Machine Gun Kelly ‘s new album Lost Americana is here (you know, the one Bob Dylan casually narrated the trailer for). While fans are already mining for details about his personal life in the songs, the musician addressed some aspects himself on The New York Times ‘ Popcast.
On the podcast, MGK revealed that the penultimate track “Treading Water” is about his time in rehab in late 2024 (he first went to a facility in 2023 ). “I wrote this in Room Three, spending Christmas in rehabilitation/I got no phone, just a cell that I’m trapped in while my home’s vacant,” he sings on the bridge.
In another verse, he seems to address his on-off relationship with Megan Fox . “This’ll be the last time you hear me say sorry / That’ll be the last tear you waste on me crying / I broke this ho