Music Doja Cat’s Back with a Simple Request Last night, Doja Cat dropped a sugary, disco-inspired new track, “Kiss Me More”, featuring SZA. It’s the first single from her third studio album, Planet HER, due out this summer. She’s delivered verses on a few tracks in 2021, including Ariana Grande’s “34+35 (Remix)” and Saweetie’ By Cody • Apr 09, 2021 01:13 pm
Music Gwen Stefani Recruits Saweetie When’s the last time somebody asked you, “Have you heard that new Gwen Stefani song?” Just like Ciara, Kelly Rowland, Mandy Moore (and perhaps Kelly Clarkson, depending on who you ask), we’re not really checking for new music, even though we still love following them as personalities. But By Cody • Apr 09, 2021 11:16 am
Music Cardi B’s Finding Her Confidence Yesterday marked three years since Cardi B released her debut album, Invasion of Privacy. I still love that title, especially for a debut. The album made history when she became the first solo female hip-hop artist to win Best Rap Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards and Invasion also launched By Cody • Apr 07, 2021 10:33 am
Music Shawn & Camila On Set Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello were spotted arriving at a music video shoot yesterday in LA. Shawn’s back to his signature hair style after cutting that quarantine mane last month and Camila’s in super casual in ripped denim overalls (I can’t wait for overalls season to start) By Cody • Mar 30, 2021 01:02 pm
Equality Issues Lil Nas X Confesses Queer Sins Lil Nas X loves introducing new characters in his music videos and today we’re blessed with “Stripper Nas”. Last night he dropped his new track, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”, along with its accompanying music video — which is sinfully delicious. The track’s title is a combination of By Cody • Mar 26, 2021 02:46 pm
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber’s Search for Justice Let’s rewind to June 2020. The conversation around racial injustice and systemic oppression is at an all-time high. Celebrities are posting black squares and messages in support of Black Lives Matter, and artists like Justin Bieber are getting called out for being so vocal about racial injustices while never By Cody • Mar 23, 2021 10:03 am
Equality Issues Grammys: DaBaby & Boomers Perform I think the Grammy’s best performance of the night came as a surprise early in the evening, thanks to DaBaby. “Rockstar” ft Roddy Ricch spent seven weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 last year and went into this year’s Grammys with three nominations. The song’ By Cody • Mar 15, 2021 12:37 pm
Grammy Awards 2021 Megan Thee Stallion’s First Grammys Megan Thee Stallion dominated the Grammys her first time out, performing two #1 hit songs, winning Best New Artist, and collecting two more awards for “Savage Remix”. Her first trophy came pre-telecast for Best Rap Performance, making her and her collaborator Beyoncé the first female artists to ever win in By Cody • Mar 15, 2021 10:09 am
Top Reads Zendaya Corrects A Question Zendaya caught the attention of Queer Twitter yesterday with a brief but impactful moment from her Proust Questionnaire video for Vanity Fair. The questionnaire was started as a parlour game by the French writer, Marcel Proust, and now it's how Vanity Fair works to “reveal the nature of By Cody • Feb 24, 2021 01:11 pm
TV Updates Ruth Negga takes on Josephine Baker When I think of Josephine Baker, my mind goes to HBO’s The Josephine Baker Story, which taught me just how much of a badass she was. Miss Baker was the Beyoncé of the 1920s. She made the banana skirt iconic. Baker’s story is one that needs to be By Cody • Feb 19, 2021 11:44 am
TV Updates Demi’s New Doc This summer will mark three years since Demi Lovato’s near fatal overdose and she’s revisiting those harrowing moments in a new documentary, Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil. The four-part docuseries will debut March 23 on YouTube and the trailer promises a vulnerable look at the circumstances leading By Cody • Feb 19, 2021 10:51 am
Maple Leaf Super Bowl Weeknd The moment The Weeknd opened his mouth to scream “Tampa Bay,” as he kicked off his Super Bowl LV halftime performance, I thought to myself, I wonder who’s responsible for his audio levels because they’re about to lose their job. As he sung the first few bars of By Cody • Feb 08, 2021 09:43 am
Music Cardi B is “Up” After “WAP” became a smash hit for Cardi B in 2020, she’s hoping to make an equally big impact on 2021 with the release of her upcoming sophomore album. Still no release date yet, but last night she dropped her latest single “Up.” So much eye candy. The music By Cody • Feb 05, 2021 09:39 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Halsey’s Rainbow Baby Surprise Halsey revealed yesterday that she’s expecting her first child, in a series of Instagram snaps from a backyard maternity shoot. Perched in front of a white and purple (thankfully not pink and blue) silk backdrop, the singer’s bump is on full display in a pair of boyfriend jeans By Cody • Jan 28, 2021 09:27 am
Music Olivia Rodrigo’s “Driver’s License” Drama Continues Olivia Rodrigo is currently atop the Billboard Hot 100 with her smash hit “Driver’s Licence.” If you don’t know the story of heartbreak behind the song, you can read my post from last week, but in short, it’s believed that Olivia wrote the song about a messy By Cody • Jan 25, 2021 11:25 am
Equality Issues JoJo Siwa Comes Out I don’t know much about JoJo Siwa apart from the fact that she used to be on Dance Moms and now she’s a wildly popular YouTube star with a very young demo. Besides her 12 million subscribers on YouTube, she’s got another 31 million followers on TikTok By Cody • Jan 25, 2021 09:41 am
