Music Intro for July 6, 2016 Dear Gossips, Billboard posted an article yesterday about the Song of the Summer, one of the signs that monoculture isn’t quite dead yet. The Song of the Summer is usually crowned by Labour Day, although I don’t even know why we have to have this discussion this year By Lainey • Jul 06, 2016 10:09 am
Music Love Make The World Go Round Lin-Manuel Miranda cannot quit Twitter. So that’s where he posted yesterday morning that he would soon have music that “you don’t need tickets to hear”. Because he’s not busy enough and doesn’t have enough jobs. Turns out it’s a charity single with JLo, Love Make By Duana • Jul 05, 2016 12:52 pm
Music Beyoncé & Kendrick’s opening Freedom Beyoncé was not announced to perform at the BET Awards last night. As we’ve seen, surprise is her thing. And the song she chose to surprise with to open the show was Freedom. If you’ve been to the Formation tour, you know this performance. It comes near the By Lainey • Jun 27, 2016 10:04 am
BFFs Batman Taylor Swift We’ve heard Taylor Swift described as many things, in many ways. But Batman? I did not see that coming. Dave Grohl was in Cannes for a private performance, and before he played his song he told a long anecdote about being at a party with Paul McCartney. Paul gets By Maria • Jun 23, 2016 03:21 pm
Music What The World Needs Now… You know when something’s somehow better than you expected? The Broadway for Orlando charity single is exactly what they promised it would be –Broadway’s brightest and most legendary voices coming together to cover What the World Needs Now is Love. 100% of the sales go to the LGBT By Duana • Jun 21, 2016 12:34 pm
Sports The Beyoncé delay Beyoncé’s took Formation to Detroit on Tuesday. She now has a couple of weeks off before the tour heads to Europe. With that gap in her schedule, she and Jay Z were in Cleveland last night for Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Cleveland won, forcing a Game 7 By Lainey • Jun 17, 2016 02:14 pm
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber needs his fans As you may have heard, Justin Bieber doesn’t do meet and greets on tour anymore. And he has declared that he will no longer be taking photos with fans. On the one hand, I can understand how it all might feel oppressive to him. I don’t say this By Lainey • Jun 16, 2016 01:14 pm
Music Beyoncé & Gabrielle Here are some new shots of Beyoncé today and yesterday in New York. She takes Formation to Detroit tonight and then it's a two week break before the tour heads to Europe until early August. And then it's a month off between Europe and the final By Lainey • Jun 14, 2016 12:22 pm
Music Zayn’s anxiety Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid stepped out together in New York the other day, confirming that they’d gotten back together. On Saturday Zayn was supposed to perform at Capital FM’s Summertime Ball back home in London. He was in London but cancelled the performance. This was his explanation By Lainey • Jun 13, 2016 12:46 pm
Music Sam for Taylor? Maria wrote to me last night. Title of email: Taylor’s Blank Space. Message: She should write Sam Hunt in... Calling the gossip genie. I can see why that would make sense. Sam Hunt is 31 years old, probably the biggest rising star in country music right now. If you By Lainey • Jun 09, 2016 01:02 pm
Music Intro for June 2, 2016 Dear Gossips, I played one song over and over and over again last night at home. Because Kathleen sent me an article about it. About its 20th anniversary. Twenty years ago this week, a song was released that we ALL know. All of us. You know every part of it. By Lainey • Jun 02, 2016 09:02 am
Music Radiohead, Thom, Kate Last Thursday Jacek and I had dinner listening to Radiohead on all album shuffle. We’ve lived with the new album, A Moon Shaped Pool, for a few weeks now. It’s so f-cking good. It’s so f-cking gorgeous. That night, Radiohead played The Roundhouse in London, the first By Lainey • May 30, 2016 03:47 pm
Music Beyoncé Day Here in Toronto, we are In Formation. It’s Beyoncé Day, as Duana called it over group text today. She was also still trying to rush order a “kale” t-shirt as of 5am this morning. Which I will shame her for later because, like, doing things last minute is totally By Lainey • May 25, 2016 10:53 am
Music One day to Formation Beyoncé and Jay Z were in LA together this weekend, seen here taking the BIC to ballet lessons, shutting down rumours, once again, that she’s thrown him out. Which. I don’t understand how there could still be rumours if you’ve consumed Lemonade, but OK. Late last week By Lainey • May 24, 2016 10:32 am
Maple Leaf Justin Bieber’s Purpose Tour: Review Justin Bieber played two shows in Toronto this week. I was at the first show on Wednesday. Whatever issues I’ve had with Bieber in the past, I can’t deny how great of an album Purpose is. I loved Purpose. Love Yourself is my jam. I was excited to By Kathleen • May 20, 2016 12:44 pm
Music Where is Justin Timberlake’s Sexy? Last week, Lainey wrote about how Justin Timberlake is trolling for an Oscar with his new song Can’t Stop The Feeling. Well, the video came out last night and they really aren’t being subtle about ripping off Happy now, are they? The song is catchy as hell and By Kathleen • May 17, 2016 01:22 pm
