Welcome back to the Girly Pop Podcast, and welcome to 2026!!! 🎉

We’re officially kicking off a brand-new year on GPP, and I’m so excited for what’s ahead. This first episode of 2026 is all about fresh energy, new ideas, and making some bold pop culture predictions we can absolutely come back to at the end of the year and see what actually happened.

I’m a little late post-holiday break, but we’re jumping right in with 2026 pop culture predictions across music, celebrities, fashion, and culture. From major new music releases to surprise babies, Oscar wins, fashion week moments, and tour rumors... nothing is off-limits.

In this episode, I predict:

• New music (and tours) from artists like Gracie Abrams, Olivia Rodrigo, Harry Styles, Benson Boone, and more

• Huge celebrity moments from Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter, Dua Lipa, Zendaya & Tom Holland

• Grammy wins, fashion week breakthroughs, and pop star reinventions

• Major cultural shifts in 2026, including digital fatigue, long-form content making a comeback, no-phone club culture, AI backlash fueling creativity, and millennial optimism creeping back in

• Trend forecasts like boremaxxing, early 2010s twee fashion, deer print, and pomegranates becoming the “it” fruit

•  If you love pop culture predictions, music industry tea, celebrity trends, and cultural shifts, this one’s for you.