Concert for Aliens

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"Concert for Aliens"
Machine Gun Kelly - Concert for Aliens.png
Single by Machine Gun Kelly
from the album Tickets to My Downfall
ReleasedAugust 5, 2020 (2020-08-05)
Recorded2019
GenrePop punk[1][2][3]
Length2:40
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Travis Barker
Machine Gun Kelly singles chronology
"Bloody Valentine"
(2020) 		"Concert for Aliens"
(2020) 		"My Ex's Best Friend"
(2020)

"Concert for Aliens" (stylized in all lowercase) is a song by Machine Gun Kelly. It was released as the second single from his fifth studio album Tickets to My Downfall. It peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart in 2020.

Background[]

The song debuted live on the nationally televised show Good Morning America on July 20, 2020, when Machine Gun Kelly (Colson Baker) and drummer Travis Barker performed the track.[4] The following day, Baker posted the clip to social media and confirmed that the song would be the second single from his upcoming fifth studio album Tickets to My Downfall.[5] Multiple music videos were released for the song. On August 5, an animated video was released, featuring Baker and Barker trying to escape from aliens, which eventually transitions to them playing a concert for the aliens.[1] A second video, directed by Mod Sun, was released on August 13, 2020.[6][7] The video, make of live action footage, alternates between footage of Baker and Barker performing the song in front of a crowd of aliens, and footage of Baker dressed up and acting silly in a variety of costumes, including a gameshow host, an actor, a sailor, an emo teenager, and a stereotypical "villain" type character.[6][2][8] The video received 250,000 views in the first three hours of availability alone.[9]

Themes and composition[]

Publications generally described the song as pop punk.[1][2][3] Despite the song's upbeat sound and humorous video, Baker noted that the song was meant to have a serious message, serving as a metaphor for the chaos and civil unrest present in the year 2020,[3] with the song lyrics making allusions to the end of the world.[1][6]

Charts[]

Personnel[]

Credits adapted from Tidal.[13]

Release history[]

Country Date Format Label Ref.
Various August 5, 2020
[14]
Italy September 4, 2020 Contemporary hit radio Universal [15]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Aniftos, Rania (August 5, 2020). "Machine Gun Kelly & Travis Barker Throw a Pop-Punk 'Concert for Aliens' in Animated Lyric Video: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Lavin, Will (August 13, 2020). "Watch Machine Gun Kelly's new video for pop-punk smash 'Concert For Aliens'". NME. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Machine Gun Kelly Drops New Video for Concert for Aliens". Kerrang. August 14, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  4. ^ Dowd, Rachael (August 13, 2020). "See MGK Channel his Inner Emo in Otherworldly 'Concert for Aliens' Video". Alt Press. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  5. ^ Skinner, Tom (July 21, 2020). "Check out a snippet of Machine Gun Kelly's pop-punk new single 'Concert For Aliens'". NME. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c Aniftos, Rania (August 14, 2020). "Machine Gun Kelly Brings the World of Entertainment to Outer Space in 'Concert for Aliens' Music Video". Billboard. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  7. ^ Redrup, Zach (August 13, 2020). "NEWS: Machine Gun Kelly shares video for 'Concert For Aliens'!". Dead Press. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  8. ^ Johnson, Josh (August 13, 2020). "Watch Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker play a 'Concert for Aliens' in new video". ABC News Radio. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  9. ^ Mahjouri, Shakiel (August 13, 2020). "Machine Gun Kelly Holds 'Concert For Aliens' In New Music Video". ET Canada. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  10. ^ "Machine Gun Kelly Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  11. ^ "Machine Gun Kelly Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
  12. ^ "Hot Rock & Alternative Songs – Year-End 2020". Billboard. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  13. ^ "Credits / Tickets To My Downfall – Machine Gun Kelly TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  14. ^ "concert for aliens - Single by Machine Gun Kelly on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
  15. ^ "MACHINE GUN KELLY "concert for aliens" | (Radio Date: 04/09/2020)". radiodate.it. September 4, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.
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