Music BTS for my birthday Technically BTS was making headlines all day yesterday but since I went home in the afternoon and tried to sleep off my cold/flu for the rest of the night and only looked at all the footage this morning when I woke on, On My Birthday, I’m claiming this By Lainey • Sep 26, 2018 11:52 am
Music Kanye rants The last time we checked in on Kanye West and Drake, Kanye was apologizing, saying sorry for work sh-t like record releases and studio time and whatever part he supposedly played in the Drake/Pusha T beef. Now, it’s personal and Kanye is no longer repentant. Yesterday in a By Kathleen • Sep 21, 2018 10:06 am
Music Missy’s “funky white sister” You probably don’t know Mary Halsey by name. You probably have seen the video of her rapping to Missy Elliott’s “Work It.” I’ve tried to do this song at karaoke and it is HARD. Mary doesn’t make it look hard. Mary’s got the funk. Mary’ By Kathleen • Sep 13, 2018 03:18 pm
Girly Throw Downs Cardi vs. Nicki Violence is never the answer. Violence is not funny. Before I address the Cardi B and Nicki Minaj situation, I want to first make it clear that I don’t think that most physical altercations are laughing matters and that when it comes to rap beefs, we know how serious By Kathleen • Sep 10, 2018 10:27 am
Girly Throw Downs Nicki Minaj on Ellen, still messy Over the past few weeks, we should have been focusing on the fact that Nicki Minaj gave her best TV performance she’s given in recent memory at the VMAs. We should be talking about how Queen is her best album to date. We could be assessing her work and By Kathleen • Sep 04, 2018 02:02 pm
Music Childish Gambino, provocateur Last year, Donald Glover mentioned on stage at Governors Ball that the next Childish Gambino project would be his last. He confirmed the news in January saying, “I like endings, I think they’re important to progress.” It appears that Donald Glover wants Childish Gambino’s ending to be one By Kathleen • Sep 04, 2018 09:53 am
Music The Future of Shawn Shawn Mendes covers Variety’s “Power of Young Hollywood” issue. Amandla Stenberg and Pete Davidson also have their own covers but right now, Shawn Mendes IS Young Hollywood. Not to diminish Amandla and Pete’s (lol) work but if we’re talking about power – among these three – Shawn has the By Kathleen • Aug 29, 2018 11:50 am
Music Fresh Xtina Christina Aguilera has had a tough album cycle. In March, she made the first step in her comeback with a Paper Magazine cover, looking refreshingly barefaced and promising a “transformation.” A couple months later, we got her first single “Accelerate". Without listening to it again, I couldn’t tell By Kathleen • Aug 29, 2018 10:43 am
Music Kelly opens for Serena It’s the 50th anniversary of the US Open. Last night, Kelly Clarkson performed a six song medley at Flushing Meadows, telling the enthusiastic crowd that “I love opening for Serena Williams”. God I love her. Don’t we all love her? We love her here at LaineyGossip. And I’ By Lainey • Aug 28, 2018 01:03 pm
Music Back to school with Beyoncé In certain places, kids have already been back to school for a couple of weeks. Generally, though, in North America, “back to school” usually means right after Labour Day, a week from today. It’s amazing how that feeling never goes away. I can still feel the dread in my By Lainey • Aug 28, 2018 11:58 am
Maple Leaf The Shawn Mendes MMVAs As I mentioned in the open, the iHeart Radio MMVAs have always attracted emerging talent, especially Canadian talent. Shawn Mendes is a great example. Here’s Shawn at the 2014 MMVAs, just as he was kicking off his ascent: Look at the crowd behind him. Those faces. They’re turned By Lainey • Aug 27, 2018 11:09 am
Music Intro for August 24, 2018 Dear Gossips, The Answer is here. If that means nothing to you, you are not a member of the BTS Army and…why NOT? Love Yourself: Answer is BTS’s third and final album in their Love Yourself series. It dropped last night along with the video for “IDOL”. The By Lainey • Aug 24, 2018 08:50 am
Music Cardi B: VMAs darling This mess of a show needed Cardi B. When it was announced that Cardi B would be opening the VMAs, people assumed that meant a performance. They were disappointed when it became clear that Cardi was only going to show up for a charming but anti-climactic baby reveal gag and By Kathleen • Aug 21, 2018 12:18 pm
Music Ariana & Pete’s first carpet I have something to say but I’m afraid to say it: I listened to Ariana Grande’s album Sweetener this weekend. It’s the first time I’ve ever listened to an AG album all the way through. It was… OK. I didn’t hate it. I didn’t By Lainey • Aug 21, 2018 11:35 am
Quiveration Shawn Mendes in the rain Stage rain. But whatever. It worked for me, and wasn’t that the point? You can’t tell me that designing a performance so that it ends with him getting wet and showing us what he might look like in the shower wasn’t the point. Even the wardrobe was By Lainey • Aug 21, 2018 10:16 am
Music Jennifer Lopez: A Vanguard in love Jennifer Lopez was the recipient of MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award last. She became the first Latin woman to receive the award. She accepted it with such breaming pride, emotional sincerity, genuine gratitude and love for her family and her hype man that I almost don’t have By Kathleen • Aug 21, 2018 09:49 am
