Music Intro for October 13, 2020 Dear Gossips, It was a long weekend in Canada and I also took Friday and today off of my TV jobs so you’d think I’d be more well-rested. You know who never rests? No, no, I’m not talking about Kris Jenner. That expression, “the devil works hard By Lainey • Oct 13, 2020 08:58 am
Music Harry Styles: Grammys and “Golden”? Harry Styles was seen in LA last night and according the pap who took these photos, it was a “dinner date” with a “mystery girl”. I’m not quite sure who the “mystery girl” is because there are two women – one in red and the other in a white top By Lainey • Oct 07, 2020 02:22 pm
Music Normani (once again) says the album’s almost done Normani is on the October cover of Teen Vogue, looking all kinds of stunning, per usual. But my question is, is she becoming more famous for her look than she is for her music? Over the better part of two years she’s been telling us her debut solo album By Cody • Oct 07, 2020 11:13 am
Music Adele…is coming? Every three or four months or so someone tries to start a rumour that new music from Adele is forthcoming. Adele said herself at a wedding that the album would be released September 2020 – but that was before the pandemic. And she’s since made clear that those plans, if By Lainey • Oct 05, 2020 10:57 am
TV Updates Megan Thee Stallion’s SNL Moment When it comes to musical guests on Saturday Night Live, the first performance is the most important. If I’m actually watching the show live, sometimes I’ve fallen asleep before the second performance even rolls around. So when Megan Thee Stallion had all eyes on her during her first By Cody • Oct 05, 2020 09:19 am
Music BTS Brings the Drones “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” by Jawsh 685 (Joshua Stylah) and Jason Derulo peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. Stylah shared the original piece of music on TikTok months ago and it was already a viral hit on the platform before Jason sampled it for the song and, By Lainey • Oct 02, 2020 03:36 pm
Music BLACKPINK: Lonely, Lovesick, and Sweet BLACKPINK has finally dropped their first full-length album, The Album, and Blinks have had it on repeat all day. The video for the title track, “Lovesick Girls”, dropped at the same time as the album and, as always, there is a mood. The BLACKPINK mood right now, as mentioned earlier By Lainey • Oct 02, 2020 01:30 pm
Break Ups Demi Lovato’s High Road Breakup Ballad “Music is always there for me…” says Lovato, who released her new song “Still Have Me” on Wednesday morning. The track arrives quickly following her messy split from fiancé Max Ehrich, but it’s (refreshingly) not a seize-the-moment single; it was originally released for free to fans on social media. By Cody • Oct 01, 2020 11:21 am
Music BTS 101 for Grammy Voters As mentioned yesterday, BTS covers the new issue of Variety, which is the Grammy preview issue – so it’s pretty clear the motivation. It’s not like they’ve been hiding it; for a long time RM, Jin, Suga, j-hope, Jimin, V, and Jungkook have been saying for a long By Lainey • Sep 30, 2020 01:16 pm
Quiveration BTS’s Happy Harvest Moon As mentioned in yesterday’s open and over the years on this site, it’s a holiday week for those of us of East Asian descent. On Thursday October 1 it’s Tet Trung Thu in Vietnamese culture. The Japanese call it Tsukimi. For Chinese people it’s our Mid-Autumn By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 02:31 pm
Music BLACKPINK. “Lovesick Girls.” Friday. Just three more sleeps – two, really – until the release of THE ALBUM, BLACKPINK’s first full-length album. And the group has been counting down to Friday at 1pm KST/midnight ET with teasers and posters. Two days ago they started posting teaser videos for each individual member to get us By Lainey • Sep 29, 2020 12:00 pm
Douchebags Tory shoots Megan, and makes money off it? After staying silent since allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion in July, last week Tory Lanez tweeted an apology. Not to Megan but to his fans for his silence, before promising to address the situation later that night. The internet thought he was going to do an Instagram Live, as he’ By Cody • Sep 28, 2020 03:03 pm
Music BTS: New Album, New Remix, and IPO Up to this point this year, BTS has released a worldwide bestselling album (Map of the Soul: 7), a Japanese-language album, a docuseries and a documentary film, continued with their existing reality show (RUN BTS!) while filming a new series (In The SOOP), performed a virtual concert for an audience By Lainey • Sep 28, 2020 12:14 pm
Music Lizzo covers Vogue “Fresh photos with the bomb lighting…” Lizzo covers the October 2020 issue of Vogue for a thoughtful discussion about her career, her success and her struggles, and her activism. For me the highlights here are what she says about the broad appeal of her music and the community she’s By Lainey • Sep 25, 2020 10:28 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Baby Zigi is Here! Last night Zayn Malik revealed he and Gig Hadid welcomed a baby girl! The usually social-media-shy singer was the first to break the news on Twitter, confirming their first child together is “here, healthy and beautiful.” Our baby girl is here, healthy & beautiful🙏🏽❤️to try put into words how By Cody • Sep 24, 2020 10:11 am
Music Rolling Stone’s “New” 500 Greatest Albums of All Time List Rolling Stone has updated their somewhat iconic, but forever debated, list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The editors say they threw the whole thing out the window and started from scratch, but that’s a little hard to believe when you compare the new ranking to the By Cody • Sep 23, 2020 10:42 am
