Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: #JusticeForGlitter This September marks the 25th anniversary of Mariah Carey’s infamous film and soundtrack project Glitter. Most of you reading this will likely remember this time in Mariah’s career, a time that she speaks on extensively in her memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey. Between the sabotage from her By MC • Aug 25, 2026 03:03 pm
Simone Ashley Simone Ashley: Falling (in love) and Singing Simone Ashley's most recent work isn’t acting but music. As many people have already pointed out, this is unfair. We’ve seen how talented she is onscreen. And, like, look at her. And she can sing too??! The new song is called “Free (Live From Angel Studios) By Lainey • Aug 25, 2026 12:29 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: A Melancholy Weekend It’s been six long years since Phoebe Bridgers last released a full-length studio album, and the result of that wait is a melancholic collection of songs that will have you crying as much as you are vibing. Lost Weekend is an album about grief, but the kind that By MC • Aug 18, 2026 01:38 pm
Celine Dion The Miracle of Céline Dion Céline Dion will soon return to the stage – she’s playing 16 shows in Paris through September and October and those tickets sold out so fast she added ten more dates next May. Which is why she’s doing some promotion right now, covering the new issue of Harper’s By Lainey • Aug 18, 2026 11:20 am
Top Reads Taylor Swift: Bangs and Lilac When you’re as famous as Taylor Swift, with your own metaverse populated by millions of fans who can at this point self-generate content, every small detail becomes a big headline. She’s also been relatively under-the-radar since the wedding, so it was always going to be By Lainey • Aug 17, 2026 11:49 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Karol G Has No Regrets It’s been a great year to be KAROL G. She’s already headlined Coachella, won the International Artist Award of Excellence at the AMAs, is in the midst of headlining a stadium tour and now has released her sixth studio album. No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto comes just By MC • Aug 11, 2026 01:44 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Shaboozey’s Concept Shaboozey’s latest album The Outlaw Cherie Lee & Other Western Tales is a concept record about a character in the Wild Wild West, and it’s one of the richest country albums this year. Cherie Lee watched her father, a sheriff, get gunned down, and sets on a path By MC • Aug 04, 2026 03:21 pm
Music Intro for August 4, 2026 Dear Gossips, I’m usually the one to bring new music into the house. Once every ten years, though, my husband Jacek will find an artist or a song before I do – and it almost always happens through videos games. Nowadays he only plays one, consistently, year after year: EA By Lainey • Aug 04, 2026 09:54 am
BTS BTS Transcends The Recording Academy introduced several new Grammy categories last month – among them the Best Asian Pop Music Performance award, better known as the BTS Grammy. Let’s not pretend that the award wasn’t created for BTS, because as I wrote at the time, even in the description of the By Lainey • Jul 29, 2026 01:13 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Life After “Brat” It’s been two years since Charli xcx’s career took a major leap into commercial success with her album Brat. Since then she’s gone on tour across the world, released a mockumentary style film based on the album, done a soundtrack album for one of the year’s By MC • Jul 28, 2026 03:24 pm
What Else The Carters in the Hamptons Beyoncé, Blue Ivy, and Jay-Z were in the Hamptons this weekend and, along with Kelly Rowland and other family, like Angie Beyincé, were seen at Ms Lauryn Hill’s acoustic show at The Club House. At one point Wyclef joined for a five-song jam which we got to By Lainey • Jul 27, 2026 04:03 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE – The Art of Patience When music becomes disposable it loses its value in the minds of its consumers in ways that most people do not even realize. We’re a culture that’s obsessed with “what’s next” and pushing for the next best thing means musical projects can come and go without the By MC • Jul 21, 2026 02:54 pm
Top Reads BTS, Bieber, and Speed Many of the football purists hated the existence of the first ever FIFA World Cup final halftime show and the performance itself didn’t change their mind. On the other side of that conversation, there are people who watched the event just for halftime. And still others who argue that By Lainey • Jul 20, 2026 11:18 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: A HUGEL Summer I’m still riding high off such an incredible release week for Madonna’s Confessions II, and as a result, my playlists have been extremely dance-heavy. I’m craving the sweat from a long night out and the thrill of a flashing strobe light making me feel a little By MC • Jul 14, 2026 01:11 pm
BTS BTS is “good enough” About a month ago, Duana sent me a text asking me, “Have you heard about du bist gut genug?” I tapped back a question mark, huh? Her reply: “The new hit with the kids. German.” With a video of an impossibly catchy and borderline annoying beat. “Du bist gut genug” By Lainey • Jul 14, 2026 10:33 am
Top Reads Beyoncé & Rihanna on the same stage Jay-Z’s three shows at Yankee Stadium this week featured what could also be described as a major mega celebrity wedding guest list and giving us one of the rarest occurrences in pop culture: Beyoncé and Rihanna in one show? It’s a unicorn event. But let’s start By Lainey • Jul 13, 2026 11:02 am
