OUR NEXT GUEST IS A MULTI-TALENTED MUSICIAN AND
ACTOR WHOSE LATEST ALBUM, "TICKETS TO
MY DOWNFALL," WAS A #1 SMASH HIT.
HE'S JUST MADE HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT WITH THE MUSICAL FILM,
"DOWNFALLS HIGH."
PLEASE WELCOME, COLSON BAKER A.K.A. MACHINE GUN KELLY!
THERE HE IS!
HOW ARE YOU?
>> WHOA!
HEARING MY REAL NAME IS A TRIP.
>> James: IT FEELS WEIRD SAYING IT, BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY,
YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE SHOW A LOT, WE LOVE IT EVERY TIME YOU'RE
HERE, AND YOU'RE ALWAYS KNOWN AS MACHINE GUN KELLY.
ARE YOU USED TO PEOPLE HEARING YOURSELF CALLED COLSON?
>> IT FEELS LIKE I'M FETING IN TROUBLE BY A TEACHER WHEN I'M
HEARING MY REAL NAME, AND I FEEL LIKE -- LIKE THERE'S PEOPLE I
LIVE WITH THAT I STILL FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW I HAVE A
REAL NAME.
>> James: WE'VE HUNG OUT A BIT BACKSTAGE AT THE SHOW, YOU'VE
ALWAYS GREAT COMPANY.
I REMEMBER WE'VE SAT ON THE ROOF AND THINGS, AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN
TOUGH FOR ME BECAUSE I'VE NEVER QUITE KNOWN WHAT TO CALL YOU.
>> I HAVE A LENGTHY NAME.
>> James: CALLING YOU JUST BUDDY.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN -- YOU KNOW
HOW IT IS, BIG, BIG -- BIG CAT.
YOUR HONOR, IT'S DIFFICULT.
BUT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR ALBUM.
IN SEPTEMBER YOU RELEASED "TICKETS TO MY DOWNFALL."
THIS IS IS A DEPARTURE FOR YOU.
THIS IS LIKE A POP ALBUM, A PUNK ALBUM, AND IT'S YOUR BIGGEST
SUCCESS SO FAR, AND IT'S A BRILLIANT ALBUM.
WAS IT HARD TO CONVINCE YOUR LABEL AND THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU
TO LET YOU DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN RAP?
>> I'VE DISAPPEARED FOR A YEAR AND THE LABEL KIND OF LIKE
CAUGHT WIND THAT I WAS RECORDING SOMETHING, BUT BY THE TIME I
SHOWED UP, THE WHOLE ALBUM WAS DONE AND I WAS JUST, LIKE, HERE,
YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.
SO THEY DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE BUT TO ACCEPT.
AND THERE'S A VIDEO OF ME, LIKE, VIBING TO MY MUSIC FROM THIS
ALBUM, LIKE, PLAYING IT FOR THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND YOU JUST
SAW, LIKE, 95% OF THE ROOM, LIKE, OKAY, I QUIT!
>> James: BUT YOU MUST BE INCREDIBLY PROUD.
THE REACTION TO IT'S BEEN INCREDIBLE.
>> I KNOW.
I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE A METAPHOR FOR JUMPING OUT OF THE LINE AND
LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAKING SOME NOISE.
IT FEELS LIKE -- I MEAN, HOPEFULLY, IT WILL WAKE LABELS
AND A&Rs UP TO DO THEIR JOBS AGAIN BECAUSE, BACK IN THE DAY,
YOU TRY TO BE THE FIRST PERSON TO DISCOVER THE BEST SOUL
SINGER, THE FIRST PERSON TO CREATE THE ULTIMATE BOY GROUP OR
GIRL GROUP, AND NOW EVERYONE JUST WANTS TO RE-CREATE THE SAME
THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND I JUST WANT TO BREAK THE MO MOLD O
THAT.
>> James: THE ALBUM INSPIRED A FILM YOU WROTE AND DIRECTED
CALLED "DOWNFALLS HIGH."
WHERE DID YOU GET THE IDEA TO MAKE THIS FILM.
TELL US WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
>> IT'S A COMING OF AGE FILM FOR THIS HIGH SCHOOL KID WHO -- I
MEAN, THE THEME OF FALLING IN LOVE YOU SEE IN MOVIES IS IF
THEY FALL OUT OF LOVE, THEY GET OVER IT AND COME BACK WITH A NEW
RELATIONSHIP OR THEY COME BACK FROM IT AND THERE'S TRIUMPH, BUT
TO ME, LOVE IS KIND OF HELPLESS.
YOU KNOW, WITHOUT IT, IT FEELS ALMOST LIKE DEATH.
SO, LIKE, HE LOSES THIS PERSON THAT HE LOVES AND HE NEVER IS
OKAY AFTER IT.
AND, SO, IT'S LIKE A VISUAL.
IT'S A -- IT'S A VISUAL JOURNEY THROUGH THE ALBUSM NOT SEEN AUTO
BIOGRAPHICALLY.
IT'S NOT ME -- WHICH IS COOL, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY I WROTE THE
ALBUM FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, BUT THE MOVIE GIVES THE ALBUM A
WHOLE DIFFERENT LIFE AND WORLD.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, MAN, I'M PROUD OF THE PREMIERE WEEKEND.
THE VIEWS WERE CRAZY.
THE RESPONSE WAS CRAZY.
I'M CRAZY.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> James: NOW, AFTER THE BREAK, YOU'RE PERFORMING A SONG
CALLED "CONCERT FOR ALIENS."
>> YES.
>> James: WHAT INSPIRED THIS SONG?
BECAUSE YOU'RE A BELIEVER, RIGHT, IN LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS?
>> HOMEY, I SAW LIFE ON THIS PLANET THAT WAS FROM ANOTHER
PLANET TWO NIGHTS AGO OVER A LAKE IN THOUSAND OAKS.
>> James: WAIT, WAIT -- CAME OUT OF NOWHERE,
DISAPPEARED AGAIN.
I WAS IN BORA BORA A WEEK BEFORE THAT, IN THE PACIFIC, SAW THE
SAME EXACT ORB THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IN HAWAII, SAW THE SAME
THING WHERE WE WERE AT FLY BY, DISAPPEAR OVER A MOUNTAIN.
THEY'RE OUT HERE.
AND BY THE WAY, THEY'RE ALL LOOKING AT EARTH, LIKE, YOU GUYS
ARE SO DUMB.
EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING THE PAST YEAR IS SO DUMB.
WE'RE ALL SO DUMB.
THIS IS THE BEST REALITY SHOW OF ALL TIME FOR ANYONE NOT LIVING
ON THIS EARTH HAVING TO DEAL WITH IT.
>> James: WHEN THE ALIENS COME, CAN WE MAKE A DEAL THAT
WE'LL JUST SEEK EACH OTHER OUT AND I THINK, TOGETHER, WE'LL BE
ABLE TO GET EACH OTHER THROUGH IT?
>> IF I END UP GETTING SWOOPED UP BY AN ALIEN, I WILL LOOK AT
THEM AND GO THERE'S ONE STOP WE'VE GOT TO MAKE
( LAUGHTER ) AND IF I SHOW UP IN A GIANT
SAUCER AND I'M, LIKE, HEY, REMEMBER, LIKE, YOU GOTTA LEAVE
ON THE SHIP.
>> James: DUDE, IT'S A DEAL.
I CAN'T HANDSHAKE YOU, BUT I'M FIST PUMPING YOU THROUGH THE
SCREEN.
THERE IT IS.
THAT'S AN ALIEN OATH.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU CAN WATCH THE FILM "DOWNFALLS HIGH"
AT DOWNFALLSHIGH.COM, MACHINE GUN
KELLY WILL PERFORM WHEN WE COME BACK.
COME ON BACK, EVERYBODY!