TV Updates Taylor Swift Shows More Work It was never a question that Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl would be big, it was just a matter of how big. And now we know – 4 million units sold, a new record. And when you consider that over 1.4 million of these were vinyl, in By Lainey • Oct 14, 2025 12:56 pm
Music Zara Larsson’s Moment in the (Midnight) Sun I’ve never been a Zara Larsson fan. Sure, I’d sing along to her earworms like “Never Forget You”, “Ain’t My Fault”, or “Symphony” when they were on the radio or playing at the mall, but they weren’t taking up space in my music library, and I By Cody • Oct 10, 2025 12:48 pm
Music Intro for October 9, 2025 Dear Gossips, The current #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 is “Golden” from Kpop Demon Hunters, topping the chart for the 8th time. This will change next week because Taylor Swift will likely occupy the first 12 spots on the chart with the release of The Life of a By Lainey • Oct 09, 2025 10:06 am
Music Intro for October 8, 2025 Dear Gossips, Taylor Swift stepped out in New York last night for dinner with Jerrod Carmichael in a very Taylor outfit: black turtleneck, kilt, cognac boots, Dior bag. We’ve seen her in variations of this over the years, it’s a uniform that works. Taylor of course continues to By Lainey • Oct 08, 2025 10:47 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: The Rise of Leon Thomas The past year in music has seen different types of artists who have found success, whether it’s a fictional K-pop group or rising TikTok stars; but the genre that is more familiar to the western masses and has been making a return to mainstream conversations is R&B. By MC • Oct 07, 2025 01:36 pm
TV Updates Bad Bunny centers his audience As always, Bad Bunny kicked off the new season of Saturday Night Live by making it clear who his audience is and performing for them. It was expected in the monologue and he did indeed address the Super Bowl and made fun of all the people who are big mad By Lainey • Oct 06, 2025 04:19 pm
Music Taylor Swift: Beefs, Baubles, and Girl Sh-t in the Orchestra One of my favourite catchphrases from the early days of this website nearly 20 years ago is “girl sh-t is the best sh-t”. And, well, is there any other popstar who girl sh-ts as much as Taylor Swift? To be clear, nobody is complaining here. Taylor has always been good By Lainey • Oct 06, 2025 11:42 am
Music The Showgirl is Horny and Tyrannical Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, is the dominant story today in pop culture so, like, if anyone wants to bury whatever controversy, now would be the time. Makes you wonder why the people who leaked the Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban divorce were in By Lainey • Oct 03, 2025 11:15 am
Music Is Taylor Swift also the drama? I mean… always, right? Pretty sure no one needs a reminder of what’s happening tonight at midnight – Taylor Swift has been hiding for a few weeks now because she’s about to be all up in our faces. The Life of a Showgirl is hours away from release and By Lainey • Oct 02, 2025 01:24 pm
Music Intro for October 2, 2025 Dear Gossips, One of my favourite things about Paris Fashion Week over the last few years is watching people lose their sh-t over the Korean celebrities in attendance. The snotty fashion elite may not be aware but the fans will always let them know. Yesterday at Tom Ford, there was By Lainey • Oct 02, 2025 09:42 am
Music Intro for October 1, 2025 Dear Gossips, BTS’s ARMY has been eating so well since all the members completed their military service. Today is no exception and if you’re not already plugged into the action, this is your heads up for social media because it’s already been popping off for hours and By Lainey • Oct 01, 2025 09:38 am
Jock Smut The Bad Bunny Super Bowl In December 2024, near the end of the 2024 NFL regular season, NPR published a piece by Alan Chazaro with the title: “Latinos are the fastest-growing fanbase in the NFL. What's the league's playbook?” The article is an excellent report on the NFL’s gradual internationalisation By Lainey • Sep 29, 2025 10:22 am
Music Mimi & Andy – and the emphasis Mariah Carey’s new album, Here for It All, drops on Friday. It’s her first in seven years with original music. And while MC is the most excited about the release, your girl is pretty pumped too. Because from what Mimi has been sharing, these are cozy fall bops, By Lainey • Sep 24, 2025 02:30 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Cardi and the Drama If you’ve been online in the last few weeks, or eight years, you are well aware that Cardi B is the drama. Her sophomore album Am I The Drama? has dropped and it was worth the seven year wait. In what has to be one of the most genius By MC • Sep 23, 2025 02:47 pm
Music Mimi is so busy! Every year, and for all the years to come, Mariah Carey season is the holidays – and that’s when she works. At midnight on November 1, as soon as spooky season is over, Mimi will tell us that “It’s Time”, at which point the festive season officially begins. And By Lainey • Sep 22, 2025 04:07 pm
Music Intro for September 22, 2025 Dear Gossips, Taylor Swift announced last week that she will be releasing her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, with a movie premiere. The Official Release Party of a Showgirl will play in theatres for one weekend, October 3-5, coinciding with the album drop, and already presales have reached By Lainey • Sep 22, 2025 10:10 am
