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Sure, the performer has been experimenting withlong nailsand…tongue artlately.

Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox posing togethernbsp

Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox posing together

For the award show, MGK bedazzled his face with stunning swaths of shimmering pearls.

Strips in a myriad of sizes ran down his jawline, nose, and sideburn area.

The unexpected look essentially contoured his face.

Machine Gun Kelly posing with his tongue out with strips of pearls down his face

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No one else brought three-dimensional details to their faces for the 2021 VMAs, believe it or not.

I’m seriously impressed, despite the fact that it’s receiving mixed reviews.

Someone may or may not have referred to the pearls as Christmas garland adjacent.

Another called them barnacles growing on an old ship.

I don’t see the latter, but I respect that nautical aesthetic, though.

Give me a merman moment, MGK; I support it.

In fact, I might just recreate Machine Gun Kelly’s 2021 VMAs pearled look this week with someE.L.F.

Face and Body Gems.

They truly cut the adornment time in half.

Maybe I’ll even do a rhinestone version with red gems to echo his sparkly suit.

The world is my oyster, and MGK in a strange turn of events is my new muse.