
iann dior has shared new single 'thought it was', featuring Machine Gun Kelly and Travis Barker
It's the latest taster of Dior's forthcoming album 'On To Better Things', set to arrive on Friday (20th January)
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'Almost' opens with a meditation on proximity to success that never quite arrives. The track pivots between aspiration and resignation, MGK sketching a world where fame feels perpetually out of reach even as he chases it. The song's core tension sits between wanting recognition for years of unglamorous work and a deeper desire simply to live without scrutiny or obligation. The second half shifts register. MGK moves from abstract frustration into concrete grievance, tallying the cost of his climb: the long drives to empty venues, the rejections at the door, the years when nobody showed. He demands compensation for that invisible labour, repeating the refrain with increasing intensity. Underneath runs a simpler wish: the freedom to exist on his own terms, away from bosses and commentators. The song ends not with resolution but with a demand, the word "pay up" hanging unresolved.
"Almost" is a track by mgk, from the album Fuck It, released 23rd July 2015. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about mgk.
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