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
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE – The Art of Patience When music becomes disposable it loses its value in the minds of its consumers in ways that most people do not even realize. We’re a culture that’s obsessed with “what’s next” and pushing for the next best thing means musical projects can come and go without the By MC • Jul 21, 2026 02:54 pm
Top Reads BTS, Bieber, and Speed Many of the football purists hated the existence of the first ever FIFA World Cup final halftime show and the performance itself didn’t change their mind. On the other side of that conversation, there are people who watched the event just for halftime. And still others who argue that By Lainey • Jul 20, 2026 11:18 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: A HUGEL Summer I’m still riding high off such an incredible release week for Madonna’s Confessions II, and as a result, my playlists have been extremely dance-heavy. I’m craving the sweat from a long night out and the thrill of a flashing strobe light making me feel a little By MC • Jul 14, 2026 01:11 pm
BTS BTS is “good enough” About a month ago, Duana sent me a text asking me, “Have you heard about du bist gut genug?” I tapped back a question mark, huh? Her reply: “The new hit with the kids. German.” With a video of an impossibly catchy and borderline annoying beat. “Du bist gut genug” By Lainey • Jul 14, 2026 10:33 am
Top Reads Beyoncé & Rihanna on the same stage Jay-Z’s three shows at Yankee Stadium this week featured what could also be described as a major mega celebrity wedding guest list and giving us one of the rarest occurrences in pop culture: Beyoncé and Rihanna in one show? It’s a unicorn event. But let’s start By Lainey • Jul 13, 2026 11:02 am
BTS Intro for July 9, 2026 Dear Gossips, It won’t just be Madonna, Shakira, BTS, and Justin Bieber on stage for the first-ever FIFA World Cup halftime show. They will also be joined by Burna Boy, Gustavo Dudamel, the PS 22 Chorus featuring Coldplay …and the Muppets. Also the performance is supposed to be By Lainey • Jul 09, 2026 09:23 am
Madonna Madonna’s Studio Albums, Ranked Madonna has been a pillar in pop music for more than 43 years, creating timeless hits and opening doors for countless performers that have followed the path she laid out for them. We’ve known her as “queen of pop” but we should remember that a title like that is By MC • Jul 08, 2026 11:37 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: An Immaculate Confession What a treat to be able to experience the musical comeback of a true pop idol. Forty-four years into her incredible career, Madonna has stepped back into the spotlight with her FIFTEENTH studio album, Confessions II. We’ve been covering the album’s roll out on the site, but By MC • Jul 07, 2026 01:41 pm
Bad Bunny Benito: History and Philanthropy Bad Bunny was not at the TNT wedding this weekend in New York, because he’s on tour and was performing in France over the weekend and continuing to make history on the Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour. At nearly every stop he’s broken records for ticket sales By Lainey • Jul 06, 2026 10:16 am
Madonna Intro for July 6, 2026 Dear Gossips, The celebrity I thought about the most this weekend was the one coming through my headphones, in her FIFTH DECADE of coming through my headphones – in the 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and now it’s 2026 … and what’s coming through my headphones aren’t her old bops By Lainey • Jul 06, 2026 09:05 am
