Damn, if she were a man she’d be painted as genius and a visionary, which she is. She was painted as crazy instead.

it's really mind-boggling, how the public reacts to serious, emotionally intricate, intelligent women...

I adore Fiona Apple. She just speaks to a sad sensitivity in my own life that i can relate to growing up as just a sad child.

I think many women can relate to her experiences and her reactions to those experiences, and it’s painful how the media punished her for this normal behaviour. Because when you are young, mentally ill, and a woman in this society of course you’d have made mistakes like hers, I know I have, but she went through all of that in the spotlight, and that made everything much worse. That’s why I think what she’s accomplished is incredibly valuable, because we’re all struggling, but as an artist she’s shared her feelings with us and helped us feel less alone and understood through her craft.

The thing I love about Fiona Apple is how authentic and intensely vulnerable she is. Nothing's fake with her, what you see is what you get. She has a unique way of articulating her inner turmoil that's equal parts poetic and relatable, and that sets her apart from most of her peers. Sometimes her honesty can almost feel unnerving because it's so raw and unfiltered: we're used to seeing women have to censor themselves in their art to be accepted and understood. But Fiona chose to do things on her own terms and that's why her music so captivating and powerful.

“How can I ask anybody to love me when all I do is beg to be left alone?” Is still one of my favourite lyrics ever. Fiona is a genius and an absolute visionary. Her and Grimes are two of my favourite artists.

The media was so abusive. I understand why she sort of went away. They were ridiculous

“he said ‘it’s all in your head’, i said ‘so’s everything,’ but he didn’t get it.” like damn. such good writing

I hope we are beginning to realize that much of what is perceived as anti-social behavior, has -- as a root cause -- extreme sensitivity. Often, we interpret the actions of others on too superficial a level. Almost always, "problem" behaviors have neurological differences, trauma wounds, and other, deeply hidden and camouflaged, precursors. As with so many things, informed compassion can do miracles.

she was too ahead of her time in the 90s with her vulnerability and honesty. and they were terrified of her unapologetically embracing it.

i'm a 15 year old girl who suffers from different mental illnesses and i'm constantly being told i'm 'crazy', 'hysterical' and 'hypersensitive', so Fiona is truly an inspiration to me. she went through so many shit and still made amazing art. i love her

I’m a straight cis hispanic male, not really her demographic. But as someone who’s mentally i’ll and had relationship troubles, Fiona Apple is that woman who gets it. The perfect angst, frustration, sadness, confidence. I love her

I LOVE HER. fionna, alanis, kurt, eddie, scott, chris, layne, thom...etc. etc. WE WERE ALL A BUNCH OF OVERLY SENSITIVE FREAKS AND WE WERE PERFECT. What a magical era:(

Sensitivity is rough but goddamn it you have to be sensitive to be an artist. Its a gift.

So many other amazing artists are considered 'sad girls' and dismissed immediately because of it. I think Fiona Apple shows that this might be something fem artists go through, but it doesn't have to define your legacy. Really really cool

that that other woman called herself a "comedian" is the only thing laughable that she ever said. this doc is sweet, it's clearly done by someone who really likes Fiona as hard as we all do. thanks for this, the internet got richer after this ^^,

Fiona Apple taught me to be unapologetically vulnerable and to stand my ground through her music and for that I am forever grateful

Fiona Apple has saved my life so many times, I also feel things far too deeply and her music at times is the only thing that understands me, she’s perfectly imperfectly, powerfully sensitive, honest without faltering. After I came to grips with my own assault and no longer denied it happened, she released FTBC and without that album I don’t think I would be here. And she’s right, it becomes such a boring pain

I still think she has one of the most soft, feminine, beautiful faces I’ve ever seen. And what an artist!

I think Fiona is still pretty underrated as an artist. It's not as easy as people think to own your pain and turn it into something beautiful like that.

words cannot describe how grateful I am that this woman exists and has gifted us by sharing her work omfg

I was a teen when she had that speech on MTV Video Awards. She got a lot of backlash for it and I NEVER understood the hate. I saw her intention. I didn't even see it as performative like what people do these days. Some people just lacked the EQ to get it.

She’s so relatable in every way I love how real and raw she is she doesn’t make her emotions easy to swallow she wants you to choke the way she does and I love that she’s so unapologetic about it

People keep confusing sensitivity with fragility. It's true that women are more sensitive than men, but sensitivity is the ability to experience life at a deeper level. It is to be highly attuned to the subtleties around you, the shifts in energy, the subtle cues of someone's body language, the frequencies of sound, all of which enables the woman to have something akin to a spiritual experience when doing simple things like listening to a song or feeling the air brush against her. It's a quality that is needed in women, too. Since they are the ones tasked with bringing humans into this world. She has to be able to understand the convoluted experience of the fragile newborn, there is no language involved. Consciousness literally forms inside the body of the woman. Sensitivity comes naturally to her. Conversely, men are more fragile than women. Both biologically and mentally. From the Y chromosome itself, to the man's lifespan and his ability to cope with stress. He's more prone to birth defects, degenerative diseases, his physical and mental development is slower, and his lifespan is shorter. His amygdala is larger, and his brain's ability to regulate emotion is weaker, therefore making him more prone to emotional instability. This all puts it into perspective how damaging the patriarchal view of masculinity is, they are forced to deny all of these facts or else they're deemed a failure. Truly, the ones who need the most affection and attention are men. They shouldn't be blamed for it because that would be irrational, but that is what being fragile entails.

Fiona has grown so much as a person (and an artist) throughout the years. Fetch The Bolt Cutters, The Idler Wheel and When The Pawn are all distinct, idiosyncratic, incisive masterpieces/borderline masterpieces (though Extraordinary Machine is also really, really good). She deserves all the love and acclaim she gets now, especially with how she was treated when she first entered the industry.

Always heard Fiona apples name floating around on my tumblr dashboard and listened to a few of her singles, but it still wasn’t totally clicking why she was so revered. Now after watching this video, the songs I’ve heard by Fiona I see in a deeper way knowing her story and how the media gave her such a hard time. Now I’m just eager to dig into her whole discography bc she seems like a very unique and genuine artist that laid the groundwork for a lot of young female artists today.

Amazing video you should do more like this for artists like PJ Harvey, Bjork, Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell! Keep it up!

FIONA IS A GENIUS. She is fearless and she is undeniably more relatable and unguarded than anyone we would hope to have as a best friend.

I discovered Fiona when I was 13 through a friend. Her vulnerability and the way she was able to express herself immediately resonated with me. I think my brain actually rewired itself around her tbh. I'd gone through so much in those thirteen years and felt so isolated. I found comfort when I heard someone speak about the things that I could not possibly say out loud. The lyrics of Sullen Girl and Pale September made me understand that emotion isn't on a plain beyond language and that I'm not alone. Fiona will always be the greatest musician of all time in my eyes and I owe her so much.

Fiona's means as much to me as probably any other artist I've ever listened. The relationship that have with her lyrics. There's so many songs that she's made that has helped me through difficult times.

i barely found out about fiona apple through “i want you to love me” & didn’t know much about her. i feel so connected to her after this video. sensitivity & vulnerability in women are so scrutinized, but are such beautiful gifts when we chose to share them. “when you know yourself you know life” really hit me because she’s right. when we are in tune with ourselves, it is easier to be in tune with others. will be listening to more of her discography! thx for this video 😸

Watched this when i had no idea who Fiona Apple was, now 3 months later i can say she is one of my favourite artists. The way she writes and uses the piano to showcase her grief in Sullen girl is truly poetry. Thanks for making me discover her!

This was so well put together! I listened to fetch the bolt cutters a lot but never went through her entire catalogue. Would love to see more deep dives like this

every single night speaks to my soul in a way that no other written word ever has thus far.

I've always wondered if Fiona was on the autism spectrum. As someone on the spectrum myself, I've always really identified with Fiona and her personality. It's possible that she was misdiagnosed as a child since it's a lot more difficult for autistic girls to get a diagnosis, especially when Fiona was growing up.

I can relate.. it hurts so much to be this kind of person. When it’s good, there are no words for how wonderful it is.. but when it’s bad.. there are no words.

This was my "it" girl for along time when I was younger. I relate to her life experience through her music a lot .. probably for completely diff reasons but her songs have always spoken to me.

Great video! I love how deep you went into the Tidal years

This video is amazing. Fiona is the reason I am who I am, why I feel so comfortable in my life, skin, and experiences. Why I don’t feel crazy for the way I react, live, and talk. I found her when I was only 12, now, 10 years later, she is still everything to me. Thank you for making this video ❤️

Fiona Apple has an incredible song for every emotion there is. Genius singer-songwriter.

I grew up listening to her in the 90's. She is the embodiment of the 90's (there many incredible artists who did the same), but Fiona Apple was the artist who I really felt connected to. The words in her music spoke to me during a time where I was in a bad place. She's helped me through a lot.

Fiona has always been one of my favorite artists. I lived a lot of traumatizing experiences when I was younger and relate to so much of her work… I’m also hyper sensitive so it’s nice to see a woman be so inspiring while never losing that sensitive side of her.

i love fiona apple. she is a fucking genius and so ahead of our time. her music is raw, passionate and full of emotion, and being someone who feels deeply, i really relate to her songs. i admire her vulnerability and confidence and she will forever be one of my favorite artists.

I love your channel!! And as a profound Fiona Apple fan, I really appreciated this video! I've always found it weird how people were purposely trying to misunderstand her and twist her art although she explained and justified herself multiple times, probably feeling guilty although she did nothing wrong. But in a way she also paved the way for all "Miss Understoods" (Artists, especially feminine-presenting who've had similar experiences of scrutiny and criticism based on ignorant misinterpretation, often layered with misogyny as well).

I seriously love this channel I love how it is covering over the portion of the 90s that everyone seems to forget. We had so many women from different directions back then. We had Lilith Fair. We had women who had a voice from Tori to Lauryn Hill to Missy Elliot to Jewel. I wish we would remember this more.

Wow, let's say how amazing this video is. Thank u fo much for this and blessed be ur heart. Fiona Apple is such an unique, bold, sensitive, powerful, exceptional and all of the others great adjectives you can put on artist. She is one of the finest and most talented singer, songwriter, poet of all time. I'm so glad she got to release FTBC on 2020, so the new generation could know and learn more about her. She really shows us that sensitivity can be a strong quality and a great tool to navegate in this fucked up world. Love her so much and all of her catalogue.

I really enjoyed your video I adore Fiona Apple so much Tidal was the soundtrack of my teenage years it got me through my battle with anxiety, depression, & sh. Now that I’m 20 years old I still listen to her music on a daily basis it made me okay to be vulnerable and to express my feelings in a healthy manner. Keep up the good work btw🙌🏾💗

This woman right here… is a Queen. Love Fiona Apple. I discovered her in 9th grade and she has affected me so deeply ever since. Her authenticity, willingness to be vulnerable, and all around genius is so captivating and hits me every time. I felt so seen as a girl who has always felt things deeply God, I love her so much!

Grew up to my mom always listening to her. My mom was my age now in the 90s grunge era. Super cool to learn more about Fiona, inspiring how young she transformed her pain into art.

I just love her so much. I was blessed to see her live when Tidal came out. I was in 7th grade. I was blown away by the fire I felt, coming from her performance. I have been a top fan for life. She is handsdown the best female songwriter of my time.

Fiona’s voice and words have been my constant companion for the past 25 years. I can’t express the depth of my gratitude to her for being a light in my heart that always carried me through hardship.

she was beyond her time and still is

“Sullen Girl” is a song I frequently go to. I struggle connecting my life from before and after I was assaulted. I don’t really like spending time with people that knew me before because I feel so different from that person. But then I meet new people and think, “I wish you could’ve met me before.” The reserve that overcomes you when you experience an intense life changing trauma. It’s like a version of you is trapped inside of you, but at the same time you don’t want that version of you back. “But it’s calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.”

I really liked this deep dive into her work, I got into her music years ago and never get tired of re-reading her lyrics while growing up. 23:03 "I read that when ropes get frayed at sea, you can repair the frayed ends of the ropes with whipping cords that are very strong. This goes right back to the parenting thing - if I had a kid, and I had a choice between teaching somebody how to avoid trouble, or teaching them how to get out of it, I'd teach them how to get out of it." I think that's the best thing you could teach to a kid. I was taught to avoid trouble and mistakes and it's really difficult to unlearn. I have this expectation (now from myself and when i was younger from my mom) to always be perfect at first try, and when I mess something up it feels like the biggest failure in the world. It doesn't matter if I can fix it or get better, the fact that I made the mistake in the first place is more important, and it's reason to judge myself harshly. I can see and try to change this kind of minset now, but in a situation of trouble what has been ingrained in me still prevails, you know? You can't easily undo what has been taught to you since day 1.

I love Fiona Apple, she's an unique and really mature artists. I feel sorry for how she was treated in the past, but I am glad that she finally got through it and more people is understanding and empathizing with her music. Thank you for this video! The content, script and edition are amazing 😍🤯!

I love that you did this for her. As a consummate optimist, I love listening to her songs to experience comfort in those sad moments that hit us all. And I can break down the part of being optimistic that's truly a facade. She's feel-good music for those who almost never feel good, and it's greatness.

This is such a well made video! I’ve been listening to Fiona Apple since I was little but it was only recently that I got the urge to start learning about her as a person, so I’m glad that such a well-researched video popped up on my recommended! keep up the good work

fiona is a genius and your channel is amazing. I'm gonna be 21 this year and most of my life i was modeling myself after men i found inspirational, mostly musicians. I've had an absent and alcoholic father and no strong male figures in my life, so all throughout my teenage years i was trying to find that male support i lacked in other ways. now though in my young adulthood im discovering more of my feminine side and who i am as a woman. artists like fiona help me in that mission as well as your channel. it helps reflecting on what is womanhood. so thank you for that. women are awesome.

"it wasn't about being thin, it was about getting rid of the bait that was attached to my body". Damn. Truth bomb.

I grew up in an abusive household and was a part of a religious cult in the middle of rural America. I dealt with a lot of pain and injustice and Fiona Apple's music was quite literally a lifeline for me in that dark time. When Fiona's Extraordinary Machine album came out, I secretly watched her perform 'Get Him Back' on Craig Ferguson's Late Late Show with the TV on low, while my family was in another room. I had never heard music quite like hers or heard an artist speak so honestly about herself, and I set out to buy her album to hear more. When I went to Hastings and found a discount sticker on her 'When the Pawn' album; I bought that instead because I didn't have a lot of money. When I got the CD home and put it in the player in my room (wearing headphones so no one could overhear) I was immediately hit by the 1st track, 'On the Bound', a very dark, intense, and deeply introspective song. Nearly every song on this darkly beautiful album struck a chord with my painful life experience. I had a lot of sadness, misery, righteous anger, and a fragile inner life that was hidden away from prying eyes, and I could hear these same feelings in this extraordinary woman's voice, lyrics, and music. Fiona's music communicated my muddled and murky thoughts and feelings right back to me, giving my hurt and confusion a clear voice and direction. I felt heard and empowered by her music and words and I bought all of Fiona's albums after listening to that first album. I felt a secret connection to her as an artist and I found a way to watch her music videos and interviews at the computers in the small public library in my town. My connection and curiosity about Fiona Apple and her music also prepared me in a way to leave my unhappy household and cult community. It was very difficult, but Fiona's music, in part, helped me articulate my feelings of hurt, anger, and outrage at how I was treated and affirmed to me that what I was experiencing was wrong and that I deserved better. Her work made me emboldened to look inward and write more in my journals about what I was experiencing. I became a stronger writer and I felt more confident in expressing myself, if only on the inside in my private world. Since that dark time, I've come a long way in life; I live in freedom from my past, I have a decent job, I graduated college, and I live in relative peace with my siblings who also escaped years ago. I am deeply grateful to Fiona Apple for her work as an artist and I still listen to her albums when I am feeling introspective or going through another set of challenges. When I was taking a road trip by myself a few years ago, I listened to the 'When the Pawn' album again in it's totality. I cried a little bit as I drove, but those were tears of release, not pain. The fifteen year old girl who first heard Fiona Apple in secret is now mostly at peace and the woman who has moved on in her journey to heal can now look back at this time with compassion and grateful splendor. 🕯❤‍🩹

I love this woman so much. I am also a very sensitive person and it’s nice to know that I’m not alone in this.

Thank you for this video. I had to pause to cry when I was affirmed what she meant by "fetch the bolt cutters", & the story behind how she came up with that phrase is so wonderful. Fetch the bolt cutters, we're doing this ourselves, we're helping each other *ourselves*, we can do this, we can fight back. I feel so empathized with in her music & lyrics, I just thank her for being vulnerable & sharing that part of her with the world. She never deserved the cruelty & shallowness in response to expressing herself like that 🌸

Love Fiona and thank you for creating this video and doing her justice. She's both earthy and ethereal to me. She's been gifted with the emotional perceptiveness to express more tangibly what many of us experience through life and grow/wisen up together with her.

I never had a role model in my childhood or when I was a teen but when I discovered her last year she became one. I really admire and adore Fiona and her music. Thank you for such a detailed insight into her career. 💕

intelligent and powerful .. she stood strong and tall against all the shaming & misogyny she received

Clearly to a specific group of people, we who found her music a source of support. Someone who spoke what we felt. Personally I think I know the entire first album back to front still, but Sullen Girl helped me through my own personal story. Many nights that album was the only thing that I could hold on to.

Her voice is a soul on display. Love her music!

I am happy that people are starting to make video essays on the genius that is Fiona, finally..💜 Thank you so much, what a well researched video! 🖤

this was very well made and helped me understand who she is and what she's done, i didn't grow up listening to her and i came across "fast as you can" randomly and really liked it. this video helped me understand her impact and her influence contextually and was very pleasing to watch too. good work!

Fiona is a musical genius - not to romanticize mental health - I have struggled for years with CPTSD and ADHD - but its as if her brilliance couldn't be contained by her human brain. I was considered a "gifted child" - while simultaneously being considered a "problem child" due to a Narcissistic parent - which sounds like what perhaps Fiona was dealing with - its its own special hell. Great mini - doc. Really digging your taste!

It's so cool to learn more about her. Thanks for putting this together!

I discovered her four years ago now, as an 18 year old... no artist ever struck me lyrically and musically as hard as she did; I had never been in a relationship before, still I could empathize with every single emotion she was conveying in her songs. Her music made me see things in me [as a person and as a musician] that no other artist could ever accomplish with their music. And to top it all off, she is excelent at writing chord progressions; undoubtedly, she'll be my favourite till the day I die

She’s so real and I love her so much for that

Fiona Apple was a complete badass. She was calling out the sexualization of young women in Hollywood way before a lot of the current hyped up artists from that time. She got blacklisted a lot because of it as well. I've always loved Fiona ever since she first came out when I was in high school.

Love fiona! My favorite album by her is extraordinary machine. Great video! I loved it

I love that she's an artist that is for acknowledging the land they preform on when artists go on tour + educating about tribes that lived on those territories

Fiona Apple, Lana del rey, Melanie Martinez, Mitski and so many “alternative sad girls” are so underrated! i love the messages they bring through their music

fuuuckingggg that end bit about us being the hope literally took seconds to push me to tears

I've loved her for so long. I was 15 when Tidal came out. It touched me so deeply.

i love this video almost as much as i love fiona, so well written and researched. thanks for giving her the flowers she deserves.

Wow, Janeane garafalos parody pisses me off so bad it hurts. So mean

I been a fan since 96. Her music got me through life. Her and Tori Amos.

I’m sensitive but I’m struggling to embrace it. Everyone around me tells me it’s a flaw, but I want to be authentically myself now. Thanks for vidéos like this

"such an old pain there is nothing poetic about it" damn, that's real

this just made me love fiona even more. you can tell a lot of work went into this video, thank you!

I didn't get to really start listening to her until I was in my 30's when I started to really depending drinking. She would explain things in ways I wish I could especially being in my what felt like an internal prison. Depressed, suicidal thoughts, anxiety, hating myself and at times hating others. But I came off as put together and was a fully functioning alcoholic. Everything felt like facade and opening up felt impossible. I'll be 42 next month, 5 years sober in April, getting help with therapy and medication after finally opening up to my family about my mental health. It's hard work but I'm getting there and Fiona really opened my eyes to a lot of it. Absolutely amazing artist and just a beautiful soul. Great job on the video and keep it up.

cannot count how many times Fiona has saved my life and I think your video about her today has just saved it again, thanks

this was beautifully put together and so thoughtfully edited, I loved it. thank you for sharing.

Thank you for hearing us out and making this video. Thank you. Love you! ❤️ She's my favorite artist! I've seen her 3 times, live. She's unique and out of time, she's an extraordinary artist and human being

Thank you for making this - beautifully put together and very inspiring 💗

What an incredible video! Thank you so much for making it with such compassion. Fiona Apple is truly incredible ❤️

I just love Fiona Apple so much. She's so apologetically authentic in the way she communicates her struggles through her music and I just find it so comforting. I think what I love about her music so much is that it doesn't romanticize any of the subject matter - it conveys how truly dark these emotions and obsessions are. Her music is just so extremely relatable and she deserved so much better

what an insightful video! fiona is one of my favorite artist and i love the way you made this

She will always be a genius IMO

she's my hero

Can I just say that your channel and your videos mean so much to me? I have watched videos about Fiona and Tori many times and each time I find them comforting and inspiring. Your storytelling, editing are so beautiful, you're doing an amazing job.

she also has no skips all her songs are good as hell

I love this video! Can you do more breakdowns of female musicians?

Firstly,this is an awesome name for a channel,second I am addicted to video essays,and third I love to hear people talking about Ms. Fiona Apple.

Thank you for making this. She's one of my favorite artists ❤️