While acknowledging that he is still feeling “broken,” Machine Gun Kelly has a very honest assessment of his mental health issues. He has admitted that he is finding solutions to his issues.
Machine Gun Kelly opened up about his mental health and feels “broken” about it. The musician, who goes by the stage name MGK, has openly discussed his issues over the years, but he now admits to working on them.
The 35-year-old, who goes by Colson Baker, has previously been very open about his issues, including drug and alcohol use and suicidal ideation. He claimed that his own problems have helped him form a lasting friendship with his devoted fanbase.
Speaking at a receent event held at the Grammy Musuem in Downtown Los Angeles, MGK said: “I found through my fan base that I think they relate a lot more to the realness or the vulnerability or maybe the archetype of someone who rose from the ashes like a phoenix or someone who’s more broken because I feel like that’s a more common feeling around the world than people who are always in control or feel good about themselves.”
The GFY singer continued, “That’s a really easy place for me to tap into because, man, for the most part, I feel broken, and I’m starting to do the work and I’ve been doing the work to put those pieces back together.”
However, MGK acknowledges that he is concerned that if he is able to heal and deal with his difficulties, he will lose his creative spark. He said, “Sometimes I get a little too scared when the pieces come back together, like, “Oh, but how can I ever write about being broken if I’m always fixed?”
And so, perhaps that was what I was feeling when my last album, which was a sellout, came out. I was starting to worry about writing.
He continued, “I wasn’t impressed by it, and things were going pretty well for me, and maybe something was just clicking in my head,” but there is still much to be gained from watching this. Yes, good content comes with torment. Yes, at least for a poet.
MGK also started writing a journal after spending time in a rehabilitation period over the Christmas period, which he says he would use when staff called “lights off”. He revealed: “I had this red notebook that a fan actually gave to me (that I) wrote so much in. They would lights off everything around 9:30, 10:00 pm, and then during all those hours that I couldn’t sleep, I would just write my feelings. So yeah, I do do that.”
He keeps a journal of his life to record his manifestations of what he wants to accomplish both professionally and personally.
He said, “I write down things I want to accomplish, and then I burn them when the moon comes on,” adding, “I did that for the Grammys a few years ago. I believe I was waiting for the right year even though it didn’t work out.
He described himself as a “rolling stone” and admitted to the challenges he’s faced last month. He said, “I’m a rolling stone, man,” when he spoke to People magazine. You’ll probably keep hitting obstacles and rocks. I suppose that’s just the course I took. He “wasn’t afraid to fully open up and share his raw emotions and vulnerability,” according to his most recent album, Lost Americana.
He said, “Vulnerability is how I was able to maintain my fan base for a long time.” The person behind the music must exhibit a human side. They might also learn about the man-slash-broken-boy who is the one who founded the moniker MGK this time.
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