --> 01:00:22,623 He came through around midnight. 1121 01:00:22,623 --> 01:00:25,667 His Sprinter van sets off while we're looking at the security cameras. 1122 01:00:25,667 --> 01:00:28,086 We're like, whoa. I'm definitely like, whoa. 1123 01:00:28,086 --> 01:00:30,672 You know, Travis has toured with Wayne forever, 1124 01:00:30,672 --> 01:00:33,258 I've only met him like one time in ten years. 1125 01:00:33,258 --> 01:00:35,719 The Sprinter sits there for 45 minutes, 1126 01:00:35,719 --> 01:00:39,431 and then finally the door opens, it's like neon light inside. 1127 01:00:39,431 --> 01:00:42,518 What, what? And then he walks out here with his cool-ass outfit on. 1128 01:00:42,518 --> 01:00:45,521 He just walks up to the door. 1129 01:00:45,521 --> 01:00:48,524 Him and Lil Twist, and they come in and... 1130 01:00:48,524 --> 01:00:50,943 I press "play" on the song, he's like, "Is that what we're doing?" 1131 01:00:50,943 --> 01:00:53,445 I was like, "Yeah," and he's like, "All right, if you guys got time." 1132 01:00:53,445 --> 01:00:54,988 We're like, "Yeah, for sure." 1133 01:00:54,988 --> 01:00:56,990 He goes in the courtyard 1134 01:00:56,990 --> 01:01:01,161 and like smokes 15 blunts. 1135 01:01:01,161 --> 01:01:02,788 He just, eyes are closed, all the time 1136 01:01:02,788 --> 01:01:05,123 he's just playing the track over and over again. 1137 01:01:05,123 --> 01:01:08,168 He comes back in the studio, and we can see him in the courtyard, 1138 01:01:08,168 --> 01:01:12,422 and we're just kind of sitting there like amazed, like, that's, that's the goat 1139 01:01:12,422 --> 01:01:16,802 like forming his thoughts around like a track that we made. 1140 01:01:16,802 --> 01:01:20,222 And he comes back in at 5:30 in the morning. 1141 01:01:20,222 --> 01:01:23,559 And he's like, "Y'all ready?" Yep, yep. 1142 01:01:23,559 --> 01:01:27,104 He goes in the booth and he lays the shit like one time. 1143 01:01:27,104 --> 01:01:30,315 Just like... one time through. 1144 01:01:30,315 --> 01:01:33,235 ♪ Wait seven days to get to notice me... ♪ 1145 01:01:38,991 --> 01:01:41,493 We got Lil Wayne on the feature tonight. 1146 01:01:41,493 --> 01:01:44,454 [laughing] 1147 01:01:44,454 --> 01:01:46,707 Oh, my God! 1148 01:01:46,707 --> 01:01:48,709 Hey. 1149 01:01:48,709 --> 01:01:51,170 "Tickets" went platinum. 1150 01:01:51,170 --> 01:01:53,797 And just know, I'm in the studio 1151 01:01:53,797 --> 01:01:55,966 going the fuck off right now. 1152 01:01:55,966 --> 01:02:01,889 ♪ hip-hop playing ♪ 1153 01:02:01,889 --> 01:02:03,974 [rapping] 1154 01:02:28,624 --> 01:02:30,626 [indistinct chatter] 1155 01:02:30,626 --> 01:02:32,085 1, 2, 3, 4... 1156 01:02:32,085 --> 01:02:34,922 ♪ Maybe if I had something to say ♪ 1157 01:02:34,922 --> 01:02:37,925 ♪ Butterfly effect from the last three days now ♪ 1158 01:02:37,925 --> 01:02:39,259 Whoo! 1159 01:02:41,720 --> 01:02:43,180 We try layin' that? 1160 01:02:44,723 --> 01:02:46,099 - Mm-hmm. 1161 01:02:47,643 --> 01:02:49,478 ♪ piano playing melody ♪ 1162 01:02:54,066 --> 01:02:56,276 - Let's record that. 1163 01:02:56,276 --> 01:02:58,445 ♪ Maybe when you call me... ♪ 1164 01:02:58,445 --> 01:03:01,156 BAZEXX: So, Kells is one of my best friends. 1165 01:03:01,156 --> 01:03:03,450 He's this creative mastermind that, you know, 1166 01:03:03,450 --> 01:03:06,161 he's not good at explaining his vision, but he does have a vision 1167 01:03:06,161 --> 01:03:07,663 when he starts something-- even from the first time 1168 01:03:07,663 --> 01:03:09,331 he lays a single note on the piano, 1169 01:03:09,331 --> 01:03:11,250 he already has this big vision in his head. 1170 01:03:11,250 --> 01:03:13,377 Sometimes you just kind of let the reins go 1171 01:03:13,377 --> 01:03:15,671 and just kind of let him do whatever he wants to do. 1172 01:03:15,671 --> 01:03:19,174 ♪ guitar riff playing ♪ 1173 01:03:19,174 --> 01:03:22,261 [music stops] - Why did you stop it? 1174 01:03:24,096 --> 01:03:27,599 ♪ I made up my mind this evening ♪ 1175 01:03:27,599 --> 01:03:30,477 ♪ I'm taking the last, I'm taking the last ♪ 1176 01:03:30,477 --> 01:03:33,856 ♪ I'm ready to let you go ♪ 1177 01:03:33,856 --> 01:03:36,733 ♪ I'm ready to let you go ♪ 1178 01:03:36,733 --> 01:03:38,527 ♪ I'm ready to let you go ♪ 1179 01:03:38,527 --> 01:03:42,239 ♪ This song is the last, this song is the last ♪ 1180 01:03:42,239 --> 01:03:44,950 - Do you even push? - You push so hard. 1181 01:03:44,950 --> 01:03:46,785 - He had a little self-doubt. 1182 01:03:46,785 --> 01:03:48,453 I think there was times when he was like, 1183 01:03:48,453 --> 01:03:51,957 "How can we do that again? There's no fucking way." 1184 01:03:51,957 --> 01:03:54,751 So we need to make it different. It has to be different. 1185 01:03:54,751 --> 01:03:57,713 Just having these songs that naturally come out, like "Maybe," 1186 01:03:57,713 --> 01:04:00,340 don't overthink it and don't take ourselves too serious. 1187 01:04:00,340 --> 01:04:02,759 I think in the beginning at first when we came in, 1188 01:04:02,759 --> 01:04:06,346 it's gotta be serious and you just feel like you have so much to prove, 1189 01:04:06,346 --> 01:04:08,932 and then once you get a couple of records under your belt 1190 01:04:08,932 --> 01:04:10,601 and you're listening back and you're going, 1191 01:04:10,601 --> 01:04:15,272 "Whoa, we have five, six records that are really fucking great," 1192 01:04:15,272 --> 01:04:19,735 that's when the light bulb clicks on and you're like, "go time, let's go." 1193 01:04:19,735 --> 01:04:21,153 ♪ hard rock playing ♪ 1194 01:04:21,153 --> 01:04:23,906 KELLY: Wait, guys, look at my sag. 1195 01:04:23,906 --> 01:04:26,241 MAN: Look at your underwear too. - Tickets underwear. 1196 01:04:26,241 --> 01:04:30,120 KELLY: Oh, I am wearing Tickets underwear. 1197 01:04:30,120 --> 01:04:33,582 Hey, Trav. Does this inspire you at all? 1198 01:04:33,582 --> 01:04:36,710 - What? KELLY: Does this inspire you at all? 1199 01:04:36,710 --> 01:04:38,378 MAN: Why the fuck... 1200 01:04:38,378 --> 01:04:41,507 - Was it your dick or something? I couldn't see through the glass. 1201 01:04:41,507 --> 01:04:43,383 [indistinct chatter] 1202 01:04:43,383 --> 01:04:46,887 ♪ I made up my mind this evening ♪ 1203 01:04:46,887 --> 01:04:49,723 ♪ I'm taking the last, I'm taking the last ♪ 1204 01:04:49,723 --> 01:04:52,559 ♪ Drink while my conscience eats me ♪ 1205 01:04:52,559 --> 01:04:55,020 ♪ I'm taking the last, I'm taking the last ♪ 1206 01:04:55,020 --> 01:04:57,564 ♪ guitar riff playing ♪ 1207 01:04:57,564 --> 01:04:59,608 WOMAN: Goodbye. Thank you, guys. 1208 01:05:07,866 --> 01:05:09,618 - Going to Cleveland. 1209 01:05:09,618 --> 01:05:12,871 My daughter's volleyball game is at 9:30 in the morning. 1210 01:05:12,871 --> 01:05:16,750 Land at 7:00 and it's a two-hour drive from the airport. 1211 01:05:28,679 --> 01:05:29,972 And... 1212 01:05:35,060 --> 01:05:36,895 All right. 1213 01:05:36,895 --> 01:05:40,482 Yeah, Case. Let's go, let's go. 1214 01:05:42,526 --> 01:05:45,112 Good serve. 1215 01:05:45,112 --> 01:05:47,364 Yeah! Aaah! 1216 01:05:47,364 --> 01:05:49,908 Okay, y'all, we're here at the game. 1217 01:05:53,078 --> 01:05:55,581 I'm on my volleyball dad chair, see? 1218 01:06:00,085 --> 01:06:01,920 [laughs] 1219 01:06:08,969 --> 01:06:11,513 This is where Casie was raised at. 1220 01:06:16,727 --> 01:06:18,061 Take a left. 1221 01:06:22,608 --> 01:06:24,902 Yeah. This was Casie's house. 1222 01:06:24,902 --> 01:06:26,612 It's her mom's house. 1223 01:06:26,612 --> 01:06:29,198 If you look at like my first album cover, 1224 01:06:29,198 --> 01:06:31,992 like inside there's a picture of me and Casie 1225 01:06:31,992 --> 01:06:33,785 sitting on those steps right there. 1226 01:06:33,785 --> 01:06:35,662 That was her crib. 1227 01:06:38,707 --> 01:06:40,709 I was here, he was out there. 1228 01:06:40,709 --> 01:06:43,420 I had Casie right here in the baby seat. 1229 01:06:43,420 --> 01:06:45,547 He came up to the car, and I was like, 1230 01:06:45,547 --> 01:06:48,509 "My daughters in here, bro. You gonna do this with my daughter in the car?" 1231 01:06:48,509 --> 01:06:50,511 And that's why he eased off. 1232 01:06:50,511 --> 01:06:54,431 Remember that line I did in the freestyle I did on LA Leakers that said... 1233 01:06:54,431 --> 01:06:58,143 ♪ I used to grab my daughter from her mother's house on 112th and Dove ♪ 1234 01:06:58,143 --> 01:06:59,728 ♪ They tried to kill me in my dad's truck ♪ 1235 01:06:59,728 --> 01:07:02,064 ♪ I had a .40 in my pants tucked ♪ 1236 01:07:02,064 --> 01:07:03,440 That was right there. 1237 01:07:05,943 --> 01:07:08,028 And this is 112th and Dove. 1238 01:07:10,030 --> 01:07:11,365 What's up? 1239 01:07:12,950 --> 01:07:15,911 - Damn, it's good to see you. - Yeah, thank you, bruv. 1240 01:07:15,911 --> 01:07:20,082 Now look, I remember when you was rappin' at Dionne's. 1241 01:07:20,082 --> 01:07:21,458 The airbrush kid. 1242 01:07:21,458 --> 01:07:23,669 - No, Dante. - Dante downtown? 1243 01:07:23,669 --> 01:07:26,672 - Yeah, downtown. - I used to come down there, holler at Dante all the time. 1244 01:07:26,672 --> 01:07:30,008 - Yeah, I just saw him too. - I remember you was just like a little white kid, 1245 01:07:30,008 --> 01:07:33,220 you came up to me and said, "I can rap," and you dropped the freestyle for me. 1246 01:07:33,220 --> 01:07:37,432 - He was always like going back to like where he used to live 1247 01:07:37,432 --> 01:07:38,976 or like where his friends used to live 1248 01:07:38,976 --> 01:07:41,228 or where he went to Ashleigh's mom's house. 1249 01:07:41,228 --> 01:07:42,896 He always, like, goes back there, 1250 01:07:42,896 --> 01:07:45,107 and like he remembers where he came from. 1251 01:07:45,107 --> 01:07:48,902 And he always like tries to give back whatever he can. 1252 01:07:48,902 --> 01:07:52,239 - Some Cleveland boys opened up a Cleveland shop. 1253 01:07:52,239 --> 01:07:55,659 Things like with my coffee shop that Dre and I started, 1254 01:07:55,659 --> 01:07:58,579 like we want to bring kind of like the fun culture that you experience 1255 01:07:58,579 --> 01:08:01,874 when you walk into a shop in a different country or a different city, 1256 01:08:01,874 --> 01:08:04,209 and you're like, "Oh, this is cool, I never even knew this existed." 1257 01:08:04,209 --> 01:08:06,461 - Oh, yeah. - What's good? You guys want a turkey? 1258 01:08:06,461 --> 01:08:09,715 - Yeah. - Toss it, I got this gloved. Hyah. 1259 01:08:09,715 --> 01:08:11,592 - Thank you so much. - Later, guys. 1260 01:08:11,592 --> 01:08:14,386 - Happy holidays. - Happy holidays. Oh, here, a gas voucher. 1261 01:08:14,386 --> 01:08:17,514 - He'll give you some free gas. You guys want a turkey? - It's a gas voucher? 1262 01:08:17,514 --> 01:08:19,975 KELLY: Barlett, Corlett. 1263 01:08:19,975 --> 01:08:23,228 Fuck, man, this is crazy. 1264 01:08:23,228 --> 01:08:25,230 We shot "Till I die" on that street. 1265 01:08:25,230 --> 01:08:27,941 I wrote hella songs right there. 1266 01:08:28,233 --> 01:08:31,278 It's crazy, they don't even have a gas pump. 1267 01:08:31,278 --> 01:08:33,614 I got so many memories on this street. 1268 01:08:33,614 --> 01:08:36,700 First music video I ever shot was right there 1269 01:08:36,700 --> 01:08:39,286 in front of that Dairy ADM Deli. 1270 01:08:39,286 --> 01:08:40,996 It's called "Bouncin' on my Toes." 1271 01:08:40,996 --> 01:08:43,415 I should have never told y'all that. That shit was not it. 1272 01:08:43,415 --> 01:08:45,459 ♪ Bouncin on my toes ♪ 1273 01:08:45,459 --> 01:08:46,877 ♪ Yeah ♪ 1274 01:08:46,877 --> 01:08:48,879 ♪ Bouncin' on my toes ♪ 1275 01:08:48,879 --> 01:08:52,090 ♪ Yeah ♪ 1276 01:08:52,090 --> 01:08:53,592 ♪ Machine Gun Kelly and his bitch ♪ 1277 01:08:53,592 --> 01:08:54,801 ♪ Bouncin' on my toes... ♪ 1278 01:08:54,801 --> 01:08:58,805 [indistinct chatter] 1279 01:08:58,805 --> 01:09:03,018 KELLY: In high school, it was funny as fuck. 1280 01:09:03,018 --> 01:09:04,978 This was the spot. 1281 01:09:04,978 --> 01:09:09,441 That stage, right there, those two stairs right there, 1282 01:09:09,441 --> 01:09:13,445 that's technically where I did my first performance. 1283 01:09:13,445 --> 01:09:16,490 I remember it was me, Dub, Slim and Lil Mike, 1284 01:09:16,490 --> 01:09:19,076 and I was laying back here, I had this orange outfit on. 1285 01:09:19,076 --> 01:09:22,538 This whole thing was packed with people, called the Buckeye Festival. 1286 01:09:22,538 --> 01:09:25,332 Crazy man. 1287 01:09:25,332 --> 01:09:28,377 ♪ Bitch, I'm from the land, money in my hand ♪ 1288 01:09:28,377 --> 01:09:30,087 ♪ I'm gonna flow, get in some twerks ♪ 1289 01:09:30,087 --> 01:09:31,630 ♪ Who say white boys can't dance? ♪ 1290 01:09:31,630 --> 01:09:33,549 And then everyone was like, "Ohh!" 1291 01:09:33,549 --> 01:09:36,051 [indistinct chatter] 1292 01:09:36,051 --> 01:09:37,803 [cheering] 1293 01:09:37,803 --> 01:09:40,264 ♪ I said we don't Superman no more ♪ 1294 01:09:40,264 --> 01:09:43,642 ♪ Bitch, I'm from Cleveland where even Superman won't go, hey! ♪ 1295 01:09:43,642 --> 01:09:46,478 ♪ Where even Superman won't go, hey! ♪ 1296 01:09:46,478 --> 01:09:48,313 Everyone went crazy again. 1297 01:09:53,527 --> 01:09:58,490 - At the end of the day, you were from the city, man, you're from Cleveland. 1298 01:09:58,490 --> 01:10:00,784 Like we're from the bottom. Like this is who he is. 1299 01:10:00,784 --> 01:10:04,288 CHIP: Yeah. RAY: And everybody know your story, 1300 01:10:04,288 --> 01:10:06,915 but the new people that's getting into it now, 1301 01:10:06,915 --> 01:10:10,127 he gotta show them like, "Let me take y'all back 1302 01:10:10,127 --> 01:10:12,713 to where I really come from." 1303 01:10:12,713 --> 01:10:14,256 What we're sayin' is, 1304 01:10:14,256 --> 01:10:17,593 he got some shit that he just not showing 1305 01:10:17,593 --> 01:10:20,429 because the shit that he's doing is working. 1306 01:10:20,429 --> 01:10:23,682 EMCEE: Now, please welcome Cleveland's own 1307 01:10:23,682 --> 01:10:26,351 Machine Gun Kelly! 1308 01:10:26,351 --> 01:10:28,854 [cheering] 1309 01:10:28,854 --> 01:10:31,607 KELLY: Cleveland! 1310 01:10:31,607 --> 01:10:34,318 - Yeah, I'll find you courtside somewhere, I'll find you. 1311 01:10:34,318 --> 01:10:36,153 I'll find you. - All right, later, bro. 1312 01:10:36,153 --> 01:10:38,614 [cheering] 1313 01:10:44,453 --> 01:10:46,288 Okay, we're friends no matter what, right? 1314 01:10:46,288 --> 01:10:48,582 - Yeah, of course. - Okay. 1315 01:10:48,582 --> 01:10:50,334 Remember when, uh... 1316 01:10:50,334 --> 01:10:52,169 remember when we got the album name, 1317 01:10:52,169 --> 01:10:54,505 the new album name tattooed on our arms? 1318 01:10:58,383 --> 01:10:59,968 But it's hilarious. 1319 01:10:59,968 --> 01:11:02,262 They were like, we're filming in the middle of Hollywood, 1320 01:11:02,262 --> 01:11:06,850 they're like, "All right, you can go get food but don't go far." 1321 01:11:06,850 --> 01:11:10,187 Peeled out to Calabash. 1322 01:11:10,187 --> 01:11:11,647 [indistinct chatter] 1323 01:11:20,030 --> 01:11:23,033 You're changing... 1324 01:11:23,033 --> 01:11:25,077 I'm changing the album name. 1325 01:11:25,077 --> 01:11:27,079 [laughing] 1326 01:11:27,079 --> 01:11:30,249 ♪ intense sound patterns playing ♪ 1327 01:11:30,249 --> 01:11:33,168 ♪ rock music playing ♪ 1328 01:11:36,171 --> 01:11:38,882 KELLY: I've always wanted to leave something 1329 01:11:38,882 --> 01:11:42,845 that was like, "Everything changed when he did this." 1330 01:11:42,845 --> 01:11:45,973 'Cause every artist I love was like someone who came in 1331 01:11:45,973 --> 01:11:48,308 and stirred the pot. 1332 01:11:48,308 --> 01:11:49,518 ♪ Trackless ♪ 1333 01:11:49,518 --> 01:11:51,562 ♪ Yeah ♪ 1334 01:11:51,562 --> 01:11:52,938 PHOTOGRAPHER: Right there. 1335 01:11:54,898 --> 01:11:56,358 - All right, check this out. 1336 01:11:58,735 --> 01:12:01,446 It's funny 'cause I'm sitting here signing 10,000 of them, 1337 01:12:01,446 --> 01:12:05,033 but we gotta reshoot the album cover for DSPs. 1338 01:12:07,619 --> 01:12:12,332 And I think it's just me in a white T-shirt 1339 01:12:12,332 --> 01:12:14,293 getting pink tomatoes thrown at me. 1340 01:12:14,293 --> 01:12:18,422 I think the guitar is a pink chrome guitar, 1341 01:12:18,422 --> 01:12:21,800 and on the neck of the guitar it says the word "sellout." 1342 01:12:21,800 --> 01:12:23,760 Like where the frets are. 1343 01:12:23,760 --> 01:12:27,222 MAN: We don't have time to swap the cover if we keep the date. 1344 01:12:29,141 --> 01:12:30,809 - H-How... 1345 01:12:30,809 --> 01:12:33,604 It's DSPs. What do we need to... 1346 01:12:33,604 --> 01:12:36,732 MAN: We need to be turning in DSPs like today, 1347 01:12:36,732 --> 01:12:38,442 like now, right now. 1348 01:12:40,402 --> 01:12:42,905 I mean, we've been talking about this forever, Kells. 1349 01:12:42,905 --> 01:12:45,324 Like I need the final masters like now. 1350 01:12:45,324 --> 01:12:46,992 - I'm putting out another album this year, Steve, 1351 01:12:46,992 --> 01:12:48,785 so I don't know what we're talking about. 1352 01:12:48,785 --> 01:12:51,413 STEVE: I know, will you listen? Well, let me finish then. 1353 01:12:51,413 --> 01:12:53,624 Fuck. I'm not saying you can't come out with another one. 1354 01:12:53,624 --> 01:12:56,418 What I'm saying is, this is still a marathon of good music. 1355 01:12:56,418 --> 01:12:59,004 You can come out with "Tickets," still gonna be played on tour, 1356 01:12:59,004 --> 01:13:02,633 that's a fucking album from a year ago, but it's fucking great music. 1357 01:13:02,633 --> 01:13:05,469 You're continuing to grow to be the biggest rock star in the world. 1358 01:13:05,469 --> 01:13:07,513 You wanna do that, then that music has to continue 1359 01:13:07,513 --> 01:13:10,015 to be listened to 10 years from now. 1360 01:13:10,015 --> 01:13:13,060 Not like, "Oh, we're on to new music." 1361 01:13:13,060 --> 01:13:18,232 New people are finding "Hotel Diablo" because of how much bigger you are. 1362 01:13:18,232 --> 01:13:23,153 I have people that have just heard it for the first fuckin' time, period. 1363 01:13:23,153 --> 01:13:27,407 So, what I'm trying to finish my statement 1364 01:13:27,407 --> 01:13:29,868 off of what Abs just said, and I think all of us can win from, 1365 01:13:29,868 --> 01:13:32,955 is actually go shoot more, because you know what, 1366 01:13:32,955 --> 01:13:34,873 the list that Nick's putting over to send to us 1367 01:13:34,873 --> 01:13:38,585 is you having to deliver more than ever because of how big you've gotten. 1368 01:13:38,585 --> 01:13:41,839 There's more work that goes into that success. 1369 01:13:41,839 --> 01:13:45,008 It also may mean why you can take a year off down the road or whatever 1370 01:13:45,008 --> 01:13:47,761 because you're flooding so much great stuff. 1371 01:13:47,761 --> 01:13:51,640 So my thought is, what Abs is saying and everybody is, 1372 01:13:51,640 --> 01:13:53,892 Nick, maybe this resolves some of the stuff 1373 01:13:53,892 --> 01:13:56,645 that John and Gary really need Colson to lean in, 1374 01:13:56,645 --> 01:14:00,315 fuckin' hate it, but lean in and go really hard 1375 01:14:00,315 --> 01:14:02,234 with this content, this music, 1376 01:14:02,234 --> 01:14:03,944 maybe even more album covers. 1377 01:14:03,944 --> 01:14:06,780 - You know, those albums are kind of like a journal 1378 01:14:06,780 --> 01:14:08,323 of the last two years 1379 01:14:08,323 --> 01:14:13,328 and a real, uh, beautifully tragic time capsule 1380 01:14:13,328 --> 01:14:15,497 of some of the realities that were happening. 1381 01:14:15,497 --> 01:14:17,374 ♪ 1382 01:14:17,374 --> 01:14:19,418 ♪ Give 'em what they want now ♪ 1383 01:14:19,418 --> 01:14:20,794 - Yeah! - Fuck that, dude! 1384 01:14:20,794 --> 01:14:23,672 [crowd murmuring] [drum sticks tapping] 1385 01:14:23,672 --> 01:14:25,883 ♪ hard rock playing ♪ 1386 01:14:27,676 --> 01:14:29,303 - Whee! 1387 01:14:32,389 --> 01:14:35,976 [indistinct chatter] 1388 01:14:40,564 --> 01:14:44,026 [crowd chanting "Machine Gun Kelly!"] 1389 01:14:44,026 --> 01:14:46,653 - I'm booked out five days from now. 1390 01:14:46,653 --> 01:14:47,946 MAN: Yes, sir! 1391 01:14:47,946 --> 01:14:49,615 - I'm going number one. 1392 01:14:49,615 --> 01:14:53,493 When your album comes out, it's scary. 1393 01:14:53,493 --> 01:14:56,496 'Cause as soon as I got there, it was like all out of my hands. 1394 01:14:56,496 --> 01:14:58,707 [indistinct chatter] 1395 01:14:58,707 --> 01:15:00,542 Like, I couldn't do any American press. 1396 01:15:00,542 --> 01:15:04,254 I couldn't do any stunts. 1397 01:15:04,254 --> 01:15:06,924 It's about to be one of the most exciting weeks of my life. 1398 01:15:06,924 --> 01:15:08,759 I just want to start it. 1399 01:15:08,759 --> 01:15:13,305 [crowd clamoring, chanting] 1400 01:15:13,305 --> 01:15:16,725 [crowd clamoring] 1401 01:15:19,436 --> 01:15:22,147 [cheering] 1402 01:15:25,400 --> 01:15:30,072 We did everything we could to fuel the fire. 1403 01:15:32,783 --> 01:15:35,160 We just gave it to the fans, 1404 01:15:35,160 --> 01:15:37,913 because there was nothing else we could do at that point. 1405 01:15:37,913 --> 01:15:41,708 [crowd chanting "MGK!"] 1406 01:15:41,708 --> 01:15:43,794 It's crazy. 1407 01:15:43,794 --> 01:15:45,838 [cheering continues] 1408 01:15:52,135 --> 01:15:55,264 [laughs] Baze, you're not even-- Bro, where are you going, bro? 1409 01:15:55,264 --> 01:15:57,099 [indistinct chatter] 1410 01:15:57,099 --> 01:16:00,060 SLIMXX: I mean, I figure we have a shot or something, since, you know... 1411 01:16:00,060 --> 01:16:01,979 Let's not act like this ain't a big deal. 1412 01:16:01,979 --> 01:16:04,439 We've been waiting a long time to come up here-- well, down here. 1413 01:16:04,439 --> 01:16:07,234 It's like, you know. KELLY: Bro, we're almost at the South Pole. 1414 01:16:07,234 --> 01:16:08,485 - Yeah, for real. 1415 01:16:08,485 --> 01:16:11,530 - Are we headlining Lollapalooza or what, dude? 1416 01:16:11,530 --> 01:16:13,115 - Yes, it's happening. - Argentina. 1417 01:16:13,115 --> 01:16:15,200 - Get behind it, baby. - Let's go. 1418 01:16:15,200 --> 01:16:16,410 - Ooh. - Cheers. 1419 01:16:19,288 --> 01:16:23,417 - Look, I don't know what it was like backstage before... 1420 01:16:23,417 --> 01:16:26,128 some of those concerts that 1421 01:16:26,128 --> 01:16:29,798 changed the projection of like what music became 1422 01:16:29,798 --> 01:16:31,300 for the next ten years. 1423 01:16:31,300 --> 01:16:35,929 [fans screaming] 1424 01:16:35,929 --> 01:16:38,557 Well, I was a fan watching those years later, 1425 01:16:38,557 --> 01:16:42,436 like... seeing those performances and going, 1426 01:16:42,436 --> 01:16:46,440 "Goddamn, that... that's what I wanna be." 1427 01:16:46,440 --> 01:16:48,525 [siren wailing] 1428 01:16:57,826 --> 01:16:59,870 It's like before the gladiator cage opens up, 1429 01:16:59,870 --> 01:17:02,789 they're just doing it underneath the coliseum before the fight starts. 1430 01:17:02,789 --> 01:17:04,708 I feel like I'm in that mode. 1431 01:17:04,708 --> 01:17:07,044 I'm just like, I'm ready for that cage to open up. 1432 01:17:07,044 --> 01:17:11,048 Get out there, get it on. 1433 01:17:12,549 --> 01:17:14,635 [cheering] 1434 01:17:31,777 --> 01:17:34,154 ♪ I use a razor to take off the edge ♪ 1435 01:17:34,154 --> 01:17:36,615 - ♪ "Jump off the ledge," they said ♪ - ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 1436 01:17:36,615 --> 01:17:38,700 ♪ "Take the laser, aim at my head" ♪ 1437 01:17:38,700 --> 01:17:40,536 ♪ "And paint the walls red," I said ♪ 1438 01:17:40,536 --> 01:17:43,372 ♪ Fuck you! I'm crazy, I'm off the meds ♪ 1439 01:17:43,372 --> 01:17:46,124 - ♪ I'm better off dead, they said ♪ - ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ 1440 01:17:46,124 --> 01:17:49,378 ♪ I use a razor to take off the edge, jump off the ledge ♪ 1441 01:17:49,378 --> 01:17:54,049 ♪ I'm sellin' tickets to my downfall ♪ 1442 01:17:54,049 --> 01:17:58,846 ♪ I'm sellin' tickets to my downfall ♪ 1443 01:17:58,846 --> 01:18:04,017 ♪ I'm sellin' tickets to my downfall ♪ 1444 01:18:04,017 --> 01:18:09,314 ♪ I'm sellin' tickets to my downfall ♪ 1445 01:18:15,654 --> 01:18:18,532 KELLY: So, it's Monday, March 21st. 1446 01:18:18,532 --> 01:18:20,784 We are in Paraguay. 1447 01:18:20,784 --> 01:18:22,452 The center of South America. 1448 01:18:25,998 --> 01:18:30,043 [indistinct chatter] 1449 01:18:30,043 --> 01:18:32,212 [crowd cheering] 1450 01:18:32,212 --> 01:18:35,716 ROOK: So, yeah, we were down in South America in Paraguay, 1451 01:18:35,716 --> 01:18:38,510 and we had a show that day with the Foo Fighters. 1452 01:18:38,510 --> 01:18:40,762 The Foo Fighters were playing on the same festival as us. 1453 01:18:46,685 --> 01:18:48,228 [man speaking Spanish] 1454 01:18:53,859 --> 01:18:57,321 - It would be so sick if the Foo Fighters came and watched our set. 1455 01:19:02,034 --> 01:19:04,453 Dave Grohl texted me, though, and said he would. 1456 01:19:06,580 --> 01:19:08,457 Hey, Brian. 1457 01:19:08,457 --> 01:19:12,836 Dave Grohl said he's gonna come and watch our set. 1458 01:19:12,836 --> 01:19:14,671 - Yeah, I'm gonna get that going. 1459 01:19:16,548 --> 01:19:18,091 - This is sick. 1460 01:19:18,091 --> 01:19:20,135 - They're playing at a multiple of the same festivals as us, 1461 01:19:20,135 --> 01:19:22,095 but that day specifically they were gonna come 1462 01:19:22,095 --> 01:19:23,722 and they were gonna watch us play, 1463 01:19:23,722 --> 01:19:27,142 and that to us was like a huge deal. 1464 01:19:29,228 --> 01:19:30,521 [women laughing] 1465 01:19:30,521 --> 01:19:31,772 WOMAN: Good luck. 1466 01:19:34,733 --> 01:19:37,069 - The show's on hold. 1467 01:19:37,069 --> 01:19:38,862 Bad weather. 1468 01:19:38,862 --> 01:19:40,864 There's nothing we can do... 1469 01:19:40,864 --> 01:19:42,491 but wait. 1470 01:19:43,909 --> 01:19:46,620 Now get the fuckin' cameras out of my face. [laughter] 1471 01:19:46,620 --> 01:19:49,456 - That lightning was aggressive. 1472 01:19:49,456 --> 01:19:51,375 [indistinct chatter] 1473 01:19:51,375 --> 01:19:52,960 - People screamed. - Like, "Aaah!" 1474 01:19:52,960 --> 01:19:54,920 It sounded like a bomb was going off. 1475 01:19:54,920 --> 01:19:57,965 KELLY: Right now we're just waiting for the lightning to pass. 1476 01:19:57,965 --> 01:20:00,175 I heard I was waiting for my shirt 1477 01:20:00,175 --> 01:20:03,220 and all these nose rings to walk up so I could just... 1478 01:20:03,220 --> 01:20:05,472 aaah... my ass. 1479 01:20:07,266 --> 01:20:10,769 So, we're trying to outsmart planet Earth. 1480 01:20:13,730 --> 01:20:15,858 - They're just waiting for us to be cleared. 1481 01:20:15,858 --> 01:20:17,276 They haven't called us back yet. 1482 01:20:17,276 --> 01:20:19,403 I'll ask Jerry but they haven't called me back. 1483 01:20:19,403 --> 01:20:21,029 KELLY: They were like, fuck yeah, we're gonna come watch 1484 01:20:21,029 --> 01:20:23,323 and we did the sound check in the morning. 1485 01:20:23,323 --> 01:20:24,825 - They just texted an update. 1486 01:20:24,825 --> 01:20:27,578 Basically, they're talking to the onsite meteorologist 1487 01:20:27,578 --> 01:20:30,998 to provide a forecast for the doors to open back up. 1488 01:20:30,998 --> 01:20:33,000 - I don't care how small that car is, 1489 01:20:33,000 --> 01:20:35,460 the fact that the water's over the hood is crazy, so crazy. 1490 01:20:35,460 --> 01:20:37,713 - Look at that, that's a fuckin'... 1491 01:20:37,713 --> 01:20:39,548 - It's pushin' it. - ...Sprinter van, dog. 1492 01:20:39,548 --> 01:20:42,467 - "Due to severe climate changes 1493 01:20:42,467 --> 01:20:45,846 "and to preserve the safety of the audience, artists, and staff, 1494 01:20:45,846 --> 01:20:47,389 "in compliance with the government, 1495 01:20:47,389 --> 01:20:50,267 authorities are canceling day one of the fest." 1496 01:20:50,267 --> 01:20:55,105 KELLY: And then the show got canceled because the rain was so bad. 1497 01:20:55,105 --> 01:20:56,648 Damn, dude. 1498 01:20:59,067 --> 01:21:01,278 - I don't think those vans can get through that. 1499 01:21:01,278 --> 01:21:02,446 - Hell no. 1500 01:21:02,446 --> 01:21:03,739 - Damn, look. 1501 01:21:05,949 --> 01:21:07,326 - Fuck, man. 1502 01:21:24,927 --> 01:21:26,887 - Oh, my God. - No, seriously. 1503 01:21:26,887 --> 01:21:28,805 No, I don't want you to cry. 1504 01:21:28,805 --> 01:21:31,642 - No... - So just think about it and we can figure it out. 1505 01:21:31,642 --> 01:21:33,602 - Thank you so much. - No, thank you for everything. 1506 01:21:33,602 --> 01:21:35,229 - You've been a big help to us. - Yeah. 1507 01:21:35,229 --> 01:21:37,981 - [laughs] Thank you. - Thank you so much. 1508 01:21:37,981 --> 01:21:40,734 Yeah, I have this tattoo, 1509 01:21:40,734 --> 01:21:42,653 from the Anaheim Fest of California. 1510 01:21:42,653 --> 01:21:44,363 WOMAN 2: Oh, my God. 1511 01:21:44,363 --> 01:21:47,658 WOMAN 1: And this other one: "Hey, you, same time, same place." 1512 01:21:47,658 --> 01:21:50,911 I mean, I have a really rough time these couple months, 1513 01:21:50,911 --> 01:21:52,621 and your music helped me. 1514 01:21:52,621 --> 01:21:54,957 - Well, you've been with us for like two days. 1515 01:21:54,957 --> 01:21:58,293 I didn't even know. - I know. I'm going to start crying. 1516 01:21:58,293 --> 01:22:00,045 - Paraguay set got canceled 'cause of rain. 1517 01:22:00,045 --> 01:22:01,797 We ordered a huge speaker. 1518 01:22:01,797 --> 01:22:04,258 Meet us outside of our hotel in ten minutes. 1519 01:22:04,258 --> 01:22:06,718 We're coming out there and we're doing the show right here, 1520 01:22:06,718 --> 01:22:08,345 right in front. 1521 01:22:08,345 --> 01:22:10,639 [chanting "MGK!"] 1522 01:22:10,639 --> 01:22:13,058 Should we just mob out there? 1523 01:22:13,058 --> 01:22:14,810 - Yeah. - Fuck it, let's do it. 1524 01:22:18,772 --> 01:22:20,858 Can I... can I get one more? 1525 01:22:20,858 --> 01:22:22,818 - Okay. 1526 01:22:22,818 --> 01:22:24,361 With ice? 1527 01:22:24,361 --> 01:22:26,864 KELLY: That's okay, I'll just do it like this, thank you. 1528 01:22:26,864 --> 01:22:31,285 [crowd cheering] 1529 01:22:31,285 --> 01:22:33,912 [chanting "MGK!"] 1530 01:22:33,912 --> 01:22:38,208 [crowd screaming] 1531 01:22:47,467 --> 01:22:49,178 WOMAN: And go. 1532 01:22:59,730 --> 01:23:01,899 [thunder rumbles] 1533 01:23:06,278 --> 01:23:08,697 - Come here, baby. Is there a crowd of people still? 1534 01:23:13,118 --> 01:23:14,995 [laughter] - Wait, hold on. 1535 01:23:14,995 --> 01:23:16,872 KELLY: No! 1536 01:23:16,872 --> 01:23:19,833 That was crazy! 1537 01:23:19,833 --> 01:23:22,085 ♪ electronic music playing ♪ 1538 01:23:22,085 --> 01:23:25,088 Dude, the anticipation of Mainstream Sellout 1539 01:23:25,088 --> 01:23:27,382 getting that number one was... 1540 01:23:27,382 --> 01:23:29,259 it drove me crazy 1541 01:23:29,259 --> 01:23:33,388 because clearly I wouldn't even just take an hour off. 1542 01:23:33,388 --> 01:23:38,101 I was doing something every second of the day 1543 01:23:38,101 --> 01:23:40,979 to make sure that we showed the world 1544 01:23:40,979 --> 01:23:44,858 and like showed the fans that this was all supposed to happen. 1545 01:23:44,858 --> 01:23:47,402 - Everybody wanted to know if you can do it again. 1546 01:23:47,402 --> 01:23:50,697 And it's like, it's so hard for people to just fuckin' believe 1547 01:23:50,697 --> 01:23:54,618 that we are what we are and we're great at what we do. 1548 01:23:55,827 --> 01:23:59,081 [phone ringing] 1549 01:24:00,332 --> 01:24:02,709 - Dude, I'm so nervous. 1550 01:24:02,709 --> 01:24:04,419 I'm so nervous. 1551 01:24:04,419 --> 01:24:06,964 I think about the fact that 1552 01:24:06,964 --> 01:24:09,842 I put that commitment out of, 1553 01:24:09,842 --> 01:24:14,137 "If this album goes number one, then I'll drop this rap album 1554 01:24:14,137 --> 01:24:17,474 at the end of the summer." 1555 01:24:17,474 --> 01:24:20,018 And obviously, like, 1556 01:24:20,018 --> 01:24:24,481 I got to drop that anyway just for my own... 1557 01:24:24,481 --> 01:24:27,025 peace of mind. 1558 01:24:27,025 --> 01:24:29,945 But it just doesn't work with the narrative 1559 01:24:29,945 --> 01:24:31,864 if I drop it not getting the number one, 1560 01:24:31,864 --> 01:24:33,073 so it's like you have to... 1561 01:24:34,700 --> 01:24:38,662 It's almost like there's no choice now. 1562 01:24:38,662 --> 01:24:41,498 It has to... this album has to go number one. 1563 01:24:41,498 --> 01:24:47,379 CASIE: Like, he wants to be the best and only the best at literally everything. 1564 01:24:47,379 --> 01:24:50,966 "If I don't get number one on this album, I'm going to freak out." 1565 01:24:50,966 --> 01:24:55,554 Like, he has to like get the top and the best of literally everything, 1566 01:24:55,554 --> 01:24:58,974 and it's sometimes so annoying and so damaging. 1567 01:24:58,974 --> 01:25:01,268 SLIMXX: I think that him being away from his daughter 1568 01:25:01,268 --> 01:25:03,478 holds a weight on his heart a lot, 1569 01:25:03,478 --> 01:25:06,940 because he does want to be there 1570 01:25:06,940 --> 01:25:10,527 for her games, and you know, he wants to be there every day for her. 1571 01:25:10,527 --> 01:25:13,363 CASIE: He's so focused on a number, 1572 01:25:13,363 --> 01:25:16,241 and he's so focused on that one thing 1573 01:25:16,241 --> 01:25:18,702 that it's like he blocks everything around him 1574 01:25:18,702 --> 01:25:20,787 and he stops caring about everything around him. 1575 01:25:20,787 --> 01:25:23,624 And also like once he stopped doing drugs, 1576 01:25:23,624 --> 01:25:26,376 so now he gets addicted to other things 1577 01:25:26,376 --> 01:25:29,671 to like supply that feeling. 1578 01:25:29,671 --> 01:25:32,591 So like now he's addicted to like wanting tobacco 1579 01:25:32,591 --> 01:25:35,135 or like addicted to working, like he's always working, 1580 01:25:35,135 --> 01:25:37,095 so it's like, when I'm around now 1581 01:25:37,095 --> 01:25:39,556 it's like, "Work, work, work, work, work." 1582 01:25:39,556 --> 01:25:41,892 - I think that, I don't know... I think something... 1583 01:25:41,892 --> 01:25:44,811 MAN: Okay. - ...think something crazy's about to happen. 1584 01:25:44,811 --> 01:25:47,814 [indistinct chatter] 1585 01:25:49,066 --> 01:25:51,443 SLIMXX: Kells never was like a numbers guy. 1586 01:25:51,443 --> 01:25:55,906 He was never, uh... "I need to, uh, you know, do this." 1587 01:25:55,906 --> 01:25:58,575 He was just like, you know, "I just want to just make music." 1588 01:25:58,575 --> 01:25:59,952 But I think he started seeking 1589 01:25:59,952 --> 01:26:01,954 that superstardom approval of, 1590 01:26:01,954 --> 01:26:03,372 you know, of who he is, 1591 01:26:03,372 --> 01:26:06,583 and I think that really, really kind of held a toll 1592 01:26:06,583 --> 01:26:10,796 or played like a huge part in him wanting that number one. 1593 01:26:10,796 --> 01:26:13,799 - What's happening, XXD?! 1594 01:26:13,799 --> 01:26:16,134 [cheering] 1595 01:26:16,134 --> 01:26:18,095 Let's do it! 1596 01:26:18,095 --> 01:26:20,055 Let's do it! Yeah! 1597 01:26:20,055 --> 01:26:25,185 Album! Album tonight. Album tonight. [cheering continues] 1598 01:26:25,185 --> 01:26:29,481 KELLY: And then when the success came at the level that it came, 1599 01:26:29,481 --> 01:26:31,692 I really didn't know what to do. 1600 01:26:44,580 --> 01:26:46,582 ♪ playing rock music ♪ 1601 01:26:57,176 --> 01:27:00,137 [cheering] 1602 01:27:02,139 --> 01:27:03,932 [indistinct chatter] 1603 01:27:16,904 --> 01:27:18,280 - I know, I know. 1604 01:27:20,699 --> 01:27:22,201 Yeah, thanks, me too. 1605 01:27:26,455 --> 01:27:28,957 [indistinct chatter] 1606 01:27:34,129 --> 01:27:36,757 - I'm good with this, right? - Let's go! 1607 01:27:36,757 --> 01:27:42,763 [cheering] 1608 01:27:43,388 --> 01:27:48,268 [whooping] 1609 01:27:49,561 --> 01:27:51,647 - Let's go! 1610 01:27:51,647 --> 01:27:53,065 - Yes, sir! 1611 01:27:53,065 --> 01:27:55,192 - Let's go! 1612 01:27:55,192 --> 01:27:57,110 [laughter] - Watch your face. 1613 01:27:57,110 --> 01:27:58,362 [glass shatters] 1614 01:27:58,362 --> 01:27:59,530 [cork pops] 1615 01:27:59,530 --> 01:28:03,367 [cheering] 1616 01:28:03,367 --> 01:28:05,285 ♪ rock music playing ♪ 1617 01:28:05,285 --> 01:28:07,079 - ♪ drums beating ♪ - Pour it up, let's rock! 1618 01:28:07,079 --> 01:28:09,289 - Make sure you sell out the fuckin' house. 1619 01:28:09,289 --> 01:28:12,918 [cheering] 1620 01:28:12,918 --> 01:28:14,253 - Yes, sir! 1621 01:28:14,253 --> 01:28:16,421 ♪ rock music playing ♪ 1622 01:28:16,421 --> 01:28:17,881 - Put that one up or what? 1623 01:28:19,466 --> 01:28:21,510 [music stops] 1624 01:28:21,510 --> 01:28:23,512 - It's midnight. - It's midnight right now. 1625 01:28:23,512 --> 01:28:25,472 - Yeah, we had to stay up and can't wait... 1626 01:28:25,472 --> 01:28:27,349 - Mainstream Sellout. - Mainstream Sellout. 1627 01:28:27,349 --> 01:28:30,185 - I really don't know why someone would hate him. - Mainstream Sellout. 1628 01:28:30,185 --> 01:28:32,062 - He's a true artist. People gotta shut the fuck up. 1629 01:28:32,062 --> 01:28:33,772 No one's taken a full leap like MGK is. 1630 01:28:33,772 --> 01:28:35,482 - The new prince of pop punk. 1631 01:28:35,482 --> 01:28:38,485 His new album Mainstream Sellout is available now. 1632 01:28:38,485 --> 01:28:41,154 Please welcome Machine Gun Kelly! 1633 01:28:41,154 --> 01:28:42,489 ♪ Okay ♪ 1634 01:28:42,489 --> 01:28:44,825 ♪ Whoo! ♪ 1635 01:28:44,825 --> 01:28:47,786 - It's like I used every adrenal gland 1636 01:28:47,786 --> 01:28:50,622 I can possibly use in my fuckin' body to push through this. 1637 01:28:50,622 --> 01:28:53,792 I think too like the South America travel to-- straight to... 1638 01:28:53,792 --> 01:28:57,087 Soon as I got off the plane, like daughter went into spring break. 1639 01:28:57,087 --> 01:29:00,174 Also like 8,000 press things too. 1640 01:29:00,174 --> 01:29:03,594 So like any spare minute I had, 1641 01:29:03,594 --> 01:29:05,470 I was like, okay, I'm in dad mode, 1642 01:29:05,470 --> 01:29:07,764 and then any minute that the label's calling, 1643 01:29:07,764 --> 01:29:10,350 I was just like, "Okay, I'm back to press," 1644 01:29:10,350 --> 01:29:12,019 and I don't know. 1645 01:29:12,019 --> 01:29:15,606 I did a 4:30 in the morning performance on Howard Stern 1646 01:29:15,606 --> 01:29:17,149 yesterday or the day before. 1647 01:29:17,149 --> 01:29:18,650 I'm just like... 1648 01:29:18,650 --> 01:29:22,029 MAN: You're running on fumes. KELLY: Running on fumes, yeah. 1649 01:29:22,029 --> 01:29:24,948 And I'm just looking at the Hollywood sign over there, 1650 01:29:24,948 --> 01:29:29,620 and I remember how I felt and like how boyish I was when I first came out here. 1651 01:29:29,620 --> 01:29:32,456 You're just smiling, right? Everything's super pure. 1652 01:29:32,456 --> 01:29:36,126 And everything is this, like, wow moment. 1653 01:29:36,126 --> 01:29:38,712 And then that stuff starts to fade 1654 01:29:38,712 --> 01:29:42,257 and then you have to like go back to the underworld 1655 01:29:42,257 --> 01:29:47,221 and try and retrieve any part of yourself that still exists. 1656 01:29:49,556 --> 01:29:52,518 Okay, so right before we got onstage, 1657 01:29:52,518 --> 01:29:55,229 there was this whole, there was this whole thing, 1658 01:29:55,229 --> 01:29:57,481 where people were-- 1659 01:29:57,481 --> 01:30:00,859 I don't know but they were just so confused when "Tickets" came out. 1660 01:30:00,859 --> 01:30:03,612 They were like, "You can't do that." 1661 01:30:03,612 --> 01:30:06,448 And so many people with the success of it, 1662 01:30:06,448 --> 01:30:08,742 they were like, "that's luck." 1663 01:30:08,742 --> 01:30:12,371 And "Mainstream Sellout" was a statement 1664 01:30:12,371 --> 01:30:16,166 on behalf of someone trying to figure themselves out 1665 01:30:16,166 --> 01:30:18,961 with the world telling themselves that they can't. 1666 01:30:18,961 --> 01:30:23,632 And this album is to show people, luck doesn't happen twice. 1667 01:30:23,632 --> 01:30:26,385 MAN: It's a wall of famous people? WOMAN: Yeah. 1668 01:30:26,385 --> 01:30:28,095 MAN: Wow. I think the wall's lame, 1669 01:30:28,095 --> 01:30:30,097 but I want to be on it, does that make sense? 1670 01:30:30,097 --> 01:30:31,390 [man chuckles] 1671 01:30:31,390 --> 01:30:33,225 KELLY: I knew that if we got that number one, 1672 01:30:33,225 --> 01:30:36,019 the fans would be reinvigorated, 1673 01:30:36,019 --> 01:30:39,314 like, against all odds, we made this happen again. 1674 01:30:39,314 --> 01:30:42,109 CASIE: Those couple like last week 1675 01:30:42,109 --> 01:30:45,320 we were looking at the album for Mainstream Sellout, 1676 01:30:45,320 --> 01:30:46,905 he wanted to get number one, 1677 01:30:46,905 --> 01:30:50,242 but it's like number one's the loneliest number. 1678 01:30:50,242 --> 01:30:53,579 - Slim and Baze and Rook and Dub 1679 01:30:53,579 --> 01:30:57,666 and all these people that I will work with in the studio 1680 01:30:57,666 --> 01:31:00,752 kind of showed me that I was making the mistake 1681 01:31:00,752 --> 01:31:03,797 of being such a perfectionist 1682 01:31:03,797 --> 01:31:05,716 by being like, "Dude, 1683 01:31:05,716 --> 01:31:09,344 we can't even be in the same fuckin' room with you anymore." 1684 01:31:09,344 --> 01:31:12,848 - So it's like once you're up here, you're like, 1685 01:31:12,848 --> 01:31:15,058 and you have no one and you just push everybody away, 1686 01:31:15,058 --> 01:31:16,768 no one wants to be up there with you, 1687 01:31:16,768 --> 01:31:18,729 and that's like the worst thing that you can do. 1688 01:31:18,729 --> 01:31:20,314 - Every single day he would talk about, 1689 01:31:20,314 --> 01:31:22,733 "Oh, yeah, we need to get number one, what can we do?" 1690 01:31:22,733 --> 01:31:25,694 - It was very damaging for everybody else around him. 1691 01:31:25,694 --> 01:31:28,655 - Anything, anywhere we were at, we can be at a zoo, 1692 01:31:28,655 --> 01:31:30,490 and he'd be like, "Oh, man, like, shit, 1693 01:31:30,490 --> 01:31:32,618 what do you think we should do to get to number one?" 1694 01:31:32,618 --> 01:31:36,538 I'm like, "Bro, whatever's gonna happen is gonna happen, man." 1695 01:31:36,538 --> 01:31:38,790 CASIE: Like he was coming home, always late. 1696 01:31:38,790 --> 01:31:39,958 He was always tired. 1697 01:31:39,958 --> 01:31:42,002 He had no energy to do anything with me. 1698 01:31:42,002 --> 01:31:45,589 He never flew home to like do anything with me. 1699 01:31:45,589 --> 01:31:47,674 Like, he was always work, work, work, work, work, 1700 01:31:47,674 --> 01:31:52,012 like working 24/7, every day. 1701 01:31:52,012 --> 01:31:55,182 Like, it was really annoying for everybody around him, 1702 01:31:55,182 --> 01:31:58,727 'cause like he wanted that number-one album so bad 1703 01:31:58,727 --> 01:32:01,897 that it was just stressing everybody out. 1704 01:32:01,897 --> 01:32:05,984 - The problem is that I'm addicted to a new drug, 1705 01:32:05,984 --> 01:32:07,945 and it's called work. 1706 01:32:07,945 --> 01:32:09,363 And I... 1707 01:32:09,363 --> 01:32:11,114 it feels like I've like... 1708 01:32:12,616 --> 01:32:16,161 dug a little too deep of a hole in that... 1709 01:32:16,161 --> 01:32:17,663 section of my life 1710 01:32:17,663 --> 01:32:21,166 and I really need to get the fuck out of it 1711 01:32:21,166 --> 01:32:27,130 and dig more into being what matters most, which is like a great father. 1712 01:32:27,130 --> 01:32:29,633 - Yeah, Casie. 1713 01:32:29,633 --> 01:32:33,053 [cheering] 1714 01:32:33,053 --> 01:32:37,266 [birds singing] 1715 01:32:37,266 --> 01:32:40,727 KELLY: I ran away what's important to me. 1716 01:32:40,727 --> 01:32:44,106 Like, I haven't stopped working once. 1717 01:32:44,106 --> 01:32:47,192 I don't sleep. 1718 01:32:47,192 --> 01:32:49,736 I came home last night... 1719 01:32:52,030 --> 01:32:54,074 and the person that I love... 1720 01:32:57,744 --> 01:33:00,455 wasn't here, 1721 01:33:00,455 --> 01:33:02,583 'cause I ran her away. 1722 01:33:06,879 --> 01:33:08,255 [phone chimes] 1723 01:33:08,255 --> 01:33:09,923 Hello? 1724 01:33:09,923 --> 01:33:11,967 MAX: Hello. The charts are in. 1725 01:33:11,967 --> 01:33:15,220 You have the number-one album in the country. 1726 01:33:18,974 --> 01:33:21,435 You have two number ones in a row. 1727 01:33:24,396 --> 01:33:27,482 Here, I'll send you the article right now. 1728 01:33:27,482 --> 01:33:29,943 You did it. 1729 01:33:29,943 --> 01:33:31,862 Number one. 1730 01:33:31,862 --> 01:33:33,655 - Yeah. 1731 01:33:33,655 --> 01:33:36,575 It's fuckin' awesome, man. 1732 01:33:36,575 --> 01:33:39,661 I wish I didn't... 1733 01:33:39,661 --> 01:33:43,165 make everyone feel like this was more important than... 1734 01:33:46,293 --> 01:33:49,129 than they are to me. 1735 01:33:52,716 --> 01:33:58,722 ♪ tranquil music playing ♪ 1736 01:34:11,693 --> 01:34:15,906 ♪ Yeah, it's been six days since the last time I saw your face ♪ 1737 01:34:15,906 --> 01:34:18,534 ♪ And you asked my sign, I told you mine ♪ 1738 01:34:18,534 --> 01:34:22,788 ♪ I questioned why and you said, "Everything's aligned" ♪ 1739 01:34:22,788 --> 01:34:27,709 ♪ On the first date, you told me I was your twin flame from a past life ♪ 1740 01:34:27,709 --> 01:34:32,965 ♪ And tonight the moon is full, so take me anywhere outside ♪ 1741 01:34:32,965 --> 01:34:35,634 ♪ I cannot kiss you yet you're magic ♪ 1742 01:34:35,634 --> 01:34:38,262 ♪ So I'll just stare at you instead ♪ 1743 01:34:38,262 --> 01:34:40,681 ♪ I get insecure and panic ♪ 1744 01:34:40,681 --> 01:34:43,433 ♪ 'Cause I know you're too pure for this ♪ 1745 01:34:43,433 --> 01:34:46,603 CASIE: Megan being there is also like a... 1746 01:34:46,603 --> 01:34:48,272 like a good comfort to him, 1747 01:34:48,272 --> 01:34:52,818 like, 'cause she also helps him, like, get through 1748 01:34:52,818 --> 01:34:56,655 all of like him being sad or like him having anxiety. 1749 01:34:58,740 --> 01:35:04,079 SLIMXX: I feel like Megan was the light that he kind of needed in his life, 1750 01:35:04,079 --> 01:35:05,831 the light that he's been searching for. 1751 01:35:05,831 --> 01:35:10,460 ROOK: More or less like she gave my brother something, 1752 01:35:10,460 --> 01:35:14,673 as in like so much love that like he has this glow around her, 1753 01:35:14,673 --> 01:35:18,468 or even like if they're just together and just having a good time, 1754 01:35:18,468 --> 01:35:19,761 I'm like, man, like... 1755 01:35:19,761 --> 01:35:22,181 TRAVIS: And I feel like Kells has finally 1756 01:35:22,181 --> 01:35:24,683 quit the relationship he's in, 1757 01:35:24,683 --> 01:35:27,352 and he's always been a great father, 1758 01:35:27,352 --> 01:35:29,897 but when it all... when you connect all the dots 1759 01:35:29,897 --> 01:35:34,943 and you have like this amazing life, where he's like 1760 01:35:34,943 --> 01:35:37,362 always with Casie, he's always with Megan, 1761 01:35:37,362 --> 01:35:40,866 he made the album he always wanted to make. 1762 01:35:40,866 --> 01:35:42,826 MEGAN: I was at a place where either it was time to blossom 1763 01:35:42,826 --> 01:35:44,620 or it was time to die, really. 1764 01:35:44,620 --> 01:35:46,955 A lot of that warmth and me opening up 1765 01:35:46,955 --> 01:35:49,291 had a lot of to do with that very tall, 1766 01:35:49,291 --> 01:35:51,752 handsome, demonic creature right there. 1767 01:35:51,752 --> 01:35:54,129 [shutters clicking] 1768 01:35:54,129 --> 01:35:56,757 - It's a beautiful thing that we get to go and share this with the world. 1769 01:35:56,757 --> 01:35:58,759 It's a song from a pure place. 1770 01:35:58,759 --> 01:36:00,719 I'm with my brothers, with my wife, 1771 01:36:00,719 --> 01:36:02,930 I'm with my best friends. 1772 01:36:02,930 --> 01:36:06,642 ♪ tranquil music playing ♪ 1773 01:36:06,642 --> 01:36:08,519 - Yeah. - That's my little daughter right here. 1774 01:36:11,313 --> 01:36:13,649 When you're older, we're gonna be too rich to ever be in the hood. 1775 01:36:13,649 --> 01:36:17,653 TRAVIS: As an artist, you do struggle when you start touring. 1776 01:36:17,653 --> 01:36:20,614 Especially if you're a dad. I'm a dad, but then like I'm going on tour 1777 01:36:20,614 --> 01:36:22,616 and I got to be this other person and... 1778 01:36:22,616 --> 01:36:24,368 SLIMXX: Nothing else matters outside of family. 1779 01:36:24,368 --> 01:36:26,245 You can lose everything today and the only thing 1780 01:36:26,245 --> 01:36:28,163 that's gonna be there for you is family. 1781 01:36:28,163 --> 01:36:31,583 TRAVIS: He's doing a really good job of telling her the truth 1782 01:36:31,583 --> 01:36:33,919 and, you know, letting her know enough about the outside world, 1783 01:36:33,919 --> 01:36:35,254 but still being protectable. 1784 01:36:35,254 --> 01:36:37,172 KELLY: You remember we were just watching 1785 01:36:37,172 --> 01:36:39,424 where the twins did the exact same thing with each other? 1786 01:36:39,424 --> 01:36:41,385 They're like, "No, we're nothing alike," 1787 01:36:41,385 --> 01:36:44,429 and then they like, then they're doing the exact same thing with each other. 1788 01:36:44,429 --> 01:36:46,557 I feel like that was just me and you. 1789 01:36:46,557 --> 01:36:48,559 I've experienced so much in my life. 1790 01:36:48,559 --> 01:36:50,853 She just has this walk, 1791 01:36:50,853 --> 01:36:52,771 it's this pure like bounce. 1792 01:36:52,771 --> 01:36:55,858 She's so excited for life, 1793 01:36:55,858 --> 01:37:00,112 and I will take any amount of torture that would come her way 1794 01:37:00,112 --> 01:37:03,448 if it can just be on me so that she can keep that forever. 1795 01:37:03,448 --> 01:37:04,783 It's worth living for. 1796 01:37:04,783 --> 01:37:07,202 ♪ upbeat music playing ♪ 1797 01:37:34,438 --> 01:37:35,480 - What? 1798 01:37:49,536 --> 01:37:51,580 - The most important thing, 1799 01:37:51,580 --> 01:37:54,958 and I forget this a lot of times, is... 1800 01:37:54,958 --> 01:37:57,336 it's about... 1801 01:37:57,336 --> 01:37:59,922 memories that you create with them. 1802 01:37:59,922 --> 01:38:01,924 I can't waste any more of those times 1803 01:38:01,924 --> 01:38:03,967 'cause now she needs me, 1804 01:38:03,967 --> 01:38:06,762 and I need to be able to help her 1805 01:38:06,762 --> 01:38:09,806 blossom into the person she's going to become, 1806 01:38:09,806 --> 01:38:13,435 'cause she's... she's the future of... 1807 01:38:13,435 --> 01:38:15,562 my legacy. 1808 01:38:15,562 --> 01:38:18,607 And she's gonna create her own. 1809 01:38:18,607 --> 01:38:21,109 And I want to be her biggest fan. 1810 01:38:21,109 --> 01:38:23,237 I want to be her number-one supporter. 1811 01:38:23,237 --> 01:38:25,364 I want to be the person in the crowd for her, 1812 01:38:25,364 --> 01:38:28,575 like, cheering for her on the sidelines. 1813 01:38:28,575 --> 01:38:32,496 That's the next big thing for me. 1814 01:38:34,414 --> 01:38:37,251 That's my next number-one album. 1815 01:38:37,251 --> 01:38:39,753 ♪ 1816 01:38:39,753 --> 01:38:45,592 ♪ I'm trying my best not to open up my heart ♪ 1817 01:38:45,592 --> 01:38:50,889 ♪ It's been torn apart too many times ♪ 1818 01:38:50,889 --> 01:38:54,226 ♪ But without you, I'd die ♪ 1819 01:38:54,226 --> 01:38:58,230 ♪ And I don't wanna die not today, not tomorrow ♪ 1820 01:38:58,230 --> 01:39:00,941 ♪ Not tonight, I don't wanna die ♪ 1821 01:39:00,941 --> 01:39:04,236 ♪ I need you, I need you more than life ♪ 1822 01:39:04,236 --> 01:39:08,115 ♪ More than life, more than life, more than life ♪ 1823 01:39:08,115 --> 01:39:10,033 [chuckles] 1824 01:39:10,033 --> 01:39:12,870 [indistinct chatter] 1825 01:39:12,870 --> 01:39:16,707 ♪ She's a pretty little liar over-analyzer ♪ 1826 01:39:16,707 --> 01:39:19,668 ♪ I fell in love with you and I don't mind it ♪ 1827 01:39:19,668 --> 01:39:22,838 ♪ But I know, baby this won't go how we expected ♪ 1828 01:39:22,838 --> 01:39:25,883 ♪ But when I told you that I fuckin' love you, shit, I meant it ♪ 1829 01:39:25,883 --> 01:39:29,928 ♪ She's doing coke in the bathroom, when did I ask you? ♪ 1830 01:39:29,928 --> 01:39:33,182 ♪ Stuck in a bad mood, slipped and I passed you ♪ 1831 01:39:33,182 --> 01:39:37,769 ♪ Fuck, I'm a bad dude, guess you're attached to me ♪ 1832 01:39:37,769 --> 01:39:41,523 ♪ Yeah, I guess you're attached to me ♪ 1833 01:39:41,523 --> 01:39:47,237 ♪ I'm trying my best not to open up my heart ♪ 1834 01:39:47,237 --> 01:39:52,743 ♪ It's been torn apart too many times ♪ 1835 01:39:52,743 --> 01:39:56,038 ♪ But without you, I'd die ♪ 1836 01:39:56,038 --> 01:40:00,334 ♪ And I don't wanna die, not today, not tomorrow, not tonight ♪ 1837 01:40:00,334 --> 01:40:02,628 ♪ I don't wanna die ♪ 1838 01:40:02,628 --> 01:40:06,131 ♪ I need you, I need you more than life ♪ 1839 01:40:06,131 --> 01:40:09,593 ♪ More than life, more than life, more than life ♪ 1840 01:40:09,593 --> 01:40:12,804 ♪ More than life, more than life, more than life ♪ 1841 01:40:12,804 --> 01:40:14,473 ♪ More than life... ♪ 1842 01:40:14,473 --> 01:40:16,058 ♪ Ah-ah-ah-ah... ♪ 1843 01:40:16,058 --> 01:40:19,353 ♪ I need you, I need you more than life ♪ 1844 01:40:19,353 --> 01:40:21,813 ♪ I need you, I need you, yeah ♪ 1845 01:40:24,358 --> 01:40:27,694 ♪ I need you, I need you, yeah ♪ 1846 01:40:27,694 --> 01:40:31,031 ♪ I need you, I need you, yeah ♪ 1847 01:40:31,031 --> 01:40:35,536 ♪ I need you, I need you, I need you right now ♪ 1848 01:40:38,288 --> 01:40:43,794 ♪ I'm trying my best not to open up my heart ♪ 1849 01:40:43,794 --> 01:40:49,424 ♪ It's been torn apart too many times ♪ 1850 01:40:49,424 --> 01:40:52,803 ♪ But without you, I'd die ♪ 1851 01:40:52,803 --> 01:40:56,974 ♪ And I don't wanna die, not today, not tomorrow, not tonight ♪ 1852 01:40:56,974 --> 01:40:59,393 ♪ I don't wanna die ♪ 1853 01:40:59,393 --> 01:41:02,771 ♪ I need you, I need you more than life ♪ 1854 01:41:02,771 --> 01:41:06,608 ♪ More than life, more than life, more than life ♪ 1855 01:41:06,608 --> 01:41:09,278 ♪ Mm-mm ♪ 1856 01:41:09,278 --> 01:41:12,823 ♪ I need you, I need you more than life ♪