Fetch The Sledgehammer: Fiona Apple calls out the Grammys for nominating Dr. Puke

[pervertedlikeme]

Fiona Apple on the album of the year, Grammys hypocrisy and how #MeToo helped her get sober https://t.co/JmRN8WOPIG
- The Guardian (@guardian) December 18, 2020

In a new interview, Fiona Apple says she was excited [for a moment] to be included with the all-women Best Rock Performance nominees. Her excitement fizzled when she remembered the academy's

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[richyrich909]

I just used her as an example with this whole Weeknd and Nicki Minaj saying they were snubbed etc. Especially him after he's been all up their asses when he's won before. You keep that same Fiona Apple "This world is shit...fuck the man!" attitude from jump or stfu tbh just because you weren't nominated or won a damn trophy.

Also I fall asleep to "Never Is A Promise" when I'm feeling insanely anxious or just want a dreamy segue from reality into sleepville. That song is like an adult lullaby and I'll forever love it/her.

[genbu_no_miko24]

Yeah while I get the criticism of the Grammys treatment of Black artists.....I also know that Abel is mostly pissed cause HE got snubbed. Had he gotten nominated he wouldn't be saying all this. He can be very picky-choosy as to which things he'll pass or attend.

I don't get too caught up in it but it is very few the artists that will actually talk the talk and walk the walk.

[richyrich909]

And she did it right from the GATE! That woman gets nothing but respect from me! lol

[genbu_no_miko24]

lol yeah Fiona has been upfront from jump!

Although is she gonna attend cause she def has in the past so I'm curious......even though is there even gonna be in-person grammy or virtual presentation?

[marthasback]

"Absolutely. I am so on board for Taylor Swift re-recording her songs and I want them to outperform those old recordings. It’s nice to know that the Swifties [her fans] will make that happen. As much as the Swifties terrify me, I respect their power for doing good for her! I was so terrified that I was going to be nominated for [Grammys] album of the year along with Taylor Swift, I’m so relieved [I’m not] because I didn’t wanna get bullied!"

LMAO

[analievelyn]

ohh my goddd

there are so many layers to this.

[marthasback]

"I respect their power for doing good for her"

[analievelyn]

I'm still hanging on that last line abt getting bullied lmaoo.

Bc Fiona fans dont have time forr petty fueds... we're too busy at our Ant*fa meetings

Celebs That Have Publicly/Privately Supported Kesha

[analievelyn]

either explicitly like FA ^

or in super small ways like liking her posts about the case/Dr. Luke...

Taylor gave her money for lawyer fees iirc..

who else?

Re: Celebs That Have Publicly/Privately Supported Kesha

[marthasback]

Adele shouted her out at an award show, lot of producers said publicly they would work with her for free pre-rainbow (Jack Antonoff and Zedd). Lady Gaga supported her, and it ended up getting her wrapped up in the legal case, pretty sure Demi Lovato tweeted a lot about it and turned it into a fued with Taylor Swift. These are all off the top of my head.

Re: Celebs That Have Publicly/Privately Supported Kesha

[cherhorowitz]

maybe this doesn't count as a "real" celeb, but the first person that came to mind was the wrestler Melina tweeting a lot of supportive things about her.

Re: Celebs That Have Publicly/Privately Supported Kesha

[genbu_no_miko24]

I remember Ariana Grande, Wale, Zedd, Jack Antonoff. I know they were more artists but I can't remember.

[xellabelle]

This is the most unpopular opinion ever but I can’t get into Fiona Apple. Like her music legit gives me anxiety when I listen to it at night.

I think I don’t like music that feels disjointed and unpredictable with sudden changes without clear beats or structure that move from verse to chorus to verse. So her new album and stuff like Joanna Newsom’s music and The Rite of Spring by Stravinsky lmao feel like unsettling alien music to me, sorry!

[genbu_no_miko24]

I've never really been able to get into her outside of Criminal, Fast As You Can, and her cover of The Beatles's Across the Universe.

I can be very picky with piano-driven music but she does seem nice. Her "This world is bullshit" comment is still iconic lol.

[dior_chic]

I acknowledge how interesting and creative her work is for sure, but yea I agree. But it has nothing do with the quality of her work, it’s just not my thing. I’m willing to dive more into her discography one day but the few songs I listened to wasn’t for me.

[irajaxon]

i feel that way about jazz*. i generally dislike complex time signatures and chord progressions. in that sense, i'm a total simpleton.

"fetch the bolt cutters" has some unusual instrumentation and somewhat more experimental structures, but most of the tracks follow pretty standard song progressions. i can see how it follows from "idler wheel", but it's not a good entry point for music, i don't think. there is a nervous energy that permeates her music and i think "fetch the bolt cutters" is what the inside of her sounds like (which she kinda describes in the song "every single night" from "idler wheel"). if you want to give her music another shot, stick with the first 3 albums. if you're comfortable with those, try "idler wheel" (it's got some great songs).

*with the exception of new orleans jazz. i've liked just about everything i've heard from the preservation hall jazz band and i love the second line brass bands/jazz funeral tradition.

[beeach_comaaa]

23 years later, this world is still bullshit

[zoaster_toaster]

See my comment below lol.

[asnindie]

This world ain't ever gonna change. Some people are just inherently shitty and some are good. But unfortunately the shitty ones can cause more harm than it is imaginable to those around them and destroy the lives of people.