Machine Gun Kelly Debuts On Saturday Night Live
American Rapper, Machine Gun Kelly appeared on Saturday Night Live marking his debut in the popular long-running series. It was also SNL’s first show of 2021.
Kelly opened the show with a solo rendition of ‘My Ex’s Best Friend’ on 30th January. The show closed with an emotional performance of ‘Lonely’, from the rapper who wrote it about his late father. He died in July 2020.
Kelly took to Twitter to announce this earlier this week. He wrote, “I remember when I was a kid watching [SNL] every weekend with my aunt and my dad, since they aren’t here to see this moment, I’m going to perform the song I wrote for them on the show. Hopefully, I’ll feel them there.”
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Both tracks that Kelly performed are part of his album, “Tickets to My Downfall”. It is his fifth album which released in September last year.
Making his hosting debut, apart from Kelly, was ‘The Office’ actor and director, John Krasinski. John was originally set to make his hosting debut in March, last year before it was cancelled due to the pandemic.
Quite The Trippy Show!
We aren’t sure if you watched the show till the end, maybe you missed it, maybe you dozed on the couch watching it! But the show featured something hilarious after the final sketch. The scene saw the Studio 8H band perform the jazzy sleep-inducing melody, “that’s the end of the show, good night folks!” while everyone else did the customary hugging with their masks on. The credits rolled and Aidy Bryant was off to the side dressed as a giant cockroach. (yes, we are looking quizzical too!) This is right when Pete Davidson approached Kelly for a hug and the rapper decided to scoop Pete up by his knees and both of them tumbled over off stage.
Machine Gun Kelly is six-four, readers! Now that is a pretty big fall! John Krasinski was a gentleman to go down off-camera and help the lads up to their feet, to no avail! Sigh! Pete followed this by picking Kelly up and throwing him off his shoulder like a sack and the viewers couldn’t be more entertained by their antics. Watch Bowen Yang’s expression below:
An Eventful Start To 2021
2021 has been a busy year so far for Machine Gun Kelly. This includes his recent collaboration stint with Yungblud in a zombie-inspired video for ‘Acting Like That’. Kelly also released his “pop-punk musical” earlier this month called “Downfalls High”. The film is 50-minutes long and the rapper recently compared it to ‘The Wall’ by Pink Floyd. The musical is written and directed by the singer himself.
A source for Kelly, even rated the musical four-stars and wrote: “In a world of content for content’s sake – films have often been used by artists try and extend the lifespan of an album – Downfalls High feels driven by purpose.”
Machine Gun Kelly has had an eventful start to the year and we hope it continues for the rapper!
By: Aatira Kakroo
