Machine Gun Kelly: I’m trying to find myself

Billboard spoke exclusively to rapper Machine Gun Kelly about returning to the rap game, dealing with fame, and much more.

On the basis of his new album: "I think that the big theme we can see and hear in this album, even in the album packaging as far as the album booklet, is that I'm trying to find myself. With the song content I feel like I've spoken on some of the subjects before, but I didn't realize how impactful some of those subjects were...each song is like its own movie."

On not wanting to be a celebrity: "I don't want to be a celebrity...I feel like a celebrity is someone who sits and takes pictures with people 'cause they love themselves and how they look and how people look at them."

On coming back to an industry that has changed: "So now I'm coming back with this real-ass album and all this live music and it's like I open my eyes and I'm in an age of politically correct rock stars and stupid repetitive sing-alongs. So where the fuck do I fit at? This is like a mic check for me to make sure there are real people out there."