"el Diablo" (English: The Devil) is a song by American rapper

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. It was released as a single from his fourth studio album ''

Hotel Diablo ''Hotel Diablo'' is the fourth studio album by American musician Machine Gun Kelly. It was released on July 5, 2019, via Bad Boy Records and Interscope Records. The album was supported by four singles: "Hollywood Whore", " El Diablo", "I Think I'm ...

'' on May 31, 2019, for streaming and digital download by Bad Boy and Interscope. The song was written by Machine Gun Kelly and produced by Nils and Ronny J, who produced Kelly's diss track "

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Background

"El Diablo" is the second single from Kelly's fourth album, ''Hotel Diablo''. The length of the song is two minutes and sixteen seconds, which Kelly purposefully made short, as 216 is the area code of Kelly's hometown, Cleveland, Ohio. In the song, Kelly expresses how he "changed the way rappers rock out" when performing, as he introduced it, and other rappers took that style whilst he never got the credit. He also mentions how people hate him just by his appearance, possibly because of the excessive amount of tattoos he has, in which he laughs and retaliates the words - "you motherfuckers can't be serious".

Music video

The music video, directed by Snuffy.NYC & Jimmy Regular, was released on July 25, 2019. It shows MGK rapping while driving his car around in a desert.

Reception

Some outlets compared "El Diablo" to Kelly's "

", given both tracks were produced by Ronny J. The song received a positive response due to its "very versatile" nature and being different from the other.

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called the song an "aggressive bangers".

Certifications

References

2019 singles 2019 songs Machine Gun Kelly (musician) songs Songs written by Ronny J Songs written by Machine Gun Kelly (musician) Song recordings produced by Ronny J {{2019-single-stub