Pop Shots – Fan Interactions

Welcome to your weekly dose of pop world musings. Covering all things pop culture, this week Pop Shots is hitting you with thoughts on everything from Harry Styles giving thanks, to Cardi B’s message to college students, to Mary J. Blige giving it right back to a heckler, and since this is Pop Shots you know everything is seasoned with a little bit of attitude.

* Harry Styles thanked New Yorkers after the final night of his 30-show residency at MSG, which included an appearance by Jalen Brunson, and Styles dressing as the famed pizza rat. The real winner, however, was me, because I will no longer have my trains home overflowing with Harry Styles fans. Now if I see someone holding Harry Styles’ head it just means a horrific crime has been committed.

* The Kelly Clarkson Show took home the Emmy for outstanding daytime talk series. Kelly must be excited to have the opportunity to buy something from Wayfair to put it on.

* Olivia Rodrigo released a holiday song titled “Take Me Home (4 Christmas).” I’m sure in a few weeks we’ll all figure out which previous holiday tune she stole portions of, but the real question is – will Mariah Carey allow her to live that long? This is HER holiday! Olivia should sleep with one eye open!

* Justin Timberlake has a four-part “tell-all” docuseries on the way that will air on Apple TV in December, and feature Janet Jackson as a guest. Maybe the plot twist will be this time she’ll reveal his nipple ring.

* Wu-Tang Clan will be the halftime performers at the Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving day game. The Lions realize Wu-Tang’s magic only works for the Knicks, right?

* Morgan Wallen has become the first act to have at least four #1 singles on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart in three consecutive years. He can’t wait to celebrate this someplace where they don’t allow minorities.

* During a performance at Johns Hopkins University, Cardi B implored students to not use ChatGPT for their schoolwork. In this instance, she is literally the definition of keeping it real, I just need to know how Cardi B became the moral backbone of our society.

* Mary J. Blige refused to put up with a heckler during a recent show that was part of her Las Vegas residency, telling the noisy nuisance, “To the bitch that’s booing, you didn’t have to come here,” and adding, “The fuck you spend your money for, idiot?” I, for one, can’t believe there was so much hateration, and holleration in that dancery.

That’s all for this edition of Pop Shots, but come back next Monday for more shots on all things pop.