Katy Perry’s tour (what tour? The WORLD tour) is growing and she’s adding shows. Some are sold out, too. Yes, her last album was lacklustre but she does have a very solid catalogue of radio hits and there is always a demand for that.
I wonder if she’s considered Vegas.
Lainey mentioned the John Mulaney GQ interview and he’s a pretty interesting character – as she said, big swings. Then there’s The Rock, who goes back to the same well again and again with his ambition strongly tied to his hard-knock childhood. He’s turned sincerity into a brand, which then makes it less sincere. I think he’s as complicated as John Mulaney but hides it; in his messaging, The Rock distills his life lessons for the audience, turning them into bite-size anecdotes (like his “seven bucks” story). But there is something there: what is it like working with his ex-wife so closely? And her husband? Why does he trust his career to a team that he built, rather than working with an established manager and agency? Why did he move back to the WWE just as Vince McMahon was crashing? I think he makes some interesting choices beyond the platitudes but he never quite gets there in interviews.
I was in the car yesterday and Tate Mcrae was being interviewed (I’m guessing promo for her upcoming album and tour) and whenever I see a photo of her and The Kid Laroi, they look like a mini Bieber and Hailey. She’s Canadian, so that part tracks too.
Justin Timberlake is nominated for a Grammy but not for his solo album, Everything I Thought It Was. He’s nominated for the Trolls song “Better Place”, Best Song Written for Visual Media. He’s been fighting that reunion for years but if he can tamp down his ego, this is where he has the success he still craves.
We don’t need to get super into it but Shrinking is bad, right? Like it’s a bad show that we enjoy watching and that is OK.
It’s like Ted Lasso after season one and the common thread here is Brett Goldstein.
Speaking of Ted Lasso, there’s a new oral history and quotes are floating around from Jason Sudeikis, who said people didn’t get it and that it was like theatre, the audience was supposed to be a participant. I think we got it. We didn’t like it, but we got it.
