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Machine Gun Kelly Jokes He Got Bob Dylan to Do His Album Trailer Through ‘Pure Desperation’

Machine Gun Kelly spoke about how grateful he was that Bob Dylan lent his voice to a trailer announcing his next album, 'Lost Americana.'

When asked point blank about Dylan’s cameo on Today, MGK quipped, “A magician never reveals his secrets.” He then continued with something resembling an answer, but still clearly jokey: “Pure desperation. One (very believable) theory as to how the singer-songwriter stumbled across the clip in the first place was floated by Dylan scholar Ray Padgett, who suggested on Bluesky, “All because the dude has the same name as an old gangster Bob was googling.” The day after the show, MGK tweeted not-so-cryptically, “i met and had a conversation with someone last night that i never thought i’d get the honor to meet all because of a video of me rapping in a music store 10 years ago.

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