While two original stars have officially left Sex Education, one major star has joined it!
31.01.2023 - 20:31 / glamour.com
” into YouTube, pressed play, and waited, with bated breath. First there was Smith, in a luscious pink dress and gloves, about to exit a golden helicopter. Then there they were again, in a towering ostrich feather hat, performing on a mansion staircase. Then there they were again, in a sparkling 1930s corset and nipple tassels.
So far, so campy and fashion. But where were the “shocking” elements? I fast-forwarded a few seconds, to the section where a fountain of water is being sprayed in Smith's mouth. It’s definitely cheeky—a brief, winking insinuation of a golden shower.
But hardly “extreme hard-core pornography,” as described by one journalist on Good Morning Britain. And then a familiar sensation washed over me, like when you’re watching the first few scenes of a movie before realizing that you’ve seen it before. Ohhh, I realized, people aren’t outraged because it’s sexualized. They’re outraged because it’s overtly queer and sexualized. People don’t know what to do with their discomfort—so they decide that the video itself must be the problem.
They’re offended, they think, so the video must be offensive. Clearly Smith isn’t the first artist to have ever caused outrage with a music video. As plenty have swiftly pointed out online, Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” caused such widespread controversy at the time that it was condemned by the Vatican. But Madonna was dancing in front of blazing crucifixes.
And that was…33 years ago. It’s not a stretch to say that beneath so much of this “But what about the kids?” concern lies the thinly veiled presence of queerphobia. If a thin cis woman wore a corset with nipple tassels, there would not be this level of pearl clutching and furious debate—it certainly wouldn’t be described as
.While two original stars have officially left Sex Education, one major star has joined it!
S Club 7 have discussed the possibility of returning to the studio after announcing a reunion tour in celebration of their 25th anniversary.The pop group have reunited once before, for a UK arena tour in 2015, but haven’t released any new music since their 2003 farewell single ‘Love Ain’t Gonna Wait For You’ / ‘Say Goodbye’.At a press conference in London earlier this week (February 14), band member Jon Lee described the prospect of adding to their discography as “exciting”.“It’s something that we have spoken about and something that we would all be up for, but at the minute we’re just seeing how the tour goes first,” Lee added.During their original run, S Club 7 released four studio albums and scored 11 consecutive UK Top Five hits with bangers including ‘Bring It All Back’, ‘Never Had A Dream Come True’, ‘Don’t Stop Movin”, ‘Natural’ and ‘Reach’.However, the band confirmed this week that there is still space in their setlist for deep cuts. “We had loads of album tracks, B-sides [and] songs that were performed on the TV series that [our fans] have never seen us perform live before, so we’d love to hear via social media if there’s anything they would love to see,” Lee said.Meanwhile, Lee’s bandmate Tina Barrett revealed that she is a fan of Wet Leg after catching their performance at last weekend’s BRIT Awards.
Pink appears to be throwing some shade at Christina Aguilera.
It seems like Pink didn’t find her “soul sistas” on the set of 2001’s “Lady Marmalade.”
their widely-slammed “demonic” Grammy’s performance — with video showing the irate woman screaming that the British singer “belongs in hell.”“Sam Smith belongs in hell!,” the Irish woman screeches at the 30-year-old entertainer in a clip that was posted on social media late Wednesday and has since gone viral. “You demonic, sick, twisted b—–d,” she continues to rant, as the “Stay With Me” singer ignores her and walks towards what appears to be the entrance to the Central Park Zoo.“You sick motherf—-r, Sam Smith! You’re evil!” the unidentified woman screams again, after hurling nasty accusations about Smith being a “pedophile.” Smith, who recently came out as nonbinary and uses the pronouns they/them, looked unperturbed during the entire verbal assault.The woman’s abusive outburst comes after the pop star’s controversial performance of their chart-topping hit “Unholy,” alongside German singer Kim Petras at the 65th Grammy Awards on Feb.
Sam Smith was seemingly the victim of harassment while out in New York City this week.
Clapping back. Rihanna did not hold back when social media users criticized her for referring to her son as “fine.”
Award-winning singer Sam Smith had to correct The One Show co-presenter Alex Jones this week after she used the wrong pronouns. Fresh from their eye-catching trip to the Brit Awards, where the 30 year old donned an inflatable, black latex suit, Sam opened up about their secret hobby. "You're a big fan of fishing?" asked Ronan Keating, who was on presenting duties too.
Fall Out Boy have announced a second London gig for their upcoming UK and European tour due to overwhelming demand.The band will hit the road for their dates in October, kicking off in Poland and arriving in the UK with a show in Leeds on October 27.The UK portion of the tour will now wrap up in London with two nights at The O2. The first will take place on November 2, while the newly-announced second date will be held on November 3.“London doin’ it big!” Fall Out Boy tweeted earlier today (February 15).
Rihanna just gave a wide-ranging interview to British Vogue for their March 2023 issue, on newsstands on February 21. She covered the mag alongside her partner A$AP Rocky and their son!
Ricky Gervais has divided fans with his joke about Sam Smith‘s outfit at the BRIT Awards.The ‘Unholy’ singer drew headlines at this year’s ceremony after stepping onto the red carpet in a black rubber suit with overinflated shoulders and legs.Reacting to the costume on Twitter, Gervais pasted his own head on Sam’s body and jokingly suggested the singer was seeking attention.Alongside the fake image of Gervais wearing the rubber costume, he sarcastically tweeted: “The Worst thing about being famous is the lack of privacy. I can’t even walk down the street without people looking and pointing.”The worst thing about being famous is the lack of privacy.
Loyle Carner has spoken to NME about the response to his recent album, as well as revealing he’s working on new music. Watch our video interview with him above.Carner was talking to NME on the red carpet of the The BRIT Awards 2023 where he discussed the reaction to his third studio album ‘Hugo’, which was released last October.“I’ve been very moved by the response actually,” he said.
Morrissey has had another dig at Universal Music’s Capitol Records, which was going to release his new album ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’ and then wasn’t.While it’s not clear exactly why Capitol bailed on the Morrissey record – though we can possibly guess – he reckons that if the Universal label can invest time in promoting Sam Smith’s satanism, it should be able to deliver his new album to some streaming platforms.Morrissey announced a deal with Capitol in the US last year which was meant to result in the LA base of the Universal label releasing ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’ this month.That deal overtly excluded the UK though, where – of course – Morrissey is now generally deemed too controversial, or at least too annoying, to want to work with. Plus, more specifically, there had been criticism about the album’s title track and its references to the 2017 bombing of the Manchester ArenaHowever, despite that deal in the US, by November the release of ‘Bonfire Of Teenagers’ was on hold.
Ranvir Singh quickly corrected herself on Monday's Good Morning Britain after she used the wrong pronouns for non-binary singer Sam Smith. During the latest episode, the presenter, 45, was discussing the singer's, 30, who uses they/them pronouns, latex outfit for Saturday's BRIT Awards.
Nova Twins have explained how their remix of Sam Smith and Kim Petras‘ ‘Unholy’ came about. Watch our video interview with the duo above.Speaking to NME on the red carpet of The BRIT Awards 2023 – where they were nominated for Best Group and Alternative/Rock Act – the duo discussed their rocked up version of the track which was released last December.“We got the chance to submit a remix, but when they actually said they loved it we were like ,’No way!’, because you never know if it’ll even fly,” bassist Georgia South explained.Singer and guitarist Amy Love continued: “And we love the song as well, the song is so sexy,”“As soon as we heard it, we were like: ‘This sounds like it needs a heavy riff on it'”, South finished.When asked which of the other attendees they’d like to hop on a remix with, they shouted out BRITS Rising Star Award winners FLO.
wacky black latex look at the 2023 BRIT Awards on Saturday.The “Writings on the Wall” singer, 30, donned an inflatable suit by Harri and chunky black boots for the British awards show, which instantly became a meme online.Now, Harikrishnan Keezhathil Surendran Pillai, founder of the label Harri who designed Smith’s iconic outfit, is opening up about the significance of the outfit.Pillai revealed to WWD that Smith, who uses they/them pronouns, opted to wear the wild design after dealing with abuse about their body image.“Sam was having a lot of hate comments recently after ‘Unholy’ about their body image,” Pillai said. The fashion designer also noted how the ensemble was meant to celebrate Smith’s “natural form and the beauty of being one’s self.”“I wanted to create an image which people have never seen Sam in,” Pillai added.Once the Oscar winner stepped onto the red carpet at the BRITs, their look began to trend on social media where viewers poked fun at the outfit.“Someone is desperate for attention…wow
Good Morning Britain viewers have questioned the changes to the show's hosting line-up as Susanna Reid was replaced by Ranvir Singh. Viewers of the ITV news programme are used to seeing Susanna at the helm of the show at the start of the week alongside the likes of Richard Madeley and Ed Balls.
Harry Styles continues to sweep at awards shows and this time the former One Direction member took the top accolades at the 2023 BRIT Awards.
EXCLUSIVE: Kino Lorber has acquired all North American distribution rights to Four Quartets, the film version of the Ralph Fiennes-starring stage adaptation of T.S. Eliot’s seminal poem.
Ladies and gentlemen, Sam Smith! The hitmaker commanded attention at the 65th annual Grammy Awards in an all-red look.