Machine Gun Kelly has put a name to the tension simmering under his new track ‘FIX UR FACE’ with Fred Durst, confirming that a pointed lyric is aimed squarely at former collaborator Yungblud, and it cuts deeper than cheap shots.
The Cleveland shapeshifter addressed the speculation during an appearance on The Garza Podcast, where fans had already zeroed in on the line: ‘Mickey Mouse kids turned rockstars / Leaving private schools, tryna be outlaws.’ It didn’t take long for listeners to connect the dots, and MGK didn’t dodge it (Per Loudwire).
MGK calls out loyalty over everything
“The song is three minutes of lines about different things but yeah, the specific line, loyalty is really the only thing that matters,” MGK said. “When I open my heart that means I’m vulnerable and I let you in. And so when someone’s given an opportunity to defend their friend and they don’t, then that breaks my heart.”
He didn’t mask the sting either.
“It shatters me. Be my friend in public the same way that you are in private. You know, but it’s an angry line in an angry song. A line is a line and I don’t really like to describe art.”
MGK added that while he still rates Yungblud’s talent, the issue sits beyond music.
“That sh*t hurt me but that is that. But, you know, [he’s] super, super talented and all that, but what I care about outside of everything is like when the music’s over, what do you stand for and what do you stand on?”
The Osbournes moment that sparked it
The fallout traces back to a 2024 episode of The Osbournes podcast, where Sharon Osbourne took aim at MGK while Yungblud sat in the room, while he appeared uncomfortable and tried to steer the conversation elsewhere, he didn’t step in to defend MGK, a silence that clearly stuck.
From collaborators to cracks in the bond
That tension feels miles away from where the pair started, MGK and Yungblud built a tight creative link around 2019, trading features on ‘I Think I’m Okay’ and ‘Acting Like That’ alongside Travis Barker, at the time, it felt like a transatlantic alliance pushing rock back into the mainstream.
Now, that bond looks fractured, MGK insists he’s moved on, though.
“I forgive man. Like, I forgive like… I forgive.”
Whether that forgiveness holds, or spills into more bars, remains to be seen.
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