Style Hope, Rosalia, Rose, and Kit Men’s Fashion Week in Paris, Louis Vuitton was one of the presentations today. And, as expected, one of the most high profile celebrity guests was BTS’s j-hope and the brand acknowledged that hype too, posting a video of Hobi on their feed ahead of his attendance wearing, well, By Lainey • Jan 19, 2023 03:10 pm
Style BTS Paris Fashion Week Men’s Fashion Week in Paris is now underway and there have been a couple of major branding announcements this week to kick off the schedule. As it turns out, BTS will have a big presence. It was already confirmed a few days ago that j-hope would be attending the By Lainey • Jan 18, 2023 12:46 pm
Music Intro for December 13, 2022 Dear Gossips, Today is an emotional day for those of us in the BTS fandom, aka ARMY. It’s been an emotional few days, actually. No, no, f-ck that …it’s been an emotional year! Because we’ve been anticipating this week since back in June, during FESTA (BTS’s By Lainey • Dec 13, 2022 09:44 am
BFFs RM + Pharrell The cover of the new issue of Rolling Stone features RM and Pharrell as part of their Musicians on Musicians issue. This is a meeting between two prolific and highly successful producer-performers, one who has already been through multiple stages in his career and another who’s in the process By Lainey • Nov 01, 2022 12:18 pm
TV Updates Intro for October 28, 2022 Dear Gossips, I’ve been listening to Rihanna’s new song, “Lift Me Up”, from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack all morning. Like driving to work, crying. Does it hit this hard only because I’ve seen the movie? Or does it work the same even if you haven’ By Lainey • Oct 28, 2022 09:22 am
Music Taylor’s Midnight Madness First, a word on Taylor Swift’s productivity. Taylor Swift released her album Lover in August of 2019. A year later she dropped another album, folklore, by surprise. Six months after that, another surprise album: evermore. Then another five months ago by and it’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version), the By Lainey • Oct 20, 2022 11:05 am
Music Intro for October 17, 2022 Dear Gossips, Waking up on Saturday at 4am to livestream a BTS concert felt familiar. Can’t even count anymore how many times I’ve done this over the last two-plus years. As it turns out, this time was the last time for a long time. Because when I woke By Lainey • Oct 17, 2022 09:33 am
Emmy Awards 2022 Intro for September 14, 2022 Dear Gossips, Yesterday in the open about the Emmys I wrote that I’ll be interested in what the ratings are because I wasn’t convinced that people cared, and the timing wasn’t great with so much sh-t going on even before the Queen died and the 24-hour non-stop By Lainey • Sep 14, 2022 09:08 am
Music BLACKPINK: VMA Weekend and That Rumour It’s been a week since BLACKPINK’s new song, “Pink Venom”, was released. This is the first track off their upcoming album, Born Pink, due September 16. Already “Pink Venom” is a smash hit, setting records on YouTube and Spotify: .@BLACKPINK's stunning "Pink Venom" visual By Lainey • Aug 26, 2022 11:05 am
Music Intro for August 4, 2022 Dear Gossips, On Sunday night at Lollapalooza in Chicago, BTS’s j-hope became the first Korean artist to headline a major American music festival. In the process, he became the highest ticket-selling artist in Lollapalooza history. They added ten minutes to his set time, which started at 850pm ahead of By Lainey • Aug 04, 2022 10:19 am
Music Intro for July 21, 2022 Dear Gossips, Remember all those headlines about BTS going on a “break”?!?! LOLOLOLOLOL What f-cking break? As a fan of BTS, I am having a harder time keeping track of all their updates now than it used to be before this non-existent, not-happening break! And it’s not just because By Lainey • Jul 21, 2022 09:32 am
Music V, Lisa, and Park Bo-gum: Korea takes Paris Hedi Slimane’s latest menswear collection closed out Paris Fashion Week yesterday and if you’ve been paying attention, it was an unprecedented spectacle… not because of the fashion but because of some of the guests. https://twitter.com/thetaeprint/status/1541173894454845443?s=20&t=2JzedvqW_WCZ7MqTEVUjmA BTS’s By Lainey • Jun 27, 2022 02:06 pm
Music BTS and Special Guest: Anderson .Paak Today is a big day in the BTS Universe. June 13 is the anniversary of their debut and the two weeks or so leading up to June 13 is called Festa, the annual celebration between BTS and their ARMY. So we’ve been blessed with a lot of content the By Lainey • Jun 13, 2022 03:29 pm
Music BTS Gives Proof In numerology, particularly East Asian numerology, the number 9 means completion, the end of a cycle. This year marks the 9th anniversary of BTS, and we are currently in Festa, the two-week period when they celebrate their anniversary (the exact date is June 13) with their fans. They just released By Lainey • Jun 10, 2022 11:48 am
Music BTS is going to the White House Major announcement today from the White House: K-pop supergroup BTS is coming to the White House next week pic.twitter.com/muC8CJyOeQ — Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) May 26, 2022 RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook are the most visible Asians on the planet right now. Going to the By Lainey • May 26, 2022 10:48 am
Music Intro for April 12, 2022 Dear Gossips, I posted last week about BTS’s Las Vegas takeover ahead of the first of two weekend performances that are bringing in thousands of fans to the city. And Vegas is well aware of it. When they say takeover, it’s no joke. This was Vegas on Thursday By Lainey • Apr 12, 2022 09:25 am