Music Shawn & Camila’s Living Room Performance Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello are self-isolating together, as we’ve seen, which means they showed up on the iHeart Living Room Concert last night. She sang, he played guitar. His hair and his quarantine tan were already working for me. But my oh my when he’s playing guitar, By Lainey • Mar 30, 2020 01:40 pm
Music Jeremy Renner is here to save us Just last Friday, Lainey wondered if Jeremy Renner would release a new song since he’s claiming in court the corona crash is affecting his ability to make child support payments. WELL GUESS WHAT? Jeremy Renner has, indeed, released a new song; in fact, he has released a whole new By Sarah • Mar 30, 2020 01:09 pm
Music Bad Bunny: Show Your Twerk I think it’s time we gave some love to Bad Bunny here on Lainey Gossip. His new album YHLQMDLG, which stands for “Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana” and means “I do what I want to do”, came out at the end of February and has received By Prem • Mar 30, 2020 11:02 am
Music Intro for March 30, 2020 Dear Gossips, The iHeart Living Room Concert for America was not live. That is, they weren’t throwing from one performer to another in real time. The performances, though, did indeed take place at each of the artists’ homes, and some were more candid than others. During Tim McGraw’s, By Lainey • Mar 30, 2020 08:47 am
Music Rihanna goes viral… for five words But first – earlier this week, Rihanna donated $5 million through her foundation to help with COVID-19 relief efforts. And she’s not done giving. Yesterday Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, publicly thanked for her another contribution: I want to thank @rihanna and the Rihanna Foundation for donating Personal Protective By Lainey • Mar 27, 2020 11:05 am
Music Deciphering The Weeknd’s Latest Video Last weekend was big for The Weeknd (I know, I hate myself too). On Friday, he released his fourth studio album called After Hours, and it’s been receiving generally positive critical reception. According to Pitchfork, The Weeknd “finally delivers on his long-running vision, leveraging a self-loathing villain into an By Prem • Mar 24, 2020 11:57 am
Music I Have Too Many Questions About Donald Glover’s New Album Exactly a week after one of the most cryptic album announcements, Donald Glover officially released his highly anticipated fourth studio album called 03.15.20. Before we get into the album itself, let’s talk about its release because it is so interesting and SO strange. The Facts: 1. One By Prem • Mar 23, 2020 03:09 pm
Music Swift vs West: This Beef Will Survive the Apocalypse During social distancing and isolation, some of us have been going back to “comfort content”, watching old shows and movies, re-reading books, nostalgia playlists. Is this story gossip version of that? No matter what happens, Taylor Swift vs Kim and Kanye West will go on. It will be in the By Lainey • Mar 23, 2020 09:52 am
Break Ups Lana Del Rey: Love in the Time of Coronavirus Lana Del Rey is now single. She was dating Sean Larkin from Live PD but he was just profiled in the NY Times and confirmed that it’s over. Lana was seen with a friend yesterday in LA before the lockdown order. And while people are now anticipating a breakup By Lainey • Mar 20, 2020 01:43 pm
Quiveration Harry Styles in Fishnets I wouldn’t exactly call myself a fan of Harry Styles so much as I would call him my future husband, and it’s no secret that I adore his style and his constant f-ck you to the gender binary. To Harry Styles, there isn’t a masculine or feminine By Prem • Mar 19, 2020 11:13 am
Maple Leaf Intro for March 18, 2020 Dear Gossips, I haven’t stepped outside my home since Saturday. Maybe today I’ll go for a walk, while maintaining a three meters or six feet distance from the next person, with the exception of my husband and our dogs. This seems ridiculous, of course, in normal times. But By Lainey • Mar 18, 2020 09:46 am
Music Gaga Covers Paper Mag Is it too early to call magazine cover of the decade yet? I don’t care. I’m OBSESSED with Lady Gaga’s photos for the cover story in Paper Magazine. I tried to pick my favourite but it was impossible. Gaga is always one to push the envelope when By Prem • Mar 17, 2020 12:57 pm
Music Where the F-ck did Donald Glover’s Music Go? I have mixed feelings about surprise album drops. On the one hand, they’re exciting and daring, and they provide me with an excellent reason to drop everything that I’m doing to go listen. But also, as someone who is basically a ball of anxiety, I really like to By Prem • Mar 16, 2020 11:02 am
Music Intro for March 16, 2020 Dear Gossips, Is everyone done with Elite season 3? Because I am and I need to talk about it but Kathleen has to share a television now that everyone’s staying home so she hasn’t caught up. Let’s give it a couple more days because I know some By Lainey • Mar 16, 2020 07:07 am
TV Updates Demi Lovato is OK Demi Lovato wasn’t OK for a while, as we know. And we know because she’s been candid about relapse and recovery, about her mental health issues. For many people, speaking openly about their personal struggles helps to address shame and stigma; Demi continues to take this approach now By Lainey • Mar 05, 2020 03:20 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Katy Perry is pregnant New music and music video season, right? Katy Perry released a new song with a video last night called “Never Worn White” and, obviously, it’s a power ballad to fiancé Orlando Bloom. The big story here is that they’re expecting. She reveals it at the end. As she By Lainey • Mar 05, 2020 11:12 am