Machine Gun Kelly drops new single and video “Times of My Life” featuring Travis Barker on drums, pulling from material originally sketched during his 2020 ‘Tickets to My Downfall’ sessions that fans have been requesting for years. The track brings together MGK’s regular collaborators SlimXX, BazeXX, Nick Long and No Love For The Middle Child for a pop punk and emo blend that mixes acoustic and electric guitar with cello, piano and bass, building around the central line “The best times of my life, were the ones that had you.” The song reflects on lost relationships through MGK’s lens, matching his current emotional space while connecting back to earlier creative periods when these ideas first took shape during what became a defining moment in his career shift toward rock and alternative sounds.
The release lands as MGK’s Lost American Tour rolls through arenas and amphitheaters across North America, Europe, UK, Australia and New Zealand stretching into July, resuming February 15th in Bologna before hitting US dates starting May 15th in Wheatland, California and closing July 1st in Ridgefield, Washington. His August album ‘Lost Americana’ scored his third straight number one on Billboard’s Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart and spawned hit “Cliché,” which got the remix treatment with Jonas Brothers in late November after the original became unavoidable with its Sam Cahill directed video featuring choreography from Sean Bankhead who’s worked with Usher and Tate McRae. MGK has been bringing out guests throughout the tour including Halsey in Chicago, Bailey Zimmerman in Nashville, Julia Wolf and even his daughter at Warped Tour, celebrating an album that connects across generations and genres while “Times of My Life” adds another chapter to that story.