Robert Fryar
Prof. Santos
1stYearSem
March 29 2019
Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple is an influential singer/songwriter that became popular after her first album “Tidal” in 1996. Her style follows a recurring theme of a mistrust in men because of her negative experiences with them. However, Fiona has had a very hard life. When she was 12 years old she was raped and thus developed an eating disorders and has suffered from many panic attacks frequently. Where some artists would use this as inspiration for her songs she describes it as “old,dull pain”. She is a woman who carries a lot of pain with her and uses this as an advantage in making quality music that fuels her. In 1994 Fiona Apple gave her demo which contained the songs "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. It however would not be until 1996 that she would release her first album. Her second album is “When the Pawn…” was released in 1999. The songs found on this album is known to be the music she was playing while having her infamous 2000 Meltdown where she stormed off the stage seeming incredibly upset over the disorganization of the event. Fiona Apple is a pivotal woman in the music industry who has had her hard times but overcomes by producing high quality music.