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
Music Taylor’s folklore timing Wanted to put this in a separate post so that we could focus properly on the speculative drama. As mentioned earlier, Taylor Swift announced this morning that she’s surprise-dropping a new album tonight. Timing is always a factor where gossip is concerned, especially now that we’re living in By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 11:47 am
Music Taylor Swift is coming Taylor Swift just made a surprise announcement on Instagram. Like so many other people, she’s been super quiet for months during the pandemic. And it turns out she wrote and recorded an entire album that’s dropping tonight called folklore. This is her eighth album, coming less than a By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 10:29 am
Music Intro for July 23, 2020 Dear Gossips, BLACKPINK in your area! When BLACKPINK released their latest smash hit “How You Like That” at the end of June, it set the YouTube record for the most views in 24 hours with 86.3 million. The video currently has over 300 million views. And remember, there’s By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 09:12 am
Music BTS and the iHeartRadio Music Festival The iHeartRadio Music Festival happens every year over two nights in September in Las Vegas. This is the tenth anniversary and due the pandemic, live music events aren’t an option anymore. Variety confirmed yesterday however that plans are now in place to continue with the festival virtually, Ryan Seacrest By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 02:39 pm
