Machine Gun Kelly has officially changed his name on Spotify after speculation around the matter over the past few months.
It all started back in November when the 33-year-old, whose real name is Colson Baker, first amended his name in a carousel post on Instagram with the simple caption "Machine."
Fans were left wondering if the star was hinting that he was dropping the "Gun Kelly" part to just go by the simple moniker after two fans at one of his shows made him address the situation using a sign.
"Change your name!!!" the sign read.
When asked about the message behind the sign from the artist himself, the owners replied: "We want you to change your name. We want to take out the 'Machine Gun' so we don't glorify machine guns. Just take out the 'Machine Gun.'"
"What do you think?", MGK asked the crowd at the event to which he was met with cheers.
Then after a few seconds, a chant broke out, with the audience shouting "change your name" repeatedly.
While he didn't mention any further details about whether he planned to go through with the change or not, Entertainment Tonight reported that when Kelly appeared at the GQ Men of the Year party earlier that month, he told photographers and reporters to just refer to him by "...Machine from now on."
The two fans, who go by Chad and JT on social media, later took to Twitter and reposted all the clips in a montage alongside the caption: "Machine Gun Kelly has officially changed his name to Machine. Do you guys think our sign worked?"
The most recent name update comes on Spotify, where the star has seemingly edited his name from "Machine Gun Kelly" to "mgk".
Have a look at the comparison posts below:
The star has not yet officially made an official announcement but it seems as though a change is coming.
We'll just have to just wait and see what happens.
