TV Updates K-POP SPICE Back in February when Apple TV+ announced their newest music competition KPOPPED hosted by PSY and Megan Thee Stallion, both K-pop and western pop music fans alike were intrigued – us included. A show where some of the most well-known western pop stars team up with K-pop acts to transform their By MC • Jul 31, 2025 11:00 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Sweet Sweet Summer Thirty years ago when Mariah Carey sang about a “sweet sweet fantasy” while rollerblading around Coney Island, she unknowingly created a summer bop for the ages. Who am I kidding, this woman owns an entire holiday – of course she knew what she was doing. Three decades later she has taken By MC • Jul 29, 2025 02:18 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Benito’s Home Bad Bunny is one of the few artists today who walks the walk as much as he talks the talk. He has achieved new heights of mainstream worldwide success that very few other Latin artists have and he is using it to empower the culture that raised him. His hometown By MC • Jul 22, 2025 02:41 pm
Music Demi’s Comeback Plan Demi Lovato is teasing new music with a fierce new look and confidence to match. The long sleek, jet black hair is back and so is the attitude. Plus, she’s a newlywed so she’s definitely feeling all kinds of inspired. Over the last week or so, Demi has By MC • Jul 17, 2025 12:26 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: R&B Heartbreak When I press play on an R&B album there are a few things my soul needs to find in the music – live instrumentals, strong vocals and emotional lyrics that either make you want to party or take you to deep into your feelings. I know I’m not By MC • Jul 15, 2025 03:49 pm
Maple Leaf Bieber Stands On Swag Justin Bieber just surprise-dropped his seventh studio album Swag overnight after a more than four-year hiatus from the music industry. JB announced the album through a series of billboards around the world, either with the track list, or the album cover, or his now infamous “it’s not clocking to By MC • Jul 11, 2025 11:07 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Alter-Egos There’s a whole other level of familiarity that comes with being a musician versus any other entertainment figure. Sure, we recognize the actors in our favourite shows and films, but they are almost always playing fictional characters which they can hide behind. A musical artist has nowhere to hide, By MC • Jul 08, 2025 02:30 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Generation Next For too many years, we have been fed a narrative that female artists need to be constantly pitted against each other. Whether it be Madonna vs. Janet, Britney vs. Christina or Olivia vs. Sabrina – every generation has their “pop rivalry”. Leave it to the true ultimate diva Barbra Streisand to By MC • Jul 02, 2025 02:40 pm
Music Brandy & Monica’s Journey to Tour This one’s for all my fellow millennials and 90s babies because the musical marriage of Brandy and Monica is alive, well and stronger than ever before. It’s been 27 years since they released their legendary duet “The Boy Is Mine” and now they are joining forces for a By MC • Jun 27, 2025 11:40 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Cardi’s “Outside” Summer is about to get hotter than hell, and I’m not referring to the heatwave we are struggling with here in Toronto. I’m talking about Cardi B, who not only has released a new single, “Outside”, but also has officially announced her sophomore album Am I The Drama? By MC • Jun 24, 2025 01:36 pm
Music Beyoncé and Miley: Shotgun Riders Beyoncé and Miley Cyrus gave us an historic moment in pop culture last night when Miley appeared as the special guest on the COWBOY CARTER stage, with the two performing their Grammy-winning duet “II MOST WANTED” live for the first time and left a legion of fans gagged. If you By MC • Jun 20, 2025 11:40 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: The Name Game A unique song title will always help capture peoples’ attention and nothing is more gripping than a name. You can tell a lot about a song by who it’s named after, whether its Roxanne, Valerie, Alejandro, Jane or in this week’s case, Suzanne. Using a name in a By MC • Jun 17, 2025 02:12 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: MC² The last few days have been filled with moments for all of Mariah’s lambs, including myself, with the first taste of new music in seven years. Sure we’ve gotten a few Christmas trinkets and a ton of unreleased songs from the vault in different formats, but in terms By MC • Jun 11, 2025 02:33 pm
Music 25 Years of 106 & Park In what has to be one of the greatest uses of nostalgia at an awards show in recent years, BET celebrated 25 years of 106 & Park the other night by bringing the famous music video countdown show back to life. Former hosts Free, Julissa Bermudez, Big Tigger, Terrence J By MC • Jun 11, 2025 10:57 am
Music BET Awards: The New Class The 2025 BET Awards were just as much of a celebration for the new generation of artists as they were for the icons. You know an awards show is poppin’ when both the legends and the contemporary artists show up to celebrate and last night’s jam-packed four-hour telecast was By MC • Jun 10, 2025 02:45 pm
Music Teyana Taylor: Superwoman Teyana Taylor is one of the most sexy and talented women on this earth, facts are facts. In what seemed to be a night full of firsts, Teyana performed on the BET Awards stage for the very first time. This performance also marks her grand return to music after a By MC • Jun 10, 2025 12:51 pm
