Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. She has released five albums from 1996 to 2020, which have all reached the top 20 on the U.S.
''Billboard'' 200 chart. Apple has received numerous
awards and nominations
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An award ...
, including three
Grammy Awards
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, two
MTV Video Music Awards
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, and a
Billboard Music Award
The ''Billboard'' Music Awards are honors given out annually by ''Billboard'', a publication covering the music business and a music popularity chart. The ''Billboard'' Music Awards show has been held annually since 1990, with the exception of t ...
.
The youngest daughter of the actor
Brandon Maggart
Brandon Maggart (born December 12, 1933) is an American actor, painter and author.
Life and career
Maggart was born Roscoe Maggart, Jr., in Carthage, Tennessee. His acting career began in the early 1950s, at the University of Tennessee. He san ...
, Apple was born in New York City and was raised alternating between her mother's home in New York and her father's in Los Angeles.
Classically trained
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...
on piano as a child, she began composing her own songs when she was eight years old. Her debut album, ''
Tidal'', containing songs written when she was in her teens, was released in 1996 and received a Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Rock Performance for the single "
Criminal
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". She followed with ''
When the Pawn...'' (1999), produced by
Jon Brion
Jon Brion is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer. He performed with the Excerpts, the Bats, 'Til Tuesday and the Grays before becoming an established producer and film score composer.
Brion has ...
, which was also critically and commercially successful and was certified Platinum.
For her third album, ''
Extraordinary Machine
''Extraordinary Machine'' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, released by Epic Records in the United States on October 4, 2005. Produced by Jon Brion, it was expected to be released in 2003 but was delayed several t ...
'' (2005), Apple again collaborated with Brion and began recording the album in 2002. However, Apple was reportedly unhappy with the production and opted not to release the record, leading fans to protest
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical m ...
, erroneously believing that the label was withholding its release. The album was eventually re-produced without Brion and released in October 2005. The album was certified
Gold
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, and nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album
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. In 2012, she released her fourth studio album, ''
The Idler Wheel...'', which received critical praise and was followed by a tour of the United States and was nominated for the
Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
The Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums in the alternative genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Ho ...
in 2013. Apple's fifth studio album, ''
Fetch the Bolt Cutters'', was released in 2020 to universal acclaim, earning two Grammy Awards: Best Alternative Music Album and
Best Rock Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. According to the 54th Grammy Awards description guide it is designed for s ...
for the lead single "Shameika".
Early life
Fiona Apple was born Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart on September 13, 1977, in New York City to singer Diane McAfee and actor
Brandon Maggart
Brandon Maggart (born December 12, 1933) is an American actor, painter and author.
Life and career
Maggart was born Roscoe Maggart, Jr., in Carthage, Tennessee. His acting career began in the early 1950s, at the University of Tennessee. He san ...
, who met when both were cast in the Broadway musical ''
Applause
Applause ( Latin ''applaudere,'' to strike upon, clap) is primarily a form of ovation or praise expressed by the act of clapping, or striking the palms of the hands together, in order to create noise. Audiences usually applaud after a performanc ...
''.
Her father is from
Tennessee
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, and through him, Apple has
Melungeon
Melungeons ( ) are an ethnicity from the Southeastern United States who descend from Europeans, Native American, and sub-Saharan Africans brought to America as indentured servants and later as slaves. Historically, the Melungeons were associated ...
ancestry.
Her maternal grandparents were dancer Millicent Green and
big band
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vocalist Johnny McAfee. Her sister Amber sings
cabaret
Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dinin ...
under the stage name
Maude Maggart
Maude Amber McAfee-Maggart (born February 24, 1975) is an American cabaret singer and recording artist who performs throughout the United States and Europe, but most often in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City.[Garett Maggart
Garett Maggart (born May 24, 1969) is an American actor. He is the son of fellow actor Brandon Maggart and half brother of singers Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. She has re ...]
is her half brother. Apple grew up in
Morningside Gardens in
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater Ha ...
with her mother and sister, but spent summers with her father in Los Angeles, California.
She attended
St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's School.
Apple was classically trained on piano as a child, and began composing her own pieces by the age of eight.
When learning to play piano, she would often take sheet music and translate
guitar tablature
Tablature (or tabulature, or tab for short) is a form of musical notation indicating instrument fingering rather than musical pitches.
Tablature is common for fretted stringed instruments such as the guitar, lute or vihuela, as well as many fre ...
into the corresponding notes.
Apple later began to play along with jazz standard compositions after becoming proficient, through which she discovered
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop s ...
and
Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, in ...
, who became major influences on her.
Since childhood, Apple has struggled with
obsessive-compulsive disorder,
depression, and
anxiety
Anxiety is an emotion which is characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events. Anxiety is different than fear in that the former is defined as the anticipation of a future threat wh ...
, and has also been diagnosed with
complex post-traumatic stress disorder
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD; also known as complex trauma disorder) is a psychological disorder that is theorized to develop in response to exposure to a series of traumatic events in a context in which the individual perceive ...
.
[ At age 12, she was raped outside the apartment she shared with her mother, step-father, and sister in Harlem.] She subsequently developed an eating disorder
An eating disorder is a mental disorder defined by abnormal eating behaviors that negatively affect a person's physical or mental health. Only one eating disorder can be diagnosed at a given time. Types of eating disorders include binge eating d ...
, purposely slimming her developing body, which she saw as "bait" for potential predators.[ "I definitely did have an eating disorder," she recalled. "What was really frustrating for me was that everyone thought I was ]anorexic
Anorexia nervosa, often referred to simply as anorexia, is an eating disorder characterized by low weight, food restriction, body image disturbance, fear of gaining weight, and an overpowering desire to be thin. ''Anorexia'' is a term of Gre ...
, and I wasn't. I was just really depressed and self-loathing."[ She also described how her OCD developed into ]avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a type of eating disorder in which people eat only within an extremely narrow repertoire of foods. It is a serious mental health condition that causes the individual to restrict food intake by ...
, requiring food to be a certain color or shape.
After the rape, Apple began attending Model Mugging
Model Mugging is an American form of self-defense training that uses padded instructors, known as "Model Muggers", to simulate assaults. It was founded by Matt Thomas, and developed by Danielle Smith, Julio Toribio, Sheryl Doran and Mark Morris. ...
classes, practicing self-defense,[ but continued to suffer ]panic attack
Panic attacks are sudden periods of intense fear and discomfort that may include palpitations, sweating, chest pain or chest discomfort, shortness of breath, trembling, dizziness, numbness, confusion, or a feeling of impending doom or of losing ...
s while walking home from school, which led to her relocating to Los Angeles to live with her father for one year. In Los Angeles, Apple attended Alexander Hamilton High School for her second year.
In a 2000 interview, Apple stated that, despite speculation from journalists, she did not write songs about the trauma surrounding her rape: "It doesn't get into the writing. It's a boring pain. It's such a fuckin' old pain that, you know, there's nothing ''poetic'' about it."
Career
Apple was introduced to the music industry in 1994, when she gave a demo tape containing the songs " Never Is a Promise", "Not One of Those Times", and "He Takes a Taxi" to her friend who was the babysitter for music publicist Kathryn Schenker. Schenker then passed the tape along to Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainmen ...
executive Andy Slater. Apple's abilities captured his attention, and Slater signed her to a record deal.[ Though most of her lyrics are sung in a straightforward pop contralto, she judiciously adds vibrato, sudden jumps into her head voice, and rapid reiterations of the same pitch (what academics in the classical music field call a "Monteverdi vibrato").]
1996–2001: ''Tidal'' and ''When the Pawn...''
In 1996, Apple's debut album, '' Tidal'', was released by Work Records
The Work Group (stylized as The WORK Group) was an American record label.
History
In July 1999, founders Jeff Ayeroff and Jordan Harris left the label.
Catalog
Artists
* Tatyana Ali (MJJ Music/Work)
*Fiona Apple (Clean Slate/Work)
*El ...
and Columbia Records
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. The record was largely inspired by Apple's recent breakup with her first boyfriend. The album sold 2.7 million copies and was certified three times Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanish , a diminutive of "silver".
Pla ...
in the U.S.[Gold and Platinum Searchable Database]
. RIAA
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.com. "Criminal
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", the third single, became a hit and the song reached the Top 40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or "cont ...
on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song's controversial Mark Romanek
Mark Romanek (; born September 18, 1959) is an American filmmaker whose directing work includes feature films, television, music videos and commercials. Romanek wrote and directed the 2002 film ''One Hour Photo'' and directed the 2010 film '' Neve ...
-directed music video played on MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
.[''Spin'', October 1997.] Other singles from ''Tidal'' included " Shadowboxer", "Sleep to Dream
"Sleep to Dream" is a song written and recorded by American alternative singer-songwriter Fiona Apple. It was released on April 14, 1997 by Work Records and Columbia Records as the second single from her debut studio album, '' Tidal''.
The song' ...
", and "Never Is a Promise". Apple accepted the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist
The MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist has been given out since the first annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. Until 2006, the award was named Best New Artist in a Video. In 2007 its name was changed to Best New Artist, as the category un ...
at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards for her song "Sleep to Dream", during her acceptance speech she said:
Apple responded to criticisms of her acceptance speech in ''Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its ...
'' in January 1998, stating, "When I have something to say, I'll say it." During this period, Apple also covered
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* Cover (philately), generic term for envelope or package
* Album cover, the front of the packaging
* Book cover or magazine cover
** Book design
** Back cover copy, part of copy ...
the Beatles
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' "Across the Universe
"Across the Universe" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song first appeared on the 1969 various artists' charity compilation album ''No One's Gonna Change Our W ...
" and Percy Mayfield
Percy Mayfield (August 12, 1920August 11, 1984) was an American Rhythm and blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He also was a songwriter, known for the songs " Please Send Me Someone to Love" and "Hit the Road Jack", the latter being a song ...
's " Please Send Me Someone to Love" for the soundtrack of the film '' Pleasantville''. She later canceled the last 21 dates on a tour in support of her album due to "personal family problems". In 1997, Apple met director Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), also known by his initials PTA, is an American filmmaker. He made his feature-film debut with '' Hard Eight'' (1996). He found critical and commercial success with ''Boogie Nights'' (1997) and received ...
during a photoshoot, and the two began a relationship that lasted several years.[
Apple's second album, '' When the Pawn...'', was released in 1999. Its full title is a poem Apple wrote after reading letters that appeared in '']Spin
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* Spinning (textiles), the creation of yarn or thread by twisting fibers together, traditionally by hand spinning
* Spin, the rotation of an object around a central axis
* Spin (propaganda), an intentionally ...
'' regarding an article that had cast her in a negative light in an earlier issue. The title's length earned it a spot in the ''Guinness Book of Records
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'' for 2001. However, as of October 2007, it no longer has the longest album title, as Soulwax
Soulwax are an electronic band from Ghent, Belgium. Centred around brothers David and Stephen Dewaele, other current members include Igor Cavalera and Stefaan Van Leuven. They were first noticed after the release of their album '' Much Against Ev ...
released ''Most of the Remixes
''Most of the remixes we’ve made for other people over the years except for the one for Einstürzende Neubauten because we lost it and a few we didn’t think sounded good enough or just didn’t fit in length-wise, but including some that are ...
'', a remix
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album whose title surpasses ''When the Pawn'''s length by 100 characters. ''When the Pawn'' was cultivated during Apple's relationship with film director Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970), also known by his initials PTA, is an American filmmaker. He made his feature-film debut with '' Hard Eight'' (1996). He found critical and commercial success with ''Boogie Nights'' (1997) and received ...
. ''When the Pawn,'' which was produced by Jon Brion
Jon Brion is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer. He performed with the Excerpts, the Bats, 'Til Tuesday and the Grays before becoming an established producer and film score composer.
Brion has ...
, used more expressive lyrics, experimented more with drum loops, and incorporated both the Chamberlin
The Chamberlin is an electro-mechanical keyboard instrument that was a precursor to the Mellotron. It was developed and patented by the American inventor Harry Chamberlin from 1949 to 1956, when the first model was introduced. There are several ...
and drummer Matt Chamberlain. The album received a positive reception from publications such as ''Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its ...
''. It did not fare as well commercially as her debut, though it was an RIAA
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-certified Platinum album
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and sold one million copies in the U.S. The album's lead single, "Fast as You Can
"Fast as You Can" is a song written by Fiona Apple, and produced by Jon Brion for her second album, '' When the Pawn...''. It was released as the album's lead single in the United States on October 5, 1999, and in the United Kingdom on February ...
", reached the top twenty on ''Billboard''s Modern Rock Tracks
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chart and became Apple's first Top 40 hit in the UK. The videos for two follow-up singles, "Paper Bag
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" and "Limp
A limp is a type of asymmetric abnormality of the gait. Limping may be caused by pain, weakness, neuromuscular imbalance, or a skeletal deformity. The most common underlying cause of a painful limp is physical trauma; however, in the absence ...
" (directed by then-boyfriend Anderson), received very little play.
In a February 2000 set hampered by equipment issues to 3,000 audience members at the New York City Roseland Ballroom
The Roseland Ballroom was a multipurpose hall, in a converted ice skating rink, with a colorful ballroom dancing pedigree, in New York City's theater district, on West 52nd Street in Manhattan.
The venue, according to its website, accommodat ...
, a frustrated Apple left the stage without returning. Her performance saw Apple appearing distraught at the sound quality, apologizing numerous times for the sound and crying. After completing a concert tour
A concert tour (or simply tour) is a series of concerts by an artist or group of artists in different cities, countries or locations. Often concert tours are named to differentiate different tours by the same artist and to associate a specific to ...
in support of her second album in 2000, Apple relocated to Los Angeles, where she still resides as of 2020.
2002–2010: ''Extraordinary Machine'' and release delays
During her hiatus, Apple contemplated retiring from her recording career. Apple sang with Johnny Cash
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his c ...
on a cover of Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the best-selling music groups of the 1960s, and their biggest hits—including the electric remix of ...
's " Bridge over Troubled Water" that ended up on his album '' American IV: The Man Comes Around'' and was nominated for a Grammy Award
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...
for "Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
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". She also collaborated with Cash on Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later i ...
's " Father and Son", which was included in his 2003 collection '' Unearthed''.
Apple's third album, ''Extraordinary Machine
''Extraordinary Machine'' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, released by Epic Records in the United States on October 4, 2005. Produced by Jon Brion, it was expected to be released in 2003 but was delayed several t ...
'', was originally produced by Jon Brion
Jon Brion is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer. He performed with the Excerpts, the Bats, 'Til Tuesday and the Grays before becoming an established producer and film score composer.
Brion has ...
. In spring 2002, Apple and Brion, her longtime friend and producer on ''When the Pawn,'' met for their weekly lunch meeting. Brion reportedly "begged" Apple to make another album. Apple agreed, and Brion went to Apple's label, Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical m ...
, with strict stipulations (including no deadline), which the label eventually agreed to. Recording sessions began in 2002, at Ocean Way Studios
Ocean Way Recording was a series of recording studios established by recording engineer and producer Allen Sides with locations in Los Angeles, California, Nashville, Tennessee, and Saint Barthélemy. Ocean Way Recording no longer operates recor ...
in Nashville, Tennessee, but later moved to the Paramour Mansion in Los Angeles. Work on the album continued until 2003, and in May of that year it was submitted to Sony executives. In 2004 and 2005, tracks were leaked on the Internet in MP3 format and played on U.S. and international radio. Subsequently, MP3s of the entire album went online. Although a website distributing the album was quickly shut down, it soon reached P2P networks and was downloaded by fans. A fan-led campaign supported the album's official release.
Mike Elizondo
Mike Elizondo (born October 22, 1972) is an American producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. A protege of Dr. Dre, Elizondo has worked with 50 Cent, Eminem, Carrie Underwood, Fiona Apple, Mastodon, Ry Cooder, Skylar Grey, Twenty ...
, who had previously played bass on ''Pawn'', was brought back as co-producer to complete the tracks he had begun with Brion and Apple. ''Spin'' later reported the following: "Fans erroneously thought that Apple's record label, Epic, had rejected the first version of ''Extraordinary Machine''... in reality, according to Elizondo, Apple was unhappy with the results, and it was her decision to redo the record, not her label's." In August 2005, the album was given an October release date. Production had been largely redone "from scratch" by Elizondo and was co-produced by Brian Kehew
Brian Kehew (born September 22, 1964) is an American, Los Angeles-based, musician and record producer. He is a member of The Moog Cookbook and co-author of the ''Recording The Beatles'' book, an in-depth look at the Beatles' studio approach.
L ...
. Two of the 11 previous leaked tracks were relatively unchanged, and one new song was also included. Despite suggestions that the album had caused a rift between Brion and Apple, they regularly perform together at Largo, a club in Los Angeles, including a joint appearance with Elizondo on bass just before the news broke of an official release. ''Extraordinary Machine'' debuted at number seven and was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Pop Vocal Album
The Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality vocal pop music albums. Awards in several ...
". It was eventually certified Gold
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, though its singles ("Parting Gift
"Parting Gift" is a song written by American singer Fiona Apple and recorded for her third album ''Extraordinary Machine'' (2005). It was produced by Mike Elizondo and Brian Kehew and is the only song from ''Extraordinary Machine'' not to have be ...
", " O' Sailor", " Not About Love", and " Get Him Back") failed to enter any ''Billboard'' charts. Apple went on a live tour to promote the album in late 2005.
Beginning in the mid-2000s, Apple dated writer and television creator Jonathan Ames
Jonathan Ames (; born March 23, 1964) is an American author who has written a number of novels and comic memoirs, and is the creator of two television series, ''Bored to Death'' (HBO) and '' Blunt Talk'' (STARZ). In the late '90s and early 2000s, ...
.
In June 2006, Apple appeared on the joke track "Come Over and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)" by comedian Zach Galifianakis
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Galifianakis has starred in films including ''Th ...
. Galifianakis previously appeared in the music video for Apple's "Not About Love". Apple recorded a cover of "Sally's Song" for the 2006 special edition release of the soundtrack for the Tim Burton
Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as '' Beetlejuice'' (1988), '' Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), '' The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993 ...
film ''The Nightmare Before Christmas
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''. In May 2006, Apple paid tribute to Elvis Costello
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on VH1's concert series '' Decades Rock Live,'' by performing Costello's hit "I Want You". Her version was subsequently released as a digital single. Apple toured the East Coast during August 2007, with Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek (formerly known as the Nickel Creek Band) is an American bluegrass band consisting of Chris Thile (mandolin), and siblings Sara Watkins (fiddle) and Sean Watkins (guitar). Formed in 1989 in Southern California, they released six al ...
. In 2008, Apple recorded a duet titled "Still I" with Christophe Deluy. In 2009, Apple covered "Why Try to Change Me Now" and "I Walk A Little Faster" for ''The Best Is Yet to Come – The Songs of Cy Coleman
Cy Coleman (born Seymour Kaufman; June 14, 1929 – November 18, 2004) was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.
Life and career
Coleman was born Seymour Kaufman in New York City, United States, to Eastern European Jewish parents ...
''.
In January 2010, Fiona Apple and Jon Brion
Jon Brion is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer. He performed with the Excerpts, the Bats, 'Til Tuesday and the Grays before becoming an established producer and film score composer.
Brion has ...
performed together at "Love and Haiti, Too: A Music Benefit", a charity concert for the people hurt by the Haiti earthquake
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. Fiona sang a cover of "(S)he's Funny That Way", composed by Neil Moret, lyrics by Richard Whiting, which is often associated with the singer Billie Holiday
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. In June 2010, Fiona released a song titled "So Sleepy", produced by Jon Brion
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Brion has ...
and written by children involved with the non-profit organization 826LA
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. The song was included on a compilation album released by the organization titled ''Chickens in Love
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Background
The album was part of a collaborative project with 826LA, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to su ...
''. Apple collaborated with Margaret Cho
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on her album '' Cho Dependent'', which was released on August 24, 2010.
2011–2018: ''The Idler Wheel...'', tour, and legal troubles
In late 2010, ''Billboard'' published an article stating that Apple was planning on releasing a new album in spring 2011, with musician Michelle Branch
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claiming to have heard some of the new tracks. Drummer Charley Drayton also told ''Modern Drummer'' magazine that he was co-producing the record. However, the album was not released in the spring and ''Billboard'' reported later that Epic was not aware of a record. Apple delayed the album's release until 2012, explaining that she was waiting "until her label found a new president and that she didn't want her work to be mishandled amid corporate disarray." In January 2012, after its new record label head, LA Reid hinted at new music from Apple, Epic Records announced that the album would be released later in the year. Apple announced performances at the South by Southwest
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Festival and a spring 2012 tour soon after.
'' The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do'', Apple's fourth studio album, was released on June 19, 2012, in the United States. It became Apple's most successful album on the ''Billboard'' 200, where it peaked at number three, and received critical acclaim. According to an article in ''American Songwriter
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History
The ''American Songwri ...
'', "''The Idler Wheel'' isn't always pretty, but it pulses with life, brutal and true."
While promoting ''The Idler Wheel'', Apple revealed in a June 2012 interview that she had briefly married an unnamed French photographer, later revealed to be Lionel Deluy
Lionel Deluy (born June 15, 1962) is a French fashion photographer, celebrity photographer and music photographer .
Life
Deluy was born in Salon de Provence, near Marseille, France. He was briefly married to Fiona Apple.
Work
Deluy's work has ...
, "for complicated reasons" and had a passing liaison with a younger woman.[ She subsequently gave an in-depth interview on ]Marc Maron
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In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the '' Late Show with David Letterman'' and has appeared more than fort ...
's ''WTF'' podcast in July, in which she described her experience with obsessive–compulsive disorder
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throughout her adult life.[ She also divulged that she had recently decided to quit drinking.] On September 19, 2012, Apple was arrested at an internal U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca, Texas
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, and charged with possession of hashish
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, detaining her en route to a concert in Austin, Texas
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, at the Hudspeth County Jail.
Apple contributed a previously unreleased song entitled "Dull Tool
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" to the soundtrack of the 2012 Judd Apatow
Judd Apatow (; born December 6, 1967) is an American comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter, best known for his work in comedy and drama films. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, through which he produced and directed the films ' ...
film ''This Is 40
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''. Another song was recorded for the film but was not used, ending up as the track "Cosmonauts" on her 2020 album '' Fetch the Bolt Cutters''. In November 2012, Apple wrote a letter to her fans – a scan of which was posted to her website and her Facebook page – postponing the South American leg of her tour due to the health of her dog, Janet. According to the letter, the dog has Addison's disease
Addison's disease, also known as primary adrenal insufficiency, is a rare long-term endocrine disorder characterized by inadequate production of the steroid hormones cortisol and aldosterone by the two outer layers of the cells of the adrena ...
and has had a tumor "idling in her chest" for two years.
In September 2013, a Chipotle
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ad appeared online with a soundtrack of Apple covering "Pure Imagination
"Pure Imagination" is a song from the 1971 film ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory''. It was written by British composers Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley specifically for the movie. It was sung by Gene Wilder who played the character of ...
" from the 1971 film ''Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
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''. The video, which follows a scarecrow as he discovers the truth about factory farming
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and processed food, was described as "haunted," "dystopian," "bizarre," and "beautiful."
In 2014, Apple wrote the opening theme, "Container
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Things kept inside of a container are protected on several sides by being inside of its structure. The term ...
", for the Showtime drama series '' The Affair''. During 2014, Apple also appeared at a number of performances by Blake Mills
Blake Mills (born September 21, 1986) is an American songwriter, guitarist, producer, and composer based in California.
Biography
Blake Mills was born in Santa Monica, California, United States, and grew up in Malibu, where he attended Malibu ...
, including in New York City and Cambridge, Massachusetts
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, during his tour in support of his second full-length album, ''Heigh Ho''. The pair first publicly collaborated on an acoustic version of Apple's song "I Know" in 2013. Fiona Apple has collaborated with Andrew Bird
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, and in 2016, she was featured in the song "Left Handed Kisses" from the album '' Are You Serious''.
In 2017, she released "Tiny Hands
"Tiny Hands" (full title: "We Don't Want Your Tiny Hands, Anywhere Near Our Underpants") is a protest song by Fiona Apple, released on SoundCloud days prior to the 2017 Women's March (January 21, 2017), for which the song was created.
Composi ...
" for the Women's March on Washington Women's March may refer to:
* Women's March on Versailles, a 1789 march in Paris
* Women's Sunday, a 1908 suffragette march in London
* Woman Suffrage Procession, a 1913 march and rally in Washington, D.C.
* Women's March (South Africa), a 1956 m ...
. In 2018, she joined Shirley Manson
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at the female-driven Girl School Festival in Los Angeles for a cover of "You Don't Own Me
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" by Lesley Gore
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, wearing a white T-shirt with "KNEEL, PORTNOW" written across it in ink. This was considered in response to Grammy head Neil Portnow's heavily criticized comments that women need to "step up" to earn more Grammy nods.
2019–present: ''Fetch the Bolt Cutters''
In January 2019, Apple collaborated with King Princess on a version of her 1999 song "I Know". The song was released for Spotify's RISE program on January 25. Apple was featured in the documentary and soundtrack
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for Echo in the Canyon
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with Jakob Dylan
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Born in New York City to musician Bob Dylan and model Sara Lownds, Dylan be ...
covering songs by artists such as the Beach Boys
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and the Byrds
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. In November, she covered "Whole of the Moon," a Waterboys song, for the series finale of Showtime's '' The Affair''.
In two Instagram
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posts in March 2019, Apple hinted at the recording of a fifth album. In a September 2019 interview with ''Vulture
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'', she confirmed that the album was in its final stages, recorded with a band and planned for an early 2020 release. In a follow-up interview with ''Vulture'' in January 2020, she said her new album would likely be out "in a few months." On March 8, 2020, Apple posted a video showcasing her saying "M-Y-R-E-C-O-R-D-I-S-D-O-N-E" in fingerspelling
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.[ In an interview with '']The New Yorker
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'', it was announced that Apple's fifth studio album was to be titled '' Fetch the Bolt Cutters''.[ The album, which consists of 13 self-produced tracks, was released digitally on April 17, 2020. The album was met with widespread acclaim by music critics. At the ]63rd Annual Grammy Awards
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, the album won Best Alternative Music Album
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and the lead single "Shameika" won Best Rock Performance
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.
On June 17, 2020, Apple was confirmed as an additional musician featuring on Bob Dylan
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's 39th album ''Rough and Rowdy Ways
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'', playing piano on the track "Murder Most Foul". On April 15, 2021, Apple covered Sharon Van Etten
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Early life
Van Etten was born in Belleville, N ...
's "Love More", from the 10th anniversary of Van Etten's second album, '' Epic''.
In December, Apple was featured on a cover of the Christmas classic "Silent Night
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" released by Phoebe Bridgers
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alongside her Christmas EP "If We Make It Through December".
Apple joined with Bear McCreary
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to perform his composition "Where the Shadows Lie", the end credits theme for "Alloyed
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", the final episode of the first season of '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power''. The song features Apple singing the Ring Verse, part of which is inscribed upon the One Ring
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in Black Speech.
Philanthropy
On June 30, 2019, Apple pledged to donate two years' worth of earnings from TV and movie placements of her song "Criminal
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" to the While They Wait fund, which assists refugees with basic necessities, immigration fees and legal services. In 2020, While They Wait's Scott Hechinger revealed to ''Vulture'' that Apple had donated $90,000, which would help 15 families. Since 2021, Apple has been a volunteer court watcher for Courtwatch PG.
Discography
* '' Tidal'' (1996)
* '' When the Pawn...'' (1999)
* ''Extraordinary Machine
''Extraordinary Machine'' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, released by Epic Records in the United States on October 4, 2005. Produced by Jon Brion, it was expected to be released in 2003 but was delayed several t ...
'' (2005)
* '' The Idler Wheel...'' (2012)
* '' Fetch the Bolt Cutters'' (2020)
Awards and nominations
Apple's debut album earned her a Grammy Award
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for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
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for "Criminal" and the MTV Video Music Award
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for Best New Artist in a Video for "Sleep to Dream". For ''When the Pawn...'', Apple won the California Music Award for Outstanding Female Vocalist. For ''Extraordinary Machine
''Extraordinary Machine'' is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, released by Epic Records in the United States on October 4, 2005. Produced by Jon Brion, it was expected to be released in 2003 but was delayed several t ...
'', she won an Esky Music Award for Best Songbird. ''Fetch the Bolt Cutters'' won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album
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and the song "Shameika" won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance
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