Music Taylor Swift: More Trophies But No Tickets A week ago today I posted about Taylor Swift at the MTV EMAs and winning a lot of trophies, noting that when she shows up, chances are very good that she’ll collect some awards. In that post I wondered about Taylor and whether or not she’d show up By Lainey • Nov 21, 2022 10:57 am
Music Rihanna goes back to dinner By now we all know it, right? Rihanna’s favourite restaurant it Giorgio Baldi and it’s not unusual to see her there multiple times a week, although she hasn’t been there as much since having her baby back in May. She was there last night though, in head By Lainey • Nov 17, 2022 02:28 pm
Music More Trophies for Taylor Taylor Swift was in Dusseldorf last night for the MTV EMAs and won several awards, including the award for Best Artist which… was obvious from the moment she arrived; Taylor Swift is too big to not win the big ones if she bothers to show up. Taylor, after all, has By Lainey • Nov 14, 2022 01:51 pm
Music Intro for November 9, 2022 Dear Gossips, Alanis Morissette was supposed to perform with Olivia Rodrigo at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony this past Saturday to honour Carly Simon. She was at rehearsal on Friday but was not on stage on Saturday night for the live taping; Olivia ended up performing alone. By Lainey • Nov 09, 2022 10:20 am
Douchebags Drake: Using Meg Thee Stallion for Clicks, Streams and Clout There are two sides to Drake: the nice guy, in-his-feelings, emo-rapper, who’s equally praised and clowned for being in touch with his sensitive side; and the bad guy, who’s all bravado, misogyny, and seeking revenge for his broken heart. On Friday, Drake dropped his new album, Her Loss By Cody • Nov 07, 2022 10:50 am
Music Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour pace As expected, Taylor Swift’s new album, Midnights, is the biggest music release of the year and she set yet another record this week because she’s run the table on the Billboard Hot 100 with ten different tracks populating the top 10. The cherry on top of this achievement By Lainey • Nov 02, 2022 02:00 pm
BFFs RM + Pharrell The cover of the new issue of Rolling Stone features RM and Pharrell as part of their Musicians on Musicians issue. This is a meeting between two prolific and highly successful producer-performers, one who has already been through multiple stages in his career and another who’s in the process By Lainey • Nov 01, 2022 12:18 pm
Music Intro for November 1, 2022 Dear Gossips, It was not time six weeks ago when I walked into a store and saw ornaments on display. FFS, it can’t be time when the leaves are still green! Yesterday it was almost time. Almost. It’s what gets me through Halloween: the knowledge that it’s By Lainey • Nov 01, 2022 09:48 am
Music Chaka Khan is not here for Auto-Tune Music legend and ten-time Grammy winner Chaka Khan is taking the new generation of artists to task over the commonly used pitch-correcting tool, Auto-Tune. At a cancer research fundraiser this week, she told Page Six that artists who use it would be better off seeking employment at the post office. By Stephanie • Oct 28, 2022 12:58 pm
Music Intro for October 27, 2022 Dear Gossips, The big event on the calendar last night in Hollywood was the premiere of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Earlier this week both Marvel and Rihanna officially confirmed that she’s contributed to the soundtrack with “Lift Me Up”, her first song in six years, dropping on Friday. But By Lainey • Oct 27, 2022 09:15 am
Music “Lift Me Up”, Rihanna People have been waiting a long, long time for new music from Rihanna. It was rumoured a couple of weeks ago that she’d be part of the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack. And yesterday Marvel seemed to confirm it with this tweet: 👀 #WakandaForever pic.twitter.com/EPjcFGbzSH — Marvel Entertainment By Lainey • Oct 26, 2022 03:13 pm
Music The Taylor Swift Video Game Taylor Swift's Midnights is the biggest selling album of the year. It has already crossed the one million units sold mark and she briefly crashed Spotify. There are very few artists who can do that consistently, especially in these turbulent content-consuming times, so some of the big records By Lainey • Oct 25, 2022 01:06 pm
Music Intro for October 24, 2022 Dear Gossips, First of all, she was seen this weekend. And by she, obviously I mean Beyoncé. That alone is newsworthy. She attended the WACO Theatre Wearable Art Gala this weekend, in support of the organisation co-founded by Miss Tina and Richard Lawson that amplifies Black art and promotes the By Lainey • Oct 24, 2022 09:26 am
Music Taylor Swift: Midnights of Fountain and Glitter Gel Taylor Swift released her new album, Midnights, last night and the “chaotic surprise” she promised was not a livestream as I’d predicted but seven extra songs she calls “3am tracks”. So basically there are 20 new Taylor Swift songs to listen to but it’s the first 13 on By Lainey • Oct 21, 2022 12:07 pm
Music Taylor’s Midnight Madness First, a word on Taylor Swift’s productivity. Taylor Swift released her album Lover in August of 2019. A year later she dropped another album, folklore, by surprise. Six months after that, another surprise album: evermore. Then another five months ago by and it’s Fearless (Taylor’s Version), the By Lainey • Oct 20, 2022 11:05 am
Music Intro for October 20, 2022 Dear Gossips, It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve seen any new paparazzi photos of Rihanna. This is not a long time by any standard and it wouldn’t be unusual if not for all the other Rihanna-related news that’s been circulating. As we have seen, By Lainey • Oct 20, 2022 10:07 am
