Machine Gun Kelly says he acquired Bob Dylan to relate his album trailer by way of “pure desperation”

MGK (previously often called Machine Gun Kelly) has confirmed that Bob Dylan is the narrator of the trailer for his new album.

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Earlier this month, the rapper shared a teaser video for his upcoming LP ‘Misplaced Americana’ – anticipated to be launched on August 8.

Within the video, a voice followers assumed to be Dylan is heard calling the upcoming album “a private excavation of the American dream,” although MGK by no means confirmed if it actually was the singer on the time.

Now, MGK has lastly damaged his silence on the matter, revealing it’s, in truth, Dylan. When requested about how the mysterious cameo took place on Today, he responded, “A magician by no means reveals his secrets and techniques.” He then continued, saying: “Pure desperation. Simply knocking on his door relentlessly, not going away.”

The rapper went on to say: “I’ve been blessed with… I don’t know, perhaps it’s only one pioneer seeing one thing that I’m doing that, in the long run, will likely be seemed again [at] and be understood,” earlier than rapidly including: “Not calling myself a pioneer, however him.”

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The album trailer sees Dylan say: “It’s a sonic map of forgotten locations, a tribute to the spirit of reinvention and a quest to reclaim the essence of American freedom,” over a video montage of MGK searching into the mountains. “From the glow of neon diners to the rumble of the bikes, that is music that celebrates the sweetness discovered within the in-between areas. The place the previous is reimagined, and the long run is cast by yourself phrases.”

It’s not the primary time the 2 have crossed paths. In February, Dylan left some followers confused after he shared footage of MGK performing stay on Instagram. It got here as a shock, as, for essentially the most half, the music icon’s social media web page has solely seen posts regarding his upcoming stay reveals and an assortment of clips from outdated motion pictures.

Within the footage, MGK is seen performing an acoustic set on the Park Ave CDs retailer in Orlando, Florida. There don’t appear to be any ties within the set to Dylan, and with no caption included, it by no means grew to become fairly clear why it was uploaded.

Then, final month, the 2 musicians lastly met in the course of the LA cease of Willie Nelson’s ‘Outlaw Music Competition Tour’, the place MGK made an look onstage with Billie Strings, John Stamos, and Johnny Knoxville.

mgk noticed Hollywood Bowl!

Completely love the grins, and I by no means thought of it however the maracas work so properly along with his power 😂

Would like to know if that was his thought or another person’s 🤭 pic.twitter.com/a5J7xTGGam

— xEtherealMGKx (@xEtherealMGKx) May 17, 2025

The next day, MGK appeared to reference the video that Dylan posted, writing on Twitter/X: “i met and had a dialog with somebody final night time that i by no means thought i’d get the consideration to fulfill all due to a video of me rapping in a music retailer 10 years in the past. i really like music.”

In different associated information, a Bob Dylan tribute group known as Not Utterly Unknown are set to play at Glastonbury 2025, and rumours are circulating that Timothée Chalamet might make a shock look.

The Dylan tribute band will likely be taking to the stage on Saturday between 3pm and 4pm, and their set has been described on the Glasto web page as “a celebration of the songs of Bob Dylan that includes: Paul Carrack, Sid Griffin, Katya, Ralph McTell, Liam O Maonlai”.

The band’s Sid Griffin has taken to his personal website to share extra particulars concerning the pageant set too. “I actually hope all you Glastonbury Competition goers pop by the Acoustic Stage at 3pm on Saturday June twenty eighth to listen to and witness this very particular tribute to a fantastic man,” he wrote.

As for MGK, he and Megan Fox have revealed the identify of their child daughter after confusion from followers.