Music Doja Cat and Joseph: From LA to Paris I appreciate that Doja Cat walked her first Oscars red carpet in cat print even though her second dress of the night, for the Vanity Fair party, was probably more formal…but also, maybe, a little more naked, LOL. It’s Balmain, and it’s the one she chose as By Lainey • Mar 05, 2025 03:31 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Pop Goes International One of the greatest things to come out of the streaming era is our access to music from all over the world. If we rewound 25+ years when music was only in physical form, record labels had all the control over what we heard and which countries and markets would By MC • Mar 04, 2025 02:30 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: The Britney Agenda I feel like I’ve been living in a fever dream of different variations of Britney Spears when it comes to today’s pop girlies. Just this week alone, two big releases include some very clear nods to the OG princess of pop, channeled through Tate McRae and Coco Jones. By MC • Feb 25, 2025 01:26 pm
Music Jessica Simpson’s Second Act It’s been 17 years since Jessica Simpson was actively making music (with the exception of 2010’s Happy Christmas). She’s just returned with her new single “Use My Heart Against Me” – the first off her upcoming EP Nashville Canyon, Pt. 1 which drops March 21. The song is By MC • Feb 24, 2025 02:00 pm
Music Lady Gaga: Red Wine and Diet Coke I just watched Lady Gaga’s Vanity Fair lie detector test and I have some thoughts. But first… Gaga is in promotion for her upcoming album, Mayhem, due out March 7. She just this week broke the Spotify record for female artist with the most monthly listeners. Her new song, By Lainey • Feb 20, 2025 02:36 pm
Music Jessica Simpson’s… Craving Jessica Simpson has long been teasing new music. She’s now single, she’s motivated, and the new EP, Nashville Canyon: Part 1, is coming March 21. The first single from the EP, “Use My Heart Against Me” drops this Friday. She posted a preview last week. And today, an By Lainey • Feb 19, 2025 10:21 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: For The Lovers Valentine’s Day is a marketing dream in music. Love, relationships, it’s the human connection, that’s what music is all about isn’t it? Love songs have taken different forms over the years though. This week’s new releases are a collection of love professed across multiple genres. By MC • Feb 18, 2025 11:22 am
Music Vogueing, Popping, and Punning with Sabrina Carpenter Sabrina Carpenter covers the new issue of Vogue, not a surprise. She’s had a massive year, and just won two Grammys, has leaned in hard to a certain look – and Vogue is all about looks. This look, however, is familiar but also fresh. Sabrina is the pinup for the By Lainey • Feb 12, 2025 02:06 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: The Power of Three Trios are powerful. Whether it’s established girl groups like TLC and Destiny’s Child (from the Michelle era of course), or collaborations between individual artists, music compliments a trio immaculately. In an age where very few girl groups cross into the mainstream, it’s always nice to see women By MC • Feb 11, 2025 02:35 pm
Music Intro for February 11, 2025 Dear Gossips, Sorry, I’m a little bit shocked. So I may regret these words later, I may be risking your anger because your experience may not be the same… But I just got Beyoncé COWBOY CARTER tickets and the process did not break my soul, which is why I’ By Lainey • Feb 11, 2025 09:00 am
Music Dirty (K)Pop Megan Thee Stallion is taking her talents to the small screen once more. This time she is teaming up with PSY, who you’ll remember from his OG viral smash “Gangnam Style”, on a new west-meets-east reality music competition that is appropriately titled KPOPPED. The show which will stream on By MC • Feb 07, 2025 01:28 pm
Music Intro for February 6, 2025 Dear Gossips, Big announcement for Blinks yesterday – BLACKPINK announced that a tour is coming this year. The announcement and accompanying promotional materials were updated across the group’s various social media accounts and a teaser was posted to the BLACKPINK YouTube channel. But… honestly? It’s a bit confusing. BLACKPINK, By Lainey • Feb 06, 2025 09:23 am
Music Drake is far away Drake is keeping his distance right now, conveniently on the other side of the world, far from the Grammys, and the upcoming Super Bowl in New Orleans where, as we all know, Kendrick Lamar is the headliner. And we also all know that he will for sure perform “Not Like By Lainey • Feb 04, 2025 04:14 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Musical Trilogies and Whitney-Keke As the old saying goes, “good things come in threes”, so it should come as no shock that when the rule of threes gets applied to music, the result can be great. Beyoncé being the most current example, the Album Of The Year winner is on album #2 of her By MC • Feb 04, 2025 12:33 pm
Music Cynthia and Janelle: Quincy Jones and Grammys for Oscars Cynthia Erivo and Janelle Monae were two of the artists who performed at the Grammys last night as part of the Quincy Jones tribute. We’ll begin at the end, as it was Janelle who shut it all down with a performance of “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” By Lainey • Feb 03, 2025 02:17 pm
Music Gaga, Miley, and Billie: Shōgun at the Grammys I was in flight for the first part of the Grammys so I’d only seen a few looks when Emily our site manager texted me to say that there was a lot of Shōgun at the Grammys. I knew Miley Cyrus was one of them, but then she added By Lainey • Feb 03, 2025 01:39 pm
