Machine Gun Kelly has undergone several dramatic transformations lately.
The 33-year-old star officially changed his name on streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music after revealing he had covered the top half of his body in black ink.
The musician – real name Colson Baker – now goes by ‘mgk’ on the platforms.
He even changed his name on his X profile to ‘mgk’, although his handle remains @machinegunkelly.
This comes after speculation arose that Kelly had changed his name when he asked photographers to call him ‘Machine’ at the GQ Men of the Year event in November.
Machine Gun Kelly officially changed his name on streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music after revealing he had covered the top half of his body in black ink, pictured in 2023
The musician – real name Colson Baker – now goes by ‘mgk’ on the platforms
However, the artist returned to using the nickname Machine Gun Kelly soon after.
On Instagram he also maintains the handle @machinegunkelly, but his profile reads: ‘Colson xx blonde don.’
Kelly has not yet made a formal announcement about a name change.
On February 21, he shocked fans a bit when he unveiled his new body art.
The Bloody Valentine hitmaker, 33 — whose fiancée Megan Fox showed off a dramatic new look at the People’s Choice Awards — took to his Instagram to debut a blackout tattoo that covered his entire upper body.
The black ink envelops his upper body, while a few of his original tattoos are still visible through the holes along his arms and in the cross symbol etched on his chest.
“For spiritual purposes only,” he captioned the photo.
The post comes recently after Megan debuted a new sleeve tattoo while attending a Grammys viewing party.
He even changed his name on his X profile to ‘mgk’, although his handle remains @machinegunkelly
On February 21, he shocked fans a bit when he unveiled his new body art
The Bloody Valentine hitmaker, 33 — whose fiancée Megan Fox showed off a dramatic new look at the People’s Choice Awards — took to his Instagram to debut a blackout tattoo that covered his entire upper body; MGK in 2023
MGK also noted that the new ink required “44 needles” in an Instagram story.
That’s what his tattoo artist Roxx said TMZ that the rock star had undergone a ‘spiritual consultation’ before plunging into the process.
During this session, MGK made it clear to her that his existing tattoos no longer resonated with his current mentality, calling them “chaotic.”
In June, the musician decorated his already extensively tattooed arm with an additional design.
In August 2021, he unveiled a new matching tattoo with Travis Barker, coinciding with the announcement of his sixth album, Born with Horn.
Meanwhile, Megan expanded her tattoo collection by getting an entire sleeve on her left arm.
The tattoo features an elaborate, intricate black and gray image of a soaring phoenix, complemented by blooming flowers outlined in vibrant red ink.
The design runs from her shoulder and extends gracefully to just past her wrist.
The artist still has some work to do on the musician, adding that the project is “one of the biggest she has done in such a short time”; in the photo in 2020
The post comes after Megan debuted a new sleeve tattoo while attending a Grammys viewing party on Sunday in Los Angeles
The Transformers star also showed off her dramatic new look at the 49th annual People’s Choice Awards
Also the star of the Transformers showed off her dramatic new look at the 49th annual Public Choice Award.
She arrived at the Barker Hangar in a white strapless dress and pink hair, amid plastic surgery rumors that emerged after her Super Bowl performance.
Fans were quick to comment on Megan’s performance online, with many comparing the star to the stop-motion character Bride of Chucky from Child’s Play horror films.
The People’s Choice appearance comes after Megan was accused of being ‘xenophobic’ as she tried to defend her shocking new look, comparing herself to a ‘Ukrainian blow-up doll’ in one photo.