Editing Fiona Apple (section)

===1996–2001: ''Tidal'' and ''When the Pawn...''===
In 1996, Apple's debut album, ''[[Tidal (album)|Tidal]]'', was released by [[Work Records]] and [[Columbia Records]].<ref name="heath">{{cite magazine|last=Heath|first=Chris|date=January 22, 1998|title=Fiona: The Caged Bird Sings|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fiona-the-caged-bird-sings-244221/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref> The record was largely inspired by Apple's recent breakup with her first boyfriend.<ref name="heath"/> The album sold 2.7&nbsp;million copies and was certified three times [[platinum album|Platinum]] in the U.S.<ref name=RIAA>"[https://www.riaa.com/gp/database/default.asp Gold and Platinum Searchable Database]" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228071417/http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/default.asp |date=February 28, 2007}}. [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].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= [[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[Today.com]] Entertainment|date= October 5, 2005}}</ref> "[[Criminal (Fiona Apple song)|Criminal]]", the third single, became a hit and the song reached the [[Top 40]] on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. The song's controversial [[Mark Romanek]]-directed music video played on [[MTV]].<ref name="Spin Magazine">''Spin'', October 1997.</ref> Other singles from ''Tidal'' included "[[Shadowboxer (song)|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:

{{blockquote|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|access-date=December 18, 2018}}</ref>}}

Apple responded to criticisms of her acceptance speech in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' in January 1998, stating, "When I have something to say, I'll say it."<ref name="heath" /> During this period, Apple also [[cover version|covered]] [[the Beatles]]' "[[Across the Universe]]" and [[Percy Mayfield]]'s "[[Please Send Me Someone to Love]]" for the soundtrack of the film ''[[Pleasantville (film)|Pleasantville]]''. 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616010459/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424968/fiona-apple-cancels-tour.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |title=News – Articles – 1424968 |website=MTV |date=March 3, 1998 |access-date=September 2, 2011}}</ref> In 1997, Apple met director [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] during a photoshoot, and the two began a relationship that lasted until 2002.<ref name=handler/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/23/fiona-apples-art-of-radical-sensitivity |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250228001250/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/23/fiona-apples-art-of-radical-sensitivity |url-status=live |archive-date=February 28, 2025 |title=Fiona Apple's Art of Radical Sensitivity |website=New Yorker|date=March 23, 2020 |access-date=March 25, 2025}}</ref>

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 (magazine)|Spin]]'' 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 |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=G1|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kevinenjoyce.com/soulwax/ |title=soulwax.info |website=Kevinenjoyce.com |access-date=February 12, 2013}}</ref> ''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 [[Loop (music)|drum loops]], and incorporated both the [[Chamberlin]] and [[Matt Chamberlain|drummer Matt Chamberlain]].<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 |access-date = September 17, 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131213072758/http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2008/09/matt_chamberlain_drummer_for_t.php/1 |archive-date = December 13, 2013 |df = mdy-all}}</ref> The album received a positive reception from publications such as ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<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/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 25, 1999|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref> It did not fare as well commercially as her debut, though it was an [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]-certified [[Music recording sales certification|Platinum album]]<ref name=RIAA /> and sold one million copies in the U.S.<ref name=AP-MSNBC /> The album's lead single, "[[Fast as You Can]]", reached the top twenty on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] chart and became Apple's first Top 40 hit in the UK. The videos for two follow-up singles, "[[Paper Bag (song)|Paper Bag]]" and "[[Limp (Song)|Limp]]" (directed by then-boyfriend Anderson), received very little play.{{Citation needed|date=November 2022}}

In a February 2000 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.<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 |access-date=March 22, 2015 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093143/http://www.music-slam.com/music-slam-concert-review-fiona-apple-roseland-ballroom-02292000/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> After completing a [[concert tour]] in support of her second album in 2000, Apple relocated to Los Angeles,<ref name=eliscu>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/483015/fiona-apple-the-billboard-cover-story|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|title=Fiona Apple: The Billboard Cover Story|last=Eliscu|first=Jenny|date=June 18, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417080025/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/483015/fiona-apple-the-billboard-cover-story|archive-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref> where she still resides as of 2020.<ref name=nussbaum>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|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=https://archive.today/20200316150806/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/23/fiona-apples-art-of-radical-sensitivity|archive-date=March 16, 2020|url-status=live|access-date=March 16, 2020}}</ref>