Life in Pink

> "*The only me I liked was me on stage because music was what made people like me. I was a character. Some people play a role for six months. I played a role for sixteen years.*"
> ― Machine Gun Kelly in the documentary
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***Life in Pink*** is the 2022 documentary film directed by Sam Cahill and written by Colson Baker. It centers on the life of Machine Gun Kelly, with his personal struggles, musical career, and relationships. It premiered over Hulu on June 28, 2022.

## Synopsis

### Hulu

Machine Gun Kelly's *Life In Pink* is an in-depth look at the dramatic highs and lows of an artist chasing music's top spot while tackling noise from the outside world, stardom, fatherhood, and more.

### Disney

Machine Gun Kelly's Life in Pink" takes you through the pressure of a rock star's rise to the top. This documentary submerges you into the life of Machine Gun Kelly watching the creation of "Tickets to My Downfall." This backstage pass to the chaotic world of his meteoric success takes you beyond the red carpet to witness Machine Gun Kelly struggle with mental health, work through childhood trauma and dedicate his life to being a good father. "Machine Gun Kelly's Life in Pink" is a humanizing portrait of a very polarizing figure.

## Background

One particular moment highlighted was his suicide attempt in July 2020. He recalled, "Megan went to Bulgaria to shoot a movie and I started getting this really wild paranoia. Like, I kept getting paranoid that someone was gonna come and kill me. I called Megan. I was like, ‘You aren't here for me.' I'm in my room and I'm, like, freaking out on her. Dude, I put the shotgun in my mouth. And I'm yelling on the phone and like the barrel is in my mouth. And I go to cock the shotgun and the bullet, as it comes back up, the shell just gets jammed. Megan's like dead silent." This was one of the most difficult parts to watch back, and confessed to *Billboard*, "I didn't want to include that part. Though the whole point of this is to be more raw and more vulnerable than an artist who is pushed by a machine, or something that just seems catered to making them look great. I think I'm an experiment of what it can be when an artist is just human." He named Fox and his daughter to help him change, and wanted to quit doing drugs.

Sam Cahill remarked upon the project, "We did various interviews months apart on different days, and it was almost like in between he was thinking about what he wanted to drop on me next. The fact that he was speaking that to our lenses, he had some level of comfortability… There was a lot of stuff that we cut out but the stuff that we put in I felt like the world needed to hear. How he deals with things and how it affects his life can definitely help others because he deals with so much shit: hate from the internet, hate all over the place, bad press all the time. This doc shows what happened behind the scenes and how it eats away at somebody's soul."

## Cast

* Machine Gun Kelly
* Travis Barker
* Megan Fox
* Casie Baker
* Halsey
* Lil Wayne
* Trippie Redd
* SlimXX

## Soundtrack

1. "Bloody Valentine" – Machine Gun Kelly
2. "Born with Horns" – Machine Gun Kelly
3. "Title Track" – Machine Gun Kelly
4. "El Diablo" – Machine Gun Kelly
5. "Hollywood Whore" – Machine Gun Kelly
6. "Glass House" – Machine Gun Kelly featuring Naomi Wild
7. "Bullets with Names" – Machine Gun Kelly featuring Young Thug, RJMrLA, Lil Duke
8. "Pursuit of Happiness" – Machine Gun Kelly
9. "It Was a Good Day" – Machine Gun Kelly
10. "Sk8er Boi" – Avril Lavigne
11. "Californication" – Red Hot Chilli Peppers
12. "In These Walls (My House)" – Machine Gun Kelly featuring PVRIS
13. "Pretty Toxic Revolver" – Machine Gun Kelly
14. "I Think I'm Okay" – Machine Gun Kelly
15. "My Ex's Best Friend" – Machine Gun Kelly featuring blackbear
16. "Forget Me Too" – Machine Gun Kelly featuring Halsey
17. "Hangover Cure" – Machine Gun Kelly
18. "Drunk Face" – Machine Gun Kelly
19. "Papercuts" – Machine Gun Kelly
20. "Lonely" – Machine Gun Kelly
21. "Banyan Tree" – Machine Gun Kelly
22. "God Save Me" – Machine Gun Kelly
23. "Die in California" – Machine Gun Kelly featuring Gunna, Young Thug, Landon Barker
24. "More Than Life" – Machine Gun Kelly featuring Glaive
25. "Emo Girl" – Machine Gun Kelly featuring Willow
26. "Drug Dealer" – Machine Gun Kelly featuring Lil Wayne
27. "Maybe" – Machine Gun Kelly featuring Bring Me the Horizon
28. "Mainstream Sellout" – Machine Gun Kelly
29. "Twin Flame" – Machine Gun Kelly
30. "Floor 13" – Machine Gun Kelly
31. "5:3666" – Machine Gun Kelly featuring phem
32. "Sober" – Machine Gun Kelly
33. "What's My Age Again?" – Machine Gun Kelly
34. "Kiss Kiss" – Machine Gun Kelly
35. "All I Know" – Machine Gun Kelly featuring Trippie Redd
36. "DayWalker" – Machine Gun Kelly featuring Corpse
37. "Play This When I'm Gone" – Machine Gun Kelly
38. "WWIII" – Machine Gun Kelly
39. "9 Lives" – Machine Gun Kelly
40. "Ronnie J Demo" – Machine Gun Kelly
41. "Bouncin on My Toes" – Machine Gun Kelly
42. "Concert for Aliens" – Machine Gun Kelly
43. "Sid & Nancy" – Machine Gun Kelly
44. "5150" – Machine Gun Kelly
45. "Make Up Sex" – Machine Gun Kelly featuring blackbear

## References

1. ↑ Walthall, Catherine (June 29, 2022). "Machine Gun Kelly Celebrates ‘Life in Pink' Documentary with Bloody After Party Performance". *American Songwriter*.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Havens, Lyndsey (June 28, 2022). "Machine Gun Kelly Reveals What Part of His Hulu Documentary Was Hardest to Watch". *Billboard*.
3. ↑ Militano, Hannah (June 28, 2022). "Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly Attend ‘Life in Pink' Premiere". *Grazia*.

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