Sometimes "Bad Things" can turn out pretty good -- at least when it comes to Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello's new collaboration. The rapper and Fifth Harmony singer's new track, which samples Fastball's 1999 hit single "Out Of My Mind" and produced by production duo The Futuristics, was released last month on October 14th via Interscope Records. This is Camila's second big collaboration, following her Billboard 200 top 20 single with Shawn Mendes titled "I Know What You Did Last Summer."
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Camila and Machine Gun Kelly On Making "Bad Things"
Camila explains that MGK and The Futuristics were working on "Bad Things" together, at which point the rapper sent her the song. She tells us, "I fell in love with it, [and] knew I had to be a part of it." And while they were both separately on their respective tours at the time, they Facetimed, and made it work until the song got to be what it is today.
"Bad Things" noticeably samples '90s American rock band Fastball's hit song "Out of My Mind." MGK tells us that he's a huge fan of '90s rock, so when The Futuristics brought up sampling the tune, he was all for it. "The meat was already there, so we just took it and put our own little flavoring on it. But like it's the best steak that you've ever had in your life."
Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello's Favorite 'Bad Things'
We recently caught up with MGK and Camila when they stopped by iHeartRadio HQ in New York City for an exclusive interview where they not only told us about their new single, but also opened up about all of their favorite "Bad Things" (see what we did there 😏). Check it out below.
FAVORITE JUNK FOOD TO BINGE ON:
Camila: "French fries, pizza, I had literally cupcakes for dinner after the ['Bad Things'] music video. It was on my mind. I'm guilty about it. And they were chocolate chip pancake flavored."
Machine Gun Kelly: "Well, I just like steak [and] Nerd Rope."
FAVORITE PRANK YOU'VE EVER PULLED OFF:
MGK: "We played a prank on the line [of fans] on Halloween. We went and bought a chainsaw, and took the chain off of it, and ran up to people in the line with full Halloween costumes, [and] scared people. Like Halloween horror nights. Now you know, that was me with the chainsaw. Sorry."
Camila: I've gotten pied in the face. That was fun. And there's always, whenever we go on tour I'll get like water bottles thrown at me. When we were on tour our guitarist Ashley, one of the girls Dinah, got water bottles and sprayed it on everybody. And Ashley was holding an electric guitar, and she was like, 'Aaah.' Like she literally could have gotten electrocuted from it. But she didn't get electrocuted."
FAVORITE WORST FASHION TREND YOU'VE EVER PARTICIPATED IN:
MGK: "I can't believe I had these, but like the 5x white tees. Okay, I own it. 5x white tees. Giant JNCO jeans. Airbrushed Air Force One's."
Camila: "I had the feather earrings when I was in fourth grade. I thought I was literally just like Naomi Campbell walking through the halls with my long feather earrings. But they were so lame. I don't know, I feel like every fourth grader had them at the time."
THE WORST PICKUP LINE YOU'VE EVER USED, OR THAT HAS BEEN USED ON YOU:
Camila?: "'Are your jeans from Mars? Because your butt's out of this world.' That's just a pick up line that I don't like, but I just think it's funny. Then also there's the classic: 'Did you just fart? Because you just blew me away.' The one time that somebody used a pick up line on me, it wasn't really exciting. They just said ... They were drinking coffee, and they were like, 'You're hot like my coffee' -- it didn't work out. But that's the only time somebody's actually used a pick up line on me."
WORST BAD HABIT:
Camila: "I can't watch series on TV, because I have no self control, and I'll just watch all of them in that one night. I watched Stranger Things all in one night. I had to do something the next day, and I stayed up till six in the morning watching it until it was done. When I was younger, during the summer I watched Gossip Girl for like 26 hours straight. So I didn't go to sleep. I didn't do anything. I literally was just like 😱 (gasp). And also just overthinking, I think."
MGK: "When I find like a phrase I like, I'll just run it into the ground. It's so obnoxious. [For example] 'Young. Young and reckless.' It's like the most annoying thing I've ever. And I'm like why do you keep saying [that]? It's like in everything. I've been on my best behavior around [Camila], but it comes out so crazy on my bus. It's just so annoying."
FAVORITE BAD WORD:
MGK: "Motherf***** ... I say it so cool too."
Camila: "I like the F word."
FAVORITE GUILTY PLEASURE:
Camila: "Nickleback."
MGK: "Oh my god, dude. Me too!"
Camila: "They're awesome."
MGK: "I know, but I'm so ashamed. I've been waiting like this my whole career to actually admit that, but yeah, I'm with you."
Listen to Machine Gun Kelly & Camila Cabello's "Bad Things" below:
Photos: Rachel Kaplan for iHeartRadio