“Did you guys make a mistake?”: MGK admits he’s baffled as to why Bob Dylan is a fan of his
MGK has spoken of his unlikely connection with Bob Dylan, sharing how the legendary singer-songwriter supported his new album launch.
MGK, formerly Machine Gun Kelly, released Lost Americana on 8 August. It marks his seventh studio album, and at its launch, a voice note from Bob Dylan was used in a teaser trailer.
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In a new interview with The Times, MGK shares just how Dylan’s contribution came to be. The unlikely friendship sprung in late February earlier this year, when Dylan posted a video of MGK performing in a record store in 2016 to his Instagram page.
“I reached out to him and was like, ‘Did you guys make a mistake?’” MGK says. “[Dylan’s] manager was like, ‘Apparently he likes you …’”
He continues, “I wrote him this big letter about the Lost Americana album I was doing: ‘It would be amazing to have the great American voice be the narration to the announcement of this album.’”
The letter of course worked its magic, and Dylan’s voice can be heard on the trailer noting how MGK’s “music celebrates the beauty found in the in-between spaces”.
MGK attended the Outlaw Music Festival in Hollywood back in May, where he had a face-to-face encounter with Dylan himself before the trailer dropped this summer. At the event, he says he was approached by “a dude all in black”.
“He’s like, ‘Let’s go meet Bob.’ I get on his bus and [Dylan] has a hoodie on, white cowboy boots and this energy that feels like you’re in the midst of Peter Pan or something, while also in the midst of Homer (Ancient Greek poet) writing the Iliad – this prolific, young, spirited guy,” he shares.
According to MGK, Dylan said to him, “You really rip it, man.”: “One thing I know for sure is that he can’t figure me out, which I think is interesting to him,” he adds. “And I can’t figure him out, which is very interesting to me.”
Lost Americana by MGK is out now. Bob Dylan will be touring from September-November, and you can view the full list of shows via his website.
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