Music Dedicated: Side B(etter) It’s a surprise album from Carly Rae Jepsen! Sort of. As Carly admitted in her tweet, she’s bad at keeping secrets. Which is why the (what do you call CRJ fans? Jepsens? Emotions? Call me babies? Hold on, I’m going to look this up….) jepsies have known By Prem • May 22, 2020 01:06 pm
Top Reads Suga: The Bias-Assassin and Leadership from the Back I don’t think I’ll ever stop being astonished at the creative output of BTS, not just during this pandemic lockdown but for the last seven years since the band debuted in 2013. The albums, the tours, the promotional appearances, the music videos, the multiple reality series, the documentary By Lainey • May 22, 2020 10:08 am
Equality Issues Lana Del Rey’s Glamorous Drama As I wrote a couple of months ago when she and Sean Larkin broke up, I was never a Lana Del Rey believer until Norman F-cking Rockwell. That album is her masterpiece and it ruled the back half of 2019 for me. So I’m excited that Lana’s just By Lainey • May 21, 2020 12:37 pm
Music Megan Fox is MGK’s “Bloody Valentine” A few days ago, after weeks of speculation, Brian Austin Green confirmed that he and Megan Fox have separated. She’s been seen with Machine Gun Kelly, after working on a movie with him late last year, and while Brian said on his podcast that there are no villains or By Lainey • May 20, 2020 03:07 pm
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
