Music Intro for December 6, 2021 Dear Gossips, In December 2019, BTS was planning for what was expected to be their biggest world tour, in support of their new album, Map of the Soul: 7 which was released February 2020. They were in the US to promote the album for a few weeks in January/February By Lainey • Dec 06, 2021 09:34 am
Top Reads Adele in the makeup chair You know what we haven’t talked about enough through this Adele album release cycle? Like, of course, we’ve covered what the songs are about, how she went away for so long and has come back with what I personally consider to be the strongest album of her career, By Lainey • Dec 03, 2021 10:54 am
Music Intro for November 29, 2021 Dear Gossips, I’m not usually the kind of person who is afflicted with fomo. But, f-ck, I wish I was in LA right now for the BTS shows. On Saturday night, RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook kicked off the first of four concerts at By Lainey • Nov 29, 2021 09:48 am
Top Reads BTS returns to James Corden I remember just before the pandemic hit in North America, early 2020, when BTS did James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke, how many people I heard from, both friends and strangers, because that was their introduction to the band that they’d heard or read me obsessing over for years, and By Lainey • Nov 24, 2021 12:36 pm
Music Intro for November 24, 2021 Dear Gossips, After the f-ckery of last year with The Weeknd receiving zero nominations which is still shocking, considering the success and ubiquity of his album After Hours and all the hits that came off it is, including "Blinding Lights", a song that just achieved this recognition… By Lainey • Nov 24, 2021 08:53 am
Top Reads The AMAs of BTS Back in 2017, BTS performed for the first time on a North American award show. And it was at the American Music Awards. It is not an exaggeration to say that they blew the roof off the place – much to the surprise of the western music industry, including the celebrities By Lainey • Nov 22, 2021 11:48 am
Music Bennifer before the AMAs Jennifer Lopez performed her new song “On My Way”, from the soundtrack to her upcoming movie Marry Me at the American Music Awards last night. Was she singing live? Um, that’s not what my ears were telling me. But also, I’m not sure it matters where JLo is By Lainey • Nov 22, 2021 10:16 am
Music Intro for November 17, 2021 Dear Gossips, We are entering into an exciting time. BTS has just kicked off their imminent three-week North American takeover as they have departed Seoul and, at the time of this writing, are headed to Los Angeles. On Sunday, RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook are By Lainey • Nov 17, 2021 08:59 am
Music Taylor & Blake’s Brilliant Casting As I mentioned yesterday, my Taylor Swift post was written before the release of her video for “I Bet You Think About Me”, a song from the vault that was included on Red (Taylor’s Version), directed by Blake Lively and widely believed to be about Jake Gyllenhaal. Since almost By Lainey • Nov 16, 2021 12:18 pm
Music A New Kind of “Man of the Year” I’m waiting for someone to look at me the way Lil Nas X looks at Lil Nas X. Named one of GQ’s Men of the Year, he’s sharing the cover with himself, showing off the duality of his masculine and feminine energies in a couture photoshoot. In By Cody • Nov 16, 2021 11:13 am
Music Taylor, Blake, and Jake A project that started out with so much bitterness for Taylor Swift has become a celebration – a joyful, exuberant coronation of herself and her talent. It’s an extraordinary achievement, and exactly the right move and mood for someone who’s been as famous and successful as she has for By Lainey • Nov 15, 2021 11:14 am
Top Reads Adele’s One Night Only… Emmy? Adele already has an Oscar for Best Song. She has multiple Grammys. So she’s halfway to EGOT, and by this time next year, she could also be an Emmy winner, because she co-executive produced her primetime special Adele One Night Only which aired last night and she should By Lainey • Nov 15, 2021 09:54 am
Music Intro for November 9, 2021 Dear Gossips, “There is only one Missy” – Ciara, at Missy Elliott’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony yesterday. Missy Elliott’s influence on music and culture is undeniable. Even now, years after the release of “Work It”, “Get Ur Freak On”, “She’s a Bitch”, “Lose Control”, and so many By Lainey • Nov 09, 2021 09:00 am
Music #AdoreYou to One Billion If you’ve been paying attention to Twitter, you might have noticed that “#HarryStyles” and “#AdoreYou” were trending. For those of you who aren’t familiar with his music (if you aren’t, listen to his newest album STAT), it’s one of his singles that still plays on the By Anastasia • Nov 03, 2021 11:48 am
Music Adele Drinks Wine When Adele’s new Vogue profiles came out a few weeks ago, there was a part where she talked about drinking wine that I wanted to include in my post but couldn’t fit it in. This is what she said: “My first emergency run [during lockdown] at the grocery By Lainey • Nov 02, 2021 12:42 pm
Music Taylor’s Halloween Weekend Speaking of Ryan Reynolds from the previous post, he was out trick-or-treating with Blake Lively and his kids on Sunday and they were joined by Taylor Swift in a squirrel costume – you can see the photos here. Taylor posted a shot of her squirrel self on Instagram: In By Lainey • Nov 02, 2021 12:06 pm
