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Fiona Apple’s First New Song in Five Years, ‘Pretrial (Let Her Go Home),’ Spotlights Jailed Mothers Who Can’t Afford Bail

By Chris Willman May 7, 2025 | 7:25 AM

The art of the protest song is not dead. Fiona Apple has a compelling one with her first new composition to be released in five years, “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home),” which turns a spotlight on the cause of women and especially Black mothers who are jailed without conviction because they can’t afford bail. Apple […]