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She has sold over 10 million albums worldwide and has received numerous ], including a ], 2 ] and a ]. She has sold over 10 million albums worldwide and has received numerous ], including a ], 2 ] and a ].


==Early life== ==Life and career==
===1977–1993: Early life===
Born in 1977 and raised on the ] of ], ], Apple is the daughter of singer Diane McAfee and actor ], who met when both were cast in the Broadway musical '']''.<ref><!--?REPEAT1?-->{{cite news|url=http://www.vulture.com/2012/06/hiding-out-with-fiona-apple-musical-hermit.html|title=‘I Just Want to Feel Everything’: Hiding Out With Fiona Apple, Musical Hermit|date=June 17, 2012|accessdate=March 1, 2016|work=Vulture}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/05/arts/a-message-far-less-pretty-than-the-face.html | title=A Message Far Less Pretty Than the Face | last=Ehrlich | first=Dimitri | work=The New York Times | date=January 5, 1997}}</ref> Her father is from ], and through him, Apple has ] ancestry.<ref name=wtf /> Her maternal grandparents were dancer Millicent Green and ] vocalist Johnny McAfee. Her sister, Amber, sings ] under the stage name ], and actor ] is her half brother. Apple grew up in ] in ]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2QKeg6Q9KAwC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=fiona+apple+harlem&source=bl&ots=qnhyAgUpOm&sig=oa3VgQoIMkV5BAXByAUyp1X2gWU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEsQ6AEwB2oVChMIlpOLu-nvxwIVRT0-Ch1yewKM#v=onepage&q=fiona%20apple%20harlem&f=false|title=Harlem Travel Guide|last=Johnson|first=Carolyn D.|page=94}}</ref> with her mother and sister, but spent summers with her father in ], ].<ref name="notable" /> Fiona Apple was born Fiona Apple MacAfee-Maggart on September 13, 1977 in ] to singer Diane McAfee and actor ], who met when both were cast in the Broadway musical '']''.<ref><!--?REPEAT1?-->{{cite news|url=http://www.vulture.com/2012/06/hiding-out-with-fiona-apple-musical-hermit.html|title=‘I Just Want to Feel Everything’: Hiding Out With Fiona Apple, Musical Hermit|date=June 17, 2012|accessdate=March 1, 2016|work=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/05/arts/a-message-far-less-pretty-than-the-face.html | title=A Message Far Less Pretty Than the Face | last=Ehrlich | first=Dimitri | work=] | date=January 5, 1997}}</ref> Her father is from ], and through him, Apple has ] ancestry.<ref name=wtf /> Her maternal grandparents were dancer Millicent Green and ] vocalist Johnny McAfee. Her sister, Amber, sings ] under the stage name ], and actor ] is her half brother. Apple grew up in ] in ]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2QKeg6Q9KAwC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=fiona+apple+harlem&source=bl&ots=qnhyAgUpOm&sig=oa3VgQoIMkV5BAXByAUyp1X2gWU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEsQ6AEwB2oVChMIlpOLu-nvxwIVRT0-Ch1yewKM#v=onepage&q=fiona%20apple%20harlem&f=false|title=Harlem Travel Guide|last=Johnson|first=Carolyn D.|page=94}}</ref> with her mother and sister, but spent summers with her father in ].<ref name="notable" />


Apple was classically trained on piano as a child, and began composing her own pieces by the age of eight.<ref name="notable">{{cite web|url=http://www.notablebiographies.com/newsmakers2/2006-A-Ec/Apple-Fiona.html|website=Notable Biographies|title=Fiona Apple|accessdate=September 5, 2014}}</ref> When learning to play piano, she would often take sheet music and translate ] into the corresponding notes.<ref name="notable" /> Apple later began to play along with ] compositions after becoming proficient, through which she discovered ] and ], who became major influences on her.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Tribeca 75|title=Fiona Apple|date=1996|author=Bevilacqua, Rachele|url=http://www.neverisapromise.com/interviews/Tribeca.html|series=Interviews}}</ref> Apple was classically trained on piano as a child, and began composing her own pieces by the age of eight.<ref name="notable">{{cite web|url=http://www.notablebiographies.com/newsmakers2/2006-A-Ec/Apple-Fiona.html|website=Notable Biographies|title=Fiona Apple|accessdate=September 5, 2014}}</ref> When learning to play piano, she would often take sheet music and translate ] into the corresponding notes.<ref name="notable" /> Apple later began to play along with ] compositions after becoming proficient, through which she discovered ] and ], who became major influences on her.<ref>{{Cite news|work=Tribeca 75|title=Fiona Apple|date=1996|author=Bevilacqua, Rachele|url=http://www.neverisapromise.com/interviews/Tribeca.html|series=Interviews}}</ref>


At age 12, Apple was raped outside the apartment she shared with her mother, step-father and sister in Harlem.<ref name=Heath>{{cite magazine|first=Chris|last=Heath |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fiona-the-caged-bird-sings-244221/ |title=Fiona: The Caged Bird Sings|magazine=]|date=January 22, 1998|access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref> She then developed an ], purposely slimming her developing body, which she saw as "bait". After the incident, she spent hours at a Model Mugging class, practicing self-defense by punching a man in a padded suit.<ref name=radical/> After the incident, Apple also suffered ]s while walking home from school, which led to her relocating to Los Angeles to live with her father for one year.<ref name=wtf /> In an interview in 2000, she stated that she did not write songs about this trauma: "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."<ref>{{cite news|first=Phil|last=Sutcliffe|title=Hard Core Pawn|magazine=]|publisher=]|location=London, England|date=March 2000|pages=46–48}}</ref> At age 12, Apple was raped outside the apartment she shared with her mother, step-father and sister in Harlem.<ref name=heath>{{cite magazine|first=Chris|last=Heath |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fiona-the-caged-bird-sings-244221/ |title=Fiona: The Caged Bird Sings|magazine=]|date=January 22, 1998|access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref> She subsequently developed an ], purposely slimming her developing body, which she saw as "bait". After the incident, she spent hours at a Model Mugging class, practicing self-defense by punching a man in a padded suit.<ref name=radical/> After the incident, Apple also suffered ]s while walking home from school, which led to her relocating to Los Angeles to live with her father for one year.<ref name=wtf /> In an interview in 2000, she stated that she did not write songs about this trauma: "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."<ref>{{cite news|first=Phil|last=Sutcliffe|title=Hard Core Pawn|magazine=]|publisher=]|location=London, England|date=March 2000|pages=46–48}}</ref>


==Career==
===1994–2001: ''Tidal'' and ''When the Pawn...''=== ===1994–2001: ''Tidal'' and ''When the Pawn...''===
Apple was introduced to the music industry in 1994, when she gave a demo tape containing the songs "]", "Not One of Those Times", and "He Takes a Taxi" to her friend who was the babysitter for music publicist Kathryn Schenker.<ref name="nyrock">{{cite news|last=Luck|first=Otto|url=http://www.nyrock.com/fiona.htm|title=Fiona Apple Suffers for Her Sins (and So Do We)|work=NY Rock|date=November 1997|accessdate=September 23, 2005|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716180856/http://www.nyrock.com/fiona.htm|archivedate=July 16, 2012}}</ref> Schenker then passed the tape along to ] executive Andy Slater.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue05/features/fiona.htm |title=Images – Fiona Apple |website=Imagesjournal.com |accessdate=September 2, 2011}}</ref> Apple's abilities captured his attention, and Slater signed her to a record deal.<ref name="New Yorker"> Apple's robust contralto, though sometimes heavy on vibrato, gave her line readings a pleasingly sinister feel.</ref><ref name="San Diego Arts">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.com/arts/fiona-apple-with-david-garza-and-damien-rice |website=San Diego Arts|title=Fiona Apple with David Garza and Damien Rice}} 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").</ref> Apple was introduced to the music industry in 1994, when she gave a demo tape containing the songs "]", "Not One of Those Times", and "He Takes a Taxi" to her friend who was the babysitter for music publicist Kathryn Schenker.<ref name="nyrock">{{cite news|last=Luck|first=Otto|url=http://www.nyrock.com/fiona.htm|title=Fiona Apple Suffers for Her Sins (and So Do We)|work=NY Rock|date=November 1997|accessdate=September 23, 2005|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716180856/http://www.nyrock.com/fiona.htm|archivedate=July 16, 2012}}</ref> Schenker then passed the tape along to ] executive Andy Slater.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue05/features/fiona.htm |title=Images – Fiona Apple |website=Imagesjournal.com |accessdate=September 2, 2011}}</ref> Apple's abilities captured his attention, and Slater signed her to a record deal.<ref name="New Yorker"> Apple's robust contralto, though sometimes heavy on vibrato, gave her line readings a pleasingly sinister feel.</ref><ref name="San Diego Arts">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiego.com/arts/fiona-apple-with-david-garza-and-damien-rice |website=San Diego Arts|title=Fiona Apple with David Garza and Damien Rice}} 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").</ref>


In 1996, Apple's debut album, '']'', was released by ] and ]. The album sold 2.7 million copies and was certified three times ] in the U.S.<ref name=RIAA>"" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228071417/http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/default.asp |date=February 28, 2007}}. ].com.</ref><ref name=AP-MSNBC>{{cite news|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/loyal-fans-helped-free-fiona-apple-s-cd-wbna9601227 |title=Loyal fans helped free Fiona Apple's CD|agency= ]|publisher=] Entertainment|date= October 5, 2005}}</ref> "]", the third single, became a hit and the song reached the ] on the U.S. ]. The song's controversial ]-directed music video played on ].<ref name="Spin Magazine">''Spin'', October 1997.</ref> Other singles from ''Tidal'' included "]", "]", and "Never Is a Promise". Apple accepted the ] at the ] for her song "Sleep to Dream", during her acceptance speech she said: In 1996, Apple's debut album, '']'', was released by ] and ].<ref name=heath/> The record was largely inspired by Apple's recent breakup with her first boyfriend.<ref name=heath/> The album sold 2.7 million copies and was certified three times ] in the U.S.<ref name=RIAA>"" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228071417/http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/default.asp |date=February 28, 2007}}. ].com.</ref><ref name=AP-MSNBC>{{cite news|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/loyal-fans-helped-free-fiona-apple-s-cd-wbna9601227 |title=Loyal fans helped free Fiona Apple's CD|agency= ]|publisher=] Entertainment|date= October 5, 2005}}</ref> "]", the third single, became a hit and the song reached the ] on the U.S. ]. The song's controversial ]-directed music video played on ].<ref name="Spin Magazine">''Spin'', October 1997.</ref> Other singles from ''Tidal'' included "]", "]", and "Never Is a Promise". Apple accepted the ] at the ] for her song "Sleep to Dream", during her acceptance speech she said:


{{quote|This world is bullshit. And you shouldn't model your life—wait a second—you shouldn't model your life about what you think that we think is cool and what we're wearing and what we're saying and everything. Go with yourself.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Bailey|url=http://flavorwire.com/609617/this-world-is-bullshit-on-the-20th-anniversary-of-fiona-apples-memorable-vma-moment|title='This World is Bullshit': On the 20th Anniversary of Fiona Apple’s Memorable VMA Moment|website=Flavorwire|publisher=Flavorpill Media|location=New York City|date=December 28, 2017|accessdate=December 18, 2018}}</ref>}} {{quote|This world is bullshit. And you shouldn't model your life—wait a second—you shouldn't model your life about what you think that we think is cool and what we're wearing and what we're saying and everything. Go with yourself.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Bailey|url=http://flavorwire.com/609617/this-world-is-bullshit-on-the-20th-anniversary-of-fiona-apples-memorable-vma-moment|title='This World is Bullshit': On the 20th Anniversary of Fiona Apple’s Memorable VMA Moment|website=Flavorwire|publisher=Flavorpill Media|location=New York City|date=December 28, 2017|accessdate=December 18, 2018}}</ref>}}


'']'' and ''NYRock'' criticized her MTV award show speech.<ref name="nyrock" /><ref name="New Yorker" /> "When I have something to say, I'll say it," she said, responding to these criticisms in an article in '']'' in January 1998.<ref name=Heath /> During this period, Apple also ] ]' "]" and ]'s "]" for the soundtrack of the film '']''. She later canceled the last 21 dates on a tour in support of her album due to "personal family problems".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424968/fiona-apple-cancels-tour.jhtml |title=News – Articles – 1424968 |website=MTV |date=March 3, 1998 |accessdate=September 2, 2011}}</ref> '']'' and ''NYRock'' criticized her MTV award show speech.<ref name="nyrock" /><ref name="New Yorker" /> "When I have something to say, I'll say it," she said, responding to these criticisms in an article in '']'' in January 1998.<ref name=heath /> During this period, Apple also ] ]' "]" and ]'s "]" for the soundtrack of the film '']''. She later canceled the last 21 dates on a tour in support of her album due to "personal family problems".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424968/fiona-apple-cancels-tour.jhtml |title=News – Articles – 1424968 |website=MTV |date=March 3, 1998 |accessdate=September 2, 2011}}</ref> In 1997, Apple met director ] during a photoshoot, and the two carried on a relationship that lasted several years.<ref name=handler/>


Apple's second album, '']'', was released in 1999. Its full title is a poem Apple wrote after reading letters that appeared in '']'' regarding an article that had cast her in a negative light in an earlier issue.<ref name="Harrington">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-11/28/003r-112899-idx.html |title=Fiona Apple: The Time Is Ripe |last=Harrington |first=Richard |date=November 28, 1999 |work=The Washington Post |page=G1|access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref> The title's length earned it a spot in the '']'' for 2001. However, as of October 2007, it no longer has the longest album title, as ] released '']'', a ] album whose title surpasses ''When the Pawn''<nowiki />'s length by 100 characters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kevinenjoyce.com/soulwax/ |title=soulwax.info |website=Kevinenjoyce.com |accessdate=February 12, 2013}}</ref> ''When the Pawn'' was cultivated during Apple's relationship with film director ]. ''When the Pawn,'' which was produced by ], used more expressive lyrics, experimented more with ], and incorporated both the ] and ].<ref>{{cite news |work = Seattle Weekly |title = Matt Chamberlain Talk About Recording With Apple |url = http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2008/09/matt_chamberlain_drummer_for_t.php/1 |accessdate = September 17, 2008 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131213072758/http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2008/09/matt_chamberlain_drummer_for_t.php/1 |archivedate = December 13, 2013 |df = mdy-all}}</ref> The album received a positive reception from publications such as '']''{{cn|date=March 2020}} and '']''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sheffield|first=Rob |title=When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King…|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/when-the-pawn-hits-the-conflicts-he-thinks-like-a-king-244877/|date=November 25, 1999|access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref> It did not fare as well commercially as her debut, though it was an ]-certified ]<ref name=RIAA /> and sold one million copies in the U.S.<ref name=AP-MSNBC /> The album's lead single, "]", reached the top twenty on ''Billboard'''s ] chart and became Apple's first Top 40 hit in the UK. The videos for two follow-up singles, "]" and "]" (directed by then-boyfriend Anderson), received very little play. Apple's second album, '']'', was released in 1999. Its full title is a poem Apple wrote after reading letters that appeared in '']'' regarding an article that had cast her in a negative light in an earlier issue.<ref name="Harrington">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-11/28/003r-112899-idx.html |title=Fiona Apple: The Time Is Ripe |last=Harrington |first=Richard |date=November 28, 1999 |work=The Washington Post |page=G1|access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref> The title's length earned it a spot in the '']'' for 2001. However, as of October 2007, it no longer has the longest album title, as ] released '']'', a ] album whose title surpasses ''When the Pawn''<nowiki />'s length by 100 characters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kevinenjoyce.com/soulwax/ |title=soulwax.info |website=Kevinenjoyce.com |accessdate=February 12, 2013}}</ref> ''When the Pawn'' was cultivated during Apple's relationship with film director ]. ''When the Pawn,'' which was produced by ], used more expressive lyrics, experimented more with ], and incorporated both the ] and ].<ref>{{cite news |work = Seattle Weekly |title = Matt Chamberlain Talk About Recording With Apple |url = http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2008/09/matt_chamberlain_drummer_for_t.php/1 |accessdate = September 17, 2008 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131213072758/http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2008/09/matt_chamberlain_drummer_for_t.php/1 |archivedate = December 13, 2013 |df = mdy-all}}</ref> The album received a positive reception from publications such as '']''{{cn|date=March 2020}} and '']''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Sheffield|first=Rob |title=When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King…|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/when-the-pawn-hits-the-conflicts-he-thinks-like-a-king-244877/|date=November 25, 1999|access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref> It did not fare as well commercially as her debut, though it was an ]-certified ]<ref name=RIAA /> and sold one million copies in the U.S.<ref name=AP-MSNBC /> The album's lead single, "]", reached the top twenty on ''Billboard'''s ] chart and became Apple's first Top 40 hit in the UK. The videos for two follow-up singles, "]" and "]" (directed by then-boyfriend Anderson), received very little play.


In an infamous February 2000 'meltdown', after performing for forty minutes in a set hampered by equipment issues to 3,000 audience members at the New York City ], 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.music-slam.com/music-slam-concert-review-fiona-apple-roseland-ballroom-02292000/|title=Music-Slam Concert Review—Fiona Apple @ Roseland Ballroom (02.29.2000) |website=Music-slam.com |date=June 30, 2005 |accessdate=March 22, 2015}}</ref> After completing a ] in support of her second album in 2000, Apple relocated to Los Angeles.{{cn|date=March 2020}} In an infamous February 2000 'meltdown', after performing for forty minutes in a set hampered by equipment issues to 3,000 audience members at the New York City ], 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.music-slam.com/music-slam-concert-review-fiona-apple-roseland-ballroom-02292000/|title=Music-Slam Concert Review—Fiona Apple @ Roseland Ballroom (02.29.2000) |website=Music-slam.com |date=June 30, 2005 |accessdate=March 22, 2015}}</ref> After completing a ] in support of her second album in 2000, Apple relocated to ],<ref name=eliscu>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/483015/fiona-apple-the-billboard-cover-story|work=]|title=Fiona Apple: The Billboard Cover Story|last=Eliscu|first=Jenny|date=June 18, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.vn/wip/7nCNL|archive-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref> where she still resides as of 2020.<ref name=nussbaum>{{cite web|work=]|last=Nussbaum|first=Emily|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/23/fiona-apples-art-of-radical-sensitivity|title=Fiona Apple's Art of Radical Sensitivity|date=March 16, 2020|archive-url=http://archive.vn/q8l3n|archive-date=March 16, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>


===2002–2010: ''Extraordinary Machine'' === ===2002–2010: ''Extraordinary Machine'' and release delays ===
During her hiatus, Apple contemplated retiring from her recording career. Apple sang with ] on a cover of ]'s "]" that ended up on his album '']'' and was nominated for a ] for "]". She also collaborated with Cash on ]'s "]", which was included in his 2003 collection '']''. During her hiatus, Apple contemplated retiring from her recording career. Apple sang with ] on a cover of ]'s "]" that ended up on his album '']'' and was nominated for a ] for "]". She also collaborated with Cash on ]'s "]", which was included in his 2003 collection '']''.


] headquarters of ] in January 2005.]] ] headquarters of ] in January 2005.]]


Apple's third album, '']'', was originally produced by ]. 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, ], with strict stipulations (including no deadline), which the label eventually agreed to. Recording sessions began in 2002, at ] in Nashville, Tennessee, but later moved to the ] 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 Web site distributing the album was quickly shut down, it soon reached ] networks and was downloaded by fans.<ref name="spin" /> A fan-led campaign supported the album's official release. Apple's third album, '']'', was originally produced by ]. 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, ], with strict stipulations (including no deadline), which the label eventually agreed to. Recording sessions began in 2002, at ] in Nashville, Tennessee, but later moved to the ] 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 ] networks and was downloaded by fans.<ref name="spin" /> A fan-led campaign supported the album's official release.


], 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, ], had rejected the first version of ''Extraordinary Machine''...&nbsp;in reality, according to Elizondo, Apple was unhappy with the results, and it was her decision to redo the record, not her label's."<ref name="spin" /> In August 2005, the album was given an October release date.<ref name="spin">{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/features/news/2005/08/050815_fiona_apple/ |title=Fiona Apple's ''Machine'' Finally Turned On|website=]|date= August 15, 2005|accessdate=December 10, 2017}}</ref> Production had been largely redone "from scratch" by Elizondo and was co-produced by ]. Two of the 11 previous leaked tracks were relatively unchanged, and one new song was also included.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/15/arts/music/15appl.html |work=The New York Times|title=Fiona Apple Retools Her Leaked Album|accessdate= August 15, 2005}}</ref> Despite suggestions that the album had caused a rift between Brion and Apple, they regularly perform together at ], a club in Los Angeles, including a joint appearance with Elizondo on bass just before the news broke of an official release.<ref name=Elizondo>{{cite web|title=Music: Fiona Apple|url=http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites/music/7104.php|website=studentsoftheworld.info|accessdate=August 25, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927143738/http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites/music/7104.php|archivedate=September 27, 2011}}</ref> ''Extraordinary Machine'' debuted at number seven and was nominated for a Grammy Award for "]". It was eventually certified ],<ref name=RIAA /> though its singles ("]", "]", "]", and "]") failed to enter any ''Billboard'' charts.<ref name=Billboard-Apr2006>{{cite news|author=Cohen, Jonathan|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58703/fiona-taps-rice-garza-for-summer-trek |title=Fiona Taps Rice, Garza For Summer Trek|work=]|date= April 19, 2006}}</ref> Apple went on a live tour to promote the album in late 2005. ], 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, ], had rejected the first version of ''Extraordinary Machine''...&nbsp;in reality, according to Elizondo, Apple was unhappy with the results, and it was her decision to redo the record, not her label's."<ref name="spin" /> In August 2005, the album was given an October release date.<ref name="spin">{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/features/news/2005/08/050815_fiona_apple/ |title=Fiona Apple's ''Machine'' Finally Turned On|website=]|date= August 15, 2005|accessdate=December 10, 2017}}</ref> Production had been largely redone "from scratch" by Elizondo and was co-produced by ]. Two of the 11 previous leaked tracks were relatively unchanged, and one new song was also included.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/15/arts/music/15appl.html |work=The New York Times|title=Fiona Apple Retools Her Leaked Album|accessdate= August 15, 2005}}</ref> Despite suggestions that the album had caused a rift between Brion and Apple, they regularly perform together at ], a club in Los Angeles, including a joint appearance with Elizondo on bass just before the news broke of an official release.<ref name=Elizondo>{{cite web|title=Music: Fiona Apple|url=http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites/music/7104.php|website=studentsoftheworld.info|accessdate=August 25, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927143738/http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites/music/7104.php|archivedate=September 27, 2011}}</ref> ''Extraordinary Machine'' debuted at number seven and was nominated for a Grammy Award for "]". It was eventually certified ],<ref name=RIAA /> though its singles ("]", "]", "]", and "]") failed to enter any ''Billboard'' charts.<ref name=Billboard-Apr2006>{{cite news|author=Cohen, Jonathan|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58703/fiona-taps-rice-garza-for-summer-trek |title=Fiona Taps Rice, Garza For Summer Trek|work=]|date= April 19, 2006}}</ref> Apple went on a live tour to promote the album in late 2005.


Beginning in the mid-2000s, Apple dated writer and television creator ].<ref>{{Cite journal|author = Hopper, Jessica | date=April 24, 2012 | title=Fiona Apple's Bad, Bad Girl Moments|journal=]| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/fiona-apples-bad-bad-girl-moments-22292/|access-date=August 3, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/06/fiona-apple-is-not-insane/258660/|title=Fiona Apple Is Not Insane|last=Kornhaber|first=Spencer|date=June 19, 2012|work=The Atlantic|access-date=August 3, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Bustle|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/2603-fiona-apple-paul-thomas-anderson-reunite-to-make-a-simple-yet-stunning-new-music-video|title=Fiona Apple & Paul Thomas Anderson Reunite to Make a Simple Yet Stunning New Music Video|author=Semigran, Aly|date=July 25, 2013|accessdate=December 10, 2017}}</ref>
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In June 2006, Apple appeared on the joke track "Come Over and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)" by comedian ]. Galifianakis previously appeared in the music video for Apple's "Not About Love".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stereogum.com/22421/new_zach_galifianakis_fiona_apple_up_in_them_guts/mp3s/ |last1=Galifianakis|first1=Zach|last2=Apple|first2=Fiona|title=Up In Them Guts|website=Stereogum.com|accessdate= June 8, 2011}}</ref> Apple recorded a cover of "Sally's Song" for the 2006 special edition release of the soundtrack for the ] film '']''. In May 2006, Apple paid tribute to ] on ]'s concert series ''],'' by performing Costello's hit "I Want You". Her version was subsequently released as a digital single.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOmhOumh-w |title=Decades Rock Live |website=YouTube.com |accessdate=April 12, 2014}}</ref> Apple toured the East Coast during August 2007, with ].<ref>{{cite news|author=Hasty, Kate|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052031/apple-nickel-creek-teaming-for-tour |title=Apple, Nickel Creek Teaming For Tour|work=]|date= May 18, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Madison, Tjames|url=http://www.livedaily.com/news/12126.html|title=Fiona Apple joins Nickel Creek's 'farewell' tour|work=]|date=May 17, 2007|accessdate=March 2, 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410022102/http://www.livedaily.com/news/12126.html|archivedate=April 10, 2008}}</ref> 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 ]''. In June 2006, Apple appeared on the joke track "Come Over and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)" by comedian ]. Galifianakis previously appeared in the music video for Apple's "Not About Love".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stereogum.com/22421/new_zach_galifianakis_fiona_apple_up_in_them_guts/mp3s/ |last1=Galifianakis|first1=Zach|last2=Apple|first2=Fiona|title=Up In Them Guts|website=Stereogum.com|accessdate= June 8, 2011}}</ref> Apple recorded a cover of "Sally's Song" for the 2006 special edition release of the soundtrack for the ] film '']''. In May 2006, Apple paid tribute to ] on ]'s concert series ''],'' by performing Costello's hit "I Want You". Her version was subsequently released as a digital single.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOmhOumh-w |title=Decades Rock Live |website=YouTube.com |accessdate=April 12, 2014}}</ref> Apple toured the East Coast during August 2007, with ].<ref>{{cite news|author=Hasty, Kate|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052031/apple-nickel-creek-teaming-for-tour |title=Apple, Nickel Creek Teaming For Tour|work=]|date= May 18, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Madison, Tjames|url=http://www.livedaily.com/news/12126.html|title=Fiona Apple joins Nickel Creek's 'farewell' tour|work=]|date=May 17, 2007|accessdate=March 2, 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410022102/http://www.livedaily.com/news/12126.html|archivedate=April 10, 2008}}</ref> 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 ]''.
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In January 2010, Fiona Apple and ] performed together at "Love and Haiti, Too: A Music Benefit", a charity concert for the people hurt by the ]. 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 ]. In June 2010, Fiona released a song titled "So Sleepy", produced by ] and written by children involved with the non-profit organization ]. The song was included on a compilation album released by the organization titled '']''. Apple collaborated with ] on her album '']'', which was released on August 24, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last=Maerz |first=Melissa |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/06/07/margaret-cho-album-murder-ballad/ |title=Margaret Cho's Murder Ballad |website=Popwatch.ew.com |date=June 7, 2010 |accessdate=September 2, 2011}}</ref> In January 2010, Fiona Apple and ] performed together at "Love and Haiti, Too: A Music Benefit", a charity concert for the people hurt by the ]. 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 ]. In June 2010, Fiona released a song titled "So Sleepy", produced by ] and written by children involved with the non-profit organization ]. The song was included on a compilation album released by the organization titled '']''. Apple collaborated with ] on her album '']'', which was released on August 24, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|last=Maerz |first=Melissa |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/06/07/margaret-cho-album-murder-ballad/ |title=Margaret Cho's Murder Ballad |website=Popwatch.ew.com |date=June 7, 2010 |accessdate=September 2, 2011}}</ref>


===2011–2018: ''The Idler Wheel...''=== ===2011–2018: ''The Idler Wheel...'', tour, and legal troubles===
], New York, 2012]] ], New York, 2012]]
In late 2010, ''Billboard'' published an article stating that Apple was planning on releasing a new album in spring 2011, with musician ] claiming to have heard some of the new tracks.<ref name="bill">{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956287/fiona-apple-releasing-new-album-in-spring-2011|work=Billboard|title=Fiona Apple Releasing New Album in Spring 2011|author=Maples, Jillian|date=September 16, 2010|accessdate=September 19, 2011}}</ref> Drummer ] also told ''Modern Drummer'' magazine that he was co-producing the record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/510706/fiona-apple-to-release-new-music-in-the-next-few-weeks-says-la-reid |title=Fiona Apple To Release New Music 'In The Next Few Weeks,' says L.A. Reid |website=] |date=September 14, 2009 | archive-url=http://archive.vn/wip/Na16W|archive-date=April 17, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the album was not released in the spring and ''Billboard'' reported later that Epic was not aware of a record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/469132/11-anticipated-album-updates-madonna-dmx-nickelback-and-more |title=11 Anticipated Album Updates: Madonna, DMX, Nickelback And More |website=] |date=September 14, 2009 |archive-url=http://archive.vn/wip/tNFLK|archive-date=April 17, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> 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."<ref name="NYTimes1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/arts/music/fiona-apples-new-album-the-idler-wheel.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all |title=Fiona Apple Faces Outward |first=Jon |last=Pareles |work=] |date=May 30, 2012 |accessdate=June 3, 2012}}</ref> In January 2012, after its new record label head, ] hinted at new music from Apple, Epic Records announced that the album would be released later in the year.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.time.com/2012/01/24/fiona-apple-has-new-music-coming-out-but-not-in-the-next-few-weeks/|title=Release date for new album | work=Time| accessdate=January 24, 2012| date=January 24, 2012}}</ref> Apple announced performances at the ] Festival and ] soon after.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/02/21/fiona-apple-tour-dates-2012-sxsw/ |archive-url=http://archive.vn/RbYK|archive-date=July 16, 2012|url-status=live|last=Rahman|first=Ray|title=Concert dates including South by Southwest Festival| work=] | date=February 21, 2012}}</ref>


In late 2010, ''Billboard'' published an article stating that Apple was planning on releasing a new album in spring 2011, with musician ] claiming to have heard some of the new tracks.<ref name="bill">{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956287/fiona-apple-releasing-new-album-in-spring-2011|work=Billboard|title=Fiona Apple Releasing New Album in Spring 2011|author=Maples, Jillian|date=September 16, 2010|accessdate=September 19, 2011}}</ref> Drummer ] also told ''Modern Drummer'' magazine that he was co-producing the record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/510706/fiona-apple-to-release-new-music-in-the-next-few-weeks-says-la-reid |title=Fiona Apple To Release New Music 'In The Next Few Weeks,' says L.A. Reid |website=Billboard.com |date=September 14, 2009 |accessdate=April 9, 2012}}</ref> However, the album was not released in the spring and ''Billboard'' reported later that Epic was not aware of a record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/469132/11-anticipated-album-updates-madonna-dmx-nickelback-and-more |title=11 Anticipated Album Updates: Madonna, DMX, Nickelback And More |website=Billboard |date=September 14, 2009 |accessdate=May 1, 2012}}</ref> 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."<ref name="NYTimes1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/arts/music/fiona-apples-new-album-the-idler-wheel.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all |title=Fiona Apple Faces Outward |first=Jon |last=Pareles |work=] |date=May 30, 2012 |accessdate=June 3, 2012}}</ref> In January 2012, after its new record label head, ] hinted at new music from Apple, Epic Records announced that the album would be released later in the year.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://entertainment.time.com/2012/01/24/fiona-apple-has-new-music-coming-out-but-not-in-the-next-few-weeks/|title=Release date for new album | work=Time| accessdate=January 24, 2012| date=January 24, 2012}}</ref> Apple announced performances at the ] Festival and ] soon after.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/02/21/fiona-apple-tour-dates-2012-sxsw/ |title=Concert dates including South by Southwest Festival| work=] | date=February 21, 2012}}</ref> '']'',<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Perpetua, Matthew |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fiona-apple-unveils-23-word-album-title-20120307 |title=Fiona Apple Unveils 23-Word Album Title |magazine=] |date=March 7, 2012 |url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.vn/lJpSv|archive-date=February 1, 2013}}</ref><ref name="pitchfork.com">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/45671-fiona-apple-reveals-album-title/ |title=Fiona Apple Reveals Album Title |website=] |date=March 7, 2012 |url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.vn/rUR3|archive-date=July 15, 2012|author=Battan, Carrie}}</ref> Apple's fourth studio album, was released on June 19, 2012, in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiona-apple.com |title=Welcome &#124; The Official Fiona Apple site |website=Fiona-apple.com |accessdate=May 1, 2012}}</ref> It received critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-idler-wheel-is-wiser-than-the-driver-of-the-screw-and-whipping-cords-will-serve-you-more-than-ro |title=The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do – Fiona Apple |website=]|publisher= ] |accessdate=June 18, 2012}}</ref> According to an article in '']'' "''The Idler Wheel'' isn't always pretty, but it pulses with life, brutal and true."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/06/fiona-apple-the-idler-wheel/ |title=Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel... |website=] |accessdate=June 15, 2012}}</ref>


⚫ While promoting ''The Idler Wheel'', Apple revealed in a June 2012 interview that she had briefly married an unnamed French photographer "for complicated reasons" and had a passing liaison with a younger woman.<ref name=Lee><!--?REPEAT2?-->{{cite web|first=Dan P.|last=Lee|url=http://www.vulture.com/2012/06/hiding-out-with-fiona-apple-musical-hermit.html|title='I Just Want to Feel Everything’: Hiding Out With Fiona Apple, Musical Hermit|website=]|publisher=]|location=New York City|date=June 17, 2012|accessdate=December 18, 2018}}</ref> She subsequently gave in-depth interview on ]'s ] in July, during which she revealed that she has battled ] throughout her adult life.<ref name=wtf/> She also divulged that she had recently decided to quit drinking.<ref name=wtf>{{cite podcast |host=Marc Maron |work=]| |url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_297_-_fiona_apple|title=Episode 297|date=July 16, 2012|accessdate=October 25, 2016}}</ref> On September 19, 2012, Apple was arrested at an ] in ], and charged with possession of ], detaining her en route to a concert in ], at the ] Jail.<ref name="NYMN September 2012">{{cite web | author = McDougan, Farfel | date = September 20, 2012 | title = Fiona Apple Arrested | work = New York Music News | url = http://nymn.com/fiona-apple-arrested-new-york-music-news/ | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120923150232/http://nymn.com/fiona-apple-arrested-new-york-music-news/ | archive-date = September 23, 2012 | accessdate=March 26, 2020}}</ref><ref name="TMZ September 2012">{{cite web | title=Fiona Apple Arrested for Hash in Texas |url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/09/20/fiona-apple-arrested-drugs-weed-hash-texas-hashish/ |work=TMZ.com |date=September 20, 2012 |accessdate=September 21, 2012}}</ref>
'']'',<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Perpetua, Matthew |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fiona-apple-unveils-23-word-album-title-20120307 |title=Fiona Apple Unveils 23-Word Album Title &#124; Music News |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=March 7, 2012 |accessdate=April 9, 2012}}</ref><ref name="pitchfork.com">{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/45671-fiona-apple-reveals-album-title/ |title=Fiona Apple Reveals Album Title &#124; News |website=Pitchfork |date=March 7, 2012 |accessdate=April 9, 2012}}</ref> Apple's fourth studio album, was released on June 19, 2012, in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiona-apple.com |title=Welcome &#124; The Official Fiona Apple site |website=Fiona-apple.com |accessdate=May 1, 2012}}</ref> It received critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-idler-wheel-is-wiser-than-the-driver-of-the-screw-and-whipping-cords-will-serve-you-more-than-ro |title=The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More than Ropes Will Ever Do – Fiona Apple |website=]|publisher= ] |accessdate=June 18, 2012}}</ref> According to an article in '']'' "''The Idler Wheel'' isn't always pretty, but it pulses with life, brutal and true."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/06/fiona-apple-the-idler-wheel/ |title=Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel... |website=] |accessdate=June 15, 2012}}</ref>


] ]
⚫ Apple contributed a previously unreleased song entitled "]" to the soundtrack of the 2012 ] film '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/listen-fiona-apples-dull-tool-from-the-this-is-40-soundtrack-paul-rudd-hearts-ween-in-new-poster-20121117 |title=Listen: Fiona Apple's "Dull Tool" From The 'This Is 40' Soundtrack; Paul Rudd Hearts Ween In New Poster |website=] |first=Edward |last=Davis |date=November 17, 2012 |accessdate=February 1, 2013}}</ref> Another song recorded for the film that was not included in the soundtrack has yet to be released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9011-judd-apatow/|title=Judd Apatow|website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In November 2012, Apple wrote a letter to her fans – a scan of which was posted to her website and her ] page – postponing the South American leg of her tour due to the health of her dog, Janet. According to the letter, the dog has ] and has had a tumor "idling in her chest" for two years.<ref>{{cite web| author = Apple, Fiona | url=http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/11/she-is-my-best-friend.html |title=She is my best friend |work=Letters of Note | date=November 21, 2012 |accessdate=February 12, 2013}}</ref>


Apple contributed a previously unreleased song entitled "]" to the soundtrack of the 2012 ] film '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/listen-fiona-apples-dull-tool-from-the-this-is-40-soundtrack-paul-rudd-hearts-ween-in-new-poster-20121117 |title=Listen: Fiona Apple's "Dull Tool" From The 'This Is 40' Soundtrack; Paul Rudd Hearts Ween In New Poster |website=] |first=Edward |last=Davis |date=November 17, 2012 |accessdate=February 1, 2013}}</ref> Another song recorded for the film that was not included in the soundtrack has yet to be released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9011-judd-apatow/|title=Judd Apatow|website=Pitchfork}}</ref> In September 2013, a ] ad appeared online with a soundtrack of Apple covering "]" from the 1971 film '']''. The video, which follows a scarecrow as he discovers the truth about ] and processed food, was described as "haunted," "dystopian," "bizarre," and "beautiful."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/pop/Watch-Fiona-Apple-Chipotle-Partner-Bizarre-Beautiful-Pure-Imagination-Cover-59072.html |title=Watch: Fiona Apple And Chipotle Partner For Bizarre And Beautiful Pure Imagination Cover|website=CinemaBlend}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/52274-watch-fiona-apple-covers-pure-imagination-from-willy-wonka-for-chipotle-ad-on-factory-farming/|title=Watch: Fiona Apple Covers "Pure Imagination" From Willy Wonka for Chipotle Ad on Factory Farming |website= Pitchfork}}</ref> In September 2013, a ] ad appeared online with a soundtrack of Apple covering "]" from the 1971 film '']''. The video, which follows a scarecrow as he discovers the truth about ] and processed food, was described as "haunted," "dystopian," "bizarre," and "beautiful."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/pop/Watch-Fiona-Apple-Chipotle-Partner-Bizarre-Beautiful-Pure-Imagination-Cover-59072.html |title=Watch: Fiona Apple And Chipotle Partner For Bizarre And Beautiful Pure Imagination Cover|website=CinemaBlend}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/52274-watch-fiona-apple-covers-pure-imagination-from-willy-wonka-for-chipotle-ad-on-factory-farming/|title=Watch: Fiona Apple Covers "Pure Imagination" From Willy Wonka for Chipotle Ad on Factory Farming |website= Pitchfork}}</ref>
In 2014, Apple wrote the opening theme, "]", for the Showtime drama series '']''.<ref>{{cite web|title='The Affair' opening credits feature new Fiona Apple song: Listen|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/10/02/fiona-apple-affair-credits/|accessdate=December 20, 2014|website=EW}}</ref> During 2014, Apple also appeared at a number of performances by ], including in New York City and Cambridge, MA, 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=I Know, Apple and Mills|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rza0XycpyA8|accessdate=April 5, 2015|website=YouTube}}</ref> Fiona Apple has collaborated with ], and in 2016, she was featured in the song "Left Handed Kisses" from the album '']''. In 2014, Apple wrote the opening theme, "]", for the Showtime drama series '']''.<ref>{{cite web|title='The Affair' opening credits feature new Fiona Apple song: Listen|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/10/02/fiona-apple-affair-credits/|archive-url=http://archive.vn/wip/LX7Pw|archive-date=April 17, 2020|url-status=live|last=Zuckerman|first=Esther|date=October 2, 2014|website=]}}</ref> During 2014, Apple also appeared at a number of performances by ], including in New York City and ], 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=I Know, Apple and Mills|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rza0XycpyA8|accessdate=April 5, 2015|website=YouTube}}</ref> Fiona Apple has collaborated with ], and in 2016, she was featured in the song "Left Handed Kisses" from the album '']''.


In 2017, she released "]" for the ].<ref>{{cite news|author=Bromwich, Jonah|title=Fiona Apple Releases a Trump Protest Chant|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/arts/music/fiona-apple-tiny-hands-womens-march.html|work=The New York Times|date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> In 2017, she released "]" for the ].<ref>{{cite news|author=Bromwich, Jonah|title=Fiona Apple Releases a Trump Protest Chant|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/arts/music/fiona-apple-tiny-hands-womens-march.html|work=]|date=January 18, 2017}}</ref>


In 2018, she joined ] at the female-driven Girl School Festival in Los Angeles for a cover of "]" by ], wearing a white T-shirt with "KNEEL, PORTNOW" written across it in ink. This was considered in response to Grammy head ]'s heavily criticized comments that women need to "step up" in order to earn more Grammy nods.<ref>{{cite news|author=Ortega, Mark|title=WATCH: Shirley Manson and Fiona Apple cover "You Don't Own Me"|url=http://www.passtheaux.co/girl-school-2018-shirley-manson-fiona-apple/|work=Pass The Aux|date=February 3, 2018}}</ref> In 2018, she joined ] at the female-driven Girl School Festival in Los Angeles for a cover of "]" by ], wearing a white T-shirt with "KNEEL, PORTNOW" written across it in ink. This was considered in response to Grammy head ]'s heavily criticized comments that women need to "step up" in order to earn more Grammy nods.<ref>{{cite news|author=Ortega, Mark|title=WATCH: Shirley Manson and Fiona Apple cover "You Don't Own Me"|url=http://www.passtheaux.co/girl-school-2018-shirley-manson-fiona-apple/|work=Pass The Aux|date=February 3, 2018}}</ref>
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In January 2019, Apple collaborated with ] on a version of her 1999 song "I Know". The song was released for Spotify's RISE program on January 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/01/25/688618778/king-princess-and-fiona-apple-collaborate-on-new-version-of-i-know|title=King Princess And Fiona Apple Collaborate On New Version Of 'I Know'|website=NPR.org}}</ref> Apple was featured in the documentary and ] for ] with ] covering songs by artists such as ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fiona-apple-jakob-dylan-beach-boys-in-my-room-839505/|title=Hear Fiona Apple, Jakob Dylan Cover the Beach Boys' 'In My Room'|first=Claire|publisher=]|last=Shaffer|date=May 24, 2019}}</ref> In November, she covered "Whole of the Moon," a ] song, for the series finale of ]'s '']''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fiona-apple-waterboys-whole-of-the-moon-cover-907809/|title=Hear Fiona Apple's Full-Throated Cover of the Waterboys' 'The Whole of the Moon'|first1=Jon|last1=Blistein|publisher=]|date=November 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/fiona-apple-covers-the-waterboys%E2%80%99-%E2%80%9Cthe-whole-of-the-moon%E2%80%9D-listen/ar-AAJQ1bU|title=Fiona Apple Covers the Waterboys’ “The Whole of the Moon”: Listen|website=Msn.com}}</ref> In January 2019, Apple collaborated with ] on a version of her 1999 song "I Know". The song was released for Spotify's RISE program on January 25.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/01/25/688618778/king-princess-and-fiona-apple-collaborate-on-new-version-of-i-know|title=King Princess And Fiona Apple Collaborate On New Version Of 'I Know'|website=NPR.org}}</ref> Apple was featured in the documentary and ] for ] with ] covering songs by artists such as ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fiona-apple-jakob-dylan-beach-boys-in-my-room-839505/|title=Hear Fiona Apple, Jakob Dylan Cover the Beach Boys' 'In My Room'|first=Claire|publisher=]|last=Shaffer|date=May 24, 2019}}</ref> In November, she covered "Whole of the Moon," a ] song, for the series finale of ]'s '']''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fiona-apple-waterboys-whole-of-the-moon-cover-907809/|title=Hear Fiona Apple's Full-Throated Cover of the Waterboys' 'The Whole of the Moon'|first1=Jon|last1=Blistein|publisher=]|date=November 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/fiona-apple-covers-the-waterboys%E2%80%99-%E2%80%9Cthe-whole-of-the-moon%E2%80%9D-listen/ar-AAJQ1bU|title=Fiona Apple Covers the Waterboys’ “The Whole of the Moon”: Listen|website=Msn.com}}</ref>


In two Instagram posts in March 2019, Apple hinted at the recording of a fifth album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-fiona-apple-tease-and-record-new-music-at-home-studio/|title=Watch Fiona Apple Tease and Record New Music at Home Studio|website=pitchfork.com}}</ref> In a September 2019 interview with Vulture, she confirmed that the album was in its final stages, recorded with a band and planned for an early 2020 release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/fiona-apple-is-still-calling-bullshit.html|title=Fiona Apple Is Still Calling Bullshit|website=vulture.com}}</ref> In a follow-up interview with Vulture in January 2020, she said her new album would probably be out "in a few months."<ref name="vulture">{{cite news |last1=Handler |first1=Rachel |title=15 Minutes With Fiona Apple |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/fiona-apple-new-album-updates.html |accessdate=January 24, 2020 |publisher=Vulture |date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> 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 ].<ref name=radical> In two Instagram posts in March 2019, Apple hinted at the recording of a fifth album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-fiona-apple-tease-and-record-new-music-at-home-studio/|title=Watch Fiona Apple Tease and Record New Music at Home Studio|website=pitchfork.com}}</ref> In a September 2019 interview with Vulture, she confirmed that the album was in its final stages, recorded with a band and planned for an early 2020 release.<ref name=handler>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/fiona-apple-is-still-calling-bullshit.html|title=Fiona Apple Is Still Calling Bullshit|website=]|date=September 25, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.vn/fEyT5|archive-date=September 25, 2019|author=Handler, Rachel}}</ref> In a follow-up interview with Vulture in January 2020, she said her new album would probably be out "in a few months."<ref name="vulture">{{cite news |last1=Handler |first1=Rachel |title=15 Minutes With Fiona Apple |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/fiona-apple-new-album-updates.html |accessdate=January 24, 2020 |work=] |date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> 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 ].<ref name=radical>
{{cite web |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/23/fiona-apples-art-of-radical-sensitivity |title=Fiona Apple's Art of Radical Sensitivity|date=March 16, 2020 |work=The New Yorker}}</ref> In an interview with '']'' it was announced the new album will be called '']''. Apple later announced that the album would be released on April 17, 2020. The album is entirely self-produced and consists of 13 songs.<ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/23/fiona-apples-art-of-radical-sensitivity |title=Fiona Apple's Art of Radical Sensitivity|date=March 16, 2020 |work=]}}</ref> In an interview with '']'' it was announced the new album will be called '']''. Apple later announced that the album would be released on April 17, 2020. The album is entirely self-produced and consists of 13 songs.<ref>
{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3yH33epGJY |title=Fiona Apple – 5 |date=March 16, 2020 |website=newyorker.com|publisher=Fiona Apple Rocks}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xERU-0nrGHE |title=Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters |date=April 1, 2020 |website=youtube.com|publisher=Fiona Apple Rocks}}</ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3yH33epGJY |title=Fiona Apple – 5 |date=March 16, 2020 |website=newyorker.com|publisher=Fiona Apple Rocks}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xERU-0nrGHE |title=Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters |date=April 1, 2020 |website=youtube.com|publisher=Fiona Apple Rocks}}</ref>


==Personal life== ==Philanthropy==
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Apple is a ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/music/fiona-apple-interview|title=Fiona Apple: Interview|magazine=]|first=John|last=Lewis|date=April 4, 2006|accessdate=June 17, 2016}}</ref> During an in-depth interview on ]'s ] she revealed that she has battled ] throughout her adult life and had recently decided to quit drinking.<ref name=wtf>{{cite podcast |host=Marc Maron |work=]| |url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_297_-_fiona_apple|title=Episode 297|date=July 16, 2012|accessdate=October 25, 2016}}</ref> She has also gone on record about struggling with ], ], ] and trust issues with men, particularly in the wake of her rape.<ref name="rollingstone.com">{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fiona-the-caged-bird-sings-244221/|title=Fiona: The Caged Bird Sings|last=Heath|first=Chris|date=January 22, 1998|work=Rolling Stone|access-date=August 3, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

The fallout from Apple's breakup with her first serious boyfriend, Tyson, was the basis for her first album, ''].'' According to a 1998 profile in '']'', the two of them managed to stay on good terms.<ref name="rollingstone.com"/> In the late 1990s, she was linked with ] and ] ], followed by writer/director ] during the 2000s and writer/TV creator ] in the mid to late 2000s.<ref>{{Cite journal|author = Hopper, Jessica | date=April 24, 2012 | title=Fiona Apple's Bad, Bad Girl Moments|journal=Rolling Stone| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/fiona-apples-bad-bad-girl-moments-22292/|access-date=August 3, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/06/fiona-apple-is-not-insane/258660/|title=Fiona Apple Is Not Insane|last=Kornhaber|first=Spencer|date=June 19, 2012|work=The Atlantic|access-date=August 3, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=Bustle|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/2603-fiona-apple-paul-thomas-anderson-reunite-to-make-a-simple-yet-stunning-new-music-video|title=Fiona Apple & Paul Thomas Anderson Reunite to Make a Simple Yet Stunning New Music Video|author=Semigran, Aly|date=July 25, 2013|accessdate=December 10, 2017}}</ref> She has admitted she maintains friendships with all of her ex-boyfriends, noting "I really care about them. I care about their lives with their girlfriends. I feel like maybe an annoying mother or something."<ref>{{Cite web|first=John|last=Norris|url=https://vmagazine.com/article/fiona-apple-idling-no-more/|title=Fiona Apple: Idling No More|magazine=]|publisher=]|location=New York City|date=June 26, 2012|access-date=August 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Craig|last=McLean|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jan/29/popandrock.fionaapple|title=Craig McLean profiles Fiona Apple, best-selling artist|newspaper=]|language=en|date=January 29, 2006|access-date=August 4, 2018}}</ref> In a June 2012 interview, she revealed she had briefly married a French photographer "for complicated reasons" and had a passing liaison with a younger woman.<ref name=Lee><!--?REPEAT2?-->{{cite web|first=Dan P.|last=Lee|url=http://www.vulture.com/2012/06/hiding-out-with-fiona-apple-musical-hermit.html|title='I Just Want to Feel Everything’: Hiding Out With Fiona Apple, Musical Hermit|website=]|publisher=]|location=New York City|date=June 17, 2012|accessdate=December 18, 2018}}</ref>

⚫ On September 19, 2012, Apple was arrested at an ] in ], and charged with possession of ], detaining her en route to a concert in ], at the ] Jail.<ref name="NYMN September 2012">{{cite web | author = McDougan, Farfel | date = September 20, 2012 | title = Fiona Apple Arrested | work = New York Music News | url = http://nymn.com/fiona-apple-arrested-new-york-music-news/ | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120923150232/http://nymn.com/fiona-apple-arrested-new-york-music-news/ | archive-date = September 23, 2012 | accessdate=March 26, 2020}}</ref><ref name="TMZ September 2012">{{cite web | title=Fiona Apple Arrested for Hash in Texas |url=http://www.tmz.com/2012/09/20/fiona-apple-arrested-drugs-weed-hash-texas-hashish/ |work=TMZ.com |date=September 20, 2012 |accessdate=September 21, 2012}}</ref>

⚫ In November 2012, Apple wrote a letter to her fans – a scan of which was posted to her website and her ] page – postponing the South American leg of her tour due to the health of her dog, Janet. According to the letter, the dog has ] and has had a tumor "idling in her chest" for two years.<ref>{{cite web| author = Apple, Fiona | url=http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/11/she-is-my-best-friend.html |title=She is my best friend |work=Letters of Note | date=November 21, 2012 |accessdate=February 12, 2013}}</ref>

On June 30, 2019, Apple pledged to donate two years' worth of earnings from TV and movie placements of her song "]" to the ] fund, which assists refugees with basic necessities, immigration fees and legal services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fiona-apple-criminal-royalties-refugees-854497/|title=Fiona Apple Pledges Two Years of ‘Criminal’ Royalties to Refugees|last=Reed|first=Ryan|date=July 2, 2019|website=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=August 24, 2019}}</ref> In 2020, While They Wait's Scott Hechinger revealed to ''Vulture'' that Fiona has donated $90,000, and that donation will help out 15 families.<ref name="vulture"/> On June 30, 2019, Apple pledged to donate two years' worth of earnings from TV and movie placements of her song "]" to the ] fund, which assists refugees with basic necessities, immigration fees and legal services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fiona-apple-criminal-royalties-refugees-854497/|title=Fiona Apple Pledges Two Years of ‘Criminal’ Royalties to Refugees|last=Reed|first=Ryan|date=July 2, 2019|website=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=August 24, 2019}}</ref> In 2020, While They Wait's Scott Hechinger revealed to ''Vulture'' that Fiona has donated $90,000, and that donation will help out 15 families.<ref name="vulture"/>


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Fiona Apple
Apple performing in New York City, 2015Apple performing in New York City, 2015
Background information
Birth nameFiona Apple MacAfee-Maggart
Born (1977-09-13) September 13, 1977 (age 47)
New York City, U.S.
Genres
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
Years active1994–present
Labels
Websitefiona-apple.com

Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Her accolades include one Grammy Award, and an additional seven Grammy Award nominations in various categories.

The daughter of actor Brandon Maggart, Apple was born in New York City but was raised alternating between New York and her father's home in Los Angeles. Classically trained 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 Apple was 17, was released in 1996 and received a Grammy Award for Best Female Vocal Rock Performance for the single "Criminal". She followed with When the Pawn... (1999), produced by Jon Brion, which was also critically and commercially successful and was certified platinum.

For her third album, Extraordinary Machine (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, 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, and nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. 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 in 2013. Apple's fifth studio album, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, was released in 2020.

She has sold over 10 million albums worldwide and has received numerous awards and nominations, including a Grammy Award, 2 MTV Video Music Awards and a Billboard Music Award.

Life and career

1977–1993: Early life

Fiona Apple was born Fiona Apple MacAfee-Maggart on September 13, 1977 in New York City to singer Diane McAfee and actor Brandon Maggart, who met when both were cast in the Broadway musical Applause. Her father is from Tennessee, and through him, Apple has Melungeon ancestry. Her maternal grandparents were dancer Millicent Green and big band vocalist Johnny McAfee. Her sister, Amber, sings cabaret under the stage name Maude Maggart, and actor Garett Maggart is her half brother. Apple grew up in Morningside Gardens in Harlem with her mother and sister, but spent summers with her father in Los Angeles, California.

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 into the corresponding notes. Apple later began to play along with jazz standard compositions after becoming proficient, through which she discovered Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, who became major influences on her.

At age 12, Apple was raped outside the apartment she shared with her mother, step-father and sister in Harlem. She subsequently developed an eating disorder, purposely slimming her developing body, which she saw as "bait". After the incident, she spent hours at a Model Mugging class, practicing self-defense by punching a man in a padded suit. After the incident, Apple also suffered panic attacks while walking home from school, which led to her relocating to Los Angeles to live with her father for one year. In an interview in 2000, she stated that she did not write songs about this trauma: "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."

1994–2001: Tidal and When the Pawn...

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 executive Andy Slater. Apple's abilities captured his attention, and Slater signed her to a record deal.

In 1996, Apple's debut album, Tidal, was released by Work Records and Columbia Records. 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 in the U.S. "Criminal", the third single, became a hit and the song reached the Top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song's controversial Mark Romanek-directed music video played on MTV. Other singles from Tidal included "Shadowboxer", "Sleep to Dream", and "Never Is a Promise". Apple accepted the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards for her song "Sleep to Dream", during her acceptance speech she said:

This world is bullshit. And you shouldn't model your life—wait a second—you shouldn't model your life about what you think that we think is cool and what we're wearing and what we're saying and everything. Go with yourself.

The New Yorker and NYRock criticized her MTV award show speech. "When I have something to say, I'll say it," she said, responding to these criticisms in an article in Rolling Stone in January 1998. During this period, Apple also covered the Beatles' "Across the Universe" and Percy Mayfield'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 during a photoshoot, and the two carried on 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 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 for 2001. However, as of October 2007, it no longer has the longest album title, as Soulwax released Most of the Remixes, a remix 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. When the Pawn, which was produced by Jon Brion, used more expressive lyrics, experimented more with drum loops, and incorporated both the Chamberlin and drummer Matt Chamberlain. The album received a positive reception from publications such as The New York Times and Rolling Stone. It did not fare as well commercially as her debut, though it was an RIAA-certified platinum album and sold one million copies in the U.S. The album's lead single, "Fast as You Can", reached the top twenty on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and became Apple's first Top 40 hit in the UK. The videos for two follow-up singles, "Paper Bag" and "Limp" (directed by then-boyfriend Anderson), received very little play.

In an infamous February 2000 'meltdown', after performing for forty minutes in a set hampered by equipment issues to 3,000 audience members at the New York City Roseland Ballroom, 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 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 on a cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge over Troubled Water" that ended up on his album American IV: The Man Comes Around and was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Country Collaboration with Vocals". She also collaborated with Cash on Cat Stevens's "Father and Son", which was included in his 2003 collection Unearthed.

Fans in support of Fiona Apple demonstrating outside the NYC headquarters of Sony BMG Music Entertainment in January 2005.

Apple's third album, Extraordinary Machine, was originally produced by Jon Brion. 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, with strict stipulations (including no deadline), which the label eventually agreed to. Recording sessions began in 2002, at Ocean Way studios 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, 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. 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". It was eventually certified gold, though its singles ("Parting Gift", "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.

Apple performing in Seattle, Washington, 2006

In June 2006, Apple appeared on the joke track "Come Over and Get It (Up in 'Dem Guts)" by comedian Zach Galifianakis. 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 film The Nightmare Before Christmas. In May 2006, Apple paid tribute to Elvis Costello 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. 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.

In January 2010, Fiona Apple and Jon Brion performed together at "Love and Haiti, Too: A Music Benefit", a charity concert for the people hurt by the Haiti earthquake. 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. In June 2010, Fiona released a song titled "So Sleepy", produced by Jon Brion and written by children involved with the non-profit organization 826LA. The song was included on a compilation album released by the organization titled Chickens in Love. Apple collaborated with Margaret Cho on her album Cho Dependent, which was released on August 24, 2010.

2011–2018: The Idler Wheel..., tour, and legal troubles

Apple performing at Terminal 5, New York, 2012

In late 2010, Billboard published an article stating that Apple was planning on releasing a new album in spring 2011, with musician Michelle Branch 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 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 received critical acclaim. According to an article in American Songwriter "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 "for complicated reasons" and had a passing liaison with a younger woman. She subsequently gave in-depth interview on Marc Maron's WTF podcast in July, during which she revealed that she has battled obsessive–compulsive disorder 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, and charged with possession of hashish, detaining her en route to a concert in Austin, Texas, at the Hudspeth County Jail.

Apple performing in Miami Beach, 2012

Apple contributed a previously unreleased song entitled "Dull Tool" to the soundtrack of the 2012 Judd Apatow film This Is 40. Another song recorded for the film that was not included in the soundtrack has yet to be released. 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 and has had a tumor "idling in her chest" for two years.

In September 2013, a Chipotle ad appeared online with a soundtrack of Apple covering "Pure Imagination" from the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The video, which follows a scarecrow as he discovers the truth about factory farming and processed food, was described as "haunted," "dystopian," "bizarre," and "beautiful." In 2014, Apple wrote the opening theme, "Container", for the Showtime drama series The Affair. During 2014, Apple also appeared at a number of performances by Blake Mills, including in New York City and Cambridge, Massachusetts, 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, and in 2016, she was featured in the song "Left Handed Kisses" from the album Are You Serious.

In 2017, she released "Tiny Hands" for the Women's March on Washington.

In 2018, she joined Shirley Manson at the female-driven Girl School Festival in Los Angeles for a cover of "You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore, 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" in order 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 for Echo in the Canyon with Jakob Dylan covering songs by artists such as the Beach Boys and the Byrds. In November, she covered "Whole of the Moon," a Waterboys song, for the series finale of Showtime's The Affair.

In two Instagram posts in March 2019, Apple hinted at the recording of a fifth album. In a September 2019 interview with Vulture, 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 probably 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 American Sign Language. In an interview with The New Yorker it was announced the new album will be called Fetch the Bolt Cutters. Apple later announced that the album would be released on April 17, 2020. The album is entirely self-produced and consists of 13 songs.

Philanthropy

On June 30, 2019, Apple pledged to donate two years' worth of earnings from TV and movie placements of her song "Criminal" 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 Fiona has donated $90,000, and that donation will help out 15 families.

Discography

Main articles: Fiona Apple discography and List of songs recorded by Fiona Apple

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Fiona Apple

Apple's debut album earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Criminal" and the MTV Video Music Award 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, she won an Esky Music Award for Best Songbird.

See also

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Awards and achievements
Preceded byAlanis Morissette MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist
1997 		Succeeded byNatalie Imbruglia
Fiona Apple
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