Floor 13 (song)

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"Floor 13"
Promotional single by Machine Gun Kelly
from the album Hotel Diablo
ReleasedJuly 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)
Length3:14
Label
Songwriter(s)
  • Colson Baker
  • Brandon Allen
  • Earl Johnson
  • Chris Malloy Jr
  • Stephen Basil
Producer(s)
  • BazeXX
  • SlimXX
  • Chris “ Big Duke “ Malloy
  • JP Did This 1

"Floor 13" is a song by American musician Machine Gun Kelly. The song appears on Kelly's fourth studio album as the seventh track. [1] [2]

Contents

Background and release

On July 3, 2019, Kelly posted a 15-second snippet of the song. [3] The song was released along with the rest of the Hotel Diablo album on July 5, 2019. [4] The song addresses many topics, [5] including his displeasure with the new generation of rappers' attempts at dissing him, his daughter "slapping" another child for talking about him, [6] and his rivalry with Eminem in late 2018. [7] [8] Although it is not confirmed to be Eminem whom Kelly refers to, there is mention of "Killshot", which is the title of Eminem's response diss to Kelly's "Rap Devil". [9]

Kelly's daughter, Casie Baker, briefly appears at the end of the song, where she whispers "Hotel Diablo".

The song is produced by BazeXX, SlimXX, JP Did This 1 and Stephen Basil, [10]

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ) [11] 22

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