Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: PCD Forever Ten-year-old MC is very happy this week and this time it has nothing to do with Hilary Duff. Instead it’s another 2000s pop act making their return; I’m nothing if not reliable. The Pussycat Dolls are back with a new single and major world tour. There’s only By MC • Mar 18, 2026 03:05 pm
Music Intro for March 18, 2026 Dear Gossips, For some of us – and by “some”, I mean an entire ARMY – there’s only one preoccupation right now. We’re so close now, so close to our “Spring Day”, less than 48 hours to go until The Comeback we’ve been waiting years for: BTS’s new By Lainey • Mar 18, 2026 09:30 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Shakira Breaks Records After a tumultuous couple of years that included a nasty divorce, the illness of a loved one and severe tax woes, Shakira is finally on the other side of a traumatic time and is shining brighter than she ever has in her three decade career. It’s been a few By MC • Mar 10, 2026 01:45 pm
BTS Intro for March 5, 2026 Dear Gossips, I was waiting on Netflix all day yesterday. Tuesday night they announced that “tomorrow” they’d drop the official trailer for BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG, the band’s comeback show that will be streamed on March 21 from Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul. So, like probably hundreds of By Lainey • Mar 05, 2026 09:55 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Let’s Talk About Bruno Bruno Mars is in a league that very few artists compete in. He’s got the kind of mass appeal that is rare for newer acts in today’s musical landscape but it’s that very universal appeal that has made for his music to have an insanely wide reach. By MC • Mar 03, 2026 01:42 pm
Music Is Rihanna controlling the timeline? Okay, let’s reset the vibes with one billionaire who doesn’t annoy me, Rihanna. It can be said no one makes a billion dollars without exploiting someone, but Rihanna is not currently decimating Hollywood studios, so she’s the poison I choose. Also, it’s her birthday month! Rihanna By Sarah • Feb 27, 2026 10:03 am
Gossip Nostalgia Hilary Duff’s Millennial Tea The last few weeks have felt like a blur because I have been transported back to my pre-teen self with the sheer amount of Hilary Duff content hitting my feed. I’m not complaining because I have dreamed for days like this. This week Hilary has, in one interview with By MC • Feb 26, 2026 10:16 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Heavy Themes, Glitter Beats Pop music has a reputation for being a little shallow at times and not as artistic as other genres. There may be a little truth to that as not every pop song makes the most sense in terms of vocabulary (LOL, cue “Now that I become who I really are” By MC • Feb 24, 2026 03:36 pm
Bad Bunny Intro for February 24, 2026 Dear Gossips, Bad Bunny has arrived in Australia as he is scheduled to play two shows in Sydney before heading to Tokyo for Spotify’s first Billions Club Live performance and his first concert in Asia, “a testament to his incredible global reach and the power of Latin music”. After By Lainey • Feb 24, 2026 09:55 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: It’s Bebe’s Turn It’s been a long journey for Bebe Rexha. She’s gone from songwriter behind the scenes, to charting hits as a main act. Through it all, however, she’s never gotten the success that she is due. It’s always felt like her hits are more famous than she By MC • Feb 17, 2026 10:41 am
BTS So BTS: Return of the Kings It’s been reported that ahead of their live comeback show in Seoul on March 21, one day after the release of ARIRANG, their highly anticipated comeback album, BTS will make their way to the stage via what’s called the King’s Road, a historic path that was used By Lainey • Feb 13, 2026 12:35 pm
Cardi B Cardi has other priorities Cardi B kicked off her Little Miss Drama tour last night in Palm Desert, just three days after she was at the Benito Bowl, seen hanging out in La Casita during Bad Bunny’s performance. Since then, though, there’s been all kinds of speculation about the status of her By Lainey • Feb 12, 2026 11:16 am
Rihanna Rihanna goes for groceries Rihanna’s commitment to doing her own grocery and drug store runs remains unchanged. But first, she went viral without lifting a damn finger the other day because of Celine Dion’s recent post about what songs she listens to. First of all, Celine is unhinged in this video – and By Lainey • Feb 10, 2026 02:23 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: J. Cole’s Final Act With the exception of Kendrick Lamar, it’s been a rough year commercially for hip-hop, at least in terms of the lack of hits that have been produced in the genre. Last fall, Billboard reported that for the first time in 35 years, there were no hip-hop songs charting within By MC • Feb 10, 2026 12:16 pm
Music Intro for February 10, 2026 Dear Gossips, I had two alarms set on Sunday night. The first was at 759pm so that I wouldn’t miss the start of the Benito Bowl. The second was an hour later, 859pm, so that I could jump on Weverse at 9pm to buy the new BTS light stick, By Lainey • Feb 10, 2026 09:47 am
Bad Bunny Benito Bowl: A Healing Party Let me begin by admitting I am no Bad Bunny scholar, but more of a Bad Bunny appreciator. So at first I felt conflicted when Bad Bunny was announced as the Super Bowl headliner, since I was impressed with his rationale for not including U.S. dates for his world By Violeta • Feb 09, 2026 10:43 am
