Music Intro for August 14, 2020 Dear Gossips, Baby, let’s talk punctuation. Sexy, right? Drake’s new song, “Laugh Now Cry Later”, dropped last night – the rumour about Bruno Mars was wrong. The video was shot at 12am at Nike Headquarters in Oregon. So basically this is both a music video and a commercial and… By Lainey • Aug 14, 2020 09:07 am
Music BTS: More, More, More A long time ago I made a decision about BTS: for me, personally, and I know this isn’t the case for many members of the BTS ARMY, I accepted the fact that it’s impossible for me to keep up with everything BTS. If only keeping up with BTS By Lainey • Aug 13, 2020 02:16 pm
Music Intro for August 13, 2020 Dear Gossips, Earlier this week there was a rumour circulating that Drake’s new album, reportedly called Skeleton King, would be dropping Friday and that the lead single would feature Bruno Mars. Late yesterday, Drake posted this: So half the rumour appears to be accurate and something’s happening tonight By Lainey • Aug 13, 2020 09:02 am
Music Retro BTS is still the future BTS’s new English language single, “Dynamite”, is coming on August 21. While more and more artists are doing surprise drops, BTS’s style has always been advance notice. They’ll not only tell you that they’re on the way, along the way they’ll leave all kinds of By Lainey • Aug 12, 2020 02:08 pm
Music BLACKPINK x Selena Gomez BLACKPINK is preparing to drop their first full length album in October. The first single, “How You Like That”, is already a smash hit with the video generating hundreds of millions of YouTube views. The group has been teasing the follow-up single for weeks. It’ll be released on August By Lainey • Aug 12, 2020 11:25 am
Music Intro for August 10, 2020 Dear Gossips, How many times did you listen to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” this weekend or watch the video? It’s been celebrated, it’s been memed, it’s got Christina Aguilera feeling like this: #WAP got me feelin some type of way 💦 pic.twitter.com/ By Lainey • Aug 10, 2020 09:19 am
Music Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion: “bring a bucket and a mop” After a year-long break from releasing music of her own, Cardi B dropped the Megan Thee Stallion-assisted single, “WAP” midnight on Thursday. The NSFW song and video skips thinly veiled sexual innuendos, instead opting for in your face (Lainey: or … in your pussy) lyrics all about how “wet and gushy” By Cody • Aug 07, 2020 10:05 am
Music BTS: “Dynamite”, Filters, Phones, and Hair As announced a few days ago, BTS’s upcoming English-language song is called “Dynamite” and there’s been a series of countdowns happening to hype the release. The latest countdown reveal was today: there’s a “Dynamite” Instagram filter. Please. Of course I tried it. Also the light was really By Lainey • Aug 06, 2020 02:04 pm
BFFs Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé are BFFs Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” remix featuring Beyoncé is currently sitting at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 after 20 weeks on the chart, and having already peaked at #1. There’s something really special about that record, especially considering Beyoncé is very selective about hopping on other people’s By Cody • Aug 06, 2020 10:13 am
Music Miley Cyrus teases new music, reintroduces herself? Miley Cyrus just sounded the alarm bells. New music is almost here. Back in 2019, the original plan was to release 3 EPs: She Is Coming, She Is Here, and She Is Everything. The trio of short projects would be combined to create her 7th studio album, but so far By Cody • Aug 05, 2020 10:47 am
Music The value in Black is King By now you know Beyoncé dropped her stunning visual album BLACK IS KING overnight to the delight of Beyoncé fans around the world. It’s a stunning piece of film, in a way that surpasses her previous two visual albums, but I think Beyoncé knows the real value in this By Cody • Jul 31, 2020 02:01 pm
Music BLACK IS KING: A Beyoncé Solar System The MTV VMA nominations were announced yesterday. A few hours later, Beyoncé released the visual album, BLACK IS KING, on Disney+, and ….well. Not that we needed one but it was yet another reminder that there is one game, and then there is another universe that belongs to Beyoncé, so By Lainey • Jul 31, 2020 10:21 am
Music BLACKPINK in your area…with Selena Gomez? BLACKPINK’s label announced yesterday that the group’s first full-length album will be released on October 2. Given how popular and successful Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé are, it’s hard to believe that they’ve never actually put out a full-length album. That’s also why their fans By Lainey • Jul 28, 2020 11:37 am
Music BTS and the 2020 Song of the Summer When did we start doing this? There’s always been a Song of the Summer, obviously, but it was about a decade ago that debating the Song of the Summer online, and then declaring and crowning it, became an annual summer tradition. I remember back in 2012 when Carly Rae By Lainey • Jul 27, 2020 02:21 pm
Music 1D’s 10th Anniversary and the Secret Envelope As Lainey mentioned in her post about Taylor Swift, yesterday marked the 10th anniversary of the day One Direction was formed. TEN YEARS! A WHOLE DECADE AGO! As we’ve seen the last couple of years and especially now, nostalgia isn’t a trend anymore, it’s a state of By Prem • Jul 24, 2020 01:21 pm
Music Taylor Swift’s folklore strategy and secrets “I’m doing good. I’m on some new sh-t.” That’s how Taylor Swift’s new album folklore opens, the opening lyrics to the opening track, “the 1”. It’s a promise she’s made before. And it’s a promise she hasn’t quite kept …until now. After By Lainey • Jul 24, 2020 11:58 am
