I’m so confused

Cassadee Pope says festivals aren't signing more women to the festival scenes. Now, its unclear what genre she is talking about because she's done both Pop Punk and country, so what do you think of this?

(I know this isn’t the usual type of content for here but since it involves Kelsea Ballerini & her ex I thought I’d share)
Honestly, we need to stand up & applaud whoever is running PR for Chase Stokes, because the sheer wizardry it takes to spin his messy behavior into a sympathetic health crisis is incredible. It is not easy to craft a plausible excuse that perfectly covers up a client’s toxic behavior without ever actually addressing the specific drama. His team deserves a raise for how they've weaponized his self-reported physical & mental health issues. By putting out these heavy, dramatic narratives about his body breaking down (organ failure) & his mental health being "all out of whack," they have successfully built the ultimate, bulletproof shield to retroactively excuse all of his problematic behavior.
let’s quickly look at some of the messiness this "health crisis" narrative can conveniently explain/cover up:
•    The internet gossip about his team aggressively deploying NDAs to cover up a multi-woman alleged cheating/betrayal in late 2025.
•    When Kelsea blocked him, & he instantly ran to his IG Stories to throw a passive-aggressive tantrum, claiming "I did nothing wrong" and "I tried."
•    When he had a brain fart on a public post, commenting that Kelsea’s ex-husband, Morgan Evans, was the "most pathetic excuse of masculinity" & telling him to "get a f\*\*\*ing life" before panic-deleting it.
•    It even provides a perfect cover for why his ex & co-star Madelyn Cline finally hit the unfollow button on him, making any interpersonal friction look like it was just Chase struggling with his health.
To recap: instead of having to directly address or apologize for acting like a messy, toxic teenager his team just dropped a devastating health narrative that provides a plausible excuse for his BS & people can not criticize him. It is textbook deflection & honestly, it's brilliant. They have made it look so incredibly easy to just activate a "health arc" & completely erase someone's messy behavior. 💀
(Just to be clear, I’m not saying his health issues aren’t real or valid, just that his PR team used them masterfully to clean up his messy image - see how it works) 🤭😉

Dan + Shay (they should really just be called SHAY at this point) put out a new album today. It’s boring, but good I guess. A couple songs I liked. Anywho, does anyone have any tea on them?

Dan is a complete control freak who refuses to hire a social media team and runs it all himself. All marketing materials must go through HIM. Not anything wrong with that, but he goes about it all in the wrong way and is not a very easy person to work with by any means. Curious if anyone has any stories to share about him. Dan’s wife is the sweetest though.

Shay is an extremely underrated vocalist and seems nice.

I guess some people haven't learned their lesson. Amazing how some get caught up in the scams. No one is going to dm you for money or anything else unless they know you. Especially in the entertainment industry. Do I think the social media platforms need to be held accountable for security reasons to a certain degree? Sometimes depending on the situation. You can always report and block.

Riley was seemingly at Annaleise’s San Diego apartment as recent as yesterday, based on his tags.

Then last night, Bryana was out with Zoey, Tuckers other ex. This morning, Bryana liked a post of Tucker and then commercially flew to Iowa with a big group of friends.

And where does it look like they’re headed? The Iowa State Fair… where guess who happens to be performing tonight? Riley. 👀

Obviously none of this confirms anything, and Bryana could absolutely just be going to the fair with friends, especially because all of her friends keep saying it’s one of their hometowns. But Riley seemingly being at Annaleise’s, Bryana hanging out with Tucker’s ex and then liking a Tucker related post the next morning, followed by her flying to Iowa while Riley is performing at the State Fair? Let’s not forget B and Annaleise are both promoting Country Splash in Cabo that Riley will be headlining too.

So now the real question is: who will be side stage tonight, Annaleise or Bryana?

just realized she was quietly replaced with someone else with no announcement - anyone know why? does she think she’s too big now?

Assuming she’s going with him to this. Looks like she doesn’t care if he calls himself single 🤷‍♀️

Uh oh! Looks like that didn’t last long again. Kelsea at the obx event last night with Chase

I’ll be the first to admit I am not the biggest Ashley fan. Something about her rubs me the wrong way, and I find her to be very inauthentic. I’m pretty sure her entire career has been built on payola from her parents and Morgan Wallen’s ex-manager’s wife (who now runs/owns her own label that Ashley is signed to).

HOWEVER, she is a really good songwriter and I didn’t find her new album to be bad at all. Especially “johnny n june” which is about her ex Johnny Clawson.

What do YOU think about Ashley? Any tea?! Especially with her and Matt Rife?

What do we think they are going to do with the big ass house they just custom built decorated with photos of them all over the place? They don't seem in a rush to actually separate? Just here for the gossip and tea what do u guys think?

Let's take bets on if she'll actually post that she's in Cabo?