Machine Gun Kelly compared his American Music Awards suit to a sea urchin and said he got dressed in the parking lot

• Machine Gun Kelly attended the 2022 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday.
• He wore a custom Dolce & Gabbana suit that was purple and covered in silver spikes.

Machine Gun Kelly found fashion inspiration in the most unlikely place: under the sea.

The "Mainstream Sellout" musician, whose real name is Colson Baker, attended the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, on Sunday, and walked the red carpet in a custom Dolce & Gabbana suit.

Both his blazer and trousers were made from a royal-purple fabric, and both pieces were covered in long, silver spikes.

On Instagram, the artist used an ocean pun to joke that he wanted to look like a sea urchin.

Underneath a side-by-side photo, he wrote: "Do you guys sea what I was goin for."

Kelly also revealed on Instagram that he got dressed in the American Music Awards parking lot.

He shared a video clip of himself sliding out of a car outside the show, all while wearing his underwear and attempting to put his purple pants on.

"I was late," he wrote across the video, adding a running emoji.

Despite his larger-than-life outfit, Kelly was only given one seat at the event.

In a TikTok video posted by the American Music Awards, he's seen sitting next to Lionel Richie, who seemingly had to lean away from the suit to avoid being poked.

Adam H. Ballheim styled Kelly for the awards show and said on his Instagram story that the spiked suit was actually inspired by 18th-century armor and sculptural art.