Dear Beyoncé and Taylor: Thanks for Staying Home. The DNC Benefitted From Treating Musicians as Opening Acts, Not Headliners

Under any other circumstance, if there was a widespread rumor — supposedly verified by legit news sources — that Beyoncé was going to perform at an internationally televised event, only to have the evening proceed with no mention or trace of her, it’d feel deflating. But that airy sound you heard across the land Thursday […]