Music Intro for July 25, 2023 Dear Gossips, Yesterday I posted about BTS’s Jungkook taking the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for his song “Seven” ft Latto. There’s no overstating just how close it was – and while I wrote yesterday that BTS fans, like me, had been refreshing all day waiting for By Lainey • Jul 25, 2023 09:40 am
Music Jungkook > Jason Aldean BTS’s fans, myself included, have been waiting all day, refreshing Billboard for this week’s charts to see if Jungkook’s “Seven” featuring Latto could top the Billboard Hot 100. This is JK’s first time with a #1 as a solo artist, and he’s the second member By Lainey • Jul 24, 2023 03:18 pm
Music The BTS Barbie Crossover I just gloated about this during our morning meeting at The Social – the BTS fanbase, aka ARMY, is so desirable to marketers that even the Barbie press tour is trying to engage them. And that’s why Ryan Gosling is trying to talk to Jimin. Ryan gosling send a message By Lainey • Jul 20, 2023 11:34 am
Music Jungkook’s Horny “Seven” Last Friday, ahead of the release of Jungkook’s new single “Seven”, which dropped today, and all the thirst-trappy vibes he was serving to promote it, I wondered if the song was about JK being DTF seven days a week. Horny is not usually part of the BTS playbook – but By Lainey • Jul 14, 2023 01:19 pm
Quiveration Jungkook’s “Seven” Thirst Traps BTS’s Golden Maknae, Jungkook, will release his new single, “Seven”, next Friday and while it’s not his first solo effort – his song “Dreamers” for example was part of the World Cup soundtrack last year – most people see this as his official solo debut because “Seven” is not associated By Lainey • Jul 07, 2023 11:27 am
Style Intro for June 14, 2023 Dear Gossips, Louis Vuitton released new campaign images today for the Keepall, the brand’s signature duffel, the bag that’s been around since 1930, featuring BTS’s j-hope in a variety of dance poses. The most familiar version of the Keepall, of course, is in the classic LV print. By Lainey • Jun 14, 2023 10:12 am
Music Intro for June 13, 2023 Dear Gossips, June 13 is a big deal every year for BTS and their ARMY – June 13, 2013 is when the band made its debut. Today, then, is the 10th anniversary. Landmarks in Seoul have been lit up in purple to mark the occasion and all across the country there By Lainey • Jun 13, 2023 10:11 am
Music Intro for June 5, 2023 Dear Gossips, For BTS fans, collectively known as ARMY, there is never any rest. Even though the band has paused current group activity so that each of its seven members can fulfill their mandatory military service in South Korea, their individual projects have been rolling out on a steady drip By Lainey • Jun 05, 2023 09:38 am
Relationship Assumption Jennie & V: A Big (Silent) Deal It was a major new development yesterday – BLACKPINK’s Jennie and V of BTS (also known as Taehyung) were photographed holding hands while walking along the Seine in Paris after a year of speculation over whether or not they’re dating. Despite some fans refusing to believe it’s true, By Lainey • May 18, 2023 12:11 pm
Relationship Assumption Jennie & V: The New Pop Super Couple Super couple, power couple… are you ready? It’s been a year of rumours and speculation. Last May a photo of what looked BLACKPINK’s Jennie and BTS’s V on a road trip on Jeju Island in Korea was shared on social media. More photos soon followed, spreading like By Lainey • May 17, 2023 11:47 am
Royals Intro for May 8, 2023 Dear Gossips, If you’re looking for coronation content today, I’m not sorry to say I was in Chicago this weekend for the Suga tour and he is the only king I recognised this weekend. This was my first (and hopefully not last) BTS-related concert experience, I’m still By Lainey • May 08, 2023 10:05 am
Pharrell Williams Jewels and Jimin at Tiffany & Co As I mentioned a couple of days ago, one of the biggest events on the New York social calendar this week was the reopening of The Landmark at Tiffany & Co on Fifth Avenue. It’s been under renovation for four years, LVMH has now taken over the brand, and By Lainey • Apr 28, 2023 11:03 am
Style K-pop at the Met Gala? Before we get to the Met Gala, let’s talk about Succession – as in the real-life succession plans of the richest man in the world (at the moment), Bernard Arnault. I wrote about this back in August of 2021, just after Beyoncé and Jay-Z were named the ambassadors of the By Lainey • Apr 25, 2023 01:20 pm
BTS Intro for April 18, 2023 Dear Gossips, BTS’s management confirmed a few weeks ago that j-hope had initiated enlistment procedures to serve mandatory military duty. He posted this on Instagram yesterday – you’ll see him with a buzz cut in the second photo. So…it’s time. Hobi reported to the training centre today By Lainey • Apr 18, 2023 09:27 am
Music Bad Bunny and Other Coachella Intrigue Bad Bunny started 2023 by wiping out his Instagram. That was in early January, just after he went viral for throwing a fan’s phone into the bushes when she was following him and trying to film him. He then defended himself on Twitter saying that he’s down with By Lainey • Apr 14, 2023 12:06 pm
Music Intro for April 4, 2023 Dear Gossips, If you’re still using Twitter, you may have noticed yesterday that BTS’s ARMY was dominating most of the trending topics worldwide. For Jimin – and it was a major achievement. With “Like Crazy” and its #1 position on the Billboard Hot 100, Jimin has just made history. By Lainey • Apr 04, 2023 09:56 am
