He's done rap, he's done rock, and now Machine Gun Kelly is doing country.
After the 34-year-old artist covered The Chicks' “There's Your Trouble” at CMA Fest last month, a Spotify Singsles recording of the track has arrived — and you'll want to grab your cowboy hat before pressing play.
On the song, the artist born Colson Baker adapts his voice to a heavy country croon, jamming to a mix of guitar, drums and some good old-fashioned fiddling. “Everything should have worked out, but it didn't/ It should be here now, but it isn't,” he says. “There's your problem, there's your problem/ Keep seeing the double with the wrong.”
The Cleveland artist performed the song on stage at Spotify House in June, where he also performed “My Ex's Best Friend” and duetted with Jelly Roll on “Need a Favor” as part of this year's CMA Fest. Baker and the country star later teamed up for a collaboration titled “Lonely Road,” borrowing from John Denver's classic hit “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”
The pair also filmed a music video together, co-starring their real-life partners: Megan Fox, who was MGK's one-time fiancee, and Bunny HO, who is married to Jelly. In the visual, the two musicians struggle to secure the lives of their husbands, leading the “I Think I'm Okay” artist to rob a bank in a scheme that lands him in prison. (Don't worry, Fox and their imaginary baby are free to visit him behind glass.)
Although it looks like he could soon be heading into a more rootsy era, Baker's most recent album, 2022 Mainstream Sellout, was clearly pop-punk. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart on April 9 of that year.
“There's Your Trouble”, the second single from The Chicks' 1998 album wide open spaces, it topped the Hot Country Songs chart and was also a top 40 hit on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100.
Listen to MGK's cover of 'There's Your Trouble' below.
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