Chinese Squawking Chicken Intro for June 1, 2018 Dear Gossips, Every year here at LaineyGossip, at the start of Chinese New Year, my ma, the Chinese Squawking Chicken, shares her Chinese zodiac advisories for each of the 12 signs. At the start of this particular year, there was a warning about the Fire. Fire is one of the By Lainey • Jun 01, 2018 09:05 am
Music Drake responds This was not the response everyone was expecting. Last night, a little over a day after Pusha T dropped one of the most eviscerating diss tracks in recent hip-hop history, Drake responded to the artwork released with the song… with a statement written on the notes app of his phone. By Kathleen • May 31, 2018 09:40 am
Music Pusha Tea responds Pusha T’s new nickname is Pusha Tea. I can’t take credit for this. Black Twitter gets all the credit. Pusha T spilled a cup of piping hot TEA last night when he dropped “The Story of Adidon,” his official, SAVAGE response to Drake’s diss track “Duppy Freestyle. By Kathleen • May 30, 2018 10:15 am
Maple Leaf Self-titled Shawn Mendes The title of the new Shawn Mendes album is a declaration. Shawn Mendes is the announcement of an artist who would very much like to be taken seriously. The title suggests that these collection of songs will be a statement of who this artist wants to be moving forward. To By Kathleen • May 28, 2018 10:11 am
Music Zayn’s “mysterious” rollout Zayn Malik has been teasing the rollout of his new album as “mysterious” and “different than anything anyone has done before.” So far, he’s released a lead single called “Let Me” with an accompanying (and embarrassingly bad) music video and now we have the follow up single, “Entertainer,” complete By Kathleen • May 25, 2018 12:25 pm
TV Updates Kelly Clarkson wins The Voice SPOILER ALERT. I did that backwards, didn’t I? Sorry. Kelly revealed the news on her Instagram this morning and it’s all over Twitter so I’m actually not that sorry. When it comes to reality show finales, you should know that you have to watch that sh-t live. By Kathleen • May 23, 2018 02:52 pm
Music BTS x BBMAs BTS were at the Billboard Music Awards last year and it was the first time those of us who weren’t up on our K-Pop got a real understanding of how f-cking huge these guys were. They were getting bigger screams than Celine Dion. This year, the screams only got By Kathleen • May 21, 2018 12:24 pm
Music Janet Jackson at the Billboard Music Awards Janet Jackson became the first black woman to win the Billboard Icon Award last night. When do I get to stop writing the words “the first black woman to…”? Of course, Janet deserves all the things so it’s about time she was given this award. Janet performed for the By Kathleen • May 21, 2018 11:19 am
Music Backstreet’s back I did it. I had to. No regrets. It may be corny but it’s true. The Backstreet Boys are actually back with a new single and music video. Alright! OK, that one I regret. AJ, Brian, Howie, , and Kevin are back again (I’ll stop), shoulder-popping in unison and By Kathleen • May 18, 2018 02:55 pm
Music Shawn Mendes’s options Yesterday, I wrote about Shawn Mendes’s attempt to downplay his relationship with Hailey Baldwin. He says they are friends and not the couple currently filling the Jelena-sized hole left in tween pop. I ran through the various scenarios that could explain why Shawn would want to go from red-carpet By Kathleen • May 18, 2018 02:35 pm
Music Xtina and Demi fall in line There she is. THIS is the Christina Aguilera I’ve been waiting for. Christina Aguilera’s duet with Demi Lovato called “Fall In Line” was released this week and it’s good. REALLY GOOD. It’s so good it should have been the lead single off of her upcoming album By Kathleen • May 18, 2018 09:19 am
Music Butterfly at the festival When you picture a music festival, what comes to mind? It’s outside, right? And there’s grass everywhere? Like actual grass and the kind you smoke? If the festival is in England, probably some mud, wellies? OK. So now that you have that in your mind… is Mariah Carey By Lainey • May 11, 2018 04:34 pm
Music Donald Glover’s great week Six days ago, Donald Glover hosted Saturday Night Live, performing two new songs as Childish Gambino and the video to one of those songs, “This Is America”, has been the most-watched and most-talked about four minutes of pop culture this week as people break down all the hidden references and By Lainey • May 11, 2018 11:33 am
Music The Carters have a streaming problem This is a story with huge gossip potential. It could have major impact on the recording industry. It could have major impact on the relationship between artists. Could it have a major impact on the relationship between Beyoncé and Jay-Z? Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) has published the findings from By Lainey • May 10, 2018 10:08 am
Music Katy’s olive branch for Taylor Taylor Swift kicked off the reputation stadium tour last night in Glendale. There was a giant snake on stage at one point. Several giant snakes, actually: Taylor during the epic performance of Look What You Made Me Do at #repTourGlendale. pic.twitter.com/bvGONa7kXM— TSwiftPR Media (@TSPRMedia) May 9, 2018 By Lainey • May 09, 2018 12:12 pm
TV Updates Donald Glover’s America Donald Glover hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend. He also served as the musical guest as Childish Gambino. I assumed we would be talking about Donald/Childish’s SNL appearance today. Halfway through the episode, when every single skit was making me laugh – which never happens – I was certain the By Kathleen • May 07, 2018 09:54 am
