Music Demi Lovato takes aim at Trump We’re less than three weeks away from the U.S. presidential election and while some stars are trying to seemingly-apolitically “Rock the Vote,” others are blatantly waving their anti-Trump flag extra hard. Demi Lovato’s literally lending her voice to the chorus with her protest song “Commander in Chief. By Cody • Oct 15, 2020 09:15 am
Music Shawn Mendes and the Netflix album promotion A few years ago Lady Gaga’s Netflix documentary, Gaga: Five Foot Two, came out nearly twelve months after the release of her album Joanne. Taylor Swift’s Miss Americana premiered on Netflix six months after the release of her Lover album. More recently BLACKPINK dropped their first full-length album By Lainey • Oct 14, 2020 11:44 am
Music Is one of the most gossiped about rap feuds coming to a close? Yes, Cardi B accidentally posted a topless pic on her Instagram story yesterday, but there’s much more shocking news to discuss. Rumours are percolating that foes-turned-frenemies (turned back to foes), Nicki Minaj and Cardi B may once again be shifting their relationship dynamic to a friendlier zone — and burying By Cody • Oct 14, 2020 10:48 am
Music Intro for October 14, 2020 Dear Gossips, BLACKPINK: Light Up The Sky, the documentary about Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé, is now available on Netflix so if you’ve been hate-watching Emily in Paris it should show up in your algorithm. Highly recommend for those who are still unfamiliar with one of the biggest bands By Lainey • Oct 14, 2020 08:48 am
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
