Machine Gun Kelly wants to know what else he has to do in order to lock in his status as a legend. On his latest single, “Pressure,” the rapper racks his brain to recount all of the moments he thought would represent a breakthrough for everyone else but ultimately left him feeling dejected and misunderstood. “Everything’s destined, it was inevitable I take on his aggression,” he raps. “Mad at the world ’cause I’m feelin’ rejected/Guess that I gotta die to be a legend.” In the accompanying music video for “Pressure,” the musician born Colson Baker further contends with his own legacy, tracing his headlining gigs at big-name arenas back to his upbringing in Cleveland, Ohio. “I just made the hardest shit I ever heard right now,” he boasts, fully stepping into his rap bag after pivoting to pop punk for two full album cycles. “Wait a minute, look where I was and where I’m at right now/In a plane with no passengers in it, over Cleveland, ’bout to touchdown.”
