"They Both Reached For The Gun" Edits
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"They Both Reached For The Gun" Edits refers to an edit trend that grew popular on TikTok in July and August 2024. Set to the song "We Both Reached For The Gun" from the musical Chicago, the edits typically show two characters squaring off against each other. Popular edits set to the song include characters from Gravity Falls, and The Boys. Many edits also featured real-world events such as Simone Biles's 2024 Olympics performance and the 2024 U.S. Presidential Elections.
Origin
The Bob Fosse musical Chicago first premiered on April 8th, 1975, with the song "We Both Reached For The Gun" appearing during the latter half of the musical's first Act. The song as heard in the film adaptation of the film is shown below.[1]
The earliest known TikTok[2] edit set to the song is a July 24th, 2024 fan edit of the animated show Arcane posted by TikToker @j1nx555, who gathered over 2 million plays and 400,000 likes in two weeks (seen below).
@j1nx555 Oh, yes…. (Had this edit in the chamber for when i hit 10k but i made something i liked better so heres this one🤭)#arcaneleagueoflegends #arcane #arcanenetflix #caitlynkiraman #jinx #jinxedit #jayceedit #silco #vi #heimerdinger #ekko #viktor #arcaneedit #arcaneleagueoflegendsedit ♬ original sound – 🌞
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On July 27th, 2024, TikToker[3] @ella_editing25 posted a Gravity Falls edit set to the song, gathering over 7 million plays and 1.5 million likes in a week (seen below, left). On July 30th, 2024, TikToker[4] @whatevababy posted an edit featuring Trump and Kamala Harris, gathering over 10 million plays and 2 million likes in a week (seen below, right).
@ella_editing25 Had to do it #gravityfalls #chicago #dipperpines #mabelpines #stanpines #stanfordpines #billcipher #fypp #edit #soos #bill #cipher #gravityfalls #musical ♬ We Both Reached For The Gun (Album Version) – Christine Baranski & Cleve Asbury & Shaun Amyot & Rick Negron & Taye Diggs
@whatevababy start your engines #CapCut #kamala #trump #chicago #rah #fyp #election #2024election #harris2024 ♬ We Both Reached For The Gun (Album Version) – Christine Baranski & Cleve Asbury & Shaun Amyot & Rick Negron & Taye Diggs
Many TikTokers posted videos about the edits soon after the trend grew popular online, as seen in a July 29th post by @ghostystarz[5] (shown below, left) and a TikTok[6] slideshow by @calastorwilliamson. An edit about the film Tangled posted by @headempty_just_korra[7] on August 1st gathered over 10 million plays and 2.5 million likes in a week (seen below, right).
@ghostystarz This editing trend is just so mmm😋🍽️ I WANT MOREE. EDITORS PLS KEEP MAKING MOREEEE #chacago #chacagomusical #theybothreachedforthegun #arcane #tlou #thelastofus2 #gravityfalls #detroitbecomehuman #honkaistarrail #pussandbootsthelastwish #neongenesisevangelion #fnaf #challengers #foryoupage #musicals #editors #foryou ♬ We Both Reached For The Gun (Album Version) – Christine Baranski & Cleve Asbury & Shaun Amyot & Rick Negron & Taye Diggs
@headempty_just_korra this trend is everything to me now #fyp #disney #tangled #tanglededit #edits #rapunzel #rapunzeledit #rapunzeledits #edittrend #rapunzel #rapunzeledits #rapunzeltangled #chicago #trend #lgbt ♬ We Both Reached For The Gun (Album Version) – Christine Baranski & Cleve Asbury & Shaun Amyot & Rick Negron & Taye Diggs
The trend spread to YouTube[8] in late July and early August 2024, as seen in an American Dad edit by YouTuber Zasticky that gathered over 25,000 views in a week (seen below).
Various Examples
@mabelpinesirl possibly my favorite edit to date? :O I LOVE LOVE LOVE the chicago movie musical it's one of my favorite movies ever and I'm so glad this song is becoming an edit trend #epicmickey #epicmickeyrebrushed #mickeymouse #oswaldtheluckyrabbit ♬ We Both Reached For The Gun (Album Version) – Christine Baranski & Cleve Asbury & Shaun Amyot & Rick Negron & Taye Diggs
@ilovetswift1.3 i love this trend #oliviarodrigo #sabrinacarpenter #taylorswift #reachedforthegun #webothreachforthegun #taylornation #edit #taylorswiftedit #trending #fyp #foryou #fypage #viral ♬ We Both Reached For The Gun (Album Version) – Christine Baranski & Cleve Asbury & Shaun Amyot & Rick Negron & Taye Diggs
@crowleys.shades #INSIDEOUT2 | finally joining the trend with my favorite movie & favorite musical – #insideout #insideout2 #insideoutedit #insideout2edit #insideoutjoy #joyinsideout #insideoutjoyedit #insideoutanxiety #anxietyinsideout #insideoutanxietyedit #anxietyinsideout2 #fyp #fypツ #foryoupage #xybca #zxycba – ☆ – [ @⋆˙⟡ ˖ : emilio !! @wren 𝜗𝜚 @🐾 val / tav @SILLY!! 💜💜 @poop @cal ★ || pearl wife ! @ave ୨i୧ | | togachako advocate @kris🍀 @𝒻𝓇ℯ𝒶𝓀𝓎 Jessie @𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 Cam 🧛 @turtle @⟢ .ᐟ Alec / Romulus @ꜝꜞ ᳝ ࣪ % GARFIELDFAN› ࣪ ˖ ⌕ @🌼🍉 ‧ ꒰ CEL!! ꒱ ‧´- @-- ash ᯓᡣ𐭩 @mars !! ♬ We Both Reached For The Gun (Album Version) – Christine Baranski & Cleve Asbury & Shaun Amyot & Rick Negron & Taye Diggs
@zoekeelinf I’ve never edited before but this video had to be made. – #theballadofsongbirdsandsnakes #thehungergames #coriolanussnow #presidentsnow #lucygraybaird #lucygray #katnisseverdeen #katniss #theybothreachedforthegun #books #movie #chicago ♬ We Both Reached For The Gun (Album Version) – Christine Baranski & Cleve Asbury & Shaun Amyot & Rick Negron & Taye Diggs
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[1] YouTube – Chicago We Both Reached For The Gun
[3] TikTok – ella_editing25
[4] TikTok – whatevababy
[5] TikTok – ghostystarz
[6] TikTok – calastorwilliamson
[7] TikTok – headempty_just_korra
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