Machine Gun Kelly Brings the Twang on His Cover of This ’90s Chicks Chart-Topper
Written by djfrosty on July 31, 2024
He’s done rap, he’s done rock, and now Machine Gun Kelly is doing country.
After the 34-year-old artist covered The Chicks’ “There’s Your Trouble” at CMA Fest last month, a Spotify Singsles recording of the track has arrived — and you’re gonna want to grab your cowboy hat before pressing “play.”
On the song, the artist born Colson Baker adapts his voice to a twangy country croon, jamming out to a mix of guitar, drums and some good ol’-fashioned fiddle. “Should’ve all worked out but it didn’t/ She should be here now but she isn’t,” he belts. “There’s your trouble, there’s your trouble/ Keep seein’ double with the wrong one.”
The Cleveland artist performed the song on the Spotify House stage in June, where he also performed “My Ex’s Best Friend” and duetted with Jelly Roll on “Need a Favor” as part of this year’s CMA Fest. Baker and the country star later teamed up for a collaboration titled “Lonely Road,” borrowing its hook from John Denver’s classic hit “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”
The pair also shot a music video together, co-starring their real-life partners: Megan Fox, who was at one point MGK’s fiancée, and Bunnie XO, who is married to Jelly. In the cinematic visual, the two musicians struggle to provide for their spouses, leading the “I Think I’m Okay” artist to rob a bank in a scheme that gets him sent to jail. (Don’t worry, Fox and their fictional baby are free to visit him behind glass.)
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Though it looks like he could be headed for a rootsier era soon, Baker’s most recent album, 2022’s Mainstream Sellout, was distinctly pop-punk. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart dated April 9 of that year.
“There’s Your Trouble,” the second single from The Chicks’ 1998 blockbuster album Wide Open Spaces, topped the Hot Country Songs chart and was a top 40 hit on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 too.
Listen to MGK’s cover of “There’s Your Trouble” below.