Album: Mainstream Sellout (2022)
Charted: 39 68
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Songfacts®:

  • This pop-punk track finds Machine Gun Kelly lamenting a broken relationship. Rather than trying to fix things up with his lover, MGK wants to run away. He tells her, "Maybe I'll be gone before you count to 10."
  • Oli Sykes, from the British rock band Bring Me The Horizon, joins Kelly on the second verse where we find out the wrecked relationship affected the singer badly. Meanwhile, on the bridge, Sykes and Kelly show little sympathy towards how his lover is feeling.
  • Machine Gun Kelly wrote the song with:

    Oli Sykes and his Bring Me The Horizon bandmate Jordan Fish.

    Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, who has steered Machine Gun Kelly's rebranding from rapper to pop rocker.

    Musician, songwriter and producer Nick "Dark Waves" Long. He contributed towards the writing of every track on Tickets to My Downfall apart from the two interludes.

    Los Angeles producer Omer Fedi (24kGoldn's "Mood," The Kid Laroi's "Without You" and "Stay," and Lil Nas X's "MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)"). He contributed to five Tickets to My Downfall tracks, including MGK's collaboration with Halsey, "Forget Me Too."

    MGK's keyboardist and bassist Steve "BazeXX" Basil.

    MGK's hype man Brandon "SlimXX" Allen.
  • Travis Barker, Omer Fedi, SlimXX, BazeXX and Nick Long produced the track.

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