Fiona Apple - Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)

 

Fiona Apple — "Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)" 12" 

Limited edition 140-gram 45 RPM crystal clear colored vinyl

Her first original song in five years 

Fiona Apple has returned — not just with new music, but with a rallying cry for pretrial reform. Her first original song in five years, "Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)," is a searing protest anthem shaped by years of court watching, community organizing, and deep listening to the women impacted by pretrial incarceration.

Apple spent more than two years attending bail hearings in Prince George's County, Maryland, as part of CourtWatch PG. She also volunteered with the Free Black Mamas DMV campaign, which like The Bail Project, raises money to bring people home from jail. To date, The Bail Project has secured the release of over 35,000 individuals - nearly one-third of them women — making it one of the largest and most impactful bail funds in the country.

These experiences didn't just inspire the song — they informed it. The lyrics and the accompanying video are grounded in the brutal, everyday reality of pretrial detention in America, and shine a light on the unique harms pretrial detention inflicts on women.

• "She took on extra shifts, still couldn't pay the bail/ No danger, no flight risk, but she would stay in jail/ She was not convicted of anything." •

Apple describes the results in her song: Families separated, jobs lost, homes destabilized, and lives permanently altered by even short stays in jail. 

 

Side A

1. Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)

2. Pretrial (Let Her Go Home) (Instrumental)

3. Pretrial (Let Her Go Home) (Practice)

Side B

1. Court Watchers (Narration & Original Score by Fiona Apple)

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