Chase stars alongside Sydney Sweeney in this film and plays a guy named Fenix. He's a pretty quiet kid in high school who's being bullied and is a bit of a rebel. He meets Sydney's character, Scarlett, who's the complete opposite as a popular girl in school. The movie follows their romance as they deal with its ups and downs while facing the difficulties of high school life. 

The film tells its story through Machine Gun Kelly's "Tickets to My Downfall" album. He even narrates the movie alongside Blink 182 drummer, Travis Barker, who also plays the drums for the songs throughout the movie. 

In an interview with SiriusXM, Machine Gun Kelly talked about how this movie stands out from other love stories. "You know, I'm sick of people treating love like it's trivial," he said. "Right? That we can just move past it. Because if it's real love, you can't move past it and you shouldn't move past it."

Downfalls High also features the music from "Tickets to My Downfall," which he released last year. In an interview with NME, he referred to what we now know to be Downfalls High as "a new pop-punk Grease."