The song appears in the thriller miniseries starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Annette Bening
Fiona Apple is back … with a new song for a new miniseries. “Horns of a Bull” serves as the theme song to Apple TV miniseries Lucky, which is available to stream now.
“Horns of a Bull” features percussion (and one expertly deployed bark) not too far off from the sounds of Fetch the Bolt Cutters. The song is brooding and urgent, featuring the repetition “my daddy put my crib under Damocles’ sword.”
Lucky dropped its first episode(s) on Apple TV+ today (July 15). The page-to-screen adaptation of Marissa Stapley’s 2021 novel of the same name follows a con artist played by Anya Taylor-Joy who is on the run from the feds and a notorious crime boss (played by Annette Bening). The miniseries also features performances by Clifton Collins Jr., Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Timothy Olyphant.
Apple released her fifth album Fetch the Bolt Cutters in 2020. A steady churn of new songs from the singer-songwriter have appeared since 2025, including the benefit song “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home),” which was inspired by her experience as a court watcher, particularly for women impacted by pretrial detention. That same year, she also covered of Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold” for a Bridge School benefit album celebrating his music, and provided vocals on the Waterboys’ “Letter From an Unknown Girlfriend.”
Though she tends to remain out of the public eye nowadays, Apple’s roommate and best friend Zelda Hallman posted a video of her discussing how she’s having a difficult time trying to write new music about the “endless barrage of horrors” affecting the world today.
“Maybe I’m letting perfect get in the way of good,” she said. “It’s hard to focus, and when you do focus, I just keep second and third and 10th and millionth guessing myself, if I’m the one to say it, or if I’m saying it right. I just didn’t want you to think that I was turning a blind eye or that I didn’t see what was going on or that I didn’t care. I fucking care. I know not everybody’s expecting something from me, but I’m expecting something from me.”
