Top Reads Las Vegas is about to get Bangtan-ed BTS lit up social media yesterday with a big announcement – they’ve scheduled four shows in Las Vegas in April: BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE - LAS VEGAS 공연 개최#PTD_ON_STAGE_LV #PermissiontoDance #BTS #방탄소년단 pic.twitter.com/t38IjGOf3o — BIGHIT MUSIC (@BIGHIT_MUSIC) February 22, 2022 The By Lainey • Feb 23, 2022 12:32 pm
Music Intro for February 22, 2022 Dear Gossips, Even though it might not seem like it, because his Uber Eats ads are still playing all over the place, Lil Nas X has been super quiet this year. He’s always been very active, and very funny, on Twitter but he hasn’t tweeted since the beginning By Lainey • Feb 22, 2022 09:02 am
Music Doja Cat Asks Fans How To “Celebritate” Something we don’t see everyday is a celebrity asking their fans for advice on how to be a celebrity. But leave it up to Doja Cat to make it a topic of discussion on her TikTok page. The funny part is that she’s not a bad celebrity at By Anastasia • Feb 18, 2022 02:02 pm
Music Dua’s Dance Moves Dua Lipa’s Future Nostalgia tour is now in full swing, so I wasn’t surprised to see Dua content making its way onto my TikTok page. I like her. Her music is catchy, and the 90s pop vibe is perfect for a workout playlist. The disco, lights, and sparkle By Anastasia • Feb 16, 2022 12:31 pm
Music Intro for February 14, 2022 Dear Gossips, It was always going to be the Super Bowl of celebrities with the game happening in LA. And indeed, last night’s game was probably the most celebrity-heavy Super Bowl in years, if not decades. The halftime show had something to do with it too. The halftime show By Lainey • Feb 14, 2022 09:15 am
Music Ed and Taylor Reunite Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift have decided to bless our ears with another beautiful ballad. This time around, they reunited for a remix of Ed’s song “The Joker and The Queen” that originally appeared in his album, =. While the song is already tear-inducing on it’s own, the nostalgia By Anastasia • Feb 11, 2022 02:41 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Adele: Maybe Engaged and Will Be Pregnant Adele has been home in London this week, performing at the BRIT Awards, and also appearing on The Graham Norton Show for her first interview of 2022. I’ve not yet watched the interview but it’s making headlines all over the place today because of what she does and By Lainey • Feb 11, 2022 01:50 pm
Music Adele: Comeback and a Ring Over the last few weeks, Adele’s been in the headlines for whatever it is that led to the postponement (and possible cancellation) of her Las Vegas residency. The rumours have ranged from COVID outbreaks to production setbacks to creative disputes behind the scenes to romantic drama compromising Adele’s By Lainey • Feb 09, 2022 09:37 am
Award Season Campaigning Intro for February 9, 2022 Dear Gossips, Beyoncé was nominated for an Oscar yesterday for the first time. Her song “Be Alive” is contending in the Best Original Song category alongside Billie Eilish and Finneas (“No Time To Die”), Lin-Manuel Miranda (“Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto), Van Morrison (“Down to Joy” from Belfast), and Diane Warren By Lainey • Feb 09, 2022 09:02 am
Music Adele Humours the Rumours It’s been almost two weeks since Adele announced that her Vegas residency would not be starting on schedule just one day before she was set to kick it off. Since then, practically every day, there have reports in both the American and British media about what led to the By Lainey • Feb 02, 2022 10:27 am
Music A TikTok Talent Show Changes in how we are consuming media are also accompanied by changes in how media is produced. American Idol’s creator, Simon Fuller, made the first move towards TikTok talent search competitions with new group, The Future X. But as influential as TikTok as become, I don’t know that By Anastasia • Jan 27, 2022 11:35 am
Music Intro for January 27, 2022 Dear Gossips, A few days ago, Neil Young told his representatives that he no longer wanted his music on Spotify unless they took meaningful action against the spread of vaccine misinformation on The Joe Rogan Experience. Hundreds of doctors had previously written to Spotify urging the streaming platform to “mitigate By Lainey • Jan 27, 2022 09:30 am
Dumbass Taylor Swift and The Man Taylor Swift has a song called “The Man” with the following lyrics: “’Cause if I was a man, then I’d be the man I’d be the man I’d be the man They’d say I hustled, put in the work They wouldn’t shake their heads and By Lainey • Jan 25, 2022 01:02 pm
Equality Issues It’s Janet Jackson Season I’m so excited because Janet Jackson season is upon us. Before her two-night documentary event hits Lifetime and A&E at the end of the month, the icon is covering Allure’s February issue. I know Janet’s executive producing the doc, so it’s a bit of By Cody • Jan 12, 2022 11:14 am
Relationship Assumption The Weeknd: Angelina’s “Starry Eyes”? From what I’ve seen and read, The Weeknd’s new album, dawn FM, which dropped on Friday, is well-received by critics, and deservedly so. When I wrote about it the other day, in connection to all the speculation that lyrics in the song “Here We Go …Again” might be By Lainey • Jan 10, 2022 03:06 pm
Music Did The Weeknd confirm Abelina? Earlier this week, The Weeknd announced the release of his new album, dawn FM, which is available now. The album would have already been trending, given how successful The Weeknd is, one of the top artists in the business right now. But there’s even more intrigue on top of By Lainey • Jan 07, 2022 01:02 pm