After ringing in 2015 in downtown Cleveland, Machine Gun Kelly is looking toward a big year. First up: The video for his new single, “Till I Die.” 

Shot mostly on the city’s east side, the video pretty much builds off the mood first established in 2010’s “Cleveland.” It’s a grittier track, though, blending short, rapid-fire verses with drawn-out, bass-heavy returns to the chorus. 

The end of the video features some pretty cool behind-the-scenes stuff, like closer looks at some of the spots where Machine Gun Kelly began his work. Key among them is the house on East 119th and Union, where the rapper met a bunch of the guys in his crew during his senior year in high school and started recording. 

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This article appears in Dec 31, 2014 – Jan 6, 2015.

Eric Sandy is an award-winning Cleveland-based journalist. For a while, he was the managing editor of Scene. He now contributes jam band features every now and then.

6 replies on “Machine Gun Kelly’s New Video for ‘Till I Die’ Spotlights Cleveland, Naturally”

  3. This video is badly directed and has horrible production values. A first grader with an iPhone could do a better job. Plus, I’ve never seen so many classy people in one video at the same time! Haha.

  5. People always gotta hate on him. If you don’t like him don’t watch, look at or listen to anything that has to do with him. Kells you’re an inspiration period! Keep doing ehat you’re doing. # Cleveland

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