Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Tyla’s Sophomore Era The road to the release of Tyla’s sophomore album has been a long one, but it finally arrives on July 24th. This week she’s dropping the third of a relatively successful string of singles leading up to the record. The album is called A*POP which stands for By MC • Jun 23, 2026 03:39 pm
Olivia Rodrigo From Lilith to Daisy: Olivia Takes the Torch Olivia Rodrigo announced yesterday the inaugural Daisy Chain Fields Festival, set to take place on August 29th in Irvine, CA and the roster of artists on deck is stacked with both legends and future icons spanning multiple genres. The best part? It is entirely female. Some of the bigger names By MC • Jun 23, 2026 10:37 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: A Win for Olivia Olivia Rodrigo dropped her long-awaited third studio album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love last Friday, cementing her as one of the top Gen Z pop-rock stars of the decade. The album has barely been out for longer than a weekend but it has By MC • Jun 16, 2026 01:45 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Tinashe’s Pop Tinashe earned two of the biggest hits of her career over the past two summers. The first, “Nasty”, came at a time when she hadn’t scored a hit in close to a decade, not since her debut single “2 On”. Similar to Charli XCX, Tinashe has had a cult By MC • Jun 09, 2026 12:55 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Bouquets & Petals It’s been a hard few years of Wicked hype followed by fatigue and even Elphaba and Glinda are done with it. We are now entering an entirely new chapter in the story of Ariana Grande. The lead single from her new album Petal has arrived along with a fiery By MC • Jun 02, 2026 03:43 pm
Britney Spears Britney’s New Hair In probably the most shocking and pleasing moment of my year in celebrity news so far, Britney Spears got her hair done. By Chris Appleton, who is this generation’s most famous celebrity hairstylist because of his work with Kim Kardashian, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Lopez, among others. Chris posted a By MC • Jun 02, 2026 10:52 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Olivia Does ‘90s Grunge Olivia Rodrigo is lovesick but self-aware on her newest release “the cure”. The second single from her upcoming album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love is now out, and provides a clearer portrait of Olivia in 2026: 90s grunge-inspired rock chick. Think emotional chaos By MC • May 26, 2026 02:02 pm
Karol G Karol G’s Moment One of the most prestigious awards handed out during last night’s American Music Awards was the International Artist Award of Excellence presented to Karol G. This is a huge honour and not one to be taken lightly as the award has only been handed out to a handful of By MC • May 26, 2026 12:42 pm
Fergie Fergie and the AMA Throwbacks Fergie reunited with the Black Eyed Peas at the American Music Awards for their first appearance together since they parted ways in 2018. The band won the AMA for Best Throwback Song for “Rock Your Body”. It also was Fergie’s first television appearance in four years, period. Fergie has By MC • May 26, 2026 11:01 am
Kylie Minogue Kylie’s Story: The Five Takeaways Kylie Minogue is not your average popstar. From her beginnings as an Aussie soap opera actress on Neighbours to becoming one of the world’s most beloved divas, Kylie’s 40-year career has been chronicled in the new Netflix docuseries Kylie. Though she initially captured worldwide attention in the By MC • May 21, 2026 03:51 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Becky G Breaks the Ice The evolution of Becky G’s career from YouTube cover singer to platinum-selling performer has been one for the books. She’s had some serious career peaks and some total flops, but it’s her ability to reclaim relevance through quality music that has kept her name in the By MC • May 19, 2026 03:29 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Charli Rocks On Rock never goes out of style. There was a time when every song on the radio was a rock song, but as music tends to do, the genres shifted and more “traditional” rock songs became less frequent on mainstream radio. It’s not like there has been a shortage of By MC • May 12, 2026 01:21 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Devils, Prada and the Music The Devil Wears Prada 2 has been all over the place for the last couple of weeks. There’s even a pair of red heels that walk across your screen when you type the film into Google. It opened to a whopping $217 million worldwide in its opening weekend box By MC • May 06, 2026 03:21 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Shaboozey and Stagecoach After a wild couple of years that has resulted in two collaborations with Beyoncé, a Grammy award, and the second-longest running Billboard Hot 100 number one hit, Shaboozey has been riding a wave of success that most artists could only dream about. Now that he’s a few years By MC • Apr 28, 2026 01:16 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Dancefloor Confessions In an interview with British Vogue last week, Charli XCX declared that “the dance floor is dead” as she readies the launch of her new rock era. This statement incited a firestorm of reaction online. DJ John Summit took offense to it, writing a message to Charli on his IG By MC • Apr 21, 2026 12:29 pm
Madonna Madonna + Sabrina: Generational Divas Sabrina Carpenter created a monumental moment for her Coachella weekend two set when she brought out the queen of pop. Last week it was rumoured that Sabrina would be “arresting” the queen in a gag that she has made infamous during the song “Juno” on her tour. That didn' By MC • Apr 20, 2026 10:52 am
