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Dakota Johnson's romance with Machine Gun Kelly is heating up, with the actress boasting to friends about their magnetic sex and even introducing him to her famous family.
The pair, who are yet to publicly confirm their romance, were first linked earlier this year after hitting it off at Taylor Swift's July 4th wedding to Travis Kelce.
On Thursday they were spotted together again, this time leaving a music studio in LA where Kelly, whose real name is Colson Baker, had been recording.
Johnson waited dutifully outside before hopping into his Maserati.
What friends at first thought was nothing more than a summer fling has now turned into a red hot love affair, our source says.
Not only do they have 'great' chemistry, the pair are now said to be talking about their future.
And Dakota, our source reveals, is not sparing any of the details when it comes to telling friends.
'She has told friends that they have great sexual chemistry and it's the best sex she has ever had, she calls it "fireworks."
'She has said that they are both ruled by Venus which is the planet of love, beauty and pleasure, because she is a Libra and he is a Taurus, and that means they both connect on a deeper sexual level.
'She loves his look and his tattoos, she thinks he is hot as s***,' a source close to the actress told Daily Mail.
Dakota Johnson and Machine Gun Kelly were spotted at an LA music recording studio this week
The pair were seen hopping into a waiting Maserati before whisking off into the night
'They have agreed they would have the most beautiful babies, and she wants kids, so while they look like a very unlikely couple at first glance, I do think they want the same thing in the end: a family.
'They actually have a pretty firm foundation because they started out as friends and got to know each other well before ever having becoming romantic, so they know each other very well,' they added.
The relationship is going so well, they added, that Baker was recently introduced to Johnson's mother, Melanie Griffith.
'Her mom Melanie [Griffith] approves, so there is that, Melanie has met him and likes him because when he wants to be charming, he absolutely is, and he charmed Melanie.
'And I think Colson loves that Dakota has this huge, wonderful family with so many cool people, her dad Don [Johnson] is awesome and so are her siblings, she is very close to all of them, especially her brother Jesse [Johnson],' the source added.
The source noted Johnson 'actually knows a lot about music, so she is not the worst person to have around when making a tune or two.'
At one stage, Johnson was seen waiting for Kelly outside the studio. Sources tell Daily Mail she is thrilled with how the romance is progressing
Johnson is said to have first met Kelly at Swift's 1,000-guest wedding to NFL superstar Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden this July
Dakota, sources say, has been telling friends that the pair's sexual connection is incredibly strong
'She loves his look and his tattoos, she thinks he is hot as s***,' a source, who is close to the actress, told Daily Mail
The source added that the pair are now enjoying the romance, but started out 'as friends'
Machine Gun Kelly drove the pair out of the studio in his red Maserati
'And I think Colson loves that Dakota has this huge, wonderful family with so many cool people,' the source added
Johnson entering the studio clutching a bottle of sparkling water and her laptop
Kelly is already a father to two daughters - Casie, 17, by his teenage sweetheart Emma Cannon, and Saga, nearly 18 months, by Megan Fox, with whom he had a tempestuous on-off relationship over a span of four years.
It's unclear if Dakota has met either of the children yet.
Fox and Kelly split in November 2025, four months before their baby's birth.
The Daily Mail has contacted Johnson and Kelly for comment.
Their outing comes just two weeks after Johnson playfully alluded to their romance while guest-hosting Saturday Night Live.
She noted that she had undergone 'two very public, very lame breakups with two very awesome musicians' and joked that she was 'looking for a third.'
Johnson conducted a six-year romance with Coldplay frontman Martin before the Daily Mail confirmed their split in June 2025; pictured 2019
This August, claims began circulating that she had broken up with Role Model, aka Tucker Pillsbury, 29, who is pictured onstage at the Leeds Festival that month
The source noted Johnson 'actually knows a lot about music, so she is not the worst person to have around when making a tune or two'
Joined by Taylor Swift, whose Patient Zero music video she has just starred in, Johnson joked that she was doing women a 'public service' by dating musicians for them and saving them the cost of antidepressants.
'So you're welcome, America, and also England and parts of Ireland - and Cleveland allegedly,' she said with a smile and a wink, name-checking Kelly's hometown, which is also the title of one of Swift's new songs.
Johnson spent six years with English Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, who shares his children Apple, 22, and Moses, 20, with his ex-wife Gwyneth Paltrow.
She was subsequently linked to American indie singer Role Model, and a decade ago was involved with Matthew Hitt, the Welsh lead singer of the Drowners.
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