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MGK shares Billie Eilish cover set to tattoo artist's illustrations

MGK just took us all by surprise with the unexpected drop of a beautiful cover of Billie Eilish‘s “Ocean Eyes.”

Check out Machine Gun Kelly’s incredible take on the track below!

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The Cleveland rapper took to Instagram to reveal the news of his spontaneous cover.

“covered a song i liked last night…full version in my bio,” MGK writes on Instagram. He also included a short visual clip of the track, which you can check out below.

 

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covered a song i liked last night…full version in my bio. ??

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The full version on YouTube contains a pretty badass visual, with the art created by tattoo artist snuffy.nyc.

Check out MGK’s full cover of “Ocean Eyes” below!

Does this mean we could see an Eilish and MGK collab in the near future? We’re keeping our fingers crossed.

And just in case you need a refresher on the original, check out the official music video to Eilish’s track below.

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Earlier today, MGK revealed when we are finally getting that first single from his highly anticipated forthcoming album,  Hotel Diablo. 

Taking to Twitter, the rapper shares that fans can expect that first track this week.

He’s also headed on tour at the end of the month. Tickets are on sale here and you can check out the full list of dates below.

Dates

05/31 — Cincinnati, OH @ Bunbury Music Festival
06/01 — Detroit, MI @ The Filmore Detroit
06/02 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
06/04 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Filmore Philadelphia
06/06 — Washington, D.C. @ Echostage

06/07 — Worcester, MA @ Worcester Palladium
06/08 — New York, NY @ PlayStation Theater
06/09 — Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
06/11 — Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
06/12 — St. Paul, MN @ MYTH Live
06/14 — Kansas City, MO @ Arvest Bank Theater at The Midland
06/15 — Dallas, TX @ South Side Ballroom
06/16 — Houston, TX @ Revention Music Center
06/18 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
06/19 — Anaheim, CA @ City National Grove of Anaheim
06/21 — Heber City, UT @ Bonanza Campout*
06/22 — Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
06/24 — Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House
06/25 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
06/26 — Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
06/28 — San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
06/29 — Las Vegas, NV @ Pearl Concert Theater at Palms Casino Resort
06/30 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern

08/02 — Butler, OH @ EST Fest*
08/03 — Butler, OH @ EST Fest*
08/09 — TBA
08/11 — TBA
08/13 — TBA
08/16 — Osaka, JP @ Summer Sonic*
08/17 — Tokyo, JP @ Summer Sonic*
08/23 — Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival*
08/25 — Reading, UK @ Reading Festival*
08/26 — Glasgow, UK @ SWG3
08/27 — Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz
08/28 — Bristol, UK @ SWX
08/30 — Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute
08/31 — London, UK @ Electric Ballroom

09/01 — Paris, FR
09/03 — Brussels, BE
09/04 — Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Grote Zaal
09/05 — Cologne, DE
09/07 — Zurich, CH
09/08 — Milan, IT
09/09 — Prague, CZ @ Forum Karlin
09/11 — Warsaw, PL
09/12 — Berlin, DE
09/13 — Hamburg, DE
09/15 — Copenhagen, DK @ Musikkens Hus, Store Vega
09/16 — Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
09/17 — Stockholm, SE @ Fyrehuset
09/19 — Helsinki, FI
09/21 — St. Petersburg, RU
09/22 — Moscow, RU
*festival date

What do you think of MGK’s “Ocean Eyes” cover? Would you like to see him and Eilish collab in the future? Sound off in the comments below.

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