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07 Nov 2024

Lizzo Sends Love to ‘Everyone in the World’ Following Donald Trump Election Win 

Lizzo has a message of positivity for followers following Donald Trump’s election win this week. 

Two days after Election Day ended with the twice-impeached former POTUS securing his second term in the White House, the 36-year-old musician shared a video on Instagram captioned with a simple rainbow emoji Thursday (Nov. 7). In the clip, only Lizzo’s hands are visible as she writes on a sheet of printer paper: “Sending LOVE to everyone in the WORLD.” 

The Grammy winner paired the video with Beautiful Chorus’ ethereal “Faith Hymn.” 

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The post marks Lizzo’s first since the election concluded, resulting in Kamala Harris – whom the “About Damn Time” artist had championed throughout the 2024 race – after a whirlwind three-month campaign taking over the Democratic ticket for President Joe Biden. Before the results came in Tuesday (Nov. 5), Lizzo posted a photo of herself meeting the VP and wrote, “Today’s the day! Let’s win this?❤️?” 

In July, right after Harris’ campaign kicked off, Lizzo defended the former prosecutor against critics who accused the politician of not doing anything during her term as vice presidency. “For everyone saying that Kamala Harris didn’t do anything when she was VP, please, for $5,000, do not use Google, tell me what any vice president has ever done during their term that was notable that you noticed,” she said in an Instagram video at the time. “Can we all just be for real? Let’s all be for real and say our quiet parts out loud, because the discourse is tired.”  

Lizzo is just the latest musician who’s posted since Trump won the election. Many of the musicians who also endorsed Harris this election – Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Cardi B and more – have also spoken out over the past 36 hours, while Jack Antonoff recently tweeted to his followers, “do not be cynical. do not have the conversation alone in your head. go be together. be around those who do not assume the worst of you.” 

See Lizzo’s post below. 

07 Nov 2024

Diddy’s Son King Combs Takes Control of Dad’s Socials While He’s in Prison

Diddy’s son Christian “King” Combs has decided to take over his father’s Instagram account as the disgraced mogul awaits his 2025 trial. 

In a video posted on his father’s IG on Wednesday (Nov. 6), Diddy’s youngest son said he was going to post throwback videos of the “positive things” his dad has done over the years. “What’s up y’all it’s King Combs and right now I’m taking over my Pops’ Instagram,” the 26-year-old says in the video. “We’re gonna be posting videos by spreading good energy and taking y’all down memory lane of all the positive things he did. So, stay tuned and watch this. We love you, pops. Happy Birthday.” 

See King’s post here.

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A few weeks ago, his children released a joint statement via socials, writing, “The past month has devastated our family. Many have judged both him and us based on accusations, conspiracy theories, and false narratives that have spiraled into absurdity on social media. We stand united, supporting you every step of the way. We hold onto the truth, knowing it will prevail, and nothing will break the strength of our family. WE MISS YOU & LOVE YOU DAD.” 

Diddy was arrested on Sept. 16, 2024 for charges that include racketeering, bribery, sex trafficking and more. The music executive and businessman’s empire began crumbling a year prior when his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura filed a lawsuit on Nov. 16, 2023 accusing him of domestic violence and sexual abuse during their 10-plus years together.

Combs decided to settle less than 24 hours later and released a statement, saying, “We have decided to resolve this matter amicably. I wish Cassie and her family all the best. Love.” 

His trial is set for May 5, 2025. 

07 Nov 2024

Madonna Shares ‘F— Trump’ Cake on Instagram: ‘Stuffed My Face With This Cake’

Following Donald Trump’s win in the 2024 presidential election, Madonna has taken to her Instagram Stories to share her reaction.

On her Stories, the Queen of Pop posted a photo of a yellow and orange cake with “F— Trump” written across the top, surrounded by cherries. “Stuffed my face with this cake last night,” she captioned the snap.

On a more serious note, Madonna followed up the photo of the cake with a selfie, over which she wrote, “Trying to get my head around why a convicted felon, rapist, bigot was chosen to lead our country because he’s good for the economy?” See her Stories before they disappear here.

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Ahead of the election, Madonna endorsed Kamala Harris alongside a series of photos from her recent trip to Paris. “Paris was so FUN! ?? . It was hard to leave, but I had. to come home to V.O.T.E. ????,” she wrote in the caption. “@kamalaharris For. President!!!! ♥️”

The “Express Yourself” singer previously voiced her support for Harris back in 2020 when she was the vice presidential candidate running alongside Joe Biden. “Kamilla [sic] is an intelligent, compassionate, well spoken leader who stands for justice and equal rights for all people,” she wrote at the time.

Harris conceded the election to Trump early on Wednesday morning (Nov. 6), after the former President earned 295 electoral college votes. Four years after leaving Washington as the 45th president, Trump also becomes the 47th president following his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, two assassination attempts, two presidential impeachments and a criminal conviction.

07 Nov 2024

Jack Antonoff Reminds Fans to ‘Lean on Each Other’ in Heartfelt Message Following Trump’s Win

Jack Antonoff is asking his community to stay strong following Kamala Harris’ losing the 2024 presidential election against twice-impeached convicted felon Donald Trump.

In a heartfelt message addressed “to my people” on X Wednesday (Nov. 6), one day after Election Day, the 40-year-old producer reminded followers, “we turn to each other at the best times as we do at the worst times.”

“our community is alive because we lift and take care of each other,” he continued. “we are not moved by bulls–t. when we’re afraid we lean on each other. right now we are going to do exactly that. we are going to be there for each other.”

Antonoff went on to give fans a meaningful call to action, noting that The Ally Coalition — which he founded in 2013 with his sister, designer Rachel Antonoff, to support LGBTQ youth — will “not rest” in their activism post-election. “do not be cynical,” he wrote. “do not have the conversation alone in your head. go be together. be around those who do not assume the worst of you.”

“fight for the rights of oppressed people,” he added. “respect the earth and its creatures. live with the most dignity and remember that every tiny thing is carried on.”

The Bleachers frontman is one of many artists disheartened by Trump’s return to power, with Ariana Grande, Ethel Cain, Billie Eilish, Cardi B and several more stars all sharing messages of disappointment to social media over the past 36 hours. One of Antonoff’s 2024 collaborators, Sabrina Carpenter, addressed the election results at her Nov. 6 concert in Seattle, telling the crowd: “I hope we can be a moment of peace for you, a moment of safety … sorry about our country, and to the women in here, I love you so so so so so much.”

The former Fun band member has long been open about his dislike of Trump, from joking about the president-elect wearing diapers with Jimmy Kimmel in April to slamming what he called a “Trumpian approach” to spreading false information when Damon Albarn accused Taylor Swift — another frequent Antonoff collaborator — of not writing her own songs in 2022. He’s also spent his career being a fierce advocate for LGBTQ+ rights and recently announced his Public Studios initiative, which will build studios in LGBTQ+ youth shelters and create a network of engineers to train aspiring producers in those communities with the Ally Coalition’s help.

Read Antonoff’s post-election message below.

07 Nov 2024

Maren Morris Looks for a Light in the Dark After the Election With New Song Snippet: Listen

After the 2024 presidential race was called for Donald Trump on Wednesday (Nov. 6), plenty of people flocked to social media looking for catharsis. One such person was singer-songwriter Maren Morris, who decided to give those people something to listen to.

In a post to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday night, the “Push Me Over” singer shared a snippet of an unreleased song, telling her fans that she “felt like sharing on this day.” Accompanied only by a piano, Morris’ voice rings out in the clip as she sings about searching for a silver lining in dark times.

“Feels like the worst year’s always the one you’re in/ Haven’t heard a ‘hallelujah,’ but I ain’t been listenin’,” she croons in the clip. “I’ve looked every direction for a good way to climb out/ Maybe my reflection’s the only one who can help me now/ Little change of weather, it’ll make it better/ When it finally does, it’ll feel like water in the desert.”

Morris joined a growing group of artists in expressing her dismay at Trump’s re-election on Wednesday. Billie Eilish called the election results “a war on women,” while Cardi B insisted that “I hate y’all bad” after she found out Trump won. Ethel Cain, meanwhile, sent a message to Trump’s supporters, telling them that “I hope that peace never finds you … I hope clarity strikes you someday like a clap of lightning and you have to live the rest of your life with the knowledge and guilt of what you’ve done and who you are as a person.”

Morris was a vocal supporter of Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for office, even performing her protest anthem “Better Than We Found It” from the stage of the Democratic National Convention in August. Just one week before the election, the singer-songwriter shared a fired-up funk track titled “People Still Show Up,” celebrating the power community and using it as a soundtrack on social media to encourage her fans to get out the vote.

07 Nov 2024

Cardi B Warns Donald Trump Supporters to ‘Leave Me the F— Alone’: ‘I Know Y’all Happy’

Cardi B has very little patience left to test following the 2024 election.

After the results of this week’s election declared that Donald Trump will once again return to the White House as president of the United States, the 32-year-old rapper — who had ridden hard for his opponent, Kamala Harris — issued a warning to the Republican victor’s supporters on X Wednesday (Nov. 6). “Listen, I’mma let y’all know this right now,” she began, filming herself while walking through a Target parking lot.

“So you know, Trumpettes, y’all won, I know y’all happy,” Cardi continued. “Ain’t nobody acting like they’re the losers. However, y’all need to leave me the f–k alone. Because I got one more f–king cigarette in me before I start lighting your asses up. Aight?”

“And that’s word to the United States of motherf–king America,” the Grammy winner added.

Cardi’s message is only the latest post she’s made since Trump won the presidency, with the star also sharing a heartfelt message to Harris on social media Wednesday. “No matter what they’ve said to bring you down or belittle your run for presidency they can never say you didn’t run your race with honesty and with integrity!” she wrote. “This may not mean much but I am so proud of you! No one has ever made me change my mind and you did!”

The “WAP” artist is part of a large group of stars who have shared reactions to Trump’s victory, her post coming amid other disheartened messages from Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez, Bette Midler, Ethel Cain and more. As votes for the twice-impeached president-elect poured in Tuesday night (Nov. 5), Cardi also wrote on Instagram Stories, “I hate y’all bad.”

The Whipshots founder was outspoken in her support for Harris even before the former prosecutor took over the Democratic ticket from President Joe Biden, telling followers on Instagram Live over the summer, “They should’ve passed the torch to Kamala.” After the VP entered the race, Cardi frequently supported the politician on social media and in interviews before speaking at one of Harris’ final rallies in Milwaukee.

“Like Kamala Harris, I’ve been the underdog, underestimated, and had my success belittled,” she said at the Nov. 1 event. “I didn’t have faith in any candidates until she joined and spoke the words I wanted to hear about the future of this country.”

On Wednesday (Nov. 6), Harris conceded the election to Trump with a speech at her alma mater, Howard University. She told the the tearful crowd, “Sometimes the fight takes a while — that doesn’t mean we won’t win,” and reminded supporters that “this is not a time to throw up our hands — this is a time to roll up our sleeves.”

Watch Cardi’s video below.

07 Nov 2024

Sabrina Carpenter Tells Seattle Fans ‘Sorry About Our Country’ At First Show Following Presidential Election

Like a lot of musicians who supported Vice President Kamala Harris in her losing bid to deny former President Donald Trump a second White House term, Sabrina Carpenter took the stage on Wednesday night (Nov. 6) with a heavy heart.

During her show at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena, Carpenter did not refer to Trump by name, but in fan video of the show she tried to offer some peace and security to any fans who might be disheartened or disappointed and who came to her show to escape the news cycle. “I hope we can be a moment of peace for you, a moment of safety,” she said while kneeling on the stage. “Sorry about our country and to the women in here I love you so so so so so much & I really hope for the rest of this night that you can enjoy yourselves because you absolutely deserve it.”

While Carpenter did not name Trump specifically, at her show in Nashville on Wednesday night, Harris supporter Billie Eilish did not mince words about the victory by Trump, who will become the first convicted felon to ascend to the nation’s highest office. Also without directly naming him, Eilish referred to Trump as a “convicted predator” during a show in which she also alluded to the twice impeached President elect as someone who “hates women so, so deeply.”

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Trump was found liable in 2023 for sexually abusing, and defaming, advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996 and ordered to pay nearly $5 million in damages in that case, as well as $83.3 million in a second, related case; Trump, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women dating back to the 1970s, has appealed the verdicts in the Carroll cases and denied all the allegations of sexual abuse.

Also on Wednesday, HeadCount.org said that Carpenter got more voters engaged and registered in this year’s election than any other artists who works with the organization, inspiring 35,814 to register and getting another 263,087 voters to take other actions outside of registering, including checking their registration status and polling location.

07 Nov 2024

Following Trump’s Win In Election, Billie Eilish Says: ‘Someone Who Hates Women So, So Deeply Is About To Be the President’

Billie Eilish didn’t mince words on Wednesday night (Nov. 6) during her show at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, less than a day after former President Donald Trump easily defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to secure his second White House term. The singer who had endorsed Harris — along with her brother/producer Finneas — was characteristically blunt in her assessment of Tuesday night’s results.

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“Let’s say convicted predator, let’s say that,” Eilish said without naming Trump, who was found liable in 2023 for sexually abusing, and defaming, advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996 and ordered to pay nearly $5 million in damages in that case, as well as $83.3 million in a related case; Trump, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by more than two dozen women dating back to the 1970s, has appealed the verdicts in the Carroll cases and denied all the allegations of sexual abuse.

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Seated on stage with an acoustic guitar across her lap, Eilish admitted her heart was beating “so fast” as she referred to Trump, again without explicitly naming him, as someone who “hates women so, so deeply is about to be the President of the United States of America. This song is for all the women out there. I love you, I support you.”

Eilish paused as some in the crowd yelled “f–k Trump!”

“So this song is for all the women out there,” she continued before dedicating her 2021 Happier Than Ever ballad “Your Power” to the women in the crowd. The poignant lyrics include the lines, “Try not to abuse your power/ I know we didn’t choose to change/ You might not wanna lose your power/ But having it’s so strange.”

Eilish also told her fans that when she woke up that morning she “couldn’t fathom” doing a show that night, but as the day went on she realized the “privilege” of getting to perform for them after the let-down of Harris’ decisive loss to Trump, who will become the first convicted felon to ascend to the nation’s highest office.

“And the song that we’re about to do is… about the abuse that exists in this world upon women and a lot of the experiences that I have gone through and that people I know have gone through. And to tell you the truth, I’ve never met one single woman who doesn’t have a story of abuse. Not one,” she said at the show on her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour.

“I’ve dealt with some stuff myself and I have been taken advantage of. My boundaries were crossed to say it politely,” she added before telling them, “I just love you so much and I want you to know that you’re safe with me and you’re protected here and you are safe in this room.”

During a performance of her song “TV” — which references the overturning of Roe v. Wade following Trump’s appointment of three conservative Supreme Court justices during his first term — Eilish sang, “The internet’s gone wild watching movie stars on trial/ While they’re overturning Roe v. Wade,” before standing mute for a few moments and then walking off stage without further comment.

Eilish was one of many stars who spoke out following Trump’s decisive victory on Tuesday night, writing on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday morning “it’s a war on women.”

07 Nov 2024

Bruce Springsteen Opens First Post-Election Show With ‘A Fighting Prayer For My Country’

Bruce Springsteen reacted to Tuesday’s presidential election results in the best way he knows how: by singing a song about freedom, hope, love and loss. “This is a fighting prayer for my country,” Springsteen told the crowd at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto as he and the E Street Band launched into the 2007 song “Long Walk Home” from 2007’s Magic album.

With that, the band tore into the mid-tempo rocker whose lyrics felt especially timely in light of Springsteen’s vocal, emphatic support of Vice President Kamala Harris’ losing campaign against former and now future President Donald Trump. “Last night I stood at your doorstep/ Trying to figure out what went wrong,” he sang on the song with the poignant refrain: “It’s gonna be a long walk home/ Hey pretty darling, don’t wait up for me/ Gonna be a long walk home.”


Though he didn’t comment further on the relevance of the song’s themes, their plainspoken poetry did the talking for him. “My father said ‘Son, we’re lucky in this town/ It’s a beautiful place to be born/ It just wraps its arms around you/ Nobody crowds you and nobody goes it alone,’” he sang, followed by another verse layered with Springsteen’s signature dream of a better tomorrow and faith in the resilience of the American spirit: “Your flag flyin’ over the courthouse/ Means certain things are set in stone/ Who we are, what we’ll do and what we won’t.”

Springsteen had been all-in for Harris, throwing his weight behind the 11th-hour candidacy by filming the moving “Hope and Dreams” campaign video in which he said, “This election is about a group of folks who want to fundamentally undermine our American way of life. Donald Trump does not understand this country, its history, or what it means to be deeply American. I want a president who reveres the Constitution, who wants to protect and guide our great democracy, who believes in the rule of law and the peaceful transfer of power, who will fight for women’s rights and a woman’s right to choose, and who wants to create a middle class economy that serves all our citizens.”

The comments came from an Oct. 28 Harris rally where Springsteen shared the stage with John Legend and former President Barack Obama. That appearance in Philadelphia came just days after The Boss joined a Harris rally in Georgia, where he told supporters that she was “running to be the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump is running to be an American tyrant.”

Springsteen was one of dozens of musicians, actors and other artists who threw in with the Harris campaign’s attempt to stop twice impeached Trump from being just the second man to serve non-consecutive White House terms, as well as the first convicted felon to ascend to the nation’s highest office.

Watch a fan video of the performance here.

06 Nov 2024

Ethel Cain Rails Against American Politics as a ‘Breeding Ground for Violent Hatred’ After Trump’s Win

In the wake of Donald Trump’s stunning win in the 2024 presidential election, singer-songwriter Ethel Cain is letting out her rage. 

In a post to her Tumblr on Wednesday (Nov. 6), the “American Teenager” singer laid into the American political system, decrying the methods by which members of the electorate are turned against one another. “The problem is that America has beaten down its people for decades and gotten them weak and desperate and now promises a way out, a way to transcend and rise above, through selling out their fellow man,” she wrote. “An embarrassingly large chunk of white men are just straight up nazis these days as a way to dissociate from the rest of the carnage around them, even if they’re broke and uneducated and from an impoverished background themselves.” 

Cain, who has been a vocal critic of both the Republican and Democratic tickets in the 2024 election, went on to say that modern political discourse has made everyone “so incredibly hateful,” and warned that the president-elect was far from the only issue in our current system. 

“It’s not even about Trump at this point. He’s gonna get in office and do whatever he does and it’s gonna be a mess but whatever. This is indicative of deeper problem,” she wrote. “There is no solidarity and there is no love. Trump being in office or not doesn’t change the fact that America is a breeding ground for violent hatred … if anything COULD be done about it, Trump certainly wouldn’t do it. Honestly, Kamala probably wouldn’t have either. We are so deeply f–ked.”

The singer went on to deliver a direct message to any Trump supporters reading her post: “If you voted for Trump, I hope that peace never finds you. Instead, I hope clarity strikes you someday like a clap of lightning and you have to live the rest of your life with the knowledge and guilt of what you’ve done and who you are as a person,” she wrote.

As for the rest of her followers, Cain said that since “we can’t count on the government,” it would come down to them. “Just keep up the good fight in your own personal lives,” she wrote. “That’s literally the only thing to be done at this point. Stay safe out there. Maybe buy a gun.” 

Cain joins a rising chorus of voices reacting negatively to Trump’s re-election. Cardi B wrote “I hate y’all so bad” after the race was called for the Republican nominee, while Billie Eilish said that his win represented “a war on women.”