TV Updates Saturday Night with Adele Not sure anyone could have predicted that Adele would be hosting Saturday Night Live this fall. Host and musical guest? Sure. But just host? And no album to promote? It would have seemed improbable. But that’s what’s happening, October 24, next weekend. About that album though… We’ve By Lainey • Oct 19, 2020 09:29 am
Maple Leaf Intro for October 19, 2020 Dear Gossips, Does it just feel like there’s been a lot of new music this year… or has there actually been a lot of new music? The pandemic has made it so that artists can't party and they can’t tour. And while, sure, some of them By Lainey • Oct 19, 2020 08:56 am
Music BTS: Top Charts, Top Stocks Sometimes I wonder if BTS and their label Big Hit have in their possession a crystal ball, or some kind of magical instrument, that helps them manipulate time and space to their advantage. Because their timing is a total mindf-ck, as they build upon their successes, one after another, By Lainey • Oct 15, 2020 04:07 pm
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 By Lainey • Sep 30, 2020 01:16 pm
