Music The Taylor Swift factor? Taylor Swift wrapped the US leg of the reputation stadium tour on Saturday night. She next plays seven dates in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, closing out the album cycle by mid-November. On Sunday, a day after playing to American audiences, Taylor posted this message on Instagram – it’s as By Lainey • Oct 09, 2018 10:15 am
Music Bradley Cooper’s opening weekend Warner Bros initially projected that A Star is Born would open somewhere between $25-$30 million. That estimate has now moved. Some are saying it could go as high at $40 million, maybe even more. Presales have been strong. Word of mouth is strong. With that kind of combination, it’ By Lainey • Oct 05, 2018 11:14 am
Music Intro for October 3, 2018 Dear Gossips, I looked at my watch when Beyoncé and Jay-Z came down the elevator last night to open the show in Vancouver. It was exactly, exactly 930pm. And from there, everything else was just as precise. There’s now only one more show left – in Seattle tomorrow night. If By Lainey • Oct 03, 2018 09:12 am
Music Intro for September 27, 2018 Dear Gossips, In July 2017 Paste Magazine published an article written by Martin Tsai about the “shunning of Asian pop stars in America”. It was a few weeks after BTS won Top Social Artist at the Billboard Music Awards which prompted a suck attack from some people who didn’t By Lainey • Sep 27, 2018 09:03 am
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
