Pop Base: Pitchfork Names Fiona Apple's 'Fetch The Bolt Cutters' the Album of the Decade, JADE Reveals All In New Interview, and Much More!

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Pitchfork Names Fiona Apple’s ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’ The Album of the Decade

Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums of the Decade (so far) has a new leader: Fiona Apple's Fetch the Bolt Cutters. Released in 2020, this groundbreaking album marked Apple's first release in eight years and quickly solidified its place as a modern classic.

Recorded largely on GarageBand, Fetch the Bolt Cutters features long, improvised takes and unconventional percussion, showcasing Apple's raw talent and unique artistic vision. The album's unedited vocals and extended tracks are a testament to Apple's deliberate approach and her comfort with the limitations of the software.

Thematically, Fetch the Bolt Cutters explores freedom, oppression, and personal growth themes. Apple's lyrics, inspired by a quote from the TV series The Fall, call for liberation from toxic situations and self-imposed limitations. The album also delves into complex relationships, bullying, and sexual assault, offering a candid and vulnerable exploration of the human experience. Despite its heavy subject matter, Fetch the Bolt Cutters is Apple's most humorous album, showcasing her wit and ability to find joy in the darkest times.

Upon its release, the album was met with overwhelming critical acclaim. It earned a perfect 100 score from Pitchfork and a 98/100 on Metacritic, making it one of the highest-rated albums of all time. Major publications like The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Independent awarded it five-star reviews, praising its artistry, emotional depth, and cultural significance. Fetch the Bolt Cutters went on to win the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, and the track "Shameika" earned the Grammy for Best Rock Performance.

Elsewhere, SZA’s SOS placed fourth on the list, with Beyoncé’s Renaissance coming in fifth, just ahead of Charli xcx’s Brat - the most recent album on the list. 

JADE Reveals All In New Interview With ‘The Face’ Magazine

Jade Thrilwall opens up about her solo career in a candid interview with The Face Magazine. Accompanying the interview is a striking punk-inspired photoshoot that showcases Thrilwall's edgy style. In the interview, Thrilwall discusses a range of topics, including her highly anticipated solo album, the controversy surrounding Little Mix's "Confetti" music video, her experiences on tour, and her thoughts on the future of the music industry.

The interview also offers a glimpse at JADE’s upcoming single, ‘Fantasy’, set for release October 18th - the track is described as a ‘transcendent disco track with Donna Summer-style vocals, all about sexual fantasies and feeling safe enough with someone to tell them what you want to do, it’s kind of like a love song, but a fun, kinky one’. 

JADE then also reveals her plans to tour, stating that she ‘wants to tour on her own. I don’t care how big it is, I just want to be on the stage doing my own music. I guess a critically acclaimed album would be lovely. But I just want to travel the world and do what I love to do, whatever scale it is’. 

She also talks about being overlooked as a female songwriter in the interview, revealing that Little Mix often struggled to secure a publishing deal which recognized the members of Little Mix as songwriters: ‘That’s part of the negatives of being in a girl band, people don’t take you seriously. They didn’t think we were capable of being songwriters’. 

ICYMI: 

• Ariana Grande has surprise-released a new version of her album, eternal sunshine, eternal sunshine (slightly deluxe and also live) - including 7 live bonus tracks.

• Lady Gaga invited a select handful of Little Monsters to a private performance of her new Joker companion album, ‘Harlequin’, in Los Angeles, which is rumored to have been filmed ready for television. The performance took place shortly after Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix arrived at Joker: Folie à Deux LA premiere. 

• New Brat-themed billboards have started to pop up in the States, with ones naming Tinashe and Bon Iver as collaborators for Charli xcx’s remix album being the first to be found. Posters have also been spotted for Swedish rapper, Bladee. 

• Chris Brown will be the subject of a new documentary by Investigation Discovery, the network behind ‘Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV’. It’s set to cover the singer’s history of legal troubles including domestic violence and sexual assault allegations, with a new victim rumored to be coming forward. 

• ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ star Pauline Chalamet has revealed to Greta Gerwig that she has given birth to her first child. 

• Jennie has turned heads arriving to Chanel’s show during Paris Fashion Week, debuting blonde hair, head to toe in baby blue Chanel.