Jelly Roll, MGK and Travis Barker join forces on “Lonely Road”

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This collaboration between Jelly Roll, Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker, which required two years of writing and recording, was performed on Jimmy Fallon's set.

Jelly Roll and Machine Gun Kelly took the stage of Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show to present their song ” Lonely Road » with the help of Travis Barker and a group of musicians and backing vocalists. The two singers joined forces around a flaming trash can, which Barker used as a drum kit. The musicians then sat down at Jimmy Fallon's office.

HAS” Lonely Road » is a collaboration between MGK and Jelly Roll, released at the beginning of summer. The song was produced by Barker, Charlie Handsome, BazeXX and SlimXX, and interpolates ” Take Me Home, Country Roads » by John Denver.

HAS” We worked on “Lonely Road… for 2 years, in 8 different studios, 4 different countries, changed the key 4 times, and this Friday you will hear that we finally succeeded “, said MGK about the song. The duo released a music video in July, which features their respective partners, Megan Fox and Bunnie XO.

Last weekend, Jelly Roll performed in the Saturday Night Live to perform two tracks from his 10th studio album, Beautifully Broken, which is scheduled for release on October 11. Friday, he played at Madison Square Garden, where he notably welcomed Post Malone.

Jelly Roll spoke with Jimmy Fallon about his recent success and upcoming album, as well as his experience at Saturday Night Live. HAS” It was a lot of fun. I was more nervous for the sketch, obviously, because I'm a fish out of water in the music industry and I was a double fish out of water there. HAS”

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