History Music / FionaApple

* LoudnessWar: Unfortunately, all her albums except for ''The Idler Wheel...'' have mastering that don't do them justice. ''Fetch The Bolt Cutters'' in particular sounds like a flattened mess.

* TarotMotifs: Lyrics in "Newspaper" describes The Strength and The Hermit cards.

* {{ACapella}}: At the end of "Hot Knife," all the instruments drop out and it's just the vocals.

* {{Acapella}}: At the end of "Hot Knife," all the instruments drop out and it's just the vocals.

* ACapella: At the end of "Hot Knife," all the instruments drop out and it's just the vocals.

-->I ran out of white dove feathers, to soak up the hot piss that comes through your mouth

* TarotMotifs:

--> Oh, I ran out of white dove feathers, to soak up the hot piss that comes through your mouth, every time you address me!

-->But you were such a super guy, 'til the second you get a wiff of me\\

Nothing wrong when a song ends in a minor [[{{Tonality}} key]]...

* HopeSpot: "Paper Bag". Fiona is having a crappy day and spots a white dove in the sky, thinking this is a sign of better things to come she gets incredibly optimistic. But alas:

-->[[Film/SinginInTheRain Well, good morning. Good morning]]\\
You raped me in the same bed your daughter was born in.

Nothing wrong when a song ends in a minor key...

-->-- From [[TakeThat her 1997 MTV Video Music Award acceptance speech]]

* LongTitle: Two albums of hers have had poems as titles, her second one (Shortened as ''When The Pawn...'') consists of 90+ words and had at one point the World Record for Longest Album Title.

* ThrowItIn: Prominent on ''Fetch the Bolt Cutters'' with the TitleTrack featuring her dogs barking in the background and "On I Go" including a mis-timed vocals during the song, amongst others.

-->--'''From [[TakeThat her 1997 MTV Video Music Award acceptance speech]]'''

->"This world is [[PrecisionFStrike bullshit]]."
-->--'''Her 1997 MTV Video Music Award acceptance speech.'''

%% * BigApplesauce
%% * BrokenBird: Had this reputation early on, though she would poke fun at it.

%% * DestructiveRomance: "Werewolf" could be the theme-song:
%% -->I could liken you to a werewolf, the way you left me for dead\\
%% But I admit, that I provided a full moon\\
%% And I could liken you to a shark, the way you bit off my head\\
%% But then again I was waving around a bleeding open wound\\
%% But you were such a super guy, 'til the second you get a wiff of me\\
%% We're like a wishing well and a bolt of electricity\\
%% But we can still support each other, all we gotta do is avoid each other\\
%% Nothing wrong when a song ends in a minor key...

%% * OneWomanSong: "Shameika".
%% * PerformanceAnxiety: Has had some infamous incidents of on-stage meltdowns, at one point screaming at her audience:
%% --> "[[HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight You're not real!!]]"

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Would you ever believe that she created an album as brilliant and mature as ''Tidal'' at only eighteen?

* LoudnessWar: Unfortunately, all her albums have mastering that don't do them justice, though ''Fetch The Bolt Cutters'' in particular sounds like a flattened mess.

* BigApplesauce
* BrokenBird: Had this reputation early on, though she would poke fun at it.

** She also does this in "Parting Gift" on ''Extraordinary Machine''.
** As well as "Rack of His" and "Cosmonauts" on ''Fetch the Bolt Cutters''.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Raped in her own apartment at age 12. A lifetime of anxiety, OCD and eating-disorders followed.
* DestructiveRomance: Werewolf could be the theme-song:
-->I could liken you to a werewolf, the way you left me for dead\\
But I admit, that I provided a full moon\\
And I could liken you to a shark, the way you bit off my head\\
But then again I was waving around a bleeding open wound\\
But you were such a super guy, 'til the second you get a wiff of me\\
We're like a wishing well and a bolt of electricity\\
But we can still support each other, all we gotta do is avoid each other\\
Nothing wrong when a song ends in a minor key...

* EmbarrassingMiddleName: Her full name is Fiona Apple [=McAfee=] Maggart, the latter half very sensibly kept out of her artist name.
* GranolaGirl: Fiona is a vegan.

* NiceGirl: Often described by fans who've met her as very sweet and friendly and comes across as such in interviews.
* OddFriendship: With Creator/QuentinTarantino.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She's in her early forties but looks in her mid twenties at the most.
* OneWomanSong: "Shameika".
* PerformanceAnxiety: Has had some infamous incidents of on-stage meltdowns, at one point screaming at her audience:
--> "[[HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight You're not real!!]]"

* {{Adorkable}}: ''Quite'' often in interviews.

** As well as "Rack of His" and "Cosmonauts" on ''Fetch the Bolt Cutters".

* OlderThanTheyLook: She's in her early fourties but looks in her mid twenties at the most.

** And Not About Love:

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Would you ever believe that she created an album as brilliant and mature as ''Tidal'' at only eighteen?

* ''Exraordinary Machine'' (2005)