The 00s pop group Scissor Sisters are said to be working on new music and had 10 UK Top 40 tracks including I Don’t Feel like Dancin’ and Filthy/Gorgeous
Huge 00s pop group Scissor Sisters are making a comeback and working on new music, thanks to the success of their reunion tour this summer. The band last made music together 14 years ago.
By the time the band broke up in 2011, they had amassed ten UK Top 40 tracks and two No. 1 albums. Their biggest hits, such as I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’, Take Your Mama and Filthy/Gorgeous are iconic songs of the Noughties.
14 years after the release of their last album, frontman Jake Shears, guitarist Del Marqui and bassist BabyDaddy (real name Scott Hoffman) are reuniting for another record. They are joined by current band members, Bridget Barkan and Amber Martin. The news was revealed at the Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards, which celebrate the LGBTQIA community and its allies. According to the band, who were there to take home the Music Icon award, they were already back in the studio.
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Jake said: “Scissor Sisters has always been about coming as you are, coming together and celebrating what it means to be a human being. And it’s exciting to look back but it’s really exciting to look forward too. We’re back in the studio making new music after a long time and the next chapter feels like it’s well under way.”
As of yet, former vocalist Ana Matronic (real name Ana Kirby) does not seem to be involved. Ana did not rejoin the band when they first announced their in October 2024, and wrote on Instagram that the timing wasn’t right.
“People familiar with my story and career arc will know that in the heart of this Showgirl lies a giant Nerd,” she penned. “In the past decade my Nerd self has taken the wheel and is now driving my career. I am currently finishing production on the first season of my history podcast Good Time Sallies, which has grown into several long-term research and writing projects.
“With contracts signed and schedules agreed on these commitments, the timing of a Scissor reunion does not allow me to join my former bandmates for this tour. I wish the band and our fans all the best… I will be there in spirit to kiki with you!”
Elsewhere during the awards night on Wednesday (8 October), Jake performed on stage in a bright jump suit. During his acceptance speech for the Music Icon award, he also cracked jokes about the band.
He told the crowd: “The most incredible thing about being back here after all these years is how little we’ve aged.” More seriously, he added: “I hope we continue to inspire others and those that come after us to create and express themselves freely and find the joy in not always taking yourself so seriously.”
Jake also said the UK has made him and the band, who are all from America, feel “loved and accepted”, even if their headline slot at Glastonbury this year was scheduled at the same time as Charli XCX and Doechii.
“The UK’s been a place that has made us feel so loved and accepted,” he shared. “Ironically though, the most homophobic thing that has ever happened in our career here was at Glastonbury this year — putting us against Charli XCX and Doechii this last summer. It’s terrible.
“But people showed up and they brought their friends and their boyfriends and their kids and their nannas and it reminded us why we do this all in the first place.”
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