Girly Throw Downs This Taylor Swift mess On Sunday June 30, 2019, it was announced that Ithaca Holdings, led by Scooter Braun, who manages Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, and others, acquired Scott Borchetta’s Big Machine Label Group (BMLG), meaning Scooter now owns Taylor Swift’s back catalogue – every album up to and including reputation. By Lainey • Jul 02, 2019 11:56 am
Music Lil Nas X Gallops Out of the Closet Just as Pride Month was ending, the Gay Gods decided to bless us with one last gift. On Sunday, Lil Nas X posted tweeted this: some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this By Prem • Jul 02, 2019 09:43 am
Music Intro for June 28, 2019 Dear Gossips, This weekend marks the end of Pride Month but, of course, never the end of Pride. Pride Month is June, as we know, because Stonewall happened in June, 50 years ago now; as a matter of fact, the exact anniversary was today and through the weekend. Pride is By Lainey • Jun 28, 2019 10:05 am
Break Ups Camila is single Camila Cabello started dating relationship coach Matthew Hussey last year. Last week, she and Shawn Mendes released their song “Señorita”, along with a steamy video. Now we are learning that over a year together, Camila and Matthew have broken up. Coincidence or conspiracy? If you chose conspiracy…which conspiracy? Camila By Lainey • Jun 26, 2019 01:39 pm
Music Beyoncé… “TBD”? The Lion King soundtrack was announced yesterday. Elton John has written a new song called “Never Too Late” for the movie and… most curious… there’s song #14, currently without a title. They’re listing it right now as “TBA”. You know what that probably means, right? In an interview By Lainey • Jun 25, 2019 09:40 am
Music Cardi B: always in the news Cardi B opened the BET Awards last night, performing “Press” and then Offset joined her onstage for “Clout”; at one point she gave him a lap dance. Maybe this is petty of me but I’m still not over the way he INTERRUPTED her to apologise and beg her to By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 04:21 pm
Music Everyone loves Lizzo Last night, Lizzo performed fan favourite “Truth Hurts” at the BET awards, in an incredible wedding dress atop a wedding cake with her dancers. As usual, Lizzo was totally herself: powerful, electrifying, and fierce. As Lainey mentioned earlier, Rihanna loved it too. And Lizzo documented the magic moment when she By Melayna • Jun 24, 2019 03:35 pm
Music Coop & Gaga together again? There’s been some rumouring about a possible Jackson Maine and Ally reunion happening this week at Glastonbury which starts on Wednesday. DJ Edith Bowman said on her show yesterday that she’s heard about a secret performance and that, previously, when she interviewed Bradley Cooper, likely during promotion for By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 01:09 pm
Music BET honours Nipsey Hussle Last night at the BET Awards, some of the most meaningful moments were the ones honouring Nipsey Hussle, who was tragically gunned down in front of his store, The Marathon Clothing, at Crenshaw and Slauson, on March 31st, 2019. The area in Los Angeles, known to Crips as the Rollin By Melayna • Jun 24, 2019 12:25 pm
Music Mary J Blige: “a leader, a queen, a living legend” May J Blige was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards last night. As mentioned in the previous post, Rihanna presented it to her. Exactly. It’s Mary J Blige. To properly recognise Mary, you have to bring in someone who’s worthy of Mary. And someone By Lainey • Jun 24, 2019 11:29 am
Music Nicki Minaj: the “Megatron” era Nicki Minaj exploded onto our Twitter timelines and Apple Music on Friday, releasing her new single and video for “Megatron”. Then, we were gifted a new episode of Queen Radio, Nicki’s personal platform, lovefest, beef-cancelling, cocksucker- of-the-day granting, and humour show on Beats 1 Radio. A lot of people By Melayna • Jun 24, 2019 09:52 am
Quiveration Steamy “Señorita” and the Sexification of Shawn Mendes Last night, Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello broke the internet when they released their music video for “Señorita”. It’s SEXY AS F-CK. Lyrics like “when your lips undress me/Hooked on your tongue”, combined with steamy scenes like the one they teased yesterday, leave you just: I’m writing By Prem • Jun 21, 2019 01:03 pm
Music Can you hear the Beyoncé? The Lion King comes out on July 19 so less than a month now. Which means they’re moving into the final stages of promotion and releasing the primetime goods, what everyone is most curious about – which, of course, is mostly Beyoncé. Earlier this month we finally heard Beyoncé speak By Lainey • Jun 21, 2019 10:04 am
Music Intro for June 21, 2019 Dear Gossips, There is, so far, one undisputed song of 2019. It’s the song that’s been #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 11 weeks straight, the most since Drake’s “God’s Plan”, the song that has been denying Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber By Lainey • Jun 21, 2019 08:35 am
Music Does Tory Lanez mean it? Tory Lanez emerged from his troll/rapper cave last week to expose what seemed like colourism against dark skin models at his video shoot for “Good Love”, a Nafe Smallz song he is featured on. I actually think Lanez is talented, and makes great music, but it often gets overshadowed By Melayna • Jun 20, 2019 04:26 pm
Music “Lizzo says take off your robes” Is there a song you play or that’s in your head when you’re getting ready in the morning? Or getting ready to go out? And in your mind you’re in a movie montage in your closet and your bathroom, totally feeling yourself as you’re about to By Lainey • Jun 18, 2019 11:45 am
