Why Katy Perry is 2024’s biggest pop flop yet, with her comeback slammed as ‘generic’ and having ‘no personality’

Why Katy Perry is 2024’s biggest pop flop yet, with her comeback slammed as ‘generic’ and having ‘no personality’

Katy Perry’s attempt to “Roar” back into the pop charts has so far only hit bum notes. There’s no denying the 39-year-old is a summer artist, with her biggest hits, ‘I Kissed a Girl’ and ‘Teenage Dream’ becoming beach soundtracks to 2008 and 2010 respectively. So it only makes sense after years in the wilderness … Read more

Man involved in Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke’s grisly 2020 murder shows no remorse in new interview

Man involved in Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke’s grisly 2020 murder shows no remorse in new interview

A man who was allegedly involved in the cold-blooded murder of Brooklyn-born drill-rap pioneer Pop Smoke showed no remorse over the senseless tragedy in a new interview.  “Blockstar,” whose real name is King Vermont Raskel, told the No Jumper podcast that he’s “not sorry about nothing” in his first public comments since he and three … Read more

Couple plan secret proposals for each other — and pop the question at the same time

Couple plan secret proposals for each other — and pop the question at the same time

A couple both planned secret proposals for each other — and ended up getting down on one knee at the same time. Shanice Rawlins, 28, met her partner, Nicola Hackworthy, 32, online in 2020 and says they got on like a house on fire. In 2023 Shanice booked a holiday for the two of them … Read more

I felt a pop in my leg at 34 weeks pregnant — now I’m lucky to be alive

I felt a pop in my leg at 34 weeks pregnant — now I’m lucky to be alive

Clare Foreman was 34 weeks pregnant and relaxing on her couch when she experienced sudden agonizing pain in her leg and abdomen. The mom-to-be had experienced on-and-off pain in her left leg throughout her pregnancy, but a seemingly harmless movement on the couch led to a medical emergency that would almost take her life. “I felt a pop, and there … Read more

Michael Jackson’s infamous Neverland Ranch is being used as major filming location for biopic about pop icon

Michael Jackson’s infamous Neverland Ranch is being used as major filming location for biopic about pop icon

It was not as easy as 1 2 3, but Neverland Ranch was the site of a major filming location for an upcoming Michael Jackson biopic. Around 300 people were cleared to descend on the infamous property north of Santa Ynez, Calif., for the shoot in April, according to film permit activity reviewed by SF … Read more

Former UK pop star Gary Glitter ordered to pay sex abuse victim $650,000

Former UK pop star Gary Glitter ordered to pay sex abuse victim 0,000

Former British pop singer Gary Glitter was on Tuesday ordered to pay a woman he sexually abused as a child more than $637,000 in damages. The 80-year-old, whose real name is Paul Gadd, shot to fame in the 1970s as a “glam-rock” star before he was later repeatedly convicted and jailed for child sex crimes. … Read more

Iggy Pop, KFC and Basquiat: Blondie rocker’s memoir like a classic greatest hits record

Iggy Pop, KFC and Basquiat: Blondie rocker’s memoir like a classic greatest hits record

In the late 1980s, Blondie stars Debbie Harry and Chris Stein were dining at a fancy Times Square restaurant with Iggy Pop when Jean-Michel Basquiat walked in with a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Basquiat pulled out some weed and began rolling a joint when Iggy, of all people, asked him to stop. As Stein … Read more

GQ’s 1995 ‘overrated’ pop culture list roasted 3 decades later: ‘Wow, this really aged poorly’

GQ’s 1995 ‘overrated’ pop culture list roasted 3 decades later: ‘Wow, this really aged poorly’

That’s so 1995! A resurfaced GQ magazine list from the ’90s deeming “overrated” popular trends and people has been roasted and gone viral on Reddit. People are expressing their shock at who, what and where had their moment and were deemed unworthy of praise by the magazine. The GW list outlined “overrated” trends and people … Read more

A bubblegum pop song from ’90s group S Club 7 saved my life

A bubblegum pop song from ’90s group S Club 7 saved my life

Of all the ways a particularly horrible day at school could’ve ended, the very last thing I imagined was my life being saved by a cheesy late ’90s bubblegum pop song. But there I was, in mum’s Toyota Corolla Seca, watching with bewilderment as she cranked the volume on an S Club 7 cassette single … Read more

Why spring 2024 may be the greatest diva season in pop history — from Beyoncé and Taylor Swift to Billie Eilish

Why spring 2024 may be the greatest diva season in pop history — from Beyoncé and Taylor Swift to Billie Eilish

Beyond those April showers, it’s raining pop divas this spring. Ever since Ariana Grande kicked off the season atop the Billboard 200 with “Eternal Sunshine” — scoring what was then the biggest opening week of any album in 2024 — while simultaneously notching a No. 1 debut on the Hot 100 with her current single … Read more

Britney Spears would make $100M a year on OnlyFans, expert says — after pop icon vowed she’d ‘never return to the music industry’

Britney Spears would make 0M a year on OnlyFans, expert says — after pop icon vowed she’d ‘never return to the music industry’

It’s a criminal amount of cash. An OnlyFans manager says Britney Spears could rake in a whopping $100 million per year if she joins the subscription site — after announcing she’s quitting the music biz. The 42-year-old told fans in January that she will “never” make another album, prompting pundits to ponder a potential pivot … Read more

Kane Brown concert review: Crossover star wows with country, rock, pop

Kane Brown concert review:  Crossover star wows with country, rock, pop

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. A dramatic entrance is an understatement for what went down at Newark’s Prudential Center on Saturday, March 30. Opening act Tyler Hubbard had just finished wooing the crowd … Read more

Are You a Pop Culture-Obsessed Weirdo? Try Night Flight Plus.

Are You a Pop Culture-Obsessed Weirdo? Try Night Flight Plus.

For this month’s spotlight on lesser-known but worthwhile streaming services, we turn our attention to a name that will mean much to a certain type of Gen-Xer: Night Flight Plus. For those too young to remember (or too old to care), “Night Flight” was a late-night mainstay on the USA cable network from its debut … Read more

Happy 80th, Diana! How Miss Ross, the O.G. diva, turned pop upside down

Happy 80th, Diana! How Miss Ross, the O.G. diva, turned pop upside down

You never forget your first music love — or your first concert. For me, they were both Miss Diana Ross. I will never forget mini me waiting with my dad where she was expected to make her grand entrance through the audience and to the rotating stage at Valley Forge Music Fair in the Philadelphia … Read more

80s pop star Taylor Dayne lists LA home for $2.5M, more than double what she initially paid

80s pop star Taylor Dayne lists LA home for .5M, more than double what she initially paid

’80s pop star Taylor Dayne is saying goodbye to her Los Angeles home, located in Valley Village, a decade after owning the property. Per Robb Report, Dayne is asking for nearly two and a half times more than what she purchased the home for. The outlet reported Dayne paid $1 million for the home in 2013, … Read more

A Pop Culture Reporter With His Eye on the Prizes

A Pop Culture Reporter With His Eye on the Prizes

Last month, Kyle Buchanan was seated at a table at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif., when, midway through the ceremony, a chant erupted outside. Mr. Buchanan could hear the chant — “Free Palestine” — humming in the background of acceptance speeches. He exited the tent to find two protesters behind a barricade, … Read more

Adam Sandler admits Taylor Swift makes him nervous as he compares pop star to The Beatles

Adam Sandler admits Taylor Swift makes him nervous as he compares pop star to The Beatles

Even Adam Sandler sometimes gets nervous when meeting A-list celebrities. Most notably, Taylor Swift. The “Spaceman” actor revealed he gets a “little f—ing jumpy” around the pop star in a new interview. “Taylor Swift because of what she means to my kids, I get a little f—ing jumpy, because I don’t want to blow it for my … Read more

Princess strips down for Playboy: ‘I always wanted to be a pop star’

Princess strips down for Playboy: ‘I always wanted to be a pop star’

A German princess traded in her tiara for a bedsheet and not much else. Xenia Florence Gabriela Sophie Iris, the princess of Saxony, made history as the first aristocrat to pose for Playboy.  The 37-year-old is the cover girl of Playboy Germany’s March 2024 issue. The sizzling snaps feature the topless royal modeling sheer white undergarments that leave … Read more

No Values Fest announces 2024 lineup: Misfits, Iggy Pop, Sublime, more

No Values Fest announces 2024 lineup: Misfits, Iggy Pop, Sublime, more

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. The punk event of the year is going down in Pomona Beach, CA. On Saturday, June 8, the first-ever No Values Fest drops into the Los Angeles County … Read more

Taylor Swift’s dad delivers handwritten letters from pop queen to stunned Aussie fans: ‘Grateful and elated’

Taylor Swift’s dad delivers handwritten letters from pop queen to stunned Aussie fans: ‘Grateful and elated’

They weren’t ready for it. Two Australian Taylor Swift fans received the shock of a lifetime when they were personally invited by the singer to enter her VIP tent during the songstress’ show in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday. YouTubers Emily Hunt and Bonny Rebecca, who run the popular Swift-themed “Chats and Reacts” channel were sent further into … Read more