Music Kendrick so Lit The VMAs opened with Kendrick Lamar. For the first hour of the show, the literal flames in Kendrick’s performance were the only light in a sea of cringeworthy moments and secondhand embarrassment. Kendrick delivered. But was there any doubt that Kendrick would deliver? This is the guy who consistently By Kathleen • Aug 28, 2017 09:54 am
Music Jay-Z & JT: Super Bowl LII? Oh FFS. There’s a rumour circulating that the NFL is negotiating with Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake to co-headline Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis. The source of the rumour is Hits Daily Double. Previously, whenever there have been leaks about halftime shows at the Super Bowl, they’ve By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 12:33 pm
Music Taylor Swift’s new images Taylor Swift’s website crashed last night following the release of Look What You Made Me Do. Because after dropping the song, she’s also partnered with Target for album collectibles – two magazines that include the upcoming new album and personal photos and artwork. Here’s the artwork: These images By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 11:26 am
Girly Throw Downs The old Taylor is dead Duana and I are recording the final episode of the first season of our Show Your Work podcast tonight. Guess who the lead story is? Well who else could it be? And she was already just the lead two weeks ago. Taylor Swift, of course. Taylor Swift has given us By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 10:08 am
Music Intro for August 25, 2017 Dear Gossips, I was at the Mimi/Lionel Richie All The Hits show in Toronto last night with my friend Marci Ien. Lionel Richie is 68 years old, my dad’s age. My dad’s not preening across any stage in black skinny jeans. I mean, the voice isn’t By Lainey • Aug 25, 2017 09:01 am
Music Taylor Swift: approaching Snake hour As promised yesterday, Taylor Swift will be releasing the first single off her new album, Reputation, some time tonight. As I noted yesterday, I’m thinking it’ll be late. Late enough that it could technically be considered Friday. Not only to get the jump on the weekend and, possibly By Lainey • Aug 24, 2017 02:09 pm
Music Katy Perry’s air ball Katy Perry dropped the official video for Swish Swish this morning. In about 12 hours, Taylor Swift ushers in a new era. As much as I would like to, I can’t pretend that I don’t care about Taylor’s Reputation. Even if the cover art made me roll By Kathleen • Aug 24, 2017 01:34 pm
Music Taylor’s Reputation Earlier today, Taylor released a third snake video across her socials. Then, a couple of hours later, the announcement that the new single will be out tomorrow night – which goes along with earlier theories that the song would drop on Friday, because if it happens around midnight, she gets to By Lainey • Aug 23, 2017 04:33 pm
Music Taylor Snake Watch: Day 3 Taylor Swift’s socials have been updated for the third day in a row. Previously on Taylor Snake Watch, we saw the tail and then the Snake coiling in over itself. But we’ve yet to see her head. It is now time for the Snake Head. You ready? pic. By Lainey • Aug 23, 2017 10:54 am
Music Intro for August 23, 2017 Dear Gossips, In November 1995, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men released a song called One Sweet Day, probably one of the most famous songs of all time. One Sweet Day went on to smash and then set all kinds of records. It was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 By Lainey • Aug 23, 2017 09:28 am
Music Taylor Swift: Timeless Snake? Taylor Swift has posted another slithering snake video to her socials. A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) onAug 22, 2017 at 8:00am PDT That’s clearly a snake, non? I say this because a few of you have been emailing with your theories – one theory, actually. About it By Lainey • Aug 22, 2017 12:59 pm
Music Taylor’s snake Taylor Swift and the eclipse are indeed connected. As you know, Taylor’s socials have been blacked out all weekend…until about an hour ago – because this just appeared on all her accounts: A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) onAug 21, 2017 at 8:00am PDT It’s a By Lainey • Aug 21, 2017 11:57 am
Music Intro for August 21, 2017 Dear Gossips, You have your special glasses ready? Or did you make a pinhole? The total solar eclipse is happening at some point today, depending on where you live. And also, on a cruise ship called the Oasis of the Seas, Bonnie Tyler will be performing Total Eclipse Of The By Lainey • Aug 21, 2017 09:23 am
Music What Pink deserves For the past five years, MTV’s Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award has gone to the following artists: Rihanna, Kanye West, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. I want you to keep the music video catalogue of each of those stars in mind when we talk about who this year’ By Kathleen • Aug 17, 2017 11:43 am
Music Miley cancels on Teen Choice Miley Cyrus was supposed to perform at the Teen Choice Awards last night and they were giving her the Ultimate Choice Award, apparently the highest TC honour. Miley showed up for sound check. But it was announced shortly after the live show started that she would be a no-show. By Lainey • Aug 14, 2017 03:22 pm
Music Jay-Z’s Black Friends In Jay-Z’s extensive, 30 plus year music video catalogue, there aren’t many “holy-sh*t-I’m-never-going-to-forget-the-first-time-I-saw-this” classics. Well, Jay has been releasing new music videos and video extras from 4:44 steadily over the past few By Kathleen • Aug 08, 2017 10:19 am
