-I have two prescriptions for antibiotics
because I get UTIs all the time.
-Oh! [ Laughter ]
-Hey, I'm Julia Michaels.
Are you ready to spill it?
I brought this bag today.
This is more like studio vibes,
less like I'm going to, like, a fancy dinner vibe.
I sometimes have it just in my car
like a survival bag almost.
What does my bag mean to me?
Well, one, it's beautiful.
Two, It's convenient.
You know, it kind of sucks being a woman,
because we never have pockets for anything ever.
Can you see this?
No pockets, which is frustrating.
So...necessity.
Would I say my bag or my home is more organized?
I would say neither.
Marie Kondo would probably murder me.
Hey, Marie.
"What's in the bag?" Alright.
So, first, because, of course, this has to be on top,
I always have Hot Cheetos with me.
Normally, I would have a whole bag with a chip clip.
I really should be in, like, Hot Cheetos Anonymous.
I'm trying to cut back.
I always have snacks in my bag.
I have really low blood pressure.
I always need something salty
or something like that around me.
Right now, I have pumpkin seeds in my car
that are unbelievably salty.
It would probably hurt most people.
I have my wallet.
I swear to God, I did not mean to wear all Burberry today,
but it just so happens that that's what happened.
I'm broke.
Most of everything in my bag is functional.
I have generalized anxiety,
so I like to be prepared for everything at all times.
Oh, I always have this with me.
Studio photos for me, especially while making this album,
have been a must.
I suck at documenting anything.
If I want to take a picture of a moment,
I always have this with me,
and I always have extra film in case I run out.
I can't even tell you how many Polaroids I have
of my fans that are in my house.
Okay, let's see. What else? What -- Oh.
The most quirky item in my bag?
I stopped shaving my armpits like a year ago
because [bleep] societal norms,
and I found that men's deodorant works so much better
when you have armpit hair.
I actually, fun fact, used to steal my boyfriend's Old Spice,
and I didn't tell him about it.
And then he realized that I had been stealing his Old Spice,
and he was like, "Babe, we got to get you your own.
That's disgusting."
And I was like, "No, it's love.
We share everything else, don't we?"
I haven't smelt bad in months,
and I'm very grateful for Old Spice.
Love you. Please sponsor me.
Sanitizer and my camo mask.
I always have a mask with me,
and I always have hand sanitizer.
It's funny. I don't think I had used hand sanitizer
in my entire life.
I always thought it was such an obsolete kind of thing.
Like, I would see it at a grocery store,
and be like, "They still make this?"
And now I use it every day, sometimes 30 times a day.
I don't usually wear makeup.
This is a special day for Refinery29,
but if I'm going to go somewhere quickly,
then I'll just throw a little dash of some lip liner
and concealer on.
I always say this name wrong,
so if I say it wrong, I apologize.
Clé de Peau is the best concealer.
I just dab, dab, dab, blot, blot, blot,
and I'm ready to go.
And then I use Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk.
Lip liner, I just put all over my lips,
and I make my lips real over-lined,
like full-on '90s vibes.
If I could carry an item in my bag that doesn't fit?
My dog.
He's 100 pounds, and he's beautiful.
Hi, Sam. Love you, boy. [ Smooches ]
And then, I pretty much don't go anywhere without these.
These are my super scrunches. It's dirty,
but I own probably about 20 of these in different colors,
and they're the best,
especially when you haven't washed your hair
in like eight days like...some people I know.
Then you can just, like, put your hair up
and just go about your day, and it looks real cute.
What else is in -- Oh, my lip pencil sharpener,
which is -- hasn't been cleaned in about two decades.
I'm just going to hide that back there.
I'm a pretty simple person.
I don't really keep a lot of, like, random stuff in my bag.
I'm very much like
what I need that day is what I have that day.
Gum. Always gum. Gum is life.
It's actually been one of my favorite things
actually during the pandemic,
because I used to go to the studio,
and you would bring out gum, and it would be gone.
Like, everybody would take a piece.
But now post-pandemic, you bring out gum.
No one wants to touch it.
So I get to keep a pack all to myself now.
Lastly is my SM7.
And yes, I have it in a janky, little bag,
but I --
She's okay. She's okay.
She's okay.
I have this with me everywhere I go,
I actually just keep this in my bag just anyway,
which is really weird.
I don't know why I do that.
Attachment issues. It's okay.
A lot of songs on this album have been recorded on this SM7.
When the pandemic happened, and I had to make my album,
I was so scared of going to a studio that I bought my own
so I could just plug it in and use my own.
If you're wondering at home, kids, what mic to use,
this is my favorite one.
Now you get to awkwardly put --
see me put this back in this bag.
♪♪
Ta-da!
I feel like a nice purse and a nice shoe
can really make you feel,
like, a little bit more, like, confident.
Can you see these?
Just standing next to it, I'm like --
Honestly, for the most part,
my fans know everything about me,
so there isn't really anything that would be in there
that would surprise them. I wish there was.
I wish there was, like, some vibrator or something.
But there's not.
I probably should start carrying one of those.
♪♪
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