Fiona Apple (Foto: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) lançou sua primeira canção inédita em cinco anos, intitulada "Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)", uma abordagem poderosa sobre o sistema de fiança dos EUA e seu impacto devastador nas mães em detenção. O clipe da música, divulgado recentemente, exibe imagens reais das famílias afetadas por esse sistema.
No próprio vídeo, a artista relata que passou dois anos como "observadora de tribunais", tomando notas e assistindo a milhares de audiências de fiança, um tempo que culminou na produção desta música intensa, repleta de percussão. "Vi tantas pessoas serem enjauladas simplesmente porque não podiam pagar fiança. Antes de sequer serem julgadas... ainda consideradas inocentes", diz o texto da artista.
Essa canção marca o retorno da artista desde seu álbum anterior, "Fetch The Bolt Cutters", lançado em 2020. Além disso, de acordo com a Rolling Stones, Fiona Apple segue envolvida na defesa da observação de tribunais nos EUA, tendo colaborado com a "National Courtwatch Network", em 2023.
Ouça "Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)" com a letra e a tradução abaixo:
"Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)"
They wouldn't let her
They wouldn't let her
They wouldn't let her, wouldn't let her go home
They wouldn't let her go home
They wouldn't let her go home
They wouldn't let her go home
and now there's no more home
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
She was not convicted of anything
Won't you let her go home?
Won't you let her go hom??
Won't you let her go home?
At hom? she's got two kids
And gramma needs her care
Who pack the linch and give meds
if she's in jail and not there?
They already took the only daddy that they ever had
Shot him then put a gun near him that he never had
Wouldn't let him go home
Wouldn't let him go home
Wouldn't let him go home
Two months, the rent's past due and gramma took a fall
The kids' been missing school to see her at the hospital
When the teacher saw
that they were not in school again today
She called CPS and CPS then took the kids away
Wouldn't let them go home
Wouldn't let them go home
Wouldn't let them go home
Inside the news hits hard
She's never been more alone
Can't afford a new phone card
Besides nobody's home
Shame and isolation, economic deprivation
And there's no more home
And there's no more home
And there's no more home
Preliminary hearing's short
Only witness is the cop
He doesn't even show up in court
and all the charges get dropped
What the fuck's the point of all the fucking hell
he put her through?
Took her whole world away
and set her up to start 'round two
Wouldn't let her go home
Wouldn't let her go home
Wouldn't let her go home
And now there's no more home
They wouldn't let her
They wouldn't let her
They wouldn't let her, wouldn't let her go home
They wouldn't let her
They wouldn't let her
They wouldn't let her, wouldn't let her go home
Wouldn't let her go home
Wouldn't let her go home
Wouldn't let her go home and now there's no more home
"Pré-julgamento (Deixe-a ir para casa)"

Fonte: Vagalume