Daywalker!
Machine Gun Kelly and Corpse Husband's revenge-themed trap metal collaboration.
"Daywalker!" (stylized as "DAYWALKER!") is a trap metal and techno-punk collaboration between Machine Gun Kelly and Corpse Husband, released on March 12, 2021. Kelly produced the track with BazeXX and SlimXX, while Corpse Husband contributed to the writing. The music video, co-directed by Kelly and Sam Cahill, features Valkyrae portraying Corpse Husband. Despite censorship on some platforms, the song reached number 88 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 53 in the UK, marking Corpse Husband's first chart entry.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Machine Gun Kelly featuring Corpse Husband
- Released
- 12 March 2021
- Genre
- Trap metal; techno-punk
- Length
- 2:17
- Label
- Bad Boy; Interscope
- Writer
- Colson Baker; Corpse Husband
- Producer
- Machine Gun Kelly
- BazeXX
- SlimXX
Facts from the source article.
Background and composition
In December 2020, Corpse Husband announced the collaboration on Twitter, writing "song w/ MGK is so crazy". On March 9, 2021, he confirmed the release date and shared the cover art. The song, described as techno-punk and trap metal, is a revenge song with horrorcore elements. Both acts detail violent retaliation against those who wronged them, with Corpse delivering menacing vocals on his verse.
Reception
Rolling Stone's Althea Legaspi called the verses "vampiric" and "bloodthirsty". Billboard's Gil Kaufman described Corpse's vocals as "rumbling" and "rage whispering". In the US, the song debuted at number 88 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Kelly's twelfth and Corpse's first entry. It peaked at number eight on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart. In Canada it charted at number 62, and in the UK at number 53, spending three weeks there. It also reached number 19 in Hungary, 70 in Ireland, and 170 on the Billboard Global 200.
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