The artwork for Tickets To My Downfall is changing due to it being "essentially copied from a photo we do not own", according to Machine Gun Kelly.
After unveiling the artwork and tracklist for his highly-anticipated pop-punk album Tickets To My Downfall this weekend, Machine Gun Kelly has now announced that the cover art is going to have to change.
Overnight, MGK posted that he "found out that the album cover I released was essentially copied from a photo we do not own". The unapproved image in question appears to be by Sen Mitsuji, with the artist taking to his Instagram stories to share a side-by-side comparison of the two (screengrabbed below).
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Machine Gun Kelly – real name Colson Baker – wrote that he didn't personally make the design, and he sent his apologies to the original artist. "I'm in the process of replacing it right now," he confirmed.
The musician didn't add if this will affect Tickets To My Downfall's release date of September 25, so fingers crossed this all gets sorted ASAP and fans will still get to the enjoy the album this month as planned.
Earlier this year, Machine Gun Kelly explained how he wants to inspire fans to pick up a guitar with Tickets To My Downfall.
“I hope that this project, for an audience broader than what’s already listening to music that has instruments in it, I hope that this album inspires some kids to go and pick a guitar up, because it really is uncommon for a 15-year-old to have been to a concert where anyone’s playing an instrument,” he said. “It is weird. But I’ve had plenty of people be like, ‘Dude, this is the first time I’ve ever seen someone play a guitar live, it’s crazy, I wanna do it.’”
He added, “But, ultimately, I hope that this is an album that lives with people for the rest of their lives – those albums that I remember coming out in the summer time, or in the fall time and I was back to school.”
