MGK Says Fatherhood Gives Him ‘Will to Live’ and ‘Purpose’ (Exclusive)

MGK is opening up about his life as a girl dad.

After growing up with a complicated family dynamic, becoming a father himself has redefined what family means to him.

“It recharges your will-to-live battery and recertifies your you-have-a-purpose-here sticker,” the “Cliché” singer, 35, says in the new issue of PEOPLE.

MGK (born Colson Baker) is dad two daughters Casie, 16, from a previous relationship, and Saga Blade, 4 months, whom he welcomed with actress Megan Fox in March.

The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter will release his seventh and most ambitious album yet, Lost Americana, on Friday, Aug. 8. “Both my daughters love [it],” MGK says. “Well, one can’t use words yet, but the smiles that I get whenever I play it would indicate that there’s a fondness of it.”

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And while she’s just a teenager, Casie is “not only one of my biggest supporters but a big advisor for me,” MGK adds of his elder daughter, who watched her dad hustling in the music industry from a young age. “She’s actually saved me from making some career mistakes. She’s been invested in this since she was a kid, because she grew up in it, so there’s a passion that she has. It’s a really good aid.”

MGK and Casie recently stepped out for a father-daughter date at the 2025 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards on June 21. Before introducing his performance of Lost Americana single “Cliché,” Casie opened up to PEOPLE about their bond.

“[He] definitely gives a lot of advice. He’s more like a hype man, though,” she told PEOPLE on the red carpet, adding that MGK — who told PEOPLE on the carpet that he’s her “cheerleader” — encourages her to be “myself.”

At the time, MGK also opened up about how baby Saga was settling in at home.

“Megan is in the no-sleep club, for sure,” he told PEOPLE of Fox. “Women are in the rougher trenches of the newborn process, but my specialty is music and laughs and whatever I can do to make her smile and kind of get introduced to the world with love.”

For more on MGK, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands everywhere Friday.