Fiona Apple Pledges To Donate Two Years Of Song Royalties To Charity

Fiona Apple is pledging two years worth of "Hollywood cash" she earns from TV and movie placements for two of her Fetch the Bolt Cutters tracks to charity.

Using her housemate Zelda Hallman as her microphone, the singer-songwriter announced on Monday (June 15) that “Heavy Balloon” royalties will be benefit Seeding Sovereignty, an indigenous, womxn-led collective thats goal is "dismantling colonial institutions and replacing them with Indigenous practices created in synchronicity with the land," while “Shameika” earnings will go to the Harlem Children’s Zone, an organization that strives to give "kids the individualized support they need to get to and through college and become productive, self-sustaining adults."

Apple shared a handwritten note about her donations, revealing that even if neither track gets picked up she'll give $50,000 to each organization.

“I will still give each organization I mentioned here, fifty-thousand dollars, if no one ends up requesting use of these songs," she wrote, "but I will be able to give a lot more, if I can earn some of that Hollywood cash, so here’s hoping, here’s trying, and that’s that, I guess!”

See Hallman's tweet below.

This isn't the first time Apple has donated her earnings to charity. Last year, the singer vowed to donate 2019 and 2020 “Criminal” placement earnings to the While They Wait fund, which helps refugees secure life necessities, immigration fees, and legal assistance.

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