Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: The Beats of KAYTRANADA When KAYTRANADA burst onto the music scene in 2010, he became known for remixing his favourite hits through his own hypnotic beats. It wouldn’t take long before the masses fell in love, with his Montreal Boiler Room set being one of the key moments in his rise. One of By MC • Aug 19, 2025 02:25 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Double Albums In a time when streaming has made full-length albums somewhat disposable to the casual music listener, there’s always appreciation for the artists who still put in the time and effort to sequence an entire body of work in a traditional album format. Bryson Tiller is taking that chance with By MC • Aug 12, 2025 11:11 am
Music This Is Real, This Is Demi + Joe The Jonas Brothers kicked off their 52-city Greetings from Your Hometown tour at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey last night and pulled out all the stops you could think of. Jesse McCartney even came out halfway through for a rendition of “Beautiful Soul”. With a rich setlist of 30+ songs By MC • Aug 11, 2025 11:19 am
Music Take Me Away: The Music of Freaky and Freakier Friday Many millennials are rejoicing today as Freakier Friday has officially hit theatres and unlike most legacy sequels in recent years, this one doesn’t disappoint on multiple levels, from the storyline, the character arcs and most important of all… the music. When Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis’s 2003 By MC • Aug 08, 2025 01:54 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Demi Goes “Fast” After a couple of years away from music to focus on personal growth, Demi Lovato has made her return to pop and is ready to go full speed ahead – or “fast” if you will. Her new single “Fast” serves as the lead to her as-yet-untitled 9th studio album, and it’ By MC • Aug 05, 2025 12:31 pm
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
