Machine Gun Kelly covered Don Omar’s ‘Danza Kuduro’ and spoke Spanish to the crowd at Madrid’s Mad Cool Festival this week.The pop-punk artist performed at day one of the Spanish festival on Thursday (July 6), where he surprised fans with a cover of the Puerto Rican reggaeton star’s 2010 hit.“Spain, thank you so much for welcoming me to your country.
I can feel all the love here today,” MGK told the crowd in Spanish.“In return, I’d like to sing a song in your language with all of you.
Let’s go!”Captioning a clip of the moment on Instagram, he wrote “haters will say I switched genres again”, referencing his jump from rap to punk-rock for his latest two albums, ‘Tickets To My Downfall’ (2020) and ‘Mainstream Sellout’ (2022).haters will say i switched genres again. ♬ original sound – the blonde don Omar himself appeared to approve, commenting a ‘rock on’ and flame emoji.NME‘s day one coverage of Mad Cool Festival reflected on MGK’s set in which he “stomped down from a burning setpiece to deliver a pop-punk run of hits that were just as fiery”.At another recent festival, MGK fulfilled one of his fans’ most odd requests yet – being punched in the face.While performing at Rock Werchter in Belgium, Kelly read a fan’s sign that said: “I just came from Mexico 4 u 2 punch me in the face”.
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