Music SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo “I want it to be, like, messy” That is the first thing you hear when you play Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album, SOUR, which just hit #1 in its first week on the Billboard album charts. If her album has taught us anything, it’s that it's brutal By Anastasia • May 31, 2021 10:46 am
Music Intro for May 28, 2021 Dear Gossips, The iHeartRadio Music Awards were last night and it was The Weeknd and BTS leading the way with the most wins. BTS took the named Best Music Video, Best Fan Army, and Favourite Choreography. So it’s been a big week for the band, because they’ve once By Lainey • May 28, 2021 09:13 am
Music Intro for May 26, 2021 Dear Gossips, Did you see Victor Solomon’s performance on The Voice earlier this week? He’s on John Legend’s team and John afterwards called it the best performance in the show’s history. Victor’s song was Beyoncé’s “Freedom” and what’s extra amazing is that he By Lainey • May 26, 2021 09:18 am
Music Drake’s Stadium Party When I last posted about Drake, it was on Thursday, ahead of Drake receiving the Billboard Artist of the Decade award on Sunday night. He had his whole crew on stage with him (“started from the bottom now we’re here”) and his parents, and he brought out his son By Lainey • May 25, 2021 01:43 pm
Equality Issues Lil Nas X’s wardrobe malfunction Lil Nas X was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend on the season finale hosted by Anya Taylor-Joy. The big headline coming out of his performance was how he split his pants when he dropped it low on the pole. My big takeaway was how adorable he By Lainey • May 25, 2021 10:51 am
Equality Issues BTS in Pole Position Motor racing is one of the things on my mind this weekend because it’s the Monaco Grand Prix, the jewel of the F1 circuit, arguably the most prestigious race in the world. And while I have never paid much attention to this event, Drive to Survive changed all that By Lainey • May 21, 2021 01:07 pm
Equality Issues Intro for May 21, 2021 Dear Gossips, Bela, Eloise, Lucia, and Mila are known as The Linda Lindas, and yesterday they went viral. If you’ve already seen this video, you know what a fist-pumper it is. And if you haven’t, well, this is the perfect start to the weekend, which happens to be By Lainey • May 21, 2021 09:31 am
Music BTS Will “Butter” Everything BTS is about to drop their new song, “Butter”, in just three days. For their ARMY, that means non-stop promotional photos and other small sips over the last few weeks leading up to the release. And for everyone else it means …get ready, even if you’re not on the By Lainey • May 18, 2021 03:06 pm
Music Bella Poarch Has Arrived Popular TikToker Bella Poarch released the debut music video for her song “Build a B*tch” this past Friday: If you aren’t familiar with her, Bella has a huge following and is most known for having TikTok’s most liked video ever. Right now, the video posted back in By Anastasia • May 18, 2021 02:31 pm
Music JLo’s “sexy summer fun” Didn’t have a chance yesterday to catch up on the best celebrity gossip story of the year so far: Bennifer 2021. They haven’t been seen together again but there are a few interesting angles to pursue. Let’s start with Page Six’s story from the weekend with By Lainey • May 18, 2021 11:26 am
Music Olivia Takes On SNL It’s been a busy few days for Olivia Rodrigo. She took the Saturday Night Live stage as the musical guest this weekend, right off the release of her new music video, “good 4 u” on Friday. Season two of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series started on Friday By Anastasia • May 17, 2021 03:56 pm
Relationship Assumption JLo’s Troll-Glow LOLOLOLOLOL That’s the best way I can describe how I’m feeling right now, how happy Bennifer is making me – no, how happy Jennifer Lopez is making me. And many of you. Because she is trolling us. Since it’s JLo though, I’m calling it troll-glow: Jennifer Lopez By Lainey • May 14, 2021 11:32 am
Music Nicki & Drake: Hip-Hop’s Siblings Reunite Last night Nicki Minaj hopped on Instagram Live shortly before midnight to introduce the new music she’s been teasing all week. I was expecting the release of a new single, but she actually announced that she’d be making her critically acclaimed 2009 mixtape, Beam Me Up Scotty, available By Cody • May 14, 2021 09:58 am
Equality Issues Intro for May 14, 2021 Dear Gossips, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2021 this year and the list includes Tina Turner. Tina was previously inducted in 1992 but not as a solo artist. So this honour represents her career from 1976 and onward, after her divorce. In those early By Lainey • May 14, 2021 09:28 am
Music A New (Better) Nicki Minaj is Coming Imagine my delight Monday when Nicki Minaj signaled the end of what’s felt like the longest off-season of her career. It was just a couple pictures from a COVID-era, around the house photoshoot posted to Instagram. The caption read “FRIDAY”, which could have meant anything but we know means By Cody • May 12, 2021 10:40 am
Music BTS + Coldplay? Coldplay has released a new song, “Higher Power”, produced by Max Martin. The song and video premiered in space from the International Space Station with French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. Here it is: I’ve only listened to it twice all the way through so it hasn’t had time to By Lainey • May 07, 2021 11:35 am