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Fiona Apple<\/a> has written a handful of new songs lately, and the latest functions as the theme for the Apple TV series Lucky.<\/em> \u201cHorns of a Bull\u201d is nearly two minutes of pattering drums, warm piano chords, and Apple\u2019s sing-spoken cadence that gives way to a mid-track growl. Listen to it below.<\/p>\n Lucky<\/em> is a miniseries adaptation of Marissa Stapley\u2019s 2021 novel about an international con-woman (Anya Taylor-Joy) on the run from FBI agents (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Mo McRae) and a ruthless crime boss (Annette Bening) after a multimillion-dollar heist goes wrong. Apple co-produced \u201cHorns of a Bull\u201d with Amy Aileen Wood, her drummer and the wife of Lucky<\/em> showrunner Cassie Pappas.<\/p>\n \u201cHorns of a Bull\u201d is a far cry from the electro-pop song \u201cNeed It<\/a>\u201d that Apple recently co-wrote for model Cara Delevingne to sing. Otherwise, it continues the style she\u2019s been carrying onwards since Fetch the Bolt Cutters<\/em>, be it with her 2025 benefit single \u201cPretrial (Let Her Go Home)<\/a>,\u201d her cover of Neil Young\u2019s \u201cHeart of Gold<\/a>,\u201d or her vocal performance on the Waterboys\u2019 \u201cLetter From an Unknown Girlfriend<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s been six years since Apple released Fetch the Bolt Cutters<\/em><\/a>. If you\u2019re wondering why she hasn\u2019t released a new album since then, just know that she\u2019s trying to untangle the \u201cendless barrage of horrors\u201d through music and is struggling to get it just right. \u201cIf you\u2019re writing about yourself, it\u2019s one thing. Nobody can tell you that you\u2019re saying it wrong, nobody can get let down. You\u2019re the authority. But when it concerns what\u2019s happening to other people, it just becomes so important,\u201d Apple said in a recent Instagram video<\/a>. \u201cI just didn\u2019t want you to think that I was turning a blind eye or that I didn\u2019t see what was going on or that I didn\u2019t care. I fucking care. Or that I\u2019m not trying, and I am trying and I don\u2019t know if I\u2019m going to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n Read about Fetch the Bolt Cutters<\/em> at No. 1 in The 100 Best Albums of the 2020s So Far<\/a>.<\/p>\n