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december 2025.

fran! ✓ @pianofran
dating is a nightmare but my mother asking why i'm still single is worse
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@michaelastirling retweeted
CRESSIDA COWPER ✓ @cressida
giddy with @michaelastirling out now 💋
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jamie @cressidasears
sorry everyone busy being fed by my fav gay pop princesses. disgustingly good ma'ams you can do no wrong
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michaela stirling news @babyurastar
michaela stirling making new music for the first time in 5+ years nature is healing (i've been reactivated like a sleeper agent)
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eloise!
eloise!: do you want to go out with pippa's friend?
eloise!: she's nice sort of seems like your type
fran!: what kind of blind date setup is this
fran!: but no genuinely v busy this month and i have a date tmrw
eloise!: are they cute at least
fran!: yes
eloise!: no more info?
eloise!: wow leave me on read i see how it is

pen!
pen!: El is asking me to ask you about your date tomorrow lol
pen!: Have fun 💖
fran!: do you think she'd get off my back if i sent her their hinge profile
pen!: No but if you send it to me… 👀
fran! sent 3 photos
pen!: 🤭🤐

eloise!
eloise!: WOW I SEE HOW IT IS

THE BRIDGERTONS ✓ @thebridgertons
Order your physical copy of A Very Bridgerton Christmas by tomorrow for guaranteed Christmas delivery! (If you miss the deadline your record comes with very complimentary Christmas coal)
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Colin ✓ @thisiscolin
Ben said to tell the people that I was singing Mariah. Not sure if that will get more people to preorder or have the opposite effect…

THE BRIDGERTONS ✓ @thebridgertons
Order your physical copy of A Very Bridgerton Christmas by tomorrow for guaranteed Christmas delivery! (If you miss the deadline your record comes with very complimentary Christmas coal)

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*keysmash* @ihatethemusic
honestly i see the vision if any man can do all i want for christmas is you unironically it's probably colin bridgerton

Colin ✓ @thisiscolin
Ben said to tell the people that I was singing Mariah. Not sure if that will get more people to preorder or have the opposite effect…

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john!!!
fran!: we're giving the studio staff a raise right in feb
john!!!: Yes why
fran!: we should probably review contracts before the hols
john!!!: Oh right
fran!: i'll do it you did all the finance bs

THE BRIDGERTONS ✓ @thebridgertons
An announcement from the office of The Bridgertons.

[Anthony, Benedict, Colin and Francesca are standing in a sunlit garden. They're all wearing some sort of merch from the Sweetest Week tour. 
ALL: Hi everyone!
BENEDICT: As you all probably know by now, my wife Sophie is pregnant and the baby's due any day now. These lads also have tiny babies of their own, and Fran– 
COLIN: Is single.
Francesca reaches over Benedict to whack Colin's arm, but she's smiling.
ANTHONY: What these children mean is that we have young children and young families, and we're planning to take something of a hiatus from the band for the next few years in order to focus on the people closest to us. This might seem a bit sudden, but it's a big decision that we've thought about for a long time. We love our fans, and we love making music, but family is just more important.
BENEDICT: But it isn't forever. 
COLIN: This is not a fun. situation.
FRANCESCA: We wouldn't do that to you.
ANTHONY: We're still going to be making music. We'd go crazy otherwise. Just know that full albums and touring probably won't be on the horizon for the next few years, until the kids are old enough to actually come with us.
COLIN: Is that it?
ANTHONY: I think so.
BENEDICT: Stream A Very Bridgerton Christmas tomorrow!
ANTHONY: Wow, can't believe we almost forgot.
COLIN: Bye everyone, we love you!
FRANCESCA: We love you!
Anthony and Colin wave. Fran and Ben blow kisses. The video ends.]

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carson @cardamomprincess
damn ig sweet thursday is gonna have to keep me fed for another few years
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> jules 🔪@princeofthieves
Their full discography is beefy enough to keep me full tbh 
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lucy 💫 @gooseylucy 
idk why i thought the three men with seven (7) siblings in the family band wouldn't be Dads™ but i'm just delulu and in denial abt hiatus
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Flophouse is the song of all time @somethingstupid
Fran isn't a dad she could totally keep the band going on her own (kidding but also not really)
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john!!!
john!!!: Are you free at 4 
fran!: no i'm on a date that's going well? maybe?
john!!!: Cressida wanted to talk about the album
fran!: in person online what happened to scheduling meetings
john!!!: It sounded like she was coming by but you could probably call in
fran!: nvm not going well they're being rude to staff
fran!: call me in two
john!!! is calling…

TMZ ✓ @tmz
BREAKING: The Bridgertons to go on indefinite hiatus. Is this the end of the band? 
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SOUND + COLOUR ✓ @soundncolour
The Bridgertons Albums, ranked. soundncolour.com/bridgerton-ranked
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@pianofran retweeted
The Guardian ✓ @theguardian
Our city council system is failing us. Here's how we start to fix it. Read the article by @eloisebridgerton
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john!!!
john!!!: Michaela's back in town do you want to sit in on her studio time tomorrow morning before your meetings
fran!: sure if she’s okay w it
john!!!: She says "I need at least one competent keyboard player and it's not me or John"
fran! reacted 😆 to this message
fran!: is she writing an album or is this another single
john!!!: No idea I haven't heard from her since September
john!!!: She's keeping things close to the chest

the bridgertunes!!!
frannie: am i needed for all of launch day tomorrow i'm in studio in the afternoon
Colon: Not really? Just do some interaction on socials and we can do the rest
Ben(t): you mean ms wilson will help us through it
Colon: Shhh
Ben(t): we'll tend to our children and you can tend to your rapidly growing musical empire baby with john
Antwerp: Your son hasn't been born yet?
frannie: sophie is still pulling all your weight there

sophie!
fran! sent 1 screenshot
fran!: is future fatherhood making him a joker
sophie!: unfortunately 😔
fran!: he's gotten funnier if you can believe it
fran!: i'm at the store i can drop you some ice cream
sophie!: yes please i love you

ben 🚫
ben 🚫: stop trying to steal my wife
fran!: ?
fran!: lmk if you two need anything else
ben 🚫: milk and alt milk? soph likes oat but anything is fine
ben 🚫: thanks
fran!: ofc

@jstirling retweeted
THE BRIDGERTONS ✓ @thebridgertons
A Very Bridgerton Christmas now available wherever you get music. Special thank you to @jstirling, producer to the stars, and our family, for being game to make a little music. Go forth and listen!
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gb @grbream
they've already added christmas time (the feeling's right) to the rotation at the grocery store i work at but i'm not even mad about it
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carolina @tarocarolina
having all their family singing on the album is the sweetest thing ever a very bridgerton christmas indeed
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plant guy @fickleficus
Okay Mr Colin???? I hear that falsetto??
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john!!!
fran!: posy's good for cressida's session
john!!!: 👍🏿
john!!!: Here's hoping Cressida is also good for her session she doesn’t like me
fran!: doubtful cressida doesn’t like anyone

pen!
pen!: Date update?
fran!: bad we got on alright but i left bc they were rude to the waiter
pen!: Aw I'm sorry
fran!: it's fine i have another date next week
fran!: sad i didn't get to see the exhibit though
pen!: We can go sometime💖
fran!: yes!
fran!: it's v plant-y we should go w phillipa during the hols
pen!: And not El? And people call you the nice Bridgerton sibling you're diabolical

A Very Bridgerton Christmas is the eighth studio album from English alternative rock band The Bridgertons, released on December 6, 2025 by Silence Records and The Queen's Music. The album contains 3 original songs and 11 covers, and was produced by the band and John Stirling. Christmas Time (The Feeling's Right) was the album's only single.

Track Listing
Tracks written by The Bridgertons unless noted. Band members are referred to by first name.

Personnel
The Bridgertons

• Anthony Bridgerton - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, percussion
• Benedict Bridgerton - vocals, drums, percussion, synthesizer
• Colin Bridgerton - vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards
• Francesca Bridgerton - vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, acoustic guitar, string arrangement

Additional Musicians

• Michaela Stirling - vocals, electric guitar
• John Stirling - drums, percussion
• Sophie Baek, Daphne Basset, Simon Basset, Eloise Bridgerton, Gregory Bridgerton, Amanda Crane, Oliver Crane, Phillipa Crane, Penelope Featherington, Kate Sharma - background vocals
• Hyacinth Bridgerton - background vocals, clarinet
• Edwina Sharma - background vocals, cello
• Anne Hartigan - violin, viola

Technical

• Anthony Bridgerton - vocal engineering
• Francesca Bridgerton - engineering, mixing
• John Stirling - engineering, mixing, mastering
• Harry Dankworth - engineering assistance, mastering
• Dolores Allison - engineering assistance
• Penelope Featherington - cover photography

michaela stirling news @babyurastar
michaela stirling appears on track 8 of A Very Bridgerton Christmas - Baby It’s Cold Outside (ft. Michaela Stirling)
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garden gnome 🍄@toadstoolss
HELLO FRAN AND MICHAELA SINGING BABY ITS COLD OUTSIDE ON THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS ALBUM IM
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> wings is the best beatles offshoot @chickentendies
lol their brain exploded from the homoeroticism allegations happy holigays
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>> Jason @jbournejbourne
Francesca is straight?
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>>> wings is the best beatles offshoot @chickentendies
i think u and i listened to very different covers mate
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john!!
fran!: hm i see what you mean by keeping it close to the chest
fran!: good bones though

@ladywhistledown retweeted
tish @starrylemonade
i have never heard a man sing all i want for christmas is you and liked it but colin bridgerton was put on this earth to break boundaries huh
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flo @backpocket
it's the way they made the beach boys cover the first track for me
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> newt @appleofyourissac
it's the way you can hear them smiling while singing on some tracks for me
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> cracker @getcrackinwithit
it's the way baby it's cold outside to home for the holidays is lowk a yearning saga for me
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>> byron @frankensteins
wait you're so right actually
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carter @benspinkyfinger
Benedict Bridgerton is a Christmas crooner tell me I'm wrong
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#2 bridgertons stan @gossaemer
The Charlie Brown mix highkey makes me want an instrumental jazz fusion album from the Bridgertons Anthony I did not know your guitar game was so strong
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john!!
john!!!: Can you come down Cressida is on the warpath
john!!!: Posy looks like she's going to cry
fran!: jfc

best guess is… @guidobries
no but why does baby it's cold outside work so well i don't get it
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> jamie @cressidasears
the gay yearning
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john!!
john!!!: We're paying Posy for the full session
fran!: yes
john!!!: Woah
john!!!: I wish I recorded that wartime Fran hasn't popped out in a while
fran!: she can be a bitch to us but not to posy

COLIN
MICHAELA: internet is losing it over you singing mariah 
COLIN: The internet is losing it over you singing with Fran
COLIN: You're welcome 🥰
MICHAELA: thanks white boy 🙄

posy
fran!: hey i'm sorry that wasn't ok of cressida we should have stepped in earlier
fran!: are you doing alright?
posy: yes i'm ok! i just got a little overwhelmed
fran!: she's going on the blacklist if something like that happens again but you don't have to come in tmrw if you're not comfortable
posy: no i'll be there! cressida is great to work with when she isn't stressed
fran!: you're too nice i'll make her apologize

The Bridgertons ♪ | 15.21M subscribers | 236 videos 

The Bridgertons - All I Want For Christmas Is You
942K views | December 10 2025
Shot at Quiet Quiet Studio by Penelope Featherington, Sophie Baek, Colin Bridgerton, and John Stirling.
Listen to All I Want For Christmas Is You now: thebridgertons.lnk.co/alliwantforchristmasisyou
A Very Bridgerton Christmas out now: thebridgertons.lnk.co/averybridgertonchristmas

718 comments:

@salazar4892: Why does anthony look so proud of himself after playing the xylophone at the beginning
@pjomemes: colin and penelope dancing together my heart
@vanillacremes: Everyone just randomly holding babies throughout the video lol 
@lishapel3416: this family is way too cute should not be allowed actually

michaela
fran!: apologies in advance if this is overstepping but
fran!: a reworked chorus? and some other things
fran! sent 1 file: prizefighter_v1.1.mp3
michaela reacted 😍 to this message
michaela: you are a god amongst mortals you have illegal amounts of talent did you know that
michaela: when tf did you have time to do this
fran!: insomnia is good for productivity
michaela: john keeps telling me you both have no time what a liar
michaela: christ
michaela: will you produce my next album
fran!: you want to end your monogamous producer relationship w john
michaela: he's too straightlaced with it sometimes even for a jazz guy i need some feminine energy in the studio to go with him
michaela: (yours specifically)
michaela: i will get on the floor at your feet and beg if i need to
fran!: you really don't have to do that
michaela: oh thank god turning 30 disintegrated my knees
fran! reacted 😂 to this message

Mr. Sophie Baek ✓ @bennybridgertonn
Babyproofing the house seems more helpful for me, an adult man, than the baby. I can be as clumsy as I want and nothing can hurt me.
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michaela ✓ @michaelastirling
you ever say something really thirsty and it just. sails right over her head. like thanks for not noticing my fat crush but also
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from: [email protected] 
to: [email protected], [email protected], and 7 others
cc: [email protected]
subject: Holiday bonus + contract renewal

Hi everyone,

Happy (almost) holidays! First off, thank you for all your work this year. As everyone is aware by now, we’re officially closed for business starting Dec 20 and reopen on Jan 5. If anyone would like to use the studio for personal projects, feel free, but you’ll have to sort timing out amongst yourselves.

Second (what you clicked this email for), the money. Everyone’s bonus is 5k, and hopefully it appears much more smoothly in all of your bank accounts this year. Let us know if there are any issues and we’ll try to sort it ASAP. Contract renewal is Feb 1 for everyone and will include a raise. We’ll let you know as soon as it's sorted. If anyone would like to change their contract terms, send me or Fran a message, preferably before we come back.

Have a safe, happy, restful holiday, and see you all next year!

Yours very sincerely,
John and Fran

The Bridgertons ♪ | 5.22M subscribers | 237 videos 

The Bridgertons - Baby It’s Cold Outside (ft. Michaela Stirling)
731K views | December 12 2025
Shot at Quiet Quiet Studio by Penelope Featherington
Listen to Baby It's Cold Outside now: thebridgertons.lnk.co/babyitscoldoutside
A Very Bridgerton Christmas out now: thebridgertons.lnk.co/averybridgertonchristmas

693 comments:

Pinned comment: @michaelastirling ♪: thank you bridgertons for letting me crash your family christmas ;)
@starman: oh lord i am not immune to michaela stirling winking at the camera while singing 'your eyes are like starlight now'
@pigswithwings: It's crazy that Fran is too focused on the keys to be affected by Michaela's flirting ma'am I could never

john!!!
john!!!: Are you still working with Siena
fran!: not since feb she's been working w brimsley he seems more her style
john!!!: She sent me a dm. Not sure why she didn't message you?
fran!: john.
john!!!: ?
john!!!: Oh!

michaela
fran!: are you going to edi w john for the hols
michaela: yes
fran!: the studio is free in the afternoon the day before you leave?
michaela reacted ♥️ to this message

polin <3 @colinsringfinger
bridgerton albums as holiday cookies, a thread (1/9)
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dimmadome @jjdiamantis
@pianofran the silent night arrangement is goated actually is it satb + ssa my brain does not want to parse it enough to transcribe
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> fran! ✓ @pianofran
it's satb+sat but there are a few extra soprano and alto parts which is probably causing confusion 
[4 images of the score]
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>> fran! ✓ @pianofran
pdf now available pay what you want! (as always proceeds go to the rotation of UK food banks) thebridgertons.com/sheet-music/silent-night
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john!!
john!!!: Siena did actually want to work with you
fran!: damn sorry
john!!!: It's okay! I was going to turn her down anyway

The Babysitter's Club
Penelope: Can someone watch Thomas tomorrow afternoon Colin and I have dental appointments
Fran: if you can bring him to the studio john said he can
Penelope: 💖

from: [email protected]
to: [email protected], [email protected] 
cc: [email protected], [email protected]
subject: working together again

Hi Siena, 

I'd be happy to work with you again! We're booked through our break (starting Dec 20) but we officially open again Jan 5. I've attached the booking calendar; please email me over Varley with questions during the holiday. From what I understand you have a band these days but if you need additional musicians let us know.

Excited to see what you're up to,
Fran

@pianofran retweeted
Siena Rosso ✓ @sienarosso
The Magic of Christmas out today. Produced by @brimsley and backed by @vsquartet
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kate!
kate!: Anthony is fuming about you retweeting Siena's music
fran!: sorry! i'm working w her again in the new year and trying to keep lines clear
kate!: Never apologize for working it's just hilarious
kate! sent a video
fran! reacted 🤣 to kate!'s video
fran!: actually do you know any employment lawyers for contract stuff
kate!: I can take a look
fran!: i will pay you no family discount bs

biggest bother!
fran! sent £400
fran!: spend that on your wife she's not taking payment for her services
biggest bother!: Why are you liking Siena's posts
fran!: i'm working w her again next year pretend the money came straight from her wallet

Anthony Bridgerton ✓ @anthonybridgerton
I really don't understand my siblings sometimes.
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mum 💕
fran!: i'll be there in an hour just dropped john and michaela at the station
mum 💕: We can go out for lunch ☺️
fran!: of course!

john!!!
john!!!: You have to RELAX while I'm gone. No working
fran!: mum's already enlisted me into keeping her company and helping w christmas i won't have time to work
john!!!: I would have invited you to Edi but I think Violet would kill me
fran!: she'd kill me first for accepting and then turn around and tell you how kind you were to ask
john!!! reacted 😂 to this message
fran!: say hi to janet for me please
john!!!: Give Violet my gift please
fran!: she already likes you more than me you don't have to rub it in

fran! ✓ @pianofran
i love my mother i love my mother i love my mother (she tried to talk me up to someone inside a restaurant and we hadn't even ordered yet if you're seeing this i'm so sorry i'm sure you're lovely)
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michaela
fran! sent 1 file: womenswrongs_v1.1.mp3
michaela: jesus you could drop that right now and i would thank you how do you do this
fran!: it's all you you make it easy

john!!!
john!!!: Didn't I say no working
john!!!: It sounds good though maybe simplify the synth line? The harm in the prechorus gets funky in a weird way too. Unless you're going for that. 
john!!!: Also your snare drum sample sounds terrible
fran!: blame my crusty laptop

michaela ✓ @michaelastirling
sometimes i think i'm getting over this crush and then i remember she exists and we're back to square one
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mum 💕
fran!: do you need anything from the store
mum 💕: Yes I will send a list

john!!!
john!!!: Do we have a gear budget for next year
fran!: 'you have to relax no working'
john!!!: Shopping for gear is fun not working
fran!: are we not still redoing the acoustic treatment for studio b
john!!!: Damn
john!!!: I'll hold onto my spreadsheet a while longer

eloise!
fran!: when are you showing up
eloise!: 4ish
fran!: if i used the twins as a human sacrifice would your wife get mad at me
eloise!: that bad?
fran!: i need a full body shield

@pianofran | 310 posts | 1.1M followers | 2688 following
fran! she/her
very professional noise maker
1/4 of @thebridgertons, cofounder @silencerecords, @quietquietstudio
a very bridgerton christmas out now!

Latest Post
blue christmas 🔵
[An acapella cover of Blue Christmas by Elvis Presley in six part harmony, Fran's face in six little boxes Jacob Collier style.]

Family (everyone) 🥰
Violet: Hello family let me know when you all will be arriving for Christmas celebrations tomorrow 😃
Ben: Dinner only for us and probably heading out early
Kate: Anthony and I will be there around lunch
Colin: Possibly lunch? Dinner for sure
Phillipa: We're already here
Phillipa: Thank you for hosting us Violet ☺️
Daphne: We'll be there for lunch + Simon's mum
Violet: Of course Phillipa dear it's always lovely to have you and the children
Eloise: what am i, chopped liver?
Hyacinth: you is plural 🙄
Hyacinth: dinner? gareth might not make it i think agatha wants him to stay here
Greg: lunch + lucy
Greg: what abt fran?
Violet: She has been here keeping me company for the last three days 🥰

hy!
hy!: i would laugh at u but i'm probably also going to be there alone
fran!: i'm here until john comes back from scotland in the new year we are not in the same boat
hy! reacted 🫠 to this message
hy!: i still don't know why u two stopped pretending to date it would solve so many of ur problems /gen
fran!: he's the best of us and doesn't deserve to be subjected to our family
hy!: valid fr
fran!: also i think he's seeing someone he smiles at his phone a lot these days
hy!: john smiles? /j
fran!: yes just not at you
hy!: 🖕🏻😡🖕🏻

sophie | Silver Lady Vol. 3 ✓ @baekatitagain
whoever convinced me pregnancy was a good idea needs to be put on trial 
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carolina @tarocarolina
my record actually came with coal i thought they were joking
[A photo of the vinyl sleeve of A Very Bridgerton Christmas beside a small lump of charcoal.]
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eloise!
eloise!: do you want to come skating with me and the twins? pippa was going to come with but she wants to have tea and chat with mum
fran!: yes ofc
fran!: i'm going to pretend she's doing it to give me a break i love you phillipa crane
eloise!: lol she says you're welcome 
eloise!: we're leaving in 15

@pianofran's Instagram story
[♪ A Charlie Brown Christmas Mix - The Bridgertons ♪  tagged: @eloisebridgerton

A video. It is evening, twinkling Christmas lights abound. Fran and Eloise are skating leisurely on a crowded outdoor rink, cheeks flushed red with the cold. Eloise sticks her tongue out at the camera. The video ends.]

Family (everyone) 🥰
Violet: Merry christmas! I am very blessed to have all of you in my life ♥️
Fran, Colin, and 7 others reacted ♥️ to this message
Greg: aw mum merry christmas
Anthony: Merry christmas everyone!
Daphne: Merry christmas!
Daphne sent 1 photo
Hyacinth: aw augie’s little hat
Amanda: MERRY CHRISTMAS
Oliver: 🎄🧑‍🎄🎁🥛🍪

THE BRIDGERTONS ✓ @thebridgertons
Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates! In the spirit of giving, please enjoy the gift of some unused images from the album cover shoot.
[6 images. Anthony, Ben, Colin, and Fran are wearing matching Christmas sweaters, blue jeans, and sunglasses. Very Christmas card photoshoot chic, except the photos are extremely chaotic. Colin is pretending to smash Fran's head with his bass. Ben has his drumsticks in his nose. You get the vibe.]
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john!!!
john!!!: Merry christmas!
john!!!: My mother is hinting she wants to say hi (if you're free)
fran!: hi janet merry christmas!!
fran! started a video call…

michaela
michaela: wow your family is crazy
michaela: i mean i knew that i'm friends with colin and john talks about you lot
michaela: but wow
fran!: it's nice in small quantities
fran!: better that than my mum asking if i've managed to find someone to date yet
michaela: lmaoo i've seen your tweets

john!!!
fran!: i cannot believe my mum said she liked your gift more in front of my face i'm spending two straight weeks in her company and this is the thanks i get
john!!!: She texted me earlier too ☺️
fran!: we’re not friends anymore
john!!!: 😔
john!!!: It’s okay my mother and aunt Helen are more interested in hearing about you than me or Michaela and Michaela skipped the last two Christmasses
fran!: karmic balance
fran!: thank you for the guitar i love it
john!!!: I watched you spend six months agonizing about ordering one and it’s not even expensive??
john!!!: Thank you again for all the cymbals (I know I thanked you already but still)!
fran!: you’re easy to shop for i just bought a bunch of things off your spreadsheet
john!!!: Look at both of us not accepting thanks
john!!!: Love you ❤️
fran: love you too

@thisiscolin's Instagram story
[Fran is sitting at a baby grand piano in a fancy looking living room, wearing a Christmas sweater. Her forehead is fully pressed against the music stand so her back is hunched over the keys, and she is playing a very, very slow rendition of Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. It's somewhat depressing. She clearly doesn't know she's being filmed.]

michaela
michaela: wrote something
michaela: idk if you've heard club music with orchestration but it needs like looped strings and horn shots. i'd give an example but the only violin at my mother's house is my baby sized one she kept for posterity
michaela: lyrics are nonexistent but working on it
michaela sent 1 file: ediclubsong_demo.mp3
michaela: sorry to bother john can't write strings to save his life
fran!: hm i hear it

@pianofran retweeted
Penelope @ladywhistledown
I'm being used as a jungle gym by my nieces and nephews and my brother in law just made a short joke? Sorry the kids don't think you're cool enough to climb on
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michaela
fran!: sorry this took so long had to hide in my mum's walk in closet
michaela: ??
fran! sent 1 file: ediclubsong_intro_v0.mp3
fran!: the niblings think we're all playground structures
michaela: lol
michaela: oh yeah that's the shit
michaela: i was thinking more pizz than legato tho
fran!: should probably be pizz but i don't have the good samples here
michaela: ha jinx
michaela: john says forcefully: you're supposed to be on holiday

Family (everyone) 🥰
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Violet, Anthony, and 11 others reacted 🥰 to this message
Penelope: I'll be sending the rest out over the next week! Those were just the really nice ones

michaela 
michaela sent 2 files: edipizzstrings_test.mp3 edivocal_v0.mp3
michaela: my laptop mic is shit but i gave into the tiny 1/16 violin i'm surprised the strings didn't snap
fran!: you're not helping w me not working
michaela: sorry i can stop
fran!: no please continue i like hearing from you 
fran!: it sounds pretty

COLIN
MICHAELA: i'm going to die your sister is going to kill me dead
COLIN: ?

michaela ✓ @michaelastirling
dear god i am not your strongest soldier my heart is weak as fuck
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colin!
colin!: Are you and Mitch friends now?
fran!: i think so we're working on music together
colin!: Oh can I hear
fran!: ask her

COLIN
COLIN: Can I hear the new music
MICHAELA: absolutely not

@pianofran retweeted
CRESSIDA COWPER ✓ @cressida
reaching for the gun out on 13/02/2026. tracklist soon 💋
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daphne!
daphne!: So you promised a love life update 👀
fran! shared 1 file: datingsucks_2025.xlsx
daphne!: This is like a hitlist and a performance review rolled into one
daphne!: Why is there an end of year summary???
daphne!: The farthest you got was a third date?
fran!: everyone is more attractive through the barrier of a screen when i’m not subjected to them opening their mouth
fran!: and he felt threatened when i mentioned john
daphne!: Yikes
daphne!: Have you been on any dates with people you actually like or are you doing it because you're supposed to
fran!: option 2
fran!: but i think my expectations are too high my ideal person is john if i was attracted to him
daphne!: You don't want fun and excitement? No spice? (please don't be graphic I don't need to know about my baby sister's sex life)
fran!: well
fran!: i meant more that i want someone that i get on w like john
fran!: which is hard to find
daphne!: I feel like you should take a break from the apps
fran!: yeah
fran!: being around you all just makes me want to be in love i guess
daphne!: You'll find someone 💕

Family (everyone) 🥰
Ben sent 1 photo
Ben: Charles Bridgerton 🥰
Violet, Fran, and 11 others reacted ❤️ to this message
Ben: soph and the baby are both healthy! we'll be out by tomorrow

benophie baby help
Penelope added Benedict, Sophie, Anthony, Colin, Francesca, Hyacinth, and Violet
Penelope changed the name of this chat to benophie baby help
Penelope shared a calendar
Penelope: I think everyone else has a busy job or lives out of town? Add yourself or anyone else to the schedule but remember this is NOT HANGING OUT TIME and listen to the parents if they tell you to leave!!!

michaela
fran!: i can't rap enjoy my failures
fran! sent 1 file and shared 1 note: edivocal_v0.1.mp3 ediclub_lyrics
michaela: we finally found something she can't do!
michaela: nvm why is it actually decent??

THE BRIDGERTONS ✓ @thebridgertons
Congrats to @bennybridgertonn and @baekatitagain on their joint collaboration (an adorable healthy baby)!
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> carson @cardamomprincess
who is the clown that runs this account reveal yourself 😭
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bridgerboys 💦@anthonysbigtoe
can i say it now ben has big dilf energy
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> plant guy @fickleficus
Down girl down
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>> bridgerboys 💦@anthonysbigtoe
i'm a guy
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>>> plant guy @fickleficus
Down boy down
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