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Fiona Apple Drops First New Song in 5 Years, Intense Tribute to Mothers Trapped in Detention, ‘Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)’

Fiona Apple dropped her first new song in five years on Tuesday (May 6), the Intense tribute to mothers trapped in jail, 'Pretrial (Let Her Go Home).'

Over a second montage, hand drums and a flute bubble up as Apple sings, “They wouldn’t let her go home/ And now there’s no more home.” The singer said in an accompanying statement that for the past five years she’s been volunteering with the Free Black Mamas DMV bailout while witnessing “the stories of women who fought for and won their freedom with the tireless and loving support of the leadership.” By the fifth verse, Apple’s measured tone turns red as she recounts, “Preliminary hearing’s short, only witness is the cop/ He doesn’t even show up in court and all the charges get dropped/ What the f–k’s the point of all the f–king hell he put her through?/ Took her whole world away and set her up to start ’round two.” Apple has set up an accompanying “Let Her Go Home” website where fans can find a local bail fund to contribute to on which she notes that “on any given day, 190,600 women and girls are incarcerated in the United States.

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