Fiona Apple

I have to say I have seldom felt older than I do reading a generation of kids born after "this world is bullshit" saying things like "wow she took on the Grammys they're going to snub her now!"

good for her. fuck the grammies.

Easy to say when you’re 3x nominated. They obviously mean a lot to other artists (including artists complaining they were snubbed this year).

lol come on, everyone knows the grammys are bullshit and have been forever, and the artists who were complaining about being snubbed are all enormously successful enough that they hardly need the extra validation of a grammy anyway

If it’s ok for the validation to be meaningful to an up-and-coming artist, it should be ok for it to be meaningful to an artist who doesn’t need the career boost. Unless you think it’s all the Benjamins or whatever.

(not being an artist myself, I take it at face value when artists say they feel pride & validation at winning industry awards, and do not appear to judge their success solely by their bank account or sales figures.)

it always kinda bums me out when people say they’re not artists, I think everybody should be artists and shouldn’t feel discouraged from expressing themselves and making stuff idk <3

haha - that’s what ppl with actual talent always say ;)

i think everyone would do a lot better if more of these "enormously successful" artists literally and figuratively stomped on the grammies. fiona grabbing nominations and still doubling down on calling them out is absolutely brilliant, but i wouldn't expect anything less from her.

grammy awards = more sales, so that's why people get salty about this shit. "respect of your peers" isn't half as important as a beach house in cabo

some eye-wateringly toxic takes at the start of this thread

thanks to none of you for telling me that Fiona is covering Sharon Van Etten's "Love More" for the latter's 'Epic' documentary/concert

there's no way it'll live up to my expectations

and here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhXd7YvCbgE

The singer [ Fiona Apple] had never heard of Prince George’s County before helping with Gasping for Justice, but she has become one of the team’s most prolific court watchers, volunteering three times a week and helping lead a committee focused on maintaining virtual access....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/courtwatch-prince-georges/2021/04/08/dc63e064-2e96-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html

Thats cool - I wasn’t aware of court watchers. Sounds like a good thing for her to be helping with and drawing attn to (though I’m also glad she wasn’t the focus of this story).

Yep

love this waterboys cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dZ5KjFLxgA

The Big (Apple) Music

She's doing good work.

Fiona Apple has a story for you. And it’s incredible. Asked me to share.

She's become an avid, trained Court Watcher. Her observations helped people jailed pretrial file a civil rights lawsuit. Then came the retaliation. Shut off her access to court.

A video story in 8 parts: pic.twitter.com/uhpgOLWFS6

— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) October 24, 2022

Finally she's doing something good (sounds of angry booing audience of F A lovers)