who decide to stay, you'll be treated to a tale of forbidden passion, the likes of which have fueled pop-punk balladry for years." In an otherwise negative review of Tickets to My Downfall, Sputnikmusic contended that while the he felt it is not a good song by any means, it makes an effort to experiment and amalgamate pop-punk riffs with his familiar rap sensibilities. Accolades Live performances On August 30, 2020, Machine Gun Kelly and Blackbear performed "My Ex's Best Friend" live at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards. Machine Gun Kelly also performed this song on the September 25th episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show, a day after he made an appearance on the show the day before. MGK performed it during the 2020 American Music Awards on November 22, and on New Year’s Eve during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2021 with Ryan Seacrest. Coincidentally, both events were produced by Dick Clark Productions and aired on ABC. He also performed the song on the January 30th episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by John Krasinski. Personnel Credits adapted from Tidal. Machine Gun Kelly – vocals, guitar Blackbear – vocals Travis Barker – production BazeXX – additional production SlimXX – additional production Omer Fedi – bass guitar, guitar Nick Long – guitar Colin Leonard – master engineering John Hanes – mix engineering Serban Ghenea – mixing Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history References 2020 songs 2020 singles Machine Gun Kelly (musician) songs American pop punk songs Bad Boy Records singles Blackbear (musician) songs Interscope Records singles Song recordings produced by Travis Barker Songs written by Blackbear (musician) Songs written by Machine Gun Kelly (musician) Songs written by Travis Barker