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 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- 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 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 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 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 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
Music Intro for April 6, 2022 Dear Gossips, BTS’s Las Vegas takeover is well under way. RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook will perform four sold out shows at Allegiant Stadium this coming weekend and next and as I mentioned earlier this week after their Grammys performance, Vegas right now feels like By Lainey • Apr 06, 2022 10:06 am
Grammy Awards 2022 Intro for April 5, 2022 Dear Gossips, As we saw on Grammy night, especially the way that the theatre was set up, not unlike at the Oscars with the artists sat at cocktail tables on the floor, it gave celebrities more of an opportunity to hang out with each other during commercial break. At one By Lainey • Apr 05, 2022 09:27 am
Music BTS at the Grammys: Ocean’s Seven As mentioned on Friday, for most of the week leading up to the Grammys, it wasn’t clear whether or not BTS would be able to perform as a full team of seven members, after the band announced Jungkook’s positive COVID diagnosis last Monday. By Saturday though, it was By Lainey • Apr 04, 2022 11:09 am
Top Reads The BTS Grammys The Grammy Awards are happening this weekend in Las Vegas, one of the few times the Grammys are taking place after the Oscars, so this year it’s the rock stars who get to close out award season. Maria mentioned yesterday in Celebrity Social Media that the Golden Globes and By Lainey • Apr 01, 2022 10:24 am
Top Reads Las Vegas is about to get Bangtan-ed BTS lit up social media yesterday with a big announcement – they’ve scheduled four shows in Las Vegas in April: BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE - LAS VEGAS 공연 개최#PTD_ON_STAGE_LV #PermissiontoDance #BTS #방탄소년단 pic.twitter.com/t38IjGOf3o — BIGHIT MUSIC (@BIGHIT_MUSIC) February 22, 2022 The timing By Lainey • Feb 23, 2022 12:32 pm
Music Intro for December 6, 2021 Dear Gossips, In December 2019, BTS was planning for what was expected to be their biggest world tour, in support of their new album, Map of the Soul: 7 which was released February 2020. They were in the US to promote the album for a few weeks in January/February By Lainey • Dec 06, 2021 09:34 am
