Music Frank Ocean x Migos x Calvin Harris When Frank Ocean gave us a visual album, a music video, a new album and a magazine all in one weekend last year, I was worried we wouldn’t hear from him again for a decade. We didn’t have to wait a decade. Last night, Calvin Harris aka Taylor By Kathleen • Feb 24, 2017 09:52 am
Music Jay Z, the songwriter It was announced this morning that Shawn “Jay Z” Carter will be the first rapper to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Songwriters are only eligible after 20 years in the industry so since his iconic debut Reasonable Doubt dropped in 1996, Jay’s first year of eligibility By Kathleen • Feb 22, 2017 02:34 pm
Music Katy Perry’s purpose No, that's not a Bieber reference. If you haven't heard, Katy Perry has coined the term "purposeful pop" in reference to her new song Chained to the Rhythm. The music video was released yesterday. I'll get to the video. First, let' By Kathleen • Feb 22, 2017 10:53 am
Music Selena & The Weeknd: Valentines and Birthdays Selena Gomez was in New York yesterday for Fashion Week. She’s an ambassador for Coach so she sat front row beside Anna Wintour. Which is why she and The Weeknd apparently celebrated Valentine’s Day early, on a yacht in LA on the weekend. There was kissing and cuddling By Lainey • Feb 15, 2017 02:02 pm
Music Beyoncé is worthy There is a lot I would say to Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter if I ever got the chance. I would tell her that she is the single greatest artist of my generation and that it has been one of my life’s pleasures just to be her fan. I would By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 10:18 am
Music We The People A Tribe Called Quest ended their performance at the 2017 Grammy Awards with Q-Tip yelling, “RESIST! RESIST! RESIST!” So, it was the most 2017 performance of the night. ATCQ was joined by Busta Rhymes and Best New Artist nominee Anderson .Paak. ATCQ’s classic jam Award Tour kicked off the By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 08:18 am
Music Chance took the Grammys to church In January, I wrote about how Chance The Rapper was leaning hard into his good guy persona. I also wrote about how having “Grammy-award winning” in front of your name means ultimate validation for artists and how much I wanted that for Chance. Well, Chance The Rapper was validated 3 By Kathleen • Feb 13, 2017 07:44 am
Music Intro for February 13, 2017 Dear Gossips, Since the midpoint of last year, I’ve been Gossip Genie-ing for a Grammy collaboration between Beyoncé and Adele. A conventional collaboration did not happen. But could you call what actually did happen a collaboration? In the end, what wasn’t televised is the moment Adele accidentally broke By Lainey • Feb 13, 2017 07:00 am
Music The Oscar performers The Academy today announced who would be performing at the Oscars this year. All five nominated songs will be represented. These are the artists who’ll sing them: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Auli’i Cravalho, How Far I’ll Go, Moana Sting, The Empty Chair, Jim: The James Foley Story John By Lainey • Feb 10, 2017 03:33 pm
Music Jakey by Cary I don’t think I even need to show you this video to make you appreciate the hotness of this combination. Jake Gyllenhaal will be performing on Broadway in Sunday In The Park With George. Previews begin on Saturday. Opening night is February 23. This is Jake’s first time By Lainey • Feb 07, 2017 03:43 pm
Music Katy & Taylor 2017? Let’s just keep speculating while we’re at it. Katy Perry has confirmed that she will be performing at the Beyoncé-Adele Grammys on Sunday. CONFIRMED: @katyperry returns to the #GRAMMYs stage 🎤Don't miss her performance on Music's Biggest Night Feb. 12 on @CBS! 🔁if you& By Lainey • Feb 07, 2017 02:44 pm
Douchebags Intro for February 7, 2017 Dear Gossips, I read an article at the New York Times yesterday that enraged me. So, like any good friend, I passed my rage onto Duana right before bedtime and then promptly fell asleep. Didn’t help. When I woke up I was still pissed. The article is about the By Lainey • Feb 07, 2017 09:02 am
Baby and Bump Obsession Super Beyoncé? The Super Bowl is happening on Sunday, in case you haven’t heard. The Super Bowl is part football, commercials, and the halftime show. Already many brands have released their Super Bowl commercials online. And the ones who haven’t released the commercials online will release them online 30 seconds By Lainey • Feb 02, 2017 03:09 pm
Music Lauryn Hill’s habitual lateness Before I write anything about Lauryn Hill, I have to disclose that she means so much to me. She is my favourite artist of all time. To me, her music is healing. Literally. I listen to her when I’m sad and/or sniffling. She is my Buckley’s. The By Kathleen • Feb 02, 2017 11:10 am
Music Taylor didn’t know Taylor Swift thought today would be a good day to start hyping you up for her upcoming pre-Super Bowl appearance. She’s been pretty low key on social media lately. And this afternoon she posted a video of her and Gigi Hadid hearing I Don’t Wanna Live Forever for By Lainey • Feb 01, 2017 04:08 pm
Music Skipping the Grammys Yesterday TMZ reported that Kanye West, Drake, and Justin Bieber will not attend the Grammys. Drake is on tour and while it’s possible to tweak the schedule for him to get to LA and then head back to Europe, I’m not convinced his reason aligns with JB’s, By Lainey • Feb 01, 2017 01:32 pm
