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Ooh this is going to be fun! Favourite: I initially picked Ready For It but switched to Willow. Both are amazing though so I wish I could've voted for both :') Least: Tim McGraw

If we didn't have the #4 update, we would be over the moon with #15! So I am still super happy

The album is great! I've given it a couple of listens. I just cannot stand Too Easy, it is so beneath her and so faceless while the rest of the album has character. I particularly love the softer more subtle moments on the album which she always does so well. Skip Too Easy and we have a brilliant collection.

Farewell tour? What's she saying farewell too? It's Madonna, she's going nowhere 😜

Billboard ranked it as the #1 performance of the night: No living legend is more associated with the MTV VMAs than Madonna, so for the Queen of Pop to open the 2026 VMAs was fitting – but it also meant that expectations were high, especially after the broadcast delay. But Madonna being Madonna, she was more than up to the challenge. It started understated, with Madonna sitting on top of a Yamaha piano with Sabrina Carpenter at the keys for their “Bring Your Love” duet, built momentum with a gospel choir segue and climaxed with the sleazy public restroom fantasia of the “Danceteria Afterhours” remix. Charli xcx spat her come-up story; Sombr strutted his stuff; Fab 5 Freddy basked in his lyric shout-out; leather daddy Seth Rogen smoked a cig; Danceteria OG Debi Mazar swung through; and Julie Garner rocked a Truth or Dare-era look. Yep. This is how you start the party.

Incredible night for her. Massive wins and a brilliant celebratory performance.

YES so happy to see this! Let's GOOOOO

I hope this bit isn’t aimed at me because I am a huge Taylor fan of everything post Debut -> Midnights... And not sure why the critics are suddenly biased, now her music is receiving negative reviews because they weren't when everything was being reviewed positively and Grammys were all over her for every era she had in recent years. If anything it suggests maybe the music has nose-dived in quality for many people (but of course not all - the beauty of music being subjective).

Agree, but this time I think they're pretty spot on given my own thoughts on the songs as I posted~ I take with a pinch of salt too, but this time, I agree with them.

Love this for him. So happy to have him back and he gets to live the Mayhem era for the first ever time!

Cleveland! is one of her worst ever songs, I cringed so hard. Pink Clouding is her singing about an array of colours again with overly complex metaphors and clunky lyricism. Babylon perhaps my favourite of the non-singles but still mid. This is such a misfire of a project, what was she thinking. Currently down to 39 on Metacritic, 143 is in danger of losing its award of lowest rated big pop girl album score

A top 100 appearance is great! I am hoping it charts top 40 this week.

THAT ENTIRE SCENE WAS SO QUOTABLE EVERY SINGLE LINE MADE ME G A S P PACKH IT f***HIN IN

She's so disingenuous and knows exactly what she is doing. People had better see through it and not lap it up. If I see one "she is mother!!!!!111" I will combust.

She only said that because Lynx said earlier that he wouldn't ever go against a "sister" in the house, didn't she? She was calling out his hypocrisy. I don't think her comment came out of nowhere!

Agree. Team alllll the others (minus Lynx). Wow what have I just seen? One of the best Big Brother episodes in years this is insane. Joanne rising in my expectations, Lynx and the two showmance girls are rock bottom. Bye to them all. Yasmin "WHY ARE YOU WET!?" was the highlight of it all. SCREAMING

YES JACK I KNEW I COULD RELY ON YOU. It has really hit me so so so hard, I can't describe it. That and F.A.M.T. are the two masterpieces. She does sad/euphoric vibes expertly. The entire album is incredible. My expectations strangely weren't the highest but that made it all the more special hearing it and being blown over by it all. I love her so much

WHAT AN ICONIC SERIES SO FAR, EVERY EPISODE HAS MOMENTS Reflected in viewers too!: The Big Brother 2026 launch has officially averaged 1.4 MILLION viewers in 7 days, and is the MOST watched launch show since 2023. ITV have also shared that last week alone, Big Brother was streamed 5 MILLION TIMES on ITVX, up a massive 30% on the 3.7 million from the same point last year. The Group Chat is also up 9% compared to last year’s series of Late & Live.

GET THAT TOP 20 HIT ICONS

01. Tove Lo feat. Wiz Khalifa - Influence 02. Robyn - Talk to Me 03. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love 04. MARINA - Bubblegum Bitch 05. Dido - White Flag 06. Zara Larsson - Love Me Land 07. Leona Lewis - Better in Time (Single Mix) 08. Adele - Hello 09. Agnes - Selfmade 10. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Music Gets the Best of Me 11. Jessie Ware - Sauna 12. Milica Pavlović - Ona nosi Pradu

About on par with She's The Best for me. I think it has less going for it due to the repetitive nature of it but I am a fan and that sample is genius. Bring on the spoken word album!

Those first day streams are awful, oops! On the discussion of her being an album artist or not, I'd say since Plastic Hearts she absolutely has been. Endless Summer Vacation I will defend until the end of time, it is one of my absolute favourite albums of the past decade and sonically it sounds like a complete package. As does Something Beautiful but I don't think it has the huge highs of the former. This album is good! I think it is the weakest of the previous few and has even fewer highs but there is a lot that interests me throughout. 'Aftermath' is brilliant for example and I really enjoy 'Innocent Ways' too.

'are we on a break' is this era's 'hey you got drugs?'. Soaring sad but euphoric vibes that just explode spectacularly in that chorus. Are you supposed to cry, dance, break down, pleasure yourself during it?... or all of the above! I am utterly obsessed, it'll go down as one of her all-time best songs for sure.