If you woke up in a cold sweat with heart palpitations, don't worry. Donald Trump didn't do a thing again (yet). The rush of feelings surging through you is because pop powerhouse Charli XCX has released her star-studded Pop 2 LP and, yes, it's the one with actual Pop Queen Carly Slay Jepsen on it.
The hit making Brit who has blessed Iggy Azalea and Selena Gomez with tracks and who created the gay mecca video "Boys" earlier this year is back with what we all want: pure, unfiltered pop. After dipping her toe into the SOPHIE-filled waters of experimental pop on this year's Number 1 Angel, XCX has created an LP stuffed full of one-liners ("Go fuck your prototype, I'm an upgrade of your stereotype") and a guest list that includes the aforementioned Carly Rae as well as Tove Lo, Caroline Polachek, Cupcakke, Mykki Blanco, Jay Park, MO, and more.
Think of her as pop music's Santa Claus and this album as her bag of toys. Now go open your presents.
Animated versions of RuPaul's Drag Race stars Monét X Change and Bob the Drag Queen in the holiday-themed animated short titled Bob the Drag Queen x Monét X Change's Sing-Along.
Listen, babes: Before Heated Rivalry, there was already Sibling Rivalry, OK? Bob the Drag Queen and Monét X Change, the doors you've opened! Keep Reading →
Beyoncé at the Louis Vuitton Menswear Spring/Summer 2026 show
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Beyoncé is one of the most methodical artists working today; everything she does serves a purpose. On Wednesday, it was announced that she would serve as a cochair of the 2026 Met Gala alongside Venus Williams, Anna Wintour, and Nicole Kidman. Next year's theme is "Costume Art." The 2026 spring event will be Beyoncé's first Met Gala appearance since 2016, as she has been raising children and touring the world with three albums since then. Keep Reading →
KATSEYE's Lara Raj seems like she's ready to take a trip to the Upside Down after sharing that she is a fan of the wildly popular Netflix series Stranger Things earlier this week. Keep Reading →
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Omar Apollo has now revealed more details about his still unidentified but heavily rumored ex-boyfriend, elaborating on their intense breakup from 2022 and being even more frank about how he's dealt with his own feelings over the years. Keep Reading →
Queer pop chaos-agent Ashnikko is back with her second studio album, Smoochies, and this time, she's teaching fans how to survive an apocalypse. Keep Reading →
Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda in the cover art for Wicked: For Good — The Soundtrack.
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Explore the full soundtrack albums for Wicked and Wicked: For Good, and check out which Elphaba songs and Glinda songs are in each movie. Keep Reading →
Orville Peck has shared a new video in which he is heard flirting with a very shirtless and quite sweaty Zane Phillips — and let's just say that the teaser to promote the gay country singer's new EP, Appaloosa, is very much giving a "cruising" fantasy between Peck and Phillips. Keep Reading →
(L-R): Amanda Seyfried, Sydney Sweeney, and Sabrina Carpenter
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A third Mamma Mia! movie is officially happening — though it's not in production yet and the plot for that project remains under wraps. But that isn't stopping Amanda Seyfried from ruminating on ideas for who she'd want to star with her in the next installment. Keep Reading →
RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 winner Onya Nurve — known as Justin Woody out of drag — is no longer playing the lead in the new North American tour of Kinky Boots starting this November, Out can confirm. Keep Reading →
Ariana Grande; Jeff Goldblum; Cynthia Erivo in Wicked: For Good.
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The premiere week of Wicked: For Good has been officially kicked off with the surprise drop of a full new scene from the sequel. In it, Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) visits the Wizard (Jeff Goldblum) and attempts to convince him to tell the truth to the people of Oz. Halfway through, Glinda (Ariana Grande) interrupts that conversation to agree with the Wizard that Elphaba could work with them, together. Keep Reading →
Liniker holding her three trophies at the 26th Annual Latin Grammy Awards on November 13, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Black trans singer-songwriter Liniker, from Araraquara, Brazil, made LGBTQ+ history at the 26th Latin Grammy Awards ceremony held in Las Vegas, Nevada this week. Liniker has now won four Latin Grammy Awards — the first in 2022, when she became the first-ever out trans woman to win a Latin Grammy, along with three more trophies in 2025. Keep Reading →
