Tickets To My Downfall
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80
Boisterous, full of sincerity and exciting enough to make you jump on a table in the middle of a board meeting, ‘Tickets To My Downfall’ is an album that not only proves MGK can do whatever the hell he likes, but that also maybe pop-punk still has something important to offer the world.
6mo
80
Not only is Tickets To My Downfall a slick sideways hop from what you might be expecting from Machine Gun Kelly, it’s done excellently. It celebrates everything great about pop-punk without feeling cookie-cutter or third division.
6mo
70
While some songs are more interesting than others and some tend too close to blink-182 worship, Tickets to My Downfall succeeds more than it falters.
6mo
70
The annoying melodrama that made his rap material so exhausting is what gives his new music some real power. For the first time ever, the instrumentation suits Baker’s natural whine.
6mo
70
Clearly, this is the work of a guy who’s found a fresh lease on life by inserting himself inside a new musical tradition.
6mo
67
Thematically, Tickets to My Downfall is hardly a departure from MGK’s past work, but the new surroundings lightens his music up considerably even amidst the hormones and histrionics.
6mo
60
Despite going for a style that many thought wouldn’t find its footing again in the industry, Kelly and Barker construct a design that a lot fans my age would probably enjoy considering the era it’s borne from.
6mo
30
Despite its competence musically, Tickets to My Downfall’s cookie-cutter, antiquated presentation and MGK’s blatant ignorance make it a truly punishing experience to sit through.
6mo
The flaws of this album are quite obvious. Halsey features, that stupid unfunny 1 minute interlude, that blackbear feature that was so bad it made me have to physically turn the song off to take a breather.
But..I love really loud pop punk and I am very stupid. I recognize the lyrics are bad and the features are bad and MGK can be seen as annoying. But the fun fast pop punk pase that's very "Rosenstock-esque" mixed with that retro Late-90s punk sound that's kinda nostalgic at times. ... read more
But..I love really loud pop punk and I am very stupid. I recognize the lyrics are bad and the features are bad and MGK can be seen as annoying. But the fun fast pop punk pase that's very "Rosenstock-esque" mixed with that retro Late-90s punk sound that's kinda nostalgic at times. ... read more
I think I somehow would've had a better time listening to the shitty Tory Lanez album than this fucking trainwreck.
Gaslight your Significant Other Core.
Favorite Jams: I mean....I guess...uh...my dick?
Lest Favorite: The Inturludes, Forget Me Too, All I Know
Favorite Jams: I mean....I guess...uh...my dick?
Lest Favorite: The Inturludes, Forget Me Too, All I Know
Perhaps it's no surprise that this isn't exactly great, but what's even more surprising to me is that I somehow didn't completely hate this new pop-punk release from Machine Gun Kelly.
Sure a lot of tracks are just really generic, pop-punk pastiche, and the lyrics are so bad that I genuinely sometimes feel second-hand embarrassed for Kelly, and I don't even wanna get started on the skits, which some of most uncomfortably cringy things I've heard in a long time. Buuuuuut it's still more ... read more
Sure a lot of tracks are just really generic, pop-punk pastiche, and the lyrics are so bad that I genuinely sometimes feel second-hand embarrassed for Kelly, and I don't even wanna get started on the skits, which some of most uncomfortably cringy things I've heard in a long time. Buuuuuut it's still more ... read more
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| #8 | / | The Ringer |
| #9 | / | Kerrang! |
| #13 | / | Punktastic |
| #19 | / | Billboard |
| / | Alternative Press |
Track List
- Tickets To My Downfall
- Kiss Kiss
- Drunk Face
- Bloody Valentine
- Forget Me Too (feat. Halsey)
- All I Know (feat. Trippie Redd)
- Lonely
- WWIII
- Kevin and Barracuda (interlude)
- Concert For Aliens
- My Ex’s Best Friend (feat. Blackbear)
- Jawbreaker
- Nothing Inside (feat. Iann Dior)
- Banyan Tree (interlude)
- Play This When I’m Gone
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6mo
thing went down nearly 10 points after the fantano video. how did i not guess this was gonna happen
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Added on: August 19, 2020