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Taylor Swift She's amassed a pretty impressive resume as a self-made billionaire that includes numerous award-winning and chart-topping albums, the highest-grossing concert film of all time, and an international tour that boosts the economies of every city she visits, and now she can add “Firefighter” to that list.
Swift is known for teaming up with musician friends. Her last two albums included Lana Del Rey, Ice Spice, Florence Welchand Post MaloneShe has also contributed songs to albums by other artists.
One of those friends Gracie AbramsFilm director's daughter J.J. AbramsOn Friday, the new album ” Our SecretSwift guests on the song “Us” and is also one of the album's producers, along with several of her frequent collaborators. Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff(If you think the Marvel Cinematic Universe is complicated, spend a lazy Sunday afternoon diving down the Wikipedia rabbit hole of the Swiftian Musical Universe.
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To promote the song and the album, Abrams posted two videos with Swift to his Instagram page: In the first, the pair can be seen working late into the night on “Us,” with Abrams sitting at the piano and Swift standing next to her, singing and working out the lyrics.
The second video shows their writing session being interrupted by a fire in Swift's kitchen at her TriBeCa apartment.
The video (which appears to have been filmed on Abrams' phone) begins with Abrams narrating as he describes something burning on a counter. According to TMZ, Abrams has spoken out about fires before, but this is the first time the video has been posted. The blaze appears to have been started by a burning candle that fell over.
Swift is seen grabbing a fire extinguisher and asking Abrams what to do.
“I think we're going to die,” Swift jokes. “No we're not,” Abrams replies, wisely pointing out that you shouldn't put out a kitchen fire with water. (She's right: water and oil don't mix, and adding water to burning grease can cause the grease to spread rapidly or the water can turn to steam and explode into a burning grease ball. Gross.)
Swift briefly struggled to activate the fire extinguisher and yelled “Bitch!” before finally
She sprayed the fire extinguisher, put out the fire, and then she stood there for a moment, stunned, while Abrams laughed in relief.
“Our handbags are ruined,” Swift says as smoke fills the room. “Our shoes are ruined. I think the whole room is ruined.”
“But it smells amazing,” Abrams jokes, coughing slightly, before panning the camera toward the front door. Benjamin ButtonThe cat, one of Swift's three pets, approached to check out the chaotic scene.
“Writing this entire song from 2am to 6am was some of the most fun I've ever had in my life,” Abrams wrote in the caption of the post. “@taylorswift now I know how to use a fire extinguisher. I love you.”
For safety tips on how to properly use a fire extinguisher, watch this video from the San Jose Fire Department.
You can watch the video above via Gracie Abrams' Instagram.
