Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Robyn & Max Max Martin was a young musical protégé when he first started working with Robyn, a Swedish teenager who was on the brink of worldwide prominence. Close to 30 years later, the two are back together crafting quality pop music, which Max Martin himself is no stranger to doing. Robyn, on By MC • Jan 13, 2026 01:55 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Heart & Soul The new year has arrived and new music is rolling out in full force including the comeback of an R&B giant. Jill Scott first burst onto the scene in 2000 with her iconic album Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1 which helped usher in a By MC • Jan 06, 2026 12:34 pm
Music Intro for January 6, 2026 Dear Gossips, Six days into the year and we have our first sort of unexpected mashup of two celebrities you wouldn’t have predicted to collaborate: Winona Ryder and A$AP Rocky. She co-stars with him in the new video he just dropped for a track called “Punk Rocky” and By Lainey • Jan 06, 2026 09:47 am
What Else BTS 2026 On the first full posting day of 2026, we must begin with the biggest music story of the year so far and nothing’s really happened yet. But just the announcements have set off expectations for what will be a massive story over the next 12 months, guaranteed. And it By Lainey • Jan 05, 2026 04:02 pm
Mariah Carey The #1 Queen of Christmas We say it every year during the holidays: Mariah Carey is immortal. If humanity and our planet can keep existing, Mimi will continue to exist too – in the form of her most famous song, the song that will be played in December for all the Decembers to come, long after By Lainey • Dec 18, 2025 11:46 am
Rihanna Would you yell at Rihanna? Rihanna was at Mariah Carey’s show in Vegas last night. It’s not the first time RiRi has fangirled Mimi. In fact, it could be becoming an annual tradition. Because in 2024, exactly a year ago, RiRi was front row for Mimi’s show in Brooklyn and could not By Lainey • Dec 17, 2025 11:02 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Usher, The Mentor With over 30 years in the business, Usher has solidified himself as one of the greatest performers to ever hit a stage. Now he’s sharing all that talent and knowledge with the newest musical protégés signed under his record label imprint mega. The label is a joint partnership with By MC • Dec 16, 2025 03:09 pm
Music Kylie in tartan Remember when Kylie Jenner tried to trademark “Kylie” and Kylie Minogue was like, no, I’m the #1 Kylie and you can sit down? As MC wrote in his weekly music column yesterday, Kylie has never not been relevant, the gays have loved her music for three decades and she’ By Lainey • Dec 10, 2025 04:06 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Heat of December The end of the year is upon us, most have shared their Spotify Wrapped stories while holiday playlists are in full rotation. I do love a holiday track, but I prefer to continue to take in new releases during this time. Many songs that get released this month end up By MC • Dec 09, 2025 01:42 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Xtina’s Xmas The holiday season has arrived, and while Mariah continues to have it on lock, there’s another diva who’s sprinkling some of her magic this year. Christina Aguilera is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her Christmas album My Kind of Christmas with a concert special set in Paris that By MC • Dec 02, 2025 03:08 pm
Music Miley is engaged Miley Cyrus is on the Avatar: Fire and Ash soundtrack. The new song is called “Dream As One” and she’s been hyping it for a while. It’s a power ballad, kinda feels retro, the way movie power ballads sounded in the 80s… although now that I’ve listened By Lainey • Dec 02, 2025 12:06 pm
Music MC's MUSIC LOUNGE: Year of Tate Few pop artists have seen more success in pop music this year than Canada’s own Tate McRae. After crushing it at the VMAs back in September, Tate’s visibility grew to an all-time high. Sprinkle in videos of her tour performances taking over the internet for the better half By MC • Nov 25, 2025 02:07 pm
TV Updates Taylor Swift: Video, polo, and sweaters The biggest event on the Taylor Swift horizon in the coming weeks is the premiere of her docuseries about The Eras Tour, debuting on Disney+ on December 12. Last week ABC announced they’re also airing some kind of special preview also on December 12. I’m not really sure By Lainey • Nov 24, 2025 03:41 pm
Music Brandy & Monica Light Up Nippy’s Hometown “We did that, 30 years later!” Brandy enthusiastically exclaimed as she and Monica took their final bow at the Prudential Center in Newark over the weekend during the finale performance of their duet “The Boy Is Mine”. The ladies have been on a renaissance tour of sorts across the USA By MC • Nov 24, 2025 12:56 pm
Music The Grammys’ Afro-Caribbean flub Every year, there’s at least one song that takes the world by storm. It’s the earworm you just can’t get away from. This year, it was Moliy and Silent Addy’s smash hit entitled “Shake it to the Max”. You likely heard it while scrolling through social By Stephanie • Nov 21, 2025 01:20 pm
Music Intro for November 19, 2025 Dear Gossips, Every day lately I’ve been hearing “Man I Need” at least three times, not complaining. What a year it’s been for Olivia Dean. Her album, The Art of Loving, dropped a few weeks after the hit single and the reviews were near ecstatic. Also hard to By Lainey • Nov 19, 2025 09:16 am