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Cher calls on Pink to rewrite Dear Mr President about Donald Trump

Are you ready for Dear Mr President 2.0? Back in 2006, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Pink released her most political single ever, Dear Mr President, which served as an open letter to George W. Bush, who was then serving as President of the United States. On the Indigo Girls-assisted track, she criticised his administration’s policies and views on the Iraq War, homelessness, women’s rights and LGBTQ equality, and hypocrisy over his alleged alcohol and drug use in college. “What kind of father would take his own daughter’s rights away?” she questions on…

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Kelly Rowland announced as first headliner for Birmingham Pride 2020

Kelly Rowland has been announced as the first headliner of Birmingham Pride this year. The international recording artist rose to fame as part of Destiny’s Child – who sold over 60 million records worldwide – and went on to have a successful solo career as well as judging on The X factor and The Voice. With hits including Work, When Love Takes Over, Down For Whatever, Commander, What A Feeling and throwback tracks like Dilemma and Stole, she’ll definitely get the party started when she takes to the stage on…

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Janelle Monáe explains why she tweeted “#IAmNonBinary”

Janelle Monáe has explained why she tweeted “#IAmNonBinary” last month. On 10 January, the singer, producer, actress and model appeared to declare her gender fluidity on Twitter after quoting a post that featured a non-binary meme from the animated television series Steven Universe. The meme read, “Are you a boy or a girl? I’m an experience.” The user who originally shared the meme uploaded it with the following caption: “There is absolutely nothing better than living outside the gender binary.” Janelle then retweeted the post with the hashtag, “#IAmNonbinary.” In…

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Sasha Velour and Lorraine had a lip sync battle to Whitney Houston

Sasha Velour continues to be the lip sync queen. The Drag Race champion sat down with Lorraine Kelly to talk about their show Smoke & Mirrors, that iconic wig reveal – “I was in my own living room and I stood up and cheered,” said Lorraine – and how drag is changing minds. “People love drag over here [in the UK], and all over the world really. I think it speaks to a need to have joy and love and open-mindedness in the world,” they said. “I think if I had seen…

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Kesha unveils psychedelic video for High Road title track

Kesha has shared the music video for the title track on her brand new album, High Road. Directed and produced by Magic Seed, the visual for the Jeff Bhasker, Wrabel and Nate Reuss-assisted pop number sees the star on a psychedelic journey in the desert and throughout a heavily graffitied warehouse. High Road is the fifth track taken from Kesha’s fourth studio album of the same name after Raising Hell with Big Freedia, My Own Dance, Tonight and Resentment, the latter of which features Brian Wilson, Sturgill Simpson, and Wrabel. The album…

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Sophia Webster launches #SizingUp making high heels accessible for all

The Sophia Webster #SizingUp collection offers a selection of some of the brands most iconic styles, as well as a few new favourites from size EU 36 – 46. We spoke to Sophia about the inspiration behind this collection, as well as the importance of inclusion and diversity in fashion. What initially inspired the aesthetic and creative DNA of Sophia Webster? The brand’s aesthetic and creative DNA is very much a manifestation of my own point of view. I wanted to embody ‘Crazy, Sexy, Cool’ and my life experiences infiltrated my designs…

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Listen to ABISHA’s smooth new R&B track Body to Body

ABISHA’s first single of 2020 is stunning. Body to Body, her first release since the excellent Love Like This (watch the video here), is a smooth R&B number in which ABISHA yearns for intimacy with a love interest she deems a “real one”. “i’m so excited about this one cause i feel like it shows a completely different side to me as an artist (get you a girl who can do both),” she wrote on social media after the song’s release. “i hope you all love it as much as…

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Drag Race star Brooke Lynn Hytes to dance with an all-male ballet troupe

The Queen of the North will be dancing again. Drag Race star Brooke Lynn Hytes will be donning her ballet shoes to perform alongside the Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Brooke Lynn performed with the troupe, also known as The Trocks, from 2008 to 2012 before her sickening run on Drag Race. During her time on the Emmy-award winning show, Brooke Lynn showed off numerous ballet skills, whether it was in her lip-sync performances, or when she walked down the runway en pointe during the Monster Ball. Svetlana Dvoretsky,…

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Drag Race stars of colour launch new show celebrating “black excellence”

NUBIA will star Bebe Zahara Benet, Bob the Drag Queen, Peppermint, Shea Coulee, The Vixen and Monique Heart. Drag Race stars of colour are launching a new show, titled NUBIA, on 5 and 6 March in New York City. The show will celebrate black excellence, and star some of the show’s most notable queens of colour. The tour has promoted itself with the hashtag #BlackQueensMatter. The description for the show reads: “Join Bebe Zahara Benet, Bob the Drag Queen, Monique Heart, Peppermint, The Vixen, and Shea Coulee for the historic world premiere of NUBIA. “This all-new show is a…

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South Dakota passes law that would send doctors who help trans children transition to jail

Doctors will face a $2,000 fine or a jail sentence. Lawmakers in the South Dakota House of Representatives have passed a law that means doctors will no longer be able to help trans children to medically transition. The law had nearly 50 sponsors, and means that doctors who give children under the age of 16 hormone treatment or gender confirmation surgery face a $2,000 fine or a one year jail sentence. The bill now heads to the state’s Senate, where it is heavily expected to pass. The bill will be…

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