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    Fiona Apple Skips Grammy Awards to 'Stay Sober'

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    The ‘Shameika’ singer, who wins in two categories at the 63rd annual awards show, divulges that she doesn’t feel safe ‘to be in that kind of exposure, scrutiny [and] comparison to people.’

    Mar 15, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Fiona Apple spilled on the reason why she skipped the 2021 Grammy Awards. The “Shameika” songstress, who won in two categories at the 63rd annual awards show, revealed that she did not attend the biggest night in music in order for her to “stay sober.”
    The 43-year-old singer-songwriter made the revelation in an Instagram video shared by filmmaker and friend Zelda Hallman. In the Saturday, March 13 post, she first explained, “I’m not gonna be at the Grammys. It’s not because I’m trying to protest even though I have problems with the Grammys.”
    “It’s just really because I don’t want to be on national television,” she went on. “I’m just not made for that kind of stuff. I wanna stay sober and I can’t do that sober. It doesn’t feel safe to me to be in that kind of exposure, scrutiny [and] comparison to people.”
    Despite skipping the coveted event, the “Criminal” singer hoped “everybody who is into the Grammys has a wonderful time watching them and a wonderful time enjoying all the performances.” She further noted, “And, I hope the people who want to win, win.”

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    Fiona won Best Rock Performance for “Shameika” and Best Alternative Music Album for “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” at the Premiere Ceremony of the 2021 Grammys. She, however, lost to Brittany Howard in the Best Rock Song category.
    Aside from speaking about the Grammys, Fiona also urged fans to sign a petition to keep virtual courts access open. “What really, really is undeniably important is the transparency in the courtrooms and for that reason, I want to ask anybody who’s looking at this to please sign this petition to keep the virtual access open for court watchers,” she pleaded in her video.

    “Specifically for PG [Prince George] County, Maryland which is the court-watching group that I’m part of,” she added. “They’re trying to shut us out and you gotta question it like why are you trying to shut us out? What don’t you want us to see?”

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      Fiona Apple Has Thought About Boycotting Grammys Due to Dr. Luke Nomination

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      While happy she is up for three awards at the 2021 ceremony, the ‘Criminal’ singer could not get her head over the fact that the controversial producer is vying for the Record of the Year prize.

      Dec 19, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Singer Fiona Apple has taken aim at Recording Academy chiefs for nominating controversial producer Dr. Luke for the prestigious Record of the Year prize at the 2021 awards.
      Luke has been locked in a nasty legal battle with pop star Ke$ha since 2014, when she accused him of sexual and emotional abuse – allegations he has vehemently denied.
      Kesha was invited to perform her moving track “Praying”, believed to be about her reported ordeal with Luke, at the 2018 Grammy Awards, but now the producer is nominated for his work on Doja Cat’s “Say So”, under his pseudonym Tyson Trax – and Apple, a rape survivor, cannot believe the hypocrisy.
      “Really, Dr Luke is nominated? They had (Kesha) up there singing Praying, and now they’re gonna go: ‘Oh, but it’s Tyson Trax!’,” she told The Guardian.
      Despite her Grammys criticism, Apple, who is up for three prizes at the upcoming ceremony, is excited about having all-female acts to compete against for Best Rock Performance.

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      “I immediately had this feeling: I wish I was in a room with these ladies and we could celebrate. I felt really nice for a second,” she shared, but insists that joy didn’t last long as she was drawn back to the Kesha/Luke controversy.
      “I keep going back to them putting Kesha on stage like, ‘We believe you’ – and I believe her – then two years later, f**king Tyson Trax. Not to go back to that word, but it’s bulls**t,” she fumed.
      “The feeling of wanting to celebrate with these women was genuine. But I should have that feeling anyway. I don’t know if anybody who’s nominated can help having the thought: What would I do if I won? My vision was that I would just get up there with a sledgehammer and I wouldn’t say anything, I would take the Grammy and smash it into enough pieces to share and I would invite all the ladies up.”
      “My second thought was I wonder if I can get all these ladies to boycott this s**t because of Dr Luke.”
      Recording Academy officials have yet to respond to Apple’s comments.

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