The singer is known for her honesty – in life and her music. She’s been talking about solitude, sobriety and how Quentin Tarantino convinced her to give up cocaine
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She doesn’t shy away from the difficult topicsApple has said that her new album, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, is about “women” and “not being afraid to speak”. Throughout her career she has spoken, in her songs and in the press, about her issues with depression, self-harm, OCD, PTSD, and the fact that, when she was 12, she was raped by a stranger.