Music Taylor directs Taylor Taylor Swift made an announcement yesterday. She’s releasing a new video – and that’s noteworthy for sure, but what makes it even more noteworthy is that, well, this: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Feb 26, 2020 at 5:01am PST Directed By Lainey • Feb 26, 2020 11:34 am
BFFs Jay-Z and Kanye: a holiday reunion Jay-Z and Kanye West were both at P Diddy’s 50th birthday party this weekend. It was packed with some of the biggest names in movies and music and television. Everyone wanted to be there to celebrate a half century of Puffy. And everyone being there was again a testament By Lainey • Dec 16, 2019 10:09 am
Music Intro for November 20, 2019 Dear Gossips, “Let's have a toast for the douche bags” Pitchfork was first last month, releasing their list of the Best Songs and Albums of the 2010s to much debate - as it should be. Now it’s Billboard’s turn with their staff pick list of the By Lainey • Nov 20, 2019 08:50 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Back to School Angelina Some events, like Halloween, end as soon as they're over. Same goes for Valentine’s Day. The lead-up feels interminable, but there’s no extension. New Year, on the other hand, like you can say “Happy New Year” to someone pretty much through January. And Back to School By Lainey • Sep 03, 2019 01:56 pm
Equality Issues A$AP Rocky returns home Rapper A$AP Rocky (real name Rakim Mayers) and two members of his crew were held in a Swedish prison for almost a month stemming from a June 30th street fight in Stockholm that was documented (at least partially) on video. On its face, it seems like Rocky was attempting By Melayna • Aug 06, 2019 10:05 am
Coincidence or conspiracy Kanye vs Drake, the saga continues As Lainey mentioned in her intro, The Social: Year in Gossip airs tonight in primetime on CTV. We shot it last week. It was the last show I produced on my last day at The Social. It’s a recap of all the scandal, fashion, romance, and drama of the By Kathleen • Dec 14, 2018 11:02 am
Music Pusha’s side The tea is hot and the plot is THICK. Pusha Tea is delivering on his nickname once again. On Monday, I wrote about Drake’s version of the events leading up to best rap beef of summer ‘18 (I’m putting Cardi and Nicki squarely in the fall season). Drake By Kathleen • Oct 17, 2018 03:31 pm
Girly Throw Downs Drake spins Oh, he’s GOOD. Drake is telling his side of the infamous Drake/ Pusha T/ Kanye beef of summer ‘18 and if there was any question about who would win this feud in the long run, the answer is here. I stand by my initial track by track assessment of By Kathleen • Oct 15, 2018 03:58 pm
Music Kanye rants The last time we checked in on Kanye West and Drake, Kanye was apologizing, saying sorry for work sh-t like record releases and studio time and whatever part he supposedly played in the Drake/Pusha T beef. Now, it’s personal and Kanye is no longer repentant. Yesterday in a By Kathleen • Sep 21, 2018 10:06 am
Boy Sh-t Kanye’s apology tour Kanye West apologized to Drake in a series of tweets yesterday. Last week, he expressed remorse for his outlandish “slavery sounds like a choice” comments on TMZ. I won’t call that one a proper apology because in classic New Kanye form, he didn’t exactly admit he was wrong. By Kathleen • Sep 06, 2018 09:48 am
Music Can Kanye West be ignored? One month after Kanye West called Donald Trump his “brother”, bragged about their similar “dragon energy” and stated that 400 years of slavery “was a choice", he has the #1 album on iTunes. A month ago, when celebrities were unfollowing Kanye on Twitter in droves and the image of By Kathleen • Jun 04, 2018 10:06 am
Music Christina Aguilera’s new era Christina Aguilera covered Paper magazine in March with the promise of a transformation. The word “transformation” was literally written under her bare face. The stripped down look of the cover and the implied promise of a new era of Xtina had me asking the question: “Ballads or bangers?” I cared By Kathleen • May 03, 2018 04:31 pm
Dumbass Kanye: what’s next? Unless you’ve been living in a cave with no Wi-Fi for the past week, you know that Kanye’s return to Twitter has been a piping hot mess. Since Kanye tweeted his support for Fox News pundit Candace Owens and doubled down on his admiration of Donald Trump, the By Kathleen • Apr 26, 2018 09:55 am
Kanye West Kanye West, the embarrassment On Friday, the last five words I wrote about Kanye West were, “Try not to embarrass me”. I was directly referring to his eye-roll inducing tweets masquerading as philosophy but it was also a plea for Kanye not to do something stupid like this: I love the way Candace Owens By Kathleen • Apr 23, 2018 01:04 pm
Music Kanye West’s next phase When it was announced that Kanye West was writing a book of philosophy right around the time he re-emerged on Twitter, I predicted that this was the first step in the rollout of Kanye’s next phase. Yesterday, Kanye announced on Twitter, of course, that he’s releasing two albums By Kathleen • Apr 20, 2018 11:45 am
Books The Philosophy of Kanye West Kanye West is writing a book of philosophy. In conversation with interior designer Axel Vervoordt for Pret-a-Reporter, Kanye revealed that he’s working on a book called Break The Simulation. Of course, he is. The same day, Kanye West reactivated his Twitter account. That was not a coincidence. This is By Kathleen • Apr 18, 2018 10:08 am
