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Machine Gun Kelly, "ay!" [๐Ÿ“ท:: Bad Boy / Interscope]Machine Gun Kelly continues his melodic direction with โ€œay!โ€ the second single from mainstream sellout featuring Lil Wayne.

Machine Gun Kelly, "ay!" [๐Ÿ“ท:: Bad Boy / Interscope]

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all ๐ŸŽ™ Machine Gun Kelly a rapper turned pop-punk singerโ€ฆ I think.  After earning newfound success on his 2020 album, ๐Ÿ’ฟ Tickets to my Downfall, Kells continues in a melodic direction ahead of his 2022 album, ๐Ÿ’ฟ mainstream sellout.  My first encounter with a song from mainstream sellout, ๐ŸŽต โ€œemo girlโ€ (featuring ๐ŸŽ™ WILLOW) merely had me shaking my head โ€“ NOT GOOD.  My second encounter, ๐ŸŽต โ€œay!โ€, featuring ๐ŸŽ™ Lil Wayne, is an improvement but not particularly deep.

Machine Gun Kelly, mainstream sellout [๐Ÿ“ท:: Bad Boy / Interscope]โ€œI wrote a letter to myself / In the form of a song I can play when the sun shines,โ€ MGK sings on the first verse of โ€œay!โ€, continuing, โ€œI know better than to trust / Anything that I say to myself when Iโ€™m this high.โ€ Um, okayโ€ฆ sure.  From there, he delivers a short, predictable chorus where the big takeaway is that he โ€œdonโ€™t ever wanna fall when Iโ€™m this high.โ€ The second verse he serves up has more meat, but donโ€™t call it high-level poetry.  It encompasses drugs, depression, and, not giving a fuck, something he asserts at the end of the verse before the chorus returns. At that point, Lil Wayne enters the picture, focusing on โ€“ you guessed it โ€“ his high.  โ€œWhy you got yoโ€™ nose up? I smell like Guns Nโ€™ Roses.โ€  Honestly, thatโ€™s about the size of this two-minute-and-change number.  Compared to โ€œemo girl,โ€ itโ€™s slightly more closely related to hip-hop but still a far cry from his days of slaughtering with those un-pitched rhymes.


Final Thoughts ๐Ÿ’ญ

Bitmoji ImageSo, how does โ€œay!โ€ stack up? Itโ€™s meh at best.  This is a better effort from Machine Gun Kelly than โ€œemo girlโ€ but itโ€™s still nothing substantial.  Does it provide a temporary high? Yes, but the buzz doesnโ€™t last long in the least.  Itโ€™s forgettable all said and done.  And letโ€™s not forget, Lil Wayneโ€™s own rock phase was questionableโ€ฆ save for ๐ŸŽต โ€œDrop the Worldโ€ โ€“ maybe ๐ŸŽต โ€œProm Queenโ€!

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3 out of 5 stars


๐ŸŽ™ Machine Gun Kelly โ€ข ๐Ÿ’ฟ mainstream sellout โ€ข ๐Ÿท Bad Boy / Interscope โ€ข ๐Ÿ—“ 3.25.22
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the musical hype (Brent Faulkner) has earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in music (music education, music theory/composition respectively). A multi-instrumentalist, he plays piano, trombone, and organ among numerous other instruments. He's a certified music educator, composer, and freelance music blogger. Faulkner cites music and writing as two of the most important parts of his life. Notably, he's blessed with a great ear, possessing perfect pitch.

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Machine Gun Kelly, โ€œmaybeโ€ | Track Review ๐ŸŽต ยท March 21, 2022 at 8:00 am

[โ€ฆ] ๐Ÿ’ฟ mainstream sellout.  Following mainstream sellout singles ๐ŸŽต โ€œemo girlโ€  and ๐ŸŽต โ€œay!โ€, MGK collaborates with ๐ŸŽ™ Bring Me the Horizon on his third advance single, ๐ŸŽต โ€œmaybeโ€. The [โ€ฆ]

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