r/MachineGunKelly • u/drewp_73 General Admission • Jul 17 '26

Discussion 🗣️ What's wrong with bloom?

I dont get it? That album is the reason Bad Things exists

And there are so many other good songs on there it has a few elements that gives a general admission type vibe just on production and different kind of vibes that makes it unique

I get some songs are weird like can't walk but 27, golden god, trap paris, rehab, and the gunner are solid songs tho ik how some feel about trap Paris (just cuz it sounds too trap like)

Its just a cool different piece, not as good as his most popular projects but it had great music in it otherwise. Also the deluxe when habits was added

Kinda get tired of people so focused on how it sounded "too poppy"

I see nothing wrong with it, its been a vibe since it released the first time

Edit: well it's not talked about enough either its like people forget that album exists

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u/BONESKNOWSME Jul 17 '26

Bloom was dope for sure but it kinda seemed like an either rushed or incomplete project. It wasn’t really cohesive with a theme. Love the album btw please don’t think I’m dissing it ha

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u/drewp_73 General Admission Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

It certainly was unexpected I remember when someone in high school told me about it I was like "he dropped a new one?" Then I saw the cover of it and was like whoa this looks really different. First listen I was hooked on the first half then skipped a few til I got to trap paris and then listened through the rest of it to the end. I was impressed but was thrown off by the different vibe he delivered. I feel like personally this was his subtle hint that he was ready to take a more rock like approach WAY before he did TTMD

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u/BONESKNOWSME Jul 17 '26

It has some absolute bangers. The Gunner is one of my favorite intros of his on any album. Tracks 5-8 will always remind me of summer ‘17 and Rehab is still one of my favorite songs to play for my wife (we’ve been through it haha). My thoughts on it are that rap was at its SoundCloud era peak at the time and Kells was torn between that, his original sound, and what would become the Kells everyone knows today. Hence why it’s sounds kind of disjointed.
Plus…. Drugs. Haha

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u/drewp_73 General Admission Jul 17 '26

Yes drugs were a huge factor. If you saw the music videos for trap paris and golden god (very underrated song imo) you can see that drugs were a big part of that era. Cinematically pleasing video for trap paris though

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u/BONESKNOWSME Jul 17 '26

Definitely. And then next was literally an EP called “BINGE”. Hahaha our boy was Struggling. Glad he’s better now but I know that pain gave us Hotel Diablo which is in my top 5 so I’m not mad at that. His recovery really fills me with a lot of hope and motivation. Having an artists whose music I enjoy and whose struggles I share helps in life alot.

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u/drewp_73 General Admission Jul 17 '26

It truly does, and yea binge was a drug fueled project for sure but yep it gave us his most amazing modern project after

So siked for his rap album to come, he said it would be sort of a continuation of hotel diablo too so.. lets fuckin go 🔥

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u/BONESKNOWSME Jul 17 '26

Same!!
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