Maps of Music

Hotel Diablo (2019)

Where the lyrics of Hotel Diablo take you, and where it was really made.

Kelly first named the album Delirium, then erased all of its existing material and started over from scratch.

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After the bonus tracks for Bloom (2017), Kelly announced he would start recording "album 4"
Kelly later erased all material already on the album and restarted from scratch
A collaboration with Lana Del Rey was among the deleted songs and never came to fruition
The original album name was Delirium
April 2, 2019: 16-second video snippet with the album title posted on social media
Kelly announced the Hotel Diablo World Tour to promote the album

Kelly had the album name tattooed on the back of his head and shared a video of it
Kelly said the cover fits the album's nostalgic and dark feel, and reflects his honest side from his earlier years and 20s
Cover art revealed June 27, 2019

Colson Baker, known as MGK (formerly Machine Gun Kelly), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor.
Born April 22, 1990, in Houston, Texas; grew up partly in Egypt, Kenya, and Germany, and later in Denver and Cleveland.
Began listening to rap in sixth grade; DMX, Ludacris, and Eminem were early influences.
Self-released four mixtapes from 2007 to 2010 before signing with Bad Boy Records, an imprint of Interscope Records, in 2011.

Solo artist; supported by a backing band with members including Travis Barker on drums (2019–present).

Debut album Lace Up (2012) peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200; lead single "Wild Boy" was his first Billboard Hot 100 entry.
Albums General Admission (2015) and Bloom (2017) brought critical praise and commercial success; "Bad Things" with Camila Cabello peaked at number four on the Hot 100.
Tickets to My Downfall (2020), produced entirely by Travis Barker, shifted to pop-punk and debuted atop the Billboard 200.
Mainstream Sellout (2022) matched commercial success, with mixed critical reception.
In 2024 he dropped the Machine Gun Kelly name for MGK and released the collaborative EP Genre: Sadboy with Trippie Redd.
Seventh album Lost Americana (2025) moved into pop-rock.
Acting work includes Beyond the Lights (2014), Bird Box (2018), and portraying Tommy Lee in The Dirt (2019).

Markos Papadatos of Digital Journal praised the lyrics and the overall album sound and mood
Papadatos called it a solid new album that shows Kelly's maturity and growth as a singer-songwriter and musician
Papadatos gave the album an A rating
Jeremy Markus of The Cornell Daily Sun gave a positive review and called the album a powerful successor to Binge
Markus praised the improved writing, intricate flows, and cohesive sound across the production
Dhruva Balram of NME gave a negative review and said the lyricism feels apathetic
Balram said Kelly sticks to a tried-and-tested formula that feels bland

Debuted at number five on the US Billboard 200 with 39,000 equivalent album units, 16,000 of them album sales
Kelly's fourth top 10 album
Dropped to number 20 in its second week, with 20,585 equivalent album units
Dropped to number 38 in its third week, with 13,141 units

Kelly said in an interview that the album's original name was Delirium, which he later dropped
Kelly's daughter Casie makes a cameo at the end of the promotional single "Floor 13"
A song from the album was rumored to be titled "Breaking News 2", a sequel to "Breaking News" from his 2013 mixtape Black Flag
On June 11, 2019, Kelly announced the release date with a video of himself getting a head tattoo with the album name