Music Intro for October 18, 2021 Dear Gossips, So how many times did you listen to Adele’s “Easy On Me” this weekend? Pretty sure some of you, at the very least, because it’s broken all kinds of streaming records which was inevitable…even if Adele didn’t think so. Remember what she said in By Lainey • Oct 18, 2021 09:03 am
Music Adele: “Easy On Me” Well, we expected a ballad and we got a ballad. Adele’s new single, “Easy On Me”, her first song in six years and the lead track off her upcoming album 30, due out November 19, dropped last night – and as she revealed in her double Vogue interviews, she’s By Lainey • Oct 15, 2021 12:10 pm
Music Chris Martin’s Universe Coldplay just announced a world tour today. Music Of The Spheres World Tour #MOTSWT 💚❤️ https://t.co/OsnkikGE4m pic.twitter.com/aDdE9i3Wak — Coldplay (@coldplay) October 14, 2021 This is coming off the success of their collaboration with BTS on the song “My Universe” which hit #1 on the Billboard Hot By Lainey • Oct 14, 2021 02:57 pm
Music Olivia & Alanis Rolling Stone is rolling out their annual Musicians on Musicians issue this week. Yesterday they revealed the first of four cover stories featuring Madonna and Maluma (not a piece I was eager to read because they’ve known each other for years and we’ve already heard them talk about By Cody • Oct 13, 2021 02:17 pm
Music Chlöe Has Our Attention At the end of Chlöe’s performance of her debut solo, “Have Mercy”, on Jimmy Fallon last night, she looks straight into the camera and says, “You better be f-cking paying attention”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXHEvcpee6E&ab_channel=TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon We should be f-cking paying attention. I’ By Anastasia • Oct 13, 2021 11:27 am
Top Reads Adele’s Two Vogues Apparently this has never happened until now: Adele covers both American and British Vogue in the same month. And you can understand why – editorially magazines don’t want to do the same thing, feature the same people. But you can also understand why they made this exception: not only because By Lainey • Oct 08, 2021 10:44 am
Music Justin Bieber ft. Diane Keaton Justin Bieber in a movie with Diane Keaton would be weird casting news. Diane Keaton appearing in one of Bieber’s music videos is even weirder… but here we are. The Oscar winner plays Bieber’s grandmother in his “Ghost” visual, out today. In the video, following the death of By Cody • Oct 08, 2021 10:00 am
Top Reads Here Comes Adele The buzz – more like a roar, given who we’re talking about – started a few days ago when “30” started showing up on landmarks around the world: Billboards presumed to be teasing Adele's comeback have been displayed in various locations and landmarks around the world, including the Colosseum By Lainey • Oct 05, 2021 10:57 am
Music Intro for October 5, 2021 Dear Gossips, Billboard yesterday confirmed the inevitable: .@Coldplay and @BTS_Twt rocket onto the Billboard #Hot100 at No. 1 with #MyUniverse. 💯 https://t.co/mEXavQW7eL — billboard (@billboard) October 5, 2021 It was inevitable because of BTS and their ARMY, currently the most powerful fandom in pop culture. BTS’s collaboration By Lainey • Oct 05, 2021 08:58 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Halle Bailey’s Black Girl Magic Disney World’s 50th Anniversary event took place on Friday, and it brought us a HEAVENLY performance by our next Ariel, Halle Bailey. Watching this performance made the little Black girl in me glow like she never got to when she was younger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXctZ7RRpWA By Anastasia • Oct 04, 2021 12:48 pm
Music Kelly’s (Early) Holiday Spirit September is almost coming to a close, and while some are thinking about spooky season, Kelly Clarkson is already getting geared up for the winter holidays with her song, “Christmas Isn’t Canceled (Just You)”. She dropped the Christmas-meets-break-up-song yesterday: It feels SO odd to be writing about holiday music By Anastasia • Sep 24, 2021 02:18 pm
Music Intro for September 22, 2021 Dear Gossips, Lil Nas X’s debut album, Montero, was released last Friday and as Cody wrote in his review yesterday, this is Lil Nas proving that he’s more than a troll, more than a one-hit wonder, that he can back up the shock value with melody and lyrics By Lainey • Sep 22, 2021 08:46 am
Music Lil Nas X: Artist or Meme? It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of Lil Nas X. With every moment he’s giving Satan a lap dance or making out with his backup dancer at the BET Awards or doing a People Magazine pregnancy photo shoot, I’ve grown to love him more By Cody • Sep 21, 2021 12:46 pm
Music Intro for September 21, 2021 Dear Gossips, Today is a major holiday in East Asia. In Chinese culture we call it Mid-Autumn Festival. In Japan it is celebrated as Tsukimi. In Vietnam it’s known as Tết Trung Thu and for Koreans, this is Chuseok. While certain details may vary from culture to culture, the By Lainey • Sep 21, 2021 10:24 am
Equality Issues Lil Nas X: Carpet Shade and a Big Win Is the art of the live red carpet interview completely lost? Watching MTV’s pre-show Sunday evening was often more awkward than enjoyable. Whatever happened to looking at the artist while you ask the question? The quick chats with celebrity arrivals left a lot to be desired. I think it’ By Cody • Sep 13, 2021 01:24 pm
Music Olivia Rodrigo Lends VMAs Some 'It Girl’ Power Olivia Rodrigo showed up the the VMAs in a dress older than she is. Her strapless mermaid gown is from Atelier Versace’s Spring/Summer 2001 Haute Couture collection. I love this girl’s style. Everything is a reference the 90s or early aughts. There’s nothing modern about an By Cody • Sep 13, 2021 11:51 am
