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
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE – Little Miss Twain Shania Twain is back with new music and a new album that drops at the end of July. Little Miss Twain is Shania going back to her Timmins, Ontario roots. She’s going back to singing the bluesy country music that she grew up listening to with her late mother; By MC • Jun 30, 2026 11:49 am
Cardi B For the Love of Cardi It’s been more than a year since Cardi B graced an awards show stage. She’s been a busy girl in that time, releasing her sophomore album Am I The Drama?, having another baby, and going on a sold out arena tour. Her performance at the BET Awards was By MC • Jun 29, 2026 12:16 pm
Music Janet, Teyana, and Lauryn: BET Icons Every BET Awards has a surprise appearance from an icon that gets the entire room on their feet in absolute awe. This year it was Janet Jackson and I think we can all agree that it doesn’t get bigger. Janet walked the red carpet in a 2Pac t-shirt, By MC • Jun 29, 2026 11:35 am
What Else Chlöe Bailey: Resurrection and Bubble Skirts As MC mentioned in his Music Lounge column this week, Chlöe Bailey dropped a mixtape this week, Resurrection, with Timbaland, and the vibes are so Aaliyah which, naturally, means it’s really good. I’ll leave the music analysis to him next week but for now, just know that Resurrection By Lainey • Jun 26, 2026 04:26 pm
Jay Z Blue Jay-Z in 30 That title is for people in Toronto, an inside pun related to the Toronto Blue Jays because if you miss the game live, you can always watch “Jays in 30”, a condensed version of the game that runs on Sportsnet on game days. It applies to this post because yesterday By Lainey • Jun 26, 2026 01:30 pm
Madonna Madonna now and forever Madonna’s been in Paris for Fashion Week. As we saw yesterday she was seated front row between Charli XCX and Connor Storrie at Saint Laurent, the pop culture mother of all the cool kids. Who still considers herself one of the cool kids – both an icon to them but By Lainey • Jun 24, 2026 12:06 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Tyla’s Sophomore Era The road to the release of Tyla’s sophomore album has been a long one, but it finally arrives on July 24th. This week she’s dropping the third of a relatively successful string of singles leading up to the record. The album is called A*POP which stands for By MC • Jun 23, 2026 03:39 pm
Taylor Swift Travis Kelce and the First Lady of Tight Ends This weekend in TNT wedding speculation reminded me of a Taylor Swift song lyric from a track off 1989, my favourite out of all her albums. It’s this line from “I Know Places”: “Baby I know places we won't be found and… They'll be chasing By Lainey • Jun 23, 2026 12:43 pm
