Music RAYE and Honouring George Michael As a longtime RAYE fan it has been a treat to watch her mainstream rise to success in the last year. She scored a major hit with “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” and is currently serving as the opening act on Bruno Mars’s sold out stadium tour. She can now By MC • Sep 28, 2026 12:15 pm
Madonna Madonna: The Queen of MTV Madonna carried the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, because for a show that has made its name by featuring the biggest names in music, it was light on major stars. It also didn’t help that the entire telecast was delayed 20 minutes due to a football game going into By MC • Sep 28, 2026 11:16 am
Madonna Madonna’s Top 5 VMA Moments, Ranked Madonna is set to make her return to the VMA stage this Sunday where she is the most nominated artist of the evening, with 13 nominations, and is scheduled to open the show and perform songs from her latest hit album Confessions II. This is the fifth time she will By MC • Sep 25, 2026 01:52 pm
Brandi Carlile Intro for September 25, 2026 Dear Gossips, Today is a holiday in many parts of East Asia. Chinese people call it Mid-Autumn Festival, the North American equivalent would be Thanksgiving. It’s a time of gratitude and appreciation – for the harvest, for the bounty if we’re lucky, for life and what feeds us. By Lainey • Sep 25, 2026 10:11 am
Taylor Swift From Taymerica to Taylorwood Taylor Swift’s new new deluxe deluxe album, The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore, drops tonight with four new tracks including “Patient Zero”, the lead single. The full video for “Patient Zero” will premiere at the MTV VMAs on Sunday where she will also receive the inaugural Artist Director By Lainey • Sep 24, 2026 12:00 pm
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift: Encore Deluxe In my post yesterday about Taylor Swift’s announcement that a new single called “Patient Zero” is incoming, I wondered whether or not the track would be “a bonus single from whatever new new deluxe deluxe version of a previous album she might be issuing”. Deluxes and variants are so By Lainey • Sep 23, 2026 03:21 pm
What Else Taylor Swift’s Encore and CBK Style? There was some easter egging that came into my feed yesterday – something about a third page added when previously there were only two and Swifties were anticipating an announcement, possibly about the 20th anniversary of her debut album and/or other theories. 👀| The letter on Taylor Swift’s website now By Lainey • Sep 22, 2026 04:10 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Music Inferno Furthering the complete chokehold that Madonna has had on the gay club-scene all summer long, we have the latest release from Troye Sivan. “Party” heavily samples “Music” by Madonna, so much so that the entire song is basically built around the sample. It brings an instant recognition to the By MC • Sep 22, 2026 01:02 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: A Higher Frequency Three years after her debut full-length studio album Jaguar II and winning three Grammy awards, Victoria Monét is ready to launch her sophomore project Frequency of Love on October 2nd. This week is a big one for her with the release of a new single and the announcement of By MC • Sep 16, 2026 12:18 pm
Top Reads Learning from Céline At some point on Friday or Saturday, during the chaos of TIFF and running from interview to interview and prepping in between, I saw an article pop up on my feed about Céline Dion, ahead of her first show in Paris…something something about how she would require a backing By Lainey • Sep 14, 2026 10:53 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Miley Wants To Dance Miley’s already had a major year with the 20th anniversary of Hannah Montana, her own Barbie doll, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This is her ascent into legend territory, and she’s marking the occasion with a new album, a new record deal, and a By MC • Sep 08, 2026 02:36 pm
Miley Cyrus Miley: BASS PERSUADES but not Coachella As MC has mentioned several times recently, Miley Cyrus, now just Miley, is preparing for the release of her next album on September 18. We’ve known about the new music for a couple of weeks now, and she’s with a new label after her last album, Something Beautiful, By Lainey • Sep 02, 2026 11:40 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Pop en français So much of the history of pop music is centered around artists who sing in English, but we’re starting to see a shift. Just look at how Bad Bunny has had one of the most incredible few years in terms of commercial success. Something like that may have been By MC • Sep 01, 2026 03:28 pm
BTS Intro for September 1, 2026 Dear Gossips, Fan service from an East Asian popstar will always be more involved and … in my opinion… special, maybe even too special if I’m honest. Sometimes I worry that the expectations are too much and where the line is between idol and fandom. But not today, LOL. No By Lainey • Sep 01, 2026 09:53 am
Olivia Rodrigo Daisy Chain Fields: The Highlights Olivia Rodrigo made some real girl power history over the weekend at the inaugural Daisy Chain Fields festival in Irvine. It’s her answer to the legacy of Lilith Fair that Sarah McLachlan founded back in the 90s. More than 45,000 fans gathered together to celebrate female empowerment, through By MC • Aug 31, 2026 10:53 am
Miley Cyrus A New Era for Miley Miley Cyrus is heading into her next album cycle. Fans have spotted billboards across New York City and Los Angeles courtesy of Spotify that seem to be teasing new music from an unspecified artist. The sole image is a red closeup of one eye with the statement “coming soon”. Miley By MC • Aug 26, 2026 10:56 am
