Miley Cyrus Miley: BASS PERSUADES but not Coachella As MC has mentioned several times recently, Miley Cyrus, now just Miley, is preparing for the release of her next album on September 18. We’ve known about the new music for a couple of weeks now, and she’s with a new label after her last album, Something Beautiful, By Lainey • Sep 02, 2026 11:40 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Pop en français So much of the history of pop music is centered around artists who sing in English, but we’re starting to see a shift. Just look at how Bad Bunny has had one of the most incredible few years in terms of commercial success. Something like that may have been By MC • Sep 01, 2026 03:28 pm
BTS Intro for September 1, 2026 Dear Gossips, Fan service from an East Asian popstar will always be more involved and … in my opinion… special, maybe even too special if I’m honest. Sometimes I worry that the expectations are too much and where the line is between idol and fandom. But not today, LOL. No By Lainey • Sep 01, 2026 09:53 am
Olivia Rodrigo Daisy Chain Fields: The Highlights Olivia Rodrigo made some real girl power history over the weekend at the inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival in Irvine. It’s her answer to the legacy of Lilith Fair that Sarah McLachlan founded back in the 90s. More than 45,000 fans gathered together to celebrate female empowerment, through By MC • Aug 31, 2026 10:53 am
Miley Cyrus A New Era for Miley Miley Cyrus is heading into her next album cycle. Fans have spotted billboards across New York City and Los Angeles courtesy of Spotify that seem to be teasing new music from an unspecified artist. The sole image is a red closeup of one eye with the statement “coming soon”. Miley By MC • Aug 26, 2026 10:56 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: #JusticeForGlitter This September marks the 25th anniversary of Mariah Carey’s infamous film and soundtrack project Glitter. Most of you reading this will likely remember this time in Mariah’s career, a time that she speaks on extensively in her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey. Between the sabotage from her By MC • Aug 25, 2026 03:03 pm
Simone Ashley Simone Ashley: Falling (in love) and Singing Simone Ashley's most recent work isn’t acting but music. As many people have already pointed out, this is unfair. We’ve seen how talented she is onscreen. And, like, look at her. And she can sing too??! The new song is called “Free (Live From Angel Studios) By Lainey • Aug 25, 2026 12:29 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: A Melancholy Weekend It’s been six long years since Phoebe Bridgers last released a full-length studio album, and the result of that wait is a melancholic collection of songs that will have you crying as much as you are vibing. Lost Weekend is an album about grief, but the kind that By MC • Aug 18, 2026 01:38 pm
Celine Dion The Miracle of Céline Dion Céline Dion will soon return to the stage – she’s playing 16 shows in Paris through September and October and those tickets sold out so fast she added ten more dates next May. Which is why she’s doing some promotion right now, covering the new issue of Harper’s By Lainey • Aug 18, 2026 11:20 am
Top Reads Taylor Swift: Bangs and Lilac When you’re as famous as Taylor Swift, with your own metaverse populated by millions of fans who can at this point self-generate content, every small detail becomes a big headline. She’s also been relatively under-the-radar since the wedding, so it was always going to be By Lainey • Aug 17, 2026 11:49 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Karol G Has No Regrets It’s been a great year to be KAROL G. She’s already headlined Coachella, won the International Artist Award of Excellence at the AMAs, is in the midst of headlining a stadium tour and now has released her sixth studio album. No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto comes just By MC • Aug 11, 2026 01:44 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Shaboozey’s Concept Shaboozey’s latest album The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales is a concept record about a character in the Wild Wild West, and it’s one of the richest country albums this year. Cherie Lee watched her father, a sheriff, get gunned down, and sets on a path By MC • Aug 04, 2026 03:21 pm
Music Intro for August 4, 2026 Dear Gossips, I’m usually the one to bring new music into the house. Once every ten years, though, my husband Jacek will find an artist or a song before I do – and it almost always happens through videos games. Nowadays he only plays one, consistently, year after year: EA By Lainey • Aug 04, 2026 09:54 am
BTS BTS Transcends The Recording Academy introduced several new Grammy categories last month – among them the Best Asian Pop Music Performance award, better known as the BTS Grammy. Let’s not pretend that the award wasn’t created for BTS, because as I wrote at the time, even in the description of the By Lainey • Jul 29, 2026 01:13 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Life After “Brat” It’s been two years since Charli xcx’s career took a major leap into commercial success with her album Brat. Since then she’s gone on tour across the world, released a mockumentary style film based on the album, done a soundtrack album for one of the year’s By MC • Jul 28, 2026 03:24 pm
What Else The Carters in the Hamptons Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, and Jay-Z were in the Hamptons this weekend and, along with Kelly Rowland and other family, like Angie Beyincé, were seen at Ms Lauryn Hill’s acoustic show at The Club House. At one point Wyclef joined for a five-song jam which we got to By Lainey • Jul 27, 2026 04:03 pm
