Top Reads Taylor Swift’s Bonus Beefs It was confirmed earlier this week that Taylor Swift’s album, folklore, was the #1 album of 2020 based on a combination of sales and streaming data. It was also one of the most critically well-received albums of the year, which is why she’s contending for all kinds of By Lainey • Jan 08, 2021 12:43 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Zayn’s new “Vibez” Obviously we’re looking for a different vibe going into 2021 and so far we’ve been getting a lot of the same. Even for those of us who like to stay plugged in, sometimes you need a little escapism and music is certainly a great distraction from the state By Cody • Jan 08, 2021 10:18 am
Music The Weeknd’s Had Work done Have you seen The Weeknd’s new music video? I ask because he debuted a bonkers post-plastic surgery look. There’s a new chiseled (literally!) jawline, cheek implants, crooked results of a nose job, fillers everywhere. It’s like watching an episode of Botched. I’m fascinated by bad cosmetic By Cody • Jan 06, 2021 10:36 am
Music Intro for January 6, 2021 Dear Gossips, It was announced yesterday that the Grammy Awards, which were supposed to happen on January 31 have been postponed until March 14 due to the “deteriorating COVID situation in Los Angeles”. With current restrictions in place, and hospitals at capacity, there’s no way they’d be able By Lainey • Jan 06, 2021 10:06 am
Music JLo’s Rockin’ Eve Is it just me or did Jennifer Lopez decide to make up for our collective NYE’s outfits by doing the absolute most with hers? Thank you, JLo, for dressing up for all of us. Her JLo Beauty commercial, I mean, her New Year’s Eve performance, began with a By Violeta • Jan 04, 2021 10:57 am
Music Intro for December 17, 2020 Dear Gossips, Megan Thee Stallion was interviewed by Mikael Wood in the LA Times this week to promote her album, Good News, and to recap the wild year she’s had. As we know, not all of 2020 has been good news for Megan. But with the lows, there were By Lainey • Dec 17, 2020 08:51 am
Music A Late 2020 Favorite: Netflix’s Song Exploder I first fell in love with the voice of Hrishikesh Hirway when he was a guest on the Gilmore Guys podcast. I remember I was on the treadmill of my local YMCA (you know this was a while ago, because I was in a gym...exercising!) when I heard this By Violeta • Dec 16, 2020 11:21 am
Music BTS: Do You Know the Entertainer of the Year? Last week, TIME, ahead of their reveal of the 2020 Person of the Year (Joe Biden and Kamala Harris), also announced their Athlete of the Year (LeBron James), Businessperson of the Year (Eric Yuan, Zoom), and the Entertainer of the Year. The TIME Entertainer of the Year for 2020 is By Lainey • Dec 15, 2020 03:16 pm
Top Reads Taylor Swift: Too Many Eggs and a Non-Egg I’ve now had a few days with Taylor Swift’s evermore. Like folklore before it, evermore has been well-received. Evenly received? Reviews are generally positive though perhaps slightly less effusive because the surprise factor isn’t quite as strong with this one. As Taylor has explained, evermore is a By Lainey • Dec 15, 2020 10:42 am
Equality Issues Cardi B accepts Billboard’s Woman of the Year Award Billboard doesn’t always get it right when it comes to Woman of the Year, in my opinion. Giving it to Selena Gomez in 2017, Madonna in 2016, and Katy Perry in 2012 were a few of their serious misses. Those were not marquee years for those artists, and although By Cody • Dec 11, 2020 12:31 pm
Top Reads Taylor Swift: “willow” begins evermore Taylor Swift’s ninth studio album, evermore, a companion to folklore, has now been released and is receiving a warm reception, just like its predecessor. I’ve only given it one pass start to finish, and it usually takes me at least a couple to get a hold of how By Lainey • Dec 11, 2020 10:35 am
Best Of 2020 Intro for December 11, 2020 Dear Gossips, Before I went to bed last night, I was considering several content options for this space. There was so much information dropped last night for Disney Investor Day (Sarah is covering the various Marvel and Star Wars updates) and I can always write about BTS (that’s coming By Lainey • Dec 11, 2020 08:51 am
Music Taylor Swift’s Evermore No matter how you feel about her, no one can deny that Taylor Swift is one of the music industry’s biggest players. Commercially she’s a big deal – all of her albums have reached million-plus milestones that few, if any, artists ever achieve. She’s also established herself as By Lainey • Dec 10, 2020 01:01 pm
Music Shawn & Camila’s Christmas Gift “Señorita”, but make it Christmas? Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello have followed up their steamy 2019 smash hit duet with a new take on the holiday classic, “The Christmas Song.” If you’re a fan of that song, you’ll like this version. Camila delivers some of her best vocals, By Cody • Dec 09, 2020 02:20 pm
Top Reads BTS’s Award Show Weekend It’s now year-end award season in South Korea and this weekend there were two music award shows, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. The one on Sunday is referred to as MAMA, the Mnet Asian Music Awards, a major event in Asia, comparable to the MTV VMAs in By Lainey • Dec 07, 2020 03:22 pm
Top Reads Mariah Carey: Backup Singers in Green Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special premieres today on Apple TV+. This is what I will be doing tonight and tomorrow and Sunday and as often as I can for the next three weeks. Mimi is our Christmas Angel. This is her season. As part of the promotion for the By Lainey • Dec 04, 2020 10:45 am
