Machine Gun Kelly Changes Album Name, AFTER Travis Barker Tattoos It On His Arm!

Machine Gun Kelly Changes Album Name, AFTER Travis Barker Tattoos It On His Arm!

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By Mike Walters on January 31, 2022 at 5:45 PM EST

Machine Gun Kelly is changing the name of his upcoming album, AFTER collaborator Travis Barker tattooed it on his forearm!

That's right...the rockstar made the decision to change the name of his record and revealed the news to the 'Blink-182' drummer on camera -- and it is hilarious!

MGK delivered the shocking news on Instagram, which included a video of him sitting Barker down and telling him the bad news. "My bad," is all he captioned the stunning footage.

In the video, Machine Gun begins, "Okay, we're friends no matter what right?" Barker answers, "Ya, of course."

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Machine Gun Kelly To Travis Barker: My Bad, I'm Changing The Name Of My Album

Machine Gun Kelly Changes Album Name, AFTER Travis Barker Tattoos It On His Arm!
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He continues, "Remember when we got the album name...the new album name tattooed on our arms?" At this point, the video cuts to an old IG video where Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker show off their new body ink, saying, "Born With Horns." Both tattoos are on the musicians' forearms. 

The best part is before MGK can even utter the words, Travis interrupts him and says "You changed the name of the..." before trailing off and starting to laugh.

"I'm changing the album name," Kelly confirms, as he starts to crack up too!

Obviously, Travis the next important question..."Okay, What is the new album name?" The footage quickly edits to rock music being played and an image with the name, "Mainstream Sell Out."

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See The Hilarious Video!

Now, the name is great, but it's unclear if Barker is really going to be upset with the fact that he permanently wrote on his arm a name that doesn't mean anything. Or, it's just a really, really cool story!

As you can imagine, fans of the rockers are lighting up social media with reactions to the mind-blowing video. "Haha, LOL this is too good!" one person wrote. Another added, "That kind of makes the tattoo better."

"Best marketing of any artist in the modern era. Keep up the great work," a person added.

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Machine Gun Kelly recently opened up about the music on the album, saying, "It feels more guitar-heavy for sure, lyrically it definitely goes deeper — but I never like to do anything the same. Every album is a juxtaposition of the last album. So I went and studied Tickets, and I heard the bright sound that I had, and for this album, I just turned the lights off."

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Travis Barker & Machine Gun Kelly Tattoo Album Name On Arms, After Collaborating!

Machine Gun Kelly Changes Album Name, AFTER Travis Barker Tattoos It On His Arm!
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At this point, it's unclear how much Barker will be featured on the album, but the duo has collaborated on several other projects including 'Sick And Tired' and 'Tickets To My Downfall."

As for Travis Barker, he is still going strong with Kourtney Kardashian. 'I Would Die 4 U," the drummer captioned a recent photo of the couple making out. "You, I would die for you," she responded in the comments.

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Kourtney Kardashian & Travis Barker Still Going Strong!

Kourtney's mother, Kris Jenner, recently joked about how in love the couple is and their constant PDA. "Well, you feel like you’re, you know, they’re the only two people in the room, and we almost don’t know what to do with ourselves," she told Ellen DeGeneres. Adding, "Like, I’m looking for a closet to hide in and somewhere to go."

Well, luckily the Kardashian's are well equipped with a few plastic surgeons and laser specialists. Just in case...

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