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
Relationship Assumption Shawn And Camila Reunite Exes Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello were spotted in Miami yesterday for the first time since their break-up. They were strolling through a park with their shared dog Tarzan, and to me, this just seems like a good co-parenting moment. They both look pretty casual, and obviously don’t seem By Anastasia • Jan 07, 2022 12:01 pm
Music Intro for January 6, 2022 Dear Gossips, Sometimes history really does repeat itself. A year ago, in this space, I posted about the Grammys being postponed. It’s now 2022 and today’s intro is about the Grammys being postponed, indefinitely. Which is the difference from 2021 because last year when the Recording Academy confirmed By Lainey • Jan 06, 2022 09:05 am
Maple Leaf The New Old Weeknd Major music news this week – The Weeknd has confirmed that his new album, dawn FM, is dropping Friday. On Monday he announced the title. Yesterday he shared the album cover. Today was the tracklist and the artists he’ll be collaborating with: Lil Wayne, Tyler, the Creator, Quincy Jones, and… By Lainey • Jan 05, 2022 02:02 pm
TV Updates Miley’s First NYE Miley Cyrus’s New Year’s Eve special on NBC was about building a new annual institution with a performer who will likely be an entertainment institution. Miley is almost 30 years old now, which is a trip in and of itself, and like so many other female popstars before By Lainey • Jan 04, 2022 10:15 am
Music Katy Perry Takes On Las Vegas It’s Vegas baby. It’s Vegas baby 💁🏻♀️ https://t.co/iK1SyasAm6 — KATY PERRY (@katyperry) December 30, 2021 Katy Perry kicked off Las Vegas residency last night, and it’s as over the top as you were probably expecting from her. The first performance of PLAY at the Resorts World By Anastasia • Dec 30, 2021 10:15 am
