Music Sabrina, Tate and MTV’s New Showgirls Similar to last year’s ceremony and almost every other award show in recent times, the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards were carried by the women. From gymnastic splits to dancing with the queens, all the ladies who hit the stage at last night’s show each brought their own By MC • Sep 08, 2025 10:54 am
BFFs Mariah + Ariana: A VMA Story After 35 years in the music industry, Mariah Carey has finally won a VMA. Actually, she won two in what one could only assume is MTV’s way of apologizing for playing in her face for decades. The elusive butterfly took home VMAs for Best R&B Video for By MC • Sep 08, 2025 09:37 am
Music Mariah’s Greatest VMA Moments, Ranked The 2025 recipient of the Video Vanguard Award at the MTV VMAs this weekend will be the one and only Mariah Carey. The award has been a part of VMA history since it was first awarded to The Beatles, Richard Lester, and David Bowie during the first telecast in 1984 By MC • Sep 05, 2025 12:46 pm
Music Justin Bieber silences haters In a move that has surprised both fans and industry veterans alike, Justin Bieber has dropped the anticipated follow-up to his album Swag, appropriately titled Swag II. Word that Justin had another album up his sleeve had been circulating since the release of Swag back in July and that the By MC • Sep 05, 2025 10:25 am
Music The Biebers Launch Together The big surprise music news today is that Justin Bieber is dropping another album tonight. Swag II was not expected and MC will cover this tomorrow on the site but for now, congratulations to JB for locking this down and once again messing with people who claimed to know what By Lainey • Sep 04, 2025 04:23 pm
Music Intro for September 4, 2025 Dear Gossips, “Golden” from the Kpop Demon Hunters soundtrack is currently the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, the third time it’s topped the list. It is one of THREE songs in the top five, with “Your Idol” and “Soda Pop” occupying the 4th and 5th spots respectively By Lainey • Sep 04, 2025 09:14 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Rihanna and Rocky: Anniversaries and Film Festivals I know she doesn’t do it on purpose but it really is thoughtful how Rihanna maintains her schedule while she’s pregnant and consistently steps out every few days or so with an unintended but appreciated update. She and Rocky were running errands in LA yesterday and had RZA By Lainey • Sep 03, 2025 11:17 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUGNE: Sabrina’s World Sabrina Carpenter is man’s best friend. Well, she is according to the promotional billboards across major cities promoting her new album. Man’s Best Friend the album, and its aesthetic feel like a continuation of her previous project but a little bit edgier and Sabrina is pushing boundaries in By MC • Sep 02, 2025 03:25 pm
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: Back to The 80s After a rebellious musical period that saw her wanting to stray away from the pop hits that helped solidify her career during COVID, Doja Cat is coming home and this time she’s taking it all the way back to the wondrous sounds and aesthetics of the 1980s. From the By MC • Aug 26, 2025 01:36 pm
Jock Smut V takes over baseball Major League Baseball and the Los Angeles Dodgers had a very obvious motive when they invited BTS’s V, aka Kim Taehyung, to throw out the first pitch at the game last night. There has always been a relationship between sports and entertainment. Sports is entertainment. Athletes, musicians, actors, models, By Lainey • Aug 26, 2025 10:46 am
Music MC’s MUSIC LOUNGE: The Beats of KAYTRANADA When KAYTRANADA burst onto the music scene in 2010, he became known for remixing his favourite hits through his own hypnotic beats. It wouldn’t take long before the masses fell in love, with his Montreal Boiler Room set being one of the key moments in his rise. One of By MC • Aug 19, 2025 02:25 pm
Music Sabrina Carpenter: Is it Pedro? Sabrina Carpenter’s new album, Man’s Best Friend, comes out August 29. A new billboard showed up yesterday and… the internet has a theory. I was made aware of this at our morning meeting today by some of our younger even-more-extremely-online colleagues whose feeds are dominated by the western By Lainey • Aug 19, 2025 11:28 am
Jock Smut Intro for August 18, 2025 Dear Gossips, All seven members of BTS reunited briefly back in June when RM, Suga, Jimin, V, and Jungkook had completed their mandatory military service. But j-hope and Jin still had their solo commitments through the summer. While those two wrapped up their own engagements, the others have been in By Lainey • Aug 18, 2025 09:36 am
Music A TNT Marathon There was so much anticipation going into the latest episode of the New Heights podcast featuring, of course, Taylor Swift. And my curiosity yesterday about the timing of it was answered because it ended up kinda being like a livestream, albeit a pre-taped one. Which totally tracks with how Taylor By Lainey • Aug 14, 2025 12:52 pm
Jock Smut Taylor Swift’s favourite podcast The most important event on the Swiftie calendar this week is the new episode of Jason and Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast which comes out at 7pm ET tonight (Wednesday). I don’t listen to this show regularly but I do know that I typically see clips from it By Lainey • Aug 13, 2025 11:41 am
Music TNT Tuesday Those clues yesterday did actually lead to something for Taylor Swift. But it turns out, August 12 isn’t just about her. Not only did she confirm that she’s releasing her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl, on Travis Kelce’s podcast, he covers the September issue of By Lainey • Aug 12, 2025 12:28 pm