@mgkmagic: "Any interview of me in my 20s makes me cringe to the max" 😭 📝: mgk went on The New York Times' Popcast. During this podcast interview with Jon Caramanica and Joe Coscarelli, mgk reflected on his growth, saying he has learned to embrace self-love, flaws, and vulnerability after years of playing into a hardened, polarizing persona. mgk described it as finally “adopting” his broken younger self. "I think what I've been missing is just like a love for myself," mgk said. "That's why I take that broken version of me, and I put my arm around him, and I say, 'Dude, I know we've went through the trenches together, but it rains before the rainbow.' I think also, too, the flaws are what makes us interesting humans." "Any interview of me in my 20s, I'm just like, it makes me cringe to the max," mgk said. "Also, you need the arc of like [from] dumbass [to] prophetic. I think there was a characterization that I was playing into, that I really loved being a polarizing figure, so I have a hardened shell. I grew up a battle rapper. I am prepped for war pretty much at all times, and we've watched me do it, but this is like... The truth is, it felt much more satiating to the broken boy that I have just now finally picked up, sat next to me, and I've been like, 'I'm adopting you,' to be the simpatico versus being the polarizing figure." 🎥: "MGK on Winning Over Bob Dylan, ‘Fumbling’ Megan Fox, Surviving Rehab & Going Pop on ‘Lost Americana’" on The New York Times' Popcast #mgk #machinegunkelly #colsonbaker @mgk mgk adopted his younger self ft. self love

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