Rapper Machine Gun Kelly dropped a trailer on Tuesday for his upcoming new album Misplaced Americana, seemingly narrated by Bob Dylan.
“Misplaced Americana is a private excavation of the American dream — a journey to seek out what’s been misplaced,” the Dylan voice says within the clip, describing the album as “a sonic map of forgotten locations, a tribute to the spirit of reinvention and a quest to reclaim the essence of American freedom.”
It needs to be famous that neither MGK nor anybody representing Dylan have formally confirmed that the voice is certainly the true Dylan’s.
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“From the gold neon diners to the rumble of the bikes, that is music that celebrates the sweetness discovered within the in-between areas,” the video, which you’ll watch beneath, continues, “the place the previous is reimagined and the longer term is cast by yourself phrases.”
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Simply how conscious of MGK Dylan is stays unclear, although the 84-year-old singer did lately share a 2016 video of the rapper on his Instagram with no further context or clarification. MGK, nonetheless, was honored.
“Simply the originator of doing the whole lot reverse of what folks needed him to do, randomly posting a video of me again within the day rapping in a vinyl store,” he stated then [via Rolling Stone]. “I am similar to, ‘What the fuck?’ Simply belief the indicators, man. That was so cool. I am so grateful.”
Misplaced Americana might be launched on Aug. 8.
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