Music Lorde’s Letter Saves 2020 Yesterday, Lorde was trending #1 on Twitter, and it’s because she announced that she’s working on a new album. On June 16th, it’ll be three years since she released Melodrama, the genius album that we’ve all cried to. Since then, Lorde has been pretty quiet, and By Prem • May 20, 2020 10:27 am
Music Harry is Hot (and Consensual) in “Watermelon Sugar” WARNING: If you have been touch-starved for two months because of social distancing and self-isolation, Harry Styles’s new video may cause you to feel exceedingly hot and bothered and there may be some flooding in your basement (iykwim). Yesterday, Harry Styles released the video for his song “Watermelon Sugar” By Prem • May 19, 2020 11:12 am
Music Ben-Ana and Residente’s kissing video Residente’s video “Antes Que El Mundo Se Acabe” ("Before the World Ends") features 113 couples from 80 countries and it’s pretty much just seven minutes of people making out and all these kisses, linked from one to the next, are supposed to represent the connecting power By Lainey • May 15, 2020 02:48 pm
Music Katy Perry’s “Daisies” Katy Perry dropped her new song, “Daisies” with an accompanying video that marvel at the power of human resilience and visually manifested through her naked, pregnant body. “Daisies” is meant to join “Firework” and “Roar” in her catalogue and as an empowerment anthem it does the job but I’m By Lainey • May 15, 2020 09:22 am
Music BTS goes WWE I never imagined that I’d be able to put BTS and World Wrestling Entertainment together in a sentence, let alone a post, but here we are. Almost all live entertainment around the world has been cancelled because of the pandemic. The at-home concerts we’ve been seeing are not By Lainey • May 14, 2020 03:15 pm
Music Doo-wop and Dakota Johnson Last month, Lainey sent me a Twitter thread by ridiculing a specific type of celebrity profile – the daughter of a famous parent. Here’s just some of it: “I hate the word privilege” she sighs, as she fidgets in her Celine shirt. “I was the last of my friends to By Maria • May 13, 2020 10:24 am
Music Intro for May 13, 2020 Dear Gossips, History was made this week on the Billboard Hot 100. Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj’s “Say So” remix has topped the chart, the first #1 of their careers. And the first #1 of Nicki’s career. The #2 song on the Hot 100 is Megan Thee Stallion By Lainey • May 13, 2020 08:54 am
Top Reads Taylor’s City of Lover Yesterday I wrote about Taylor Swift and her Instagram post and many people wondered if there was an announcement coming. As I said, Taylor doesn’t leave bows untied. And now we know what she was teasing: Excited to announce the City of Lover Concert! We filmed my show in By Lainey • May 08, 2020 02:11 pm
Music Ariana & Justin’s “Stuck With U” Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber, who are both managed by Scooter Braun, released a new song called “Stuck With U” along with a socially distant compliant video. This, apparently, is the first time they’ve ever collaborated. And it’s for a great cause – proceeds from “Stuck With U” will By Lainey • May 08, 2020 09:46 am
Music Taylor Swift: snakes, wine, and daisies Taylor Swift posted a new photo on Instagram and as she’s known to drop clues all over the place for her fans to decipher, people are wondering whether or not a post is just a post, or if a post is about something that might be coming. Especially because By Lainey • May 07, 2020 03:38 pm
Music Intro for May 1, 2020 Dear Gossips, Drake was productive before the pandemic lockdown. So it’s not surprising that he continues to be productive now that there are no parties to fly to, no basketball games to fly to, no impromptu holidays to fly to. This might be the longest stretch that Drake’s By Lainey • May 01, 2020 08:38 am
Music Intro for April 30, 2020 Dear Gossips, Guess who just showed up out of the blue, no warning, and sent the internet into panic last night? Who else? The Queen, of course. Megan Thee Stallion dropped the remix for her song “Savage” yesterday, which has been going viral on TikTok, and it features THREE verses By Lainey • Apr 30, 2020 09:15 am
Music Todrick Hall’s Quarantine Queen During the last six weeks of lockdown, we’ve seen a spectrum of celebrity reactions. Some have used their wealth and privilege to raise millions for local charities and those in need. Others have come across as tone-deaf or self-serving in their attempts to be supportive. These people, who have By Prem • Apr 29, 2020 02:18 pm
Music What I Missed About Meghan Trainor’s Work Like everyone else, I’m consuming everything in sight these days, because what else are we going to do, really; but also like everyone else (I suspect) I’m using the time either to catch up on series I heard I should have watched, or to be pulled into whatever By Duana • Apr 24, 2020 02:41 pm
Music Lady Gaga is a Blink Lady Gaga has pushed back the release of her new album Chromatica because of the global health crisis. Chromatica was supposed to come out on April 10 but instead of spending her energy promoting it, over the last few weeks Gaga has instead been hitting up CEO's of By Lainey • Apr 22, 2020 04:21 pm
Top Reads BangBang Con, Jungkook, Obama, and Simone Biles This past weekend, BTS streamed almost 24 hours of past concert and fan club performance footage on YouTube for an event they called BangBang Con, meant to be an alternative to their Map of the Soul: 7 tour which was supposed to have kicked off this month. BangBang Con generated By Lainey • Apr 22, 2020 02:31 pm
