Music HUNTR/X before Grammy The Grammys are on Sunday, which means pre-Grammy parties are happening, including Spotify’s 2026 Best New Artist Party, held in Los Angeles last night. I’ll leave deconstructing new music to MC, I don’t listen to the radio or whatever the kids are listening to these days. I By Sarah • Jan 30, 2026 11:41 am
Music Intro for January 28, 2026 Dear Gossips, The Grammy Awards are happening on Sunday and Alex Cooper has released a special two-hour podcast episode, “Alex Cooper Presents: A Grammys Special (ft. Rosé)”, that just dropped today. Rosie takes Alex to several places in Asia, from Tokyo to Seoul, where her recording studio was turned into By Lainey • Jan 28, 2026 09:41 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Disco All The Time It’s the return of Harry Styles. His newest single “Aperture” is making noise across all music channels, and is serving as the kickoff to his next chapter. The album, Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally., is out in March and with the announcement of his Together, Together tour, he’ By MC • Jan 27, 2026 02:14 pm
Music Detecting an AI songstress The internet is divided over whether the woman claiming to be the artist behind the much-loved music of Sienna Rose is, in fact, her, or whether the songs so many have come to know and love are all the product of a ‘worryingly convincing’ AI artist by the same moniker. By Stephanie • Jan 26, 2026 11:22 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Return of Hilary Hilary Duff just performed her first live concert in 18 years last night in London, and millennials worldwide are feeling the high. This limited engagement of intimate shows will take her to Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York over the next week and a half. If you were one of By MC • Jan 20, 2026 01:06 pm
What Else Rihanna and Rocky: A weekend in New York A$AP Rocky just dropped his new album, Don’t Be Dumb. I haven’t listened all the way through yet so I’ll leave it to MC to address it next week in his music column, but for now, we’ll just gossip. Because there’s always gossip in By Lainey • Jan 16, 2026 04:11 pm
BTS Intro for January 14, 2026 Dear Gossips, As promised, BTS yesterday announced the dates for their upcoming world tour. As expected, the tour is massive – 79 shows so far taking them across the planet, with more stops in 2027 “coming soon”. I thought I did what I could do to prepare for the confirmation. A By Lainey • Jan 14, 2026 09:17 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Robyn & Max Max Martin was a young musical protégé when he first started working with Robyn, a Swedish teenager who was on the brink of worldwide prominence. Close to 30 years later, the two are back together crafting quality pop music, which Max Martin himself is no stranger to doing. Robyn, on By MC • Jan 13, 2026 01:55 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Heart & Soul The new year has arrived and new music is rolling out in full force including the comeback of an R&B giant. Jill Scott first burst onto the scene in 2000 with her iconic album Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1 which helped usher in a By MC • Jan 06, 2026 12:34 pm
Music Intro for January 6, 2026 Dear Gossips, Six days into the year and we have our first sort of unexpected mashup of two celebrities you wouldn’t have predicted to collaborate: Winona Ryder and A$AP Rocky. She co-stars with him in the new video he just dropped for a track called “Punk Rocky” and By Lainey • Jan 06, 2026 09:47 am
What Else BTS 2026 On the first full posting day of 2026, we must begin with the biggest music story of the year so far and nothing’s really happened yet. But just the announcements have set off expectations for what will be a massive story over the next 12 months, guaranteed. And it By Lainey • Jan 05, 2026 04:02 pm
Mariah Carey The #1 Queen of Christmas We say it every year during the holidays: Mariah Carey is immortal. If humanity and our planet can keep existing, Mimi will continue to exist too – in the form of her most famous song, the song that will be played in December for all the Decembers to come, long after By Lainey • Dec 18, 2025 11:46 am
Rihanna Would you yell at Rihanna? Rihanna was at Mariah Carey’s show in Vegas last night. It’s not the first time RiRi has fangirled Mimi. In fact, it could be becoming an annual tradition. Because in 2024, exactly a year ago, RiRi was front row for Mimi’s show in Brooklyn and could not By Lainey • Dec 17, 2025 11:02 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Usher, The Mentor With over 30 years in the business, Usher has solidified himself as one of the greatest performers to ever hit a stage. Now he’s sharing all that talent and knowledge with the newest musical protégés signed under his record label imprint mega. The label is a joint partnership with By MC • Dec 16, 2025 03:09 pm
Music Kylie in tartan Remember when Kylie Jenner tried to trademark “Kylie” and Kylie Minogue was like, no, I’m the #1 Kylie and you can sit down? As MC wrote in his weekly music column yesterday, Kylie has never not been relevant, the gays have loved her music for three decades and she’ By Lainey • Dec 10, 2025 04:06 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Heat of December The end of the year is upon us, most have shared their Spotify Wrapped stories while holiday playlists are in full rotation. I do love a holiday track, but I prefer to continue to take in new releases during this time. Many songs that get released this month end up By MC • Dec 09, 2025 01:42 pm
