Michelle Branch Jokes She 'Can't Go Back to Jail' — Seeming to Reference 2022 Arrest — in New 'Isn't That Life' Video

Mar. 15, 2025

Fancy Hagoodis in trouble — and needs a little help from his friendMichelle Branch.

At the start of the visual, Hagood appears panicked as he ties up a dead body in plastic, before calling up Branch and asking her to come to his house.

Michelle Branch and Fancy Hagood.Fancy Hagood/Youtube

Fancy Hagood/Youtube

“Oh my God, Fancy, what have you done?” the “Breathe” singer remarks, before the “Bored” musician replies: “Quit asking questions. We don’t have a lot of time.”

Branch and her friend then help Hagood carry the body to the trunk of Branch’s red Mercedes.

“I can’t go back to jail,” she quips, appearing to nod toher 2022 arrestfollowing an alleged domestic dispute with her husband Patrick Carney, whom shehad accused of being unfaithful. (The charge has since been dismissed.)

Branch drives the getaway car, as the pair harmonize: “Yeah you saw me, yeah honey I saw you too / Now, letting go ain’t ever easy to do, no.”

Both musicians then go to a house party before the police crash it.

“When talking through ideas with the director, Ford Fairchild, the idea hit me, ‘What if Michelle and I were Mary Anne and Wanda’s younger cousins, reliving the generational patterns that happen in families.’ The Chicks’ iconic music video was a big inspiration for us, but of course we had to put our own spin on it,” HagoodtoldRolling Stonein a statement.

He added: “The song is a positive outlook on heartbreak, but the video is a dark storyline told through a campy and humorous lens. After all, when you can look back and laugh at the bad times you know you’ve really moved on.”

“Isn’t That Life” was featured on Hagood’s 2024 albumAmerican Spirit.

In an October 2023interview with PEOPLE, the “Boys Like You” performer opened up about being a country artist who is a part of the LGBTQ+ community.

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Fancy Hagood getting rid of a body.Fancy Hagood/Youtube

“My dream was to be a country artist, and I was quickly told when I got to Nashville that being a queer country artist wasn’t an option. And so Iput that dream on holdfor a while,” said Hagood, who then moved to Los Angeles to try out the pop scene.

However, Hagood turned around to chase his lifelong goal.

source: people.com