Fiona Apple - Every Single Night

In anticipation of her 23-word titled album, Fiona Apple delivers a sci-fi-tinged clip which takes the viewer to levels that are beyond bizarre. Helmed by Joseph Cahill, the video contains impressions of a huge octopus, lots of dirt, snails, brains, buffalo head and much more. In an interview with Pitchfork, Ms. Apple gives an explanation for this unusual piece:

I told [director] Joey [Cahill] just to come up with a bunch of things and do things to me and put me in situations and surprise me. One thing I wanted to have happen was to be covered in snails. I laid in a bed of soil and they put snails all over me. And then they brought in shit that I would not have asked for. He put a dead squid on my head.

I used to love to put snails on my arm– I have a bunch of pictures. I used to put half a watermelon out in my yard overnight and then go out there in the middle of the night and take pictures of them, like macro pictures of the snails sipping the watermelon. I would love to sit there and put them on my arm. I don’t know, it just helped me think. I really like snails a lot.

The Idler Wheel is wiser than the Driver of the Screw, and Whipping Cords will serve you more than Ropes will ever do is due June 19 via Epic. Watch the clip above and listen to her latest song “Werewolf” here.