Emo Girl

"Emo Girl" is a song by Machine Gun Kelly featuring Willow Smith, serving as the eighth track from his sixth studio album, Mainstream Sellout. It was released as a single on February 3, 2022, marking it as his first music that year. The music video premiered on 9th, directed by Drew Kirsh.

Background
In a October 2021 interview with Rolling Stone, it was revealed that the title may have originally been "Emo Prom". Smith was contacted by drummer Travis Barker, asking if she wanted to feature on a MGK record. Smith received her verse and rewrote it, observing, "Honestly, to be a Black woman and be able to come on that song and write my verse with my outlook on life—just being able to be authentically me on that song—those are the kinds of things that are going to make more people feel seen. That's the most beautiful part of music."

The collaboration was teased over Machine Gun Kelly's TikTok with a clip that opened with the lyric, "Takes pics with a cherry red lipstick / Says she only dates guys with a big —, mhm", that led to some fans believing the track was named "Cherry Red Lipstick". The song is guitar-driven and described as pop-punk and an "Early 00s Nostalgia Trip". It was noted that both Jennifer's Body and blink-182 are referenced. The opening line, "I am a god," was from the 2009 film starring Megan Fox, while Smith's verse mentions "bleeding on your Blink tee".