In an interview with Spin, Machine Gun Kelly opened up about why he decided to go pop-punk on his new album Tickets To My Downfall. He said, “It needed a face again. It needed someone to walk up in the camera and go ‘f*ck you.'”
He also discussed winning a Best Alternative Video at the VMAs for “Bloody Valentine.” He said about the win, “That brought back dreaming to me. I made Tickets to My Downfall on my own accord, for only for the love of music. At that time, I was completely written off. My agents weren’t getting blown up, it wasn’t like an exponential time for my career”
He continued, “I approached the album already kind of as a failure, which is what gave it such a genuine angst.”