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
Olivia Rodrigo From Lilith to Daisy: Olivia Takes the Torch Olivia Rodrigo announced yesterday the inaugural Daisy Chain Fields Festival, set to take place on August 29th in Irvine, CA and the roster of artists on deck is stacked with both legends and future icons spanning multiple genres. The best part? It is entirely female. Some of the bigger names By MC • Jun 23, 2026 10:37 am
Rosalia Vila Tobella Marcello confesses to Rosalía Madison Square Garden has been the epicenter for gossip for the last several weeks. MSG’s primary resident, of course, is the Knicks. Then there’s all the speculation about whether or not it will be Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding venue… but for the last two nights, By Lainey • Jun 18, 2026 11:37 am
Top Reads The BTS Grammy The Recording Academy announced yesterday that five new categories will be presented for the first time next year, so in the current Grammy cycle. The category I want to focus on in this post is Best Asian Pop Music Performance award, described by the Recording Academy as follows: “This Category By Lainey • Jun 17, 2026 11:08 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: A Win for Olivia Olivia Rodrigo dropped her long-awaited third studio album you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love last Friday, cementing her as one of the top Gen Z pop-rock stars of the decade. The album has barely been out for longer than a weekend but it has By MC • Jun 16, 2026 01:45 pm
Taylor Swift The TNT Wedding Conspiracy Thread Last night, Taylor Swift was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, making her the youngest woman with that honor. For the event, she showed up in a GREAT gown. You know I don’t always love TSwift’s style, but this is legit great top to bottom. Even the By Sarah • Jun 12, 2026 10:35 am
Top Reads Taylor Swift does her big one Taylor Swift’s appearance at the Toy Story 5 premiere in LA last night was not announced in advance but it’s probably not that big of a surprise that she showed up, considering how much of the marketing has revolved around her involvement since it was finally confirmed last By Lainey • Jun 10, 2026 10:58 am
Jay Z Intro for June 10, 2026 Dear Gossips, Well I guess we know where Beyoncé will be on July 11-13, September 10th, and October 23rd. This is an anniversary year for Jay-Z. It was announced a couple of months ago that he would play two shows in July to celebrate the 30th anniversary of By Lainey • Jun 10, 2026 09:08 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Tinashe’s Pop Tinashe earned two of the biggest hits of her career over the past two summers. The first, “Nasty”, came at a time when she hadn’t scored a hit in close to a decade, not since her debut single “2 On”. Similar to Charli XCX, Tinashe has had a cult By MC • Jun 09, 2026 12:55 pm
