The house seen in “Scissors,” a brand new tune and music video from Julia Michaels and Maren Morris, burned down within the wildfires which have devastated Los Angeles.
The pair made the video in Altadena, Michaels talked about in an Instagram submit on Friday (Jan. 10), the discharge day for her newest single with Morris. On YouTube, she shared a message that they’d discovered the house’s house owners, a pair with two younger kids, had since misplaced their home. (One of many L.A. area’s wildfires, the Eaton Fireplace, began in Altadena on Jan. 7; excessive winds turned it right into a firestorm that destroyed “as many as 5,000 buildings” on this space of L.A. County, the New York Instances reported.)
“The home we shot the Scissors video in has been worn out because of the wildfires in LA,” Michaels wrote in a touch upon YouTube, pinned for viewers to see. “I really feel so deeply unhappy for the household that lent their dwelling to us to create this video. I simply don’t have any phrases for the devastation that has transpired in such a brief span of time. If you’ll be able to give something to assist this household rebuild donate right here.”
She shared the hyperlink to a GoFundMe began by a buddy of the household dealing with the lack of their dwelling. As of Saturday (Jan. 11), the fund’s donation aim is near being met.
In an Instagram Story, Morris wrote, “the home we simply shot Scissors in sadly was misplaced within the fires. it was a cute household’s dwelling… I bought prepared of their child’s rest room. now it’s this. between floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, ugh. my coronary heart breaks for each little one who doesn’t get to go dwelling, the animals displaced. my coronary heart breaks for mom earth.”
For well being alerts, evacuation updates and shelter data amid the continuing wildfires in California, go to L.A. County’s emergency web site right here. An inventory of organizations serving to these impacted by the wildfires is right here.
In her Instagram submit about “Scissors” on Friday, Michaels had stated, “I hope you want this video as a lot as we loved making it and that it captures a little bit of the magic and wonder that’s Altadena foothills,” after praising Morris and the group behind the shoot: “So happy with this video and attending to create this tune with some actually unbelievable individuals. @marenmorris, I’m so in awe of you, your voice, your expertise, the lady you might be. What an honor it’s that I get to sing with you AGAIN.”
The music video for “Scissors” is a cheeky one which matches the lighthearted tone of the pop tune, with the women singing about slicing a lover off, and out, of their life. Michaels and Morris coyly play on the lyrics with visible references of precise scissors (and scissorhands) coming for a person in mattress … and finish the clip with the sound of a fast snip.
“Scissors” is the primary single of 2025 from each artists, and it follows their 2024 collab, “Lower!” Morris teased their new tune forward of its launch in a pink carpet interview with Billboard on the Golden Globes final weekend, saying, “Y’all will not be prepared. It’s so, so good. The video is so humorous.”
See the “Scissors” video beneath.
