It’s been a minute since Fiona Apple released new music, but her voice will soon be back in a high-profile TV project. According to Stereogum, Apple has contributed a new composition to the title sequence for “Lucky,” the upcoming Apple TV+ miniseries starring Anya Taylor-Joy.
Based on the 2021 novel by Marissa Stapley, “Lucky” stars Taylor-Joy as a woman with a complicated past who gets pulled back into the criminal world she thought she had left behind. Stereogum reports that Apple’s track was co-produced with her drummer Amy Aileen Wood, whose wife, Cassie Pappas, is one of the show’s co-showrunners.
Taylor-Joy revealed Apple’s involvement during an interview with Movieplayer.it, saying she wanted the music to feel “mostly female-centric” with a “rock edge.” She also called Apple “the legend” and said the singer’s voice captures the texture of the series, particularly its rawness and gravelly intensity.
Co-star Timothy Olyphant sounds just as sold on the choice. After seeing the first episode, Olyphant said the title sequence immediately made the series feel like the real deal, joking that Apple’s involvement alone made the show seem like something worth watching.
Apple’s last studio album, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, arrived in 2020 to massive acclaim, and any new music from her tends to qualify as an event. Whether the “Lucky” title-track composition gets a standalone release remains to be seen, but at minimum, the Apple TV+ series now has a pretty strong reason for music fans to tune in.
“Lucky” premieres July 15 on Apple TV+.
Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2008. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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