Scissor Sisters Unearth ‘Sweet Footage’ From Kylie Minogue Recording Sessions In 2004 

Scissor Sisters, like the rest of us, can’t get Kylie Minogue out of their heads.

After soaking up the three-part Kylie documentary on Netflix, the queer pop icons revisited the vault and unearthed some “sweet footage” from a recording session more than 20 years ago. The result of that studio time is “I Believe in You,” a delicious electro-pop nugget, a classic in Kylie’s deep catalog which has enjoyed the remix treatment from Skylark, Mylo and others.

In the clip, Kylie, wearing a leopard print dress, asks Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears and Babydaddy if they’re into her vocal timing. It’s an authentic, behind the scenes look at a collaboration coming together, from handwritten lyrics, to the recording of Kylie’s vocals and Babydaddy’s desktop production wizardry – with some inspiration from Bonnie Tyler.

“The new Kylie documentary is as good an excuse as any to reminisce about all of the magical Kylie moments in Scissorworld over the years,” reads the caption. “We had a little rummage around in the archive and found this sweet footage starring Jake, Babydaddy and Kylie in the studio writing and recording I Believe In You in London in the steamy summer of 2004. At the time, Kylie reflected on I Believe In You, saying: ‘I love it. It does everything it’s meant to do and then some.’ Amen, sister.”

Kylie chimes in: “LOVE YOU GUYS!! (And we wrote this the first day we met)”.

The Scissor Sisters, like Kylie, are adored in the United Kingdom but criminally overlooked in the United States. Emerging from New York City in 2001, and comprising Jake Shears (frontman), Ana Matronic, Babydaddy, Del Marquis and drummer Randy Real, Scissor Sisters initially signed with Polydor U.K. and have gone on to land 10 U.K. Top 40 singles, including a No. 1 with 2006’s “I Don’t Feel Like Dancing,” which led the Official U.K. Singles Chart for four weeks. Also, the band has two U.K. No. 1 albums: Scissor Sisters (from 2004) and Ta-Dah (2006).

Kylie is, of course, one of the most successful chart stars of her generation. The Australian princess of pop boasts eight No. 1 singles, 11 No. 1 albums, and a swag of historic U.K. chart feats.