The hit song of Fiona’s ‘96 Tidal album. It is believed that she wrote the lyrics in 45 minutes and convinced record company Sony that the song will be a hit.
Fiona is a native New Yorker from a Broadway actor mother and father. When her parents were separated, she lived with her mother and brother in Harlem and spend the summer in Los Angeles with her father.
When Fiona got his “The Best New Artist” award in 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, she made a cult speech starting with “This world is bullshit”. When they asked in a Vulture interview years later, “what do you think is the best adjective that defines the world now?”, she said her views are the same.
The name of the 2005 album is a cult Fiona Apple song that starts with “I am definitely not buying a new shoe”.
10/10 is the new Fiona Apple album released after 8 years. The name of the album comes from a line of Stella Gibson of BBC mini-series The Fall.
Fiona who was bored of recording for The Idler Wheel… run back home by saying “I need to go because of a need to work on a new song alone.” When she was home, she said, “shit, I will be a liar if I don’t work now.” And she wrote Hot Knife.
When King Princess, a signer from Brooklyn, and Fiona Apple re-recorded 99 “I Know” song last year, Princess released the song on Twitter with “we’re gunna serve u heartbreak”.
We don’t know who is Fiona’s first boyfriend. But what greatly shaped her first album Tidal was her break up from this boyfriend. Just like she said in Shadowboxer: “Once my lover, now my friend”
She cancelled 2012 tour because her beloved dog Janet that she adopted when she was 21 was sick and she published a health-melting letter. A short time after the letter, Janet unfortunately dies.
If you are wondering what Fiona Apple is doing during the quarantine, she was learning Indian and Spanish on Duolingo!
Fiona gave a lot of concerts at the end of 90s in Largo, Los Angeles. She even has a song with the same name.
When Fiona was asked about the musicians that inspired her, she said everything about African activist singer Miriam Makeba known as “Mama Africa” fired her.
A few years ago, they asked Fiona which songs she will never sing live: She said Never is a Promise, Jonathan and Hot Knife.
Fiona used to suffer from a major obsessive-compulsive disease. One time, she tried to correct the paper towel in the garbage at 3 am in the morning because she was unable to sleep since the garbage will not feel comfortable in that position.
Being angry is one of the most district properties of Fiona. She says people are asking “Why are you so angry?” throughout her life.
Fiona is a reckless activist. Although she is normally a homebody, she is getting out of the house for human rights, women rights and anti-Trump movements.
Fiona does not like giving interviews but when she wants, nothing can stop her! After 7-years of silence, she sends a mail to vice.com on September 2019 from her Hotmail address and suggested to give an interview.
She wrote “I got my feet on the ground and I don’t go to sleep to dream” lyrics of Sleep to Dream in her first album Tidal when she was 14 years old.
Fiona Apple released an amazing 10-word song for anti-Trump Woman March in 2017 in New York: “We don’t want your tiny hands/anywhere near our underpants.”
If you want to see how a 19-year-old Fiona with messy hair looks like when she released her first album, you must check out her performance on MTV Unplugged.
Fiona did not go to school after high-school and she never went to college. She managed to release her first album 1 year after her graduation.
One of the many Fiona Apple references in the Girls TV-show written by and starring Lena Durham is the “Valentine” song that played when Hannah learned that his ex-boyfriend and her best friend are dating.
Fiona’s ’99 10-song album When the Pawn… is an emergency kit to mend broken hearts with masterworks like Paper Bag, I Know, Fast as You Can, Love Ridden.
I don’t know if Fiona is cooking during the quarantine but she does not like cooking. Her favorite thing is the rich salad bars.
Zack Galifianakis accompanied Fiona with his epic performance in Not About Love clip. The two close friends filmed the clip in Zach’s Los Angeles home.
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