In 2020, MGK fully pivoted from hip-hop to pop-punk with Tickets to My Downfall, a collection of punchy, hooky cuts that included the spittle-flecked Halsey duet "Forget Me Too" and the trap-tinged blackbear collab "My Ex's Best Friend.

The singer-songwriter seemingly opened up about his split from Megan Fox for the first time on his track, “Treading Water,” with vulnerable lyrics where the musician predicts he’ll “die alone.” “This’ll be the last time you hear me say sorry / That’ll be the last tear you waste on me crying / I broke this home,