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{{Short description|American musician (born 1977)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Fiona Apple
| image             = Fiona Apple by Sachyn Mital (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Apple performing in 2015
| birth_name        = Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1977|9|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place       = [[New York City]], U.S.
| origin            = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| genre             = {{flatlist|
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* [[Art pop]]
* [[baroque pop]]
* {{nowrap|[[chamber pop]]}}
* [[art rock]]
* [[alternative rock]]
* [[jazz pop]]
}}
| occupation        = Singer-songwriter
| instrument        = {{flatlist| 
* Vocals
* piano
* percussion
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| years_active      = 1994–present
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Epic Records|Epic]]
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
* Clean Slate
}}
| website           = {{URL|fionaapplestore.com}}
}}

'''Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart''' (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. Noted for her songwriting, she released five albums from 1996 to 2020, all of which reached the top 20 on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/fiona-apple/chart-history/tlp/|title = Fiona Apple|magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> As of 2021, she has sold over 15 million records worldwide.<ref name="p868">{{cite web | title=Musicheads Essential Artist: Fiona Apple | website=The Current | date=March 9, 2021 | url=https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2021/03/09/musicheads-essential-artist-fiona-apple | access-date=January 23, 2025}}</ref> Apple has received numerous [[List of awards and nominations received by Fiona Apple|accolades]], including three [[Grammy Awards]], two [[MTV Video Music Awards]], and a [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'' Music Video Award]].

The youngest daughter of the actor [[Brandon Maggart]], 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]] on piano as a child, she began composing her own songs when she was eight years old. Her debut album, ''[[Tidal (album)|Tidal]]'' (1996), was composed of songs written during her teens, and won [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|Best Female Rock Performance]] at the [[39th Annual Grammy Awards]] for its single "[[Criminal (Fiona Apple song)|Criminal]]". Her second album, the [[Jon Brion]]-produced ''[[When the Pawn...]]'' (1999), was met with critical acclaim, and received [[RIAA certification|platinum]] certification by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA).

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 album|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, also receiving a nomination for [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Music Album]] at the [[55th Annual Grammy Awards]]. Apple's fifth studio album, ''[[Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]'' (2020), won two Grammy Awards: Best Alternative Music Album and [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance|Best Rock Performance]] for the lead single "Shameika."

==Early life and education==
Fiona Apple was born Fiona Apple McAfee-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 (musical)|Applause]]''.<ref name=lee>{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Dan P.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209001851/http://www.vulture.com/2012/06/hiding-out-with-fiona-apple-musical-hermit.html|archive-date=February 9, 2013|url-status=live|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|work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|access-date=June 19, 2012}}</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 |access-date=April 19, 2020 |url-access=registration}}</ref> Her father is from [[Tennessee]], and through him, Apple has [[Melungeon]] ancestry.<ref name=wtf /> 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]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2QKeg6Q9KAwC&q=fiona+apple+harlem&pg=PA94|title=Harlem Travel Guide|last=Johnson|first=Carolyn D.|year=2010|page=94|publisher=Welcome to Harlem |isbn=9781449915889}}</ref> with her mother and sister, but spent summers with her father in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="notable" />

She attended the private Episcopal school [[St. Hilda's & St. Hugh's School]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/fiona-apples-shameika-lives-in-virginia-is-amazed-by-song/2521763/ | title=Fiona Apple's 'Shameika' Lives in Virginia, is Amazed by Song | website=NBC Washington| date=December 27, 2020 }}</ref> and later [[Alexander Hamilton High School (Los Angeles)]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-05-ca-39318-story.html | title=What a Drag It is Being Young | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=October 5, 1997 }}</ref> as well as being homeschooled. 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|access-date=September 5, 2014}}</ref> When learning to play piano, she would often take sheet music and translate [[guitar tablature]] into the corresponding notes.<ref name="notable" /> 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.<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>

Since childhood, Apple has struggled with [[obsessive–compulsive disorder]], [[Mood disorder|depression]], and [[anxiety]], and has also been diagnosed with [[complex post-traumatic stress disorder]].<ref name=nussbaum/> At age 12, she was raped outside the apartment she shared with her mother, step-father, and sister in Harlem.<ref name="heath" /> She subsequently developed an [[eating disorder]], purposely slimming her developing body, which she saw as "bait" for potential predators.<ref name=heath/> "I definitely did have an eating disorder", she recalled. "What was really frustrating for me was that everyone thought I was [[anorexia nervosa|anorexic]], and I wasn't. I was just really depressed and self-loathing."<ref name=heath/> She also described how her OCD developed into [[avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder]], requiring food to be a certain color or shape.<ref name=wtf /><ref name="heath" />

After the rape, Apple began attending [[Model Mugging]] classes, practicing self-defense,<ref name=nussbaum/> but continued to suffer [[panic attack]]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 Los Angeles, Apple attended [[Alexander Hamilton High School (Los Angeles)|Alexander Hamilton High School]] for her second year.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Yahoo!]]|title=This Los Angeles High School Doubled as a Porn Set|last=Spata|first=Christopher|date=October 9, 2015|url-status=live|url=https://news.yahoo.com/los-angeles-high-school-doubled-231528351.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417233337/https://news.yahoo.com/los-angeles-high-school-doubled-231528351.html|archive-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/05/entertainment/ca-39318/3|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=October 5, 1997|title=What a Drag It Is Being Young|author=Hilburn, Robert|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908010740/https://articles.latimes.com/1997/oct/05/entertainment/ca-39318/3|archive-date=September 8, 2015}}</ref>

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."<ref>{{cite news|first=Phil|last=Sutcliffe|title=Hard Core Pawn|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|location=London, England|date=March 2000|pages=46–48}}</ref>

==Career==
Apple was introduced to the music industry in 1994, when she gave a demo tape containing the songs "[[Never Is a Promise#Track listing|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.<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|access-date=September 23, 2005|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716180856/http://www.nyrock.com/fiona.htm|archive-date=July 16, 2012}}</ref> Schenker then passed the tape along to [[Sony Music]] executive Andy Slater.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imagesjournal.com/issue05/features/fiona.htm |title=Images – Fiona Apple |website=Imagesjournal.com |access-date=September 2, 2011}}</ref> Apple's abilities captured his attention, and Slater signed her to a record deal.<ref name="New Yorker">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/10/10/051010crmu_music|title=Extraordinary Measures|magazine=New Yorker|last=Frere-Jones|first=Sasha|date=October 3, 2005|quote=Apple's robust contralto, though sometimes heavy on vibrato, gave her line readings a pleasingly sinister feel.|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</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|access-date=February 15, 2010|archive-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101191251/http://local.sandiego.com/|url-status=dead}} 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").{{dead link|date=April 2020}}</ref>

===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>

===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 (song)|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 (song)|Father and Son]]", which was included in his 2003 collection ''[[Unearthed (Johnny Cash album)|Unearthed]]''.

[[File:Free Fiona protest outside Sony BMG headquarters in NYC 28-01-2005.jpg|left|thumb|upright=.9|Fans in support of Fiona Apple demonstrating outside the [[New York City|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 Nashville|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 [[peer-to-peer|P2P]] networks and was downloaded by fans.<ref name="spin" /> 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 Records|Epic]], 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=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=August 15, 2005|access-date=December 10, 2017|archive-date=February 21, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221103914/http://www.spin.com/features/news/2005/08/050815_fiona_apple/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<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|last=Leeds|first=Jeff|date= August 15, 2005|access-date=April 19, 2020|url-access=registration}}</ref> Despite suggestions that the album had caused a rift between Brion and Apple, they regularly perform together at [[Largo (nightclub)|Largo]], 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|access-date=August 25, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927143738/http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites/music/7104.php|archive-date=September 27, 2011}}</ref> ''Extraordinary Machine'' debuted at number seven and was nominated for a Grammy Award for "[[Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album|Best Pop Vocal Album]]". It was eventually certified [[gold album|Gold]],<ref name=RIAA /> though its singles ("[[Parting Gift]]", "[[O' Sailor]]", "[[Not About Love]]", and "[[Get Him Back]]") failed to enter any ''Billboard'' charts.<ref name=Billboard-Apr2006>{{cite magazine|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|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date= April 19, 2006|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417084638/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58703/fiona-taps-rice-garza-for-summer-trek|archive-date=April 17, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Apple went on a live tour to promote the album.
Beginning in the mid-2000s, Apple dated writer and television creator [[Jonathan Ames]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|author = Hopper, Jessica | date=April 24, 2012 | title=Fiona Apple's Bad, Bad Girl Moments|magazine=[[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]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417084806/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/06/fiona-apple-is-not-insane/258660/|archive-date=April 17, 2020|url-status=live|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|access-date=December 10, 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Fiona-Apple.jpg|thumb|upright=.9|Apple performing in [[Seattle|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".<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|date=September 18, 2008|access-date= June 8, 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOmhOumh-w | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103105538/http://youtube.com/watch?v=EiOmhOumh-w| archive-date=November 3, 2007 | url-status=dead|title=Decades Rock Live |website=YouTube |access-date=April 12, 2014}}</ref> Apple toured the East Coast during August 2007, with [[Nickel Creek]].<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Hasty, Kate|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052031/apple-nickel-creek-teaming-for-tour |title=Apple, Nickel Creek Teaming For Tour|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date= May 18, 2007|archive-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417084709/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1052031/apple-nickel-creek-teaming-for-tour|url-status=live}}</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=[[LiveDaily]]|date=May 17, 2007|access-date=March 2, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410022102/http://www.livedaily.com/news/12126.html|archive-date=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 [[Cy Coleman]]''.

In January 2010, Apple and Brion performed together at "Love and Haiti, Too: A Music Benefit", a charity concert for the people hurt by the [[2010 Haiti earthquake|Haiti earthquake]]. Apple 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, Apple released a song titled "So Sleepy", produced by 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.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Maerz |first=Melissa |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/06/07/margaret-cho-album-murder-ballad/ |title=Margaret Cho's Murder Ballad |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=June 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417084839/https://ew.com/article/2010/06/07/margaret-cho-album-murder-ballad/|archive-date=April 17, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2011–2018: ''The Idler Wheel...'', tour, and legal troubles===
[[File:Fiona Apple 2012 NYC T5.jpg|thumb|upright=.9|left|Apple performing at [[Terminal 5 (venue)|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.<ref name="bill">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956287/fiona-apple-releasing-new-album-in-spring-2011|magazine=Billboard|title=Fiona Apple Releasing New Album in Spring 2011|author=Maples, Jillian|date=September 16, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417084927/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/956287/fiona-apple-releasing-new-album-in-spring-2011|archive-date=April 17, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Drummer [[Charley Drayton]] also told ''Modern Drummer'' magazine that he was co-producing the record.<ref>{{cite magazine|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 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=September 14, 2009 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417082745/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/510706/fiona-apple-to-release-new-music-in-the-next-few-weeks-says-la-reid|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 magazine|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 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=September 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417082818/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/469132/11-anticipated-album-updates-madonna-dmx-nickelback-and-more|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=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 30, 2012 |access-date=April 19, 2020 |url-access=registration}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/01/24/fiona-apple-has-new-music-coming-out-but-not-in-the-next-few-weeks/|title=Fiona Apple Has New Music Coming Out, But Not In the Next Few Weeks| magazine=Time| access-date=January 24, 2012| date=January 24, 2012}}</ref> Apple announced performances at the [[South by Southwest]] Festival and [[The Idler Wheel Tour|a spring 2012 tour]] soon after.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/02/21/fiona-apple-tour-dates-2012-sxsw/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716200942/http://music-mix.ew.com/2012/02/21/fiona-apple-tour-dates-2012-sxsw/|archive-date=July 16, 2012|url-status=live|last=Rahman|first=Ray|title=Concert dates including South by Southwest Festival|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=February 21, 2012|access-date=February 23, 2012}}</ref>

''[[The Idler Wheel...]]'',<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=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=March 7, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201181651/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fiona-apple-unveils-23-word-album-title-20120307 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=August 27, 2017 }}</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=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=March 7, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715055616/http://pitchfork.com/news/45671-fiona-apple-reveals-album-title/ |archive-date=July 15, 2012 |author=Battan, Carrie |access-date=March 7, 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 |access-date=May 1, 2012}}</ref> It became Apple's most successful album on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], where it peaked at number three,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/482560/justin-bieber-kenny-chesney-fiona-apple-lead-billboard-200-debuts |title=Justin Bieber, Kenny Chesney, Fiona Apple Lead Billboard 200 Debuts |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=June 27, 2012 |access-date=June 27, 2012}}</ref> and 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=[[Metacritic]]|publisher= [[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=June 18, 2012}}</ref> According to an article in ''[[American Songwriter]]'', "''The Idler Wheel'' isn't always pretty, but it pulses with life, brutal and true."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://americansongwriter.com/fiona-apple-the-idler-wheel/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731141903/https://americansongwriter.com/fiona-apple-the-idler-wheel/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |title=Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel... |website=[[American Songwriter]] |date=June 13, 2012 |last=Beviglia |first=Jim |access-date=April 19, 2020 }}</ref>

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]], "for complicated reasons" and had a passing liaison with a younger woman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2081479/fiona-apple-fetch-the-bolt-cutters-interview/news/|title=Fiona Apple Talks Secret Marriage, Antipsychotics, Louis CK In New Interview|date=April 17, 2020|website=Stereogum|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200421095109/https://www.stereogum.com/2081479/fiona-apple-fetch-the-bolt-cutters-interview/news/|archive-date=April 21, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=lee/> She subsequently gave an in-depth interview on [[Marc Maron]]'s [[WTF with Marc Maron|''WTF'' podcast]] in July, in which she described her experience with [[obsessive–compulsive disorder]] 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=[[WTF with Marc Maron]]|url=http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episodes/episode_297_-_fiona_apple|title=Episode 297|date=July 16, 2012|access-date=October 25, 2016}}</ref> On September 19, 2012, Apple was arrested at an [[United States Border Patrol Interior Checkpoints|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, Texas|Hudspeth County]] 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 | access-date=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 |date=September 20, 2012 |access-date=September 21, 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Fiona Apple 2012.png|thumb|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]]''.<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=[[IndieWire]] |first=Edward |last=Davis |date=November 17, 2012 |access-date=February 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121121162126/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/listen-fiona-apples-dull-tool-from-the-this-is-40-soundtrack-paul-rudd-hearts-ween-in-new-poster-20121117 |archive-date=November 21, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2020/04/fiona-apple-fetch-the-bolt-cutters-songs.html|title=The Story Behind Every Track on Fetch the Bolt Cutters|website=Vulture|date=April 17, 2020|last=Handler|first=Rachel|access-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422063000/https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/fiona-apple-fetch-the-bolt-cutters-songs.html|archive-date=April 22, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/9011-judd-apatow/|title=Judd Apatow|website=Pitchfork|date=December 11, 2012|last=Fitzmaurice|first=Larry|access-date=April 19, 2020|archive-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101191255/https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/9011-judd-apatow/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<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 | access-date=February 12, 2013 | archive-date=January 21, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121202028/http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/11/she-is-my-best-friend.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

In September 2013, a [[Chipotle Mexican Grill|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".<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|last=Rawden|first=Mack|date=September 13, 2013|website=CinemaBlend|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</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|last=Pelly|first=Jenn|date=September 12, 2013|website=Pitchfork|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref>

In 2014, Apple wrote the opening theme, "[[Container (song)|Container]]", for the Showtime drama series ''[[The Affair (TV series)|The Affair]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|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=https://archive.today/20200417083314/https://ew.com/music/fiona-apple-fetch-the-bolt-cutters-album-release-date/|archive-date=April 17, 2020|url-status=live|last=Zuckerman|first=Esther|date=October 2, 2014|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=I Know, Apple and Mills|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rza0XycpyA8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Rza0XycpyA8| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=April 5, 2015|website=YouTube| date=September 3, 2013 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Apple has collaborated with [[Andrew Bird]], and in 2016, she was featured in the song "Left Handed Kisses" from the album ''[[Are You Serious (Andrew Bird album)|Are You Serious]]''. In September 2017, Apple played rarities at the Ohana Festival in [[Dana Point, California|Dana Point]], California.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/fiona-apple-plays-rarities-does-cartwheel-ohana-fest-7957929/ | title=Watch Fiona Apple Play Rarities & do a Cartwheel at Ohana Fest | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 11, 2017 }}</ref> Also in 2017, she released "[[Tiny Hands]]" for the [[2017 Women's March|Women's March on Washington]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Bromwich|first=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|access-date=April 19, 2020|url-access=registration}}</ref> 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" 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|access-date=February 4, 2018|archive-date=January 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101191307/http://www.passtheaux.co/girl-school-2018-shirley-manson-fiona-apple/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===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.<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|last=Lorusso|first=Marissa|date=January 25, 2019|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref> Apple was featured in the documentary and [[Echo in the Canyon (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] for ''[[Echo in the Canyon]]'' with [[Jakob Dylan]] covering songs by artists such as [[the Beach Boys]] and [[the Byrds]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|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|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|last=Shaffer|date=May 24, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417083822/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fiona-apple-jakob-dylan-beach-boys-in-my-room-839505/|archive-date=April 17, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In November, she covered "Whole of the Moon," a [[The Waterboys|Waterboys]] song, for the series finale of [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]'s ''[[The Affair (TV series)|The Affair]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|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|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=November 4, 2019|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</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|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417083849/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|archive-date=April 17, 2020|url-status=live|title=Fiona Apple Covers the Waterboys' "The Whole of the Moon": Listen|website=[[MSN]]|last=Sodomsky|first=Sam|date=November 4, 2019|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</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/|url-status=live|archive-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417084245/https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-fiona-apple-tease-and-record-new-music-at-home-studio/?verso=true|title=Watch Fiona Apple Tease and Record New Music at Home Studio|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|date=March 18, 2019|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref> In a September 2019 interview with ''[[Vulture (website)|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=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|date=September 25, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190925171107/https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/fiona-apple-is-still-calling-bullshit.html|archive-date=September 25, 2019|author=Handler, Rachel|access-date=September 27, 2019}}</ref> In a follow-up interview with ''Vulture'' in January 2020, she said her new album would likely 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 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417084359/https://www.vulture.com/2020/01/fiona-apple-new-album-updates.html|archive-date=April 17, 2020|url-status=live |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |date=January 22, 2020}}</ref> On March 8, 2020, Apple posted a video of herself [[fingerspelling]] the phrase "M-Y-R-E-C-O-R-D-I-S-D-O-N-E".<ref name=nussbaum/> In an interview with ''[[The New Yorker]]'', it was announced that the album was to be titled ''[[Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]''.<ref name=nussbaum/> The album, which consists of 13 self-produced tracks, was released digitally on April 17, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/fiona-apple-new-album-fetch-the-box-cutters-release-april-17.html|work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]]|date=April 1, 2020|last=Murphy|first=Chris|title=Fiona Apple and Her Dog Announce Fetch the Bolt Cutters Will Arrive This Month|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200417084137/https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/fiona-apple-new-album-fetch-the-box-cutters-release-april-17.html|archive-date=April 17, 2020|url-status=dead|access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref> The album was met with widespread acclaim by music critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/04/fiona-apple-fetch-the-bolt-cutters-review-roundup.html|title=Critics Agree: Fiona Apple's ''Fetch the Bolt Cutters'' Is an Instant Classic|last=Curto|first=Justin|date=April 17, 2020|website=[[New York (magazine)|Vulture]]|access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref> At the [[63rd Annual Grammy Awards]], the album won [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Music Album]] and the lead single "Shameika" won [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance|Best Rock Performance]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/fiona-apple-wins-best-alternative-music-album-at-2021-grammys/|title=Fiona Apple Wins Best Alternative Music Album at 2021 Grammys|magazine=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|first=Madison|last=Bloom|date=March 14, 2021|access-date=March 14, 2021}}</ref>

On June 17, 2020, Apple was confirmed as an additional musician featuring on [[Bob Dylan]]'s 39th album ''[[Rough and Rowdy Ways]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Skinner|first=Tom|date=June 17, 2020|title=Fiona Apple and Blake Mills to appear on Bob Dylan's new album 'Rough and Rowdy Ways'|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/fiona-apple-and-blake-mills-to-appear-on-bob-dylans-new-album-rough-and-rowdy-ways-2690323|website=NME|access-date=November 22, 2020}}</ref> playing piano on the track "[[Murder Most Foul (song)|Murder Most Foul]]". On April 15, 2021, Apple covered [[Sharon Van Etten]]'s "Love More", from the 10th anniversary of Van Etten's second album, ''[[Epic (Sharon Van Etten album)|Epic]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yoo|first=Noah|title=Fiona Apple Covers Sharon Van Etten's "Love More"|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/fiona-apple-covers-sharon-van-etten-love-more-listen/|access-date=April 21, 2021|website=Pitchfork|date=April 15, 2021|language=en-us}}</ref> In December, she was featured on a cover of the Christmas classic "[[Silent Night]]" released by [[Phoebe Bridgers]] alongside her Christmas EP ''If We Make It Through December''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Phoebe Bridgers shares holiday EP If We Make It Through December|language=en|work=The FADER|url=https://www.thefader.com/2020/11/23/phoebe-bridgers-holiday-ep-if-we-make-it-through-december|access-date=July 8, 2021}}</ref> Apple joined with [[Bear McCreary]] to perform his composition "Where the Shadows Lie", the end credits theme for "[[Alloyed (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power)|Alloyed]]", the final episode of the first season of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power]]''. The song features Apple singing the [[Rings of Power|Ring Verse]], part of which is inscribed upon the [[One Ring]] in [[Black Speech]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saavedra |first=John |title=Fiona Apple's The Rings of Power Finale Song Is a Massive Tolkien Callback |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/lord-of-the-rings-of-power-finale-song-tolkien-callback-fiona-apple/ |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=[[Den of Geek]] |date=October 15, 2022}}</ref>

In March 2025, she featured on [[The Waterboys]]' single, "Letter from an Unknown Girlfriend" from their album ''[[Life, Death and Dennis Hopper]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://americansongwriter.com/check-out-the-waterboys-intense-and-dark-new-collaborative-song-with-fiona-apple-letter-from-an-unknown-girlfriend/ | title=Check Out the Waterboys' Intense and Dark New Collaborative Song with Fiona Apple, "Letter from an Unknown Girlfriend" | date=March 21, 2025 }}</ref> On April 25, 2025, Apple covered [[Neil Young]]'s "[[Heart of Gold (Neil Young song)|Heart of Gold]]" as part of the tribute album ''Heart Of Gold: The Songs Of Neil Young Volume I''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |title=Fiona Apple – “Heart Of Gold” (Neil Young Cover) |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2305543/fiona-apple-heart-of-gold-neil-young-cover/music/ |website=Stereogum |date=25 April 2025 |access-date=5 May 2025}}</ref> On May 7, 2025, the singer released "Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)", a [[protest song]] against the impact of [[Bail|cash bail]] upon working-class families which was inspired by her time as a volunteer court watcher.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |date=2025-05-07 |title=Fiona Apple Returns With First New Song in 5 Years, “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)” |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/fiona-apple-returns-with-first-new-song-in-5-years-pretrial-let-her-go-home-listen/ |access-date=2025-05-07 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Musical style and influences==
Apple's music has been labeled as [[art pop]],<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jody|last=Rosen|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-idler-wheel-20120619|title=The Idler Wheel...|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=June 19, 2012|access-date=April 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101191301/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-idler-wheel-204355/|archive-date=January 1, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Greg|last=Kot|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-fiona-apple-album-review-the-idler-wheel-reviewed-20120618-column.html|title=Album review: Fiona Apple, 'The Idler Wheel ...'|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=June 18, 2012|access-date=August 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729195239/http://www.chicagotribune.com/chi-fiona-apple-album-review-the-idler-wheel-reviewed-20120618-column.html|archive-date=July 29, 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/article305770/Fiona-Apple-performs-at-the-Midland.html|title=Fiona Apple performs at the Midland|work=[[The Kansas City Star]]|date=July 17, 2012|access-date=August 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140505/http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/article305770/Fiona-Apple-performs-at-the-Midland.html|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[baroque pop]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Sarah|last=Murphy|url=https://exclaim.ca/amparticle/fiona_apple-anything_we_want_every_single_nightlive_at_sxsw|title="Anything We Want" / "Every Single Night" (live at SXSW)|work=[[Exclaim!]]|date=March 14, 2012|access-date=August 26, 2024}}</ref> [[chamber pop]],<ref>{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Sumsion|url=https://www.vinylchapters.com/fiona-apple-fetch-the-bolt-cutters-review/|title=Fiona Apple: Fetch The Bolt Cutters – Review|work=Vinyl Chapters|date=April 20, 2020|access-date=August 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522030830/https://www.vinylchapters.com/fiona-apple-fetch-the-bolt-cutters-review/|archive-date=May 22, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> [[art rock]],<ref name="bushfiona">{{cite magazine|first=Will|last=Hermes|author-link=Will Hermes|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/banks-goddess-20140909|title=Banks's New Album: Goddess|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=September 9, 2014|access-date=September 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910213951/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/banks-goddess-20140909|archive-date=September 10, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[alternative rock]],<ref>{{cite news|first=Kirstin|last=Kennedy|url=https://www.timesonline.com/story/entertainment/local/2012/10/22/fiona-apple-real-revival-wide/18417422007/|title=Fiona Apple: A real revival and a wide range|newspaper=[[The Beaver County Times]]|date=October 22, 2012|access-date=August 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704151837/https://www.timesonline.com/story/entertainment/local/2012/10/22/fiona-apple-real-revival-wide/18417422007/|archive-date=July 4, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[jazz pop]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/when-the-pawn-hits-the-conflicts-he-thinks-like-a-king-mw0000035134|title=When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King...|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.treblezine.com/top-150-albums-of-the-2010s/|title=Top 150 Albums of the 2010s|first=Timothy|last=Michalik|date=January 7, 2020|website=Treble|access-date=October 18, 2024}}</ref> According to Stephen Thomas Erlewine of [[AllMusic]], "[Apple's] roots lay in [[jazz]], [[show tune]]s, and classic '70s singer/songwriters, [a] blend that came into sharper focus on her second album, [[When the Pawn...|When the Pawn]]."<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fiona-apple-mn0000169795|title=Fiona Apple AllMusic Bio|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 26, 2024}}</ref>

==Philanthropy==
On June 30, 2019, Apple pledged to donate two years' worth of earnings from TV and movie placements of her song "[[Criminal (Fiona Apple song)|Criminal]]" to the While They Wait fund, which assists refugees with basic necessities, immigration fees and legal services.<ref>{{Cite magazine|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|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=August 24, 2019}}</ref> In 2020, While They Wait's [[Scott Hechinger]] revealed to ''Vulture'' that Apple had donated $90,000, which would help 15 families.<ref name="vulture"/> Since 2021, Apple has been a volunteer court watcher for Courtwatch PG.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Dailey |first=Hannah |date=March 17, 2022 |title='F–k the Grammys': Fiona Apple Asks Fans to Support 'What Really Matters,' Courtroom Justice |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/fiona-apple-maryland-courtroom-justice-video-1235045138/ |access-date=June 24, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Elliot C. |date=March 30, 2021 |title=Fiona Apple Ditched The Grammys To Shout Out This PG County Courtwatching Group. Its Membership Soared |work=DCist |url=https://dcist.com/story/21/03/30/fiona-apple-pg-county-courtwatching-group-membership-skyrocketed/ |access-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-date=July 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731024106/https://dcist.com/story/21/03/30/fiona-apple-pg-county-courtwatching-group-membership-skyrocketed/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2020, Apple pledged to donate two years' worth of earnings from TV and movie placements of her song "Shameika" to the [[Harlem Children's Zone]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fionaapplerocks.tumblr.com/post/621188144363110400/via-fionaappleig-also-see-original-pic | title=Fiona Apple Rocks }}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Fiona Apple discography|List of songs recorded by Fiona Apple}}
* ''[[Tidal (album)|Tidal]]'' (1996)
* ''[[When the Pawn...]](1999)
* ''[[Extraordinary Machine]]'' (2005)
* ''[[The Idler Wheel...|The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Fetch the Bolt Cutters]]'' (2020)

==Concert tours==

* The Extraordinary Machine Tour (2005-2006)
* [[The Idler Wheel Tour]] (2012)

==Awards and nominations==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Fiona Apple}}
Apple's debut album earned her a [[Grammy Award]] for [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|Best Female Rock Vocal Performance]] for "Criminal" and the [[MTV Video Music Award]] for [[MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist|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. ''Fetch the Bolt Cutters'' won a Grammy Award for [[Best Alternative Music Album]] and the song "Shameika" won a Grammy Award for [[Best Rock Performance]].

==References==
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