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Fiona Apple
A piano prodigy who turned confessional songwriting into a contact sport. She showed up at the VMAs, called the world "bullshit," and then spent the next three decades proving she was right. The thinking person's CMR icon.
What Genre Is Fiona Apple?
Fiona Apple is a core canon artist of Cigarette Mom Rock — the gritty, emotional, female-led alternative rock of the 1990s and 2000s, and the feminine counterpart to Divorced Dad Rock. Fiona Apple also performed at Lilith Fair, the all-female festival at the heart of the genre. Explore the full definition or the wider 90s female rock scene.
Key Albums
- Tidal
- When the Pawn...
- Fetch the Bolt Cutters
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“Criminal”(Tidal, 1996)
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