Fiona Apple is back with a new song, “Horns of a Bull,” which serves as the theme for Apple TV’s new series Lucky.
With a pounding drum beat, piano chords, and Apple’s signature smoldering alto, “Horns of a Bull” is a tense return from the singer-songwriter. The rhythmic emphasis makes sense, as the song was co-produced by Apple’s drummer and the wife of Lucky showrunner Cassie Pappas, Amy Aileen Wood; it also recalls the grounded, percussive approach utilized in Apple’s last album, 2020’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters.
The lyrics “I pay attention to the men behind the curtain/ I was born in the horns of a bull” serve as the song’s opening and closing lines, with Apple ruminating on power, Damocles’ sword, her own agency, and more. Apple also provides a full-throated growl in the middle of the track, which runs just under two minutes. Stream “Horns of a Bull” below.
Lucky is a crime-thriller miniseries for Apple TV that stars Anya Taylor Joy, Annette Bening, Timothy Olyphant, and more; it follows Lucky Armstrong (Taylor-Joy) as an international con artist who is forced to go on the run from both the FBI and a crime boss when a multi-million dollar heist goes sideways. The first two episodes premiere today on Apple TV; watch them here.
As for Apple, “Horns of a Bull” isn’t her only foray into new music of late. She recently co-wrote Cara Delevigne’s thumping pop track “Need It,” and last year, she offered the heartfelt single “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home),” which we named as one of the best songs of 2025.
While Apple has released some new material, she recently told fans in a new video that a follow up to Fetch the Bolt Cutters remains challenging to craft as she meditates on what she calls an “endless barrage of horrors” in the world. “If you’re writing about yourself, it’s one thing,” she said. “Nobody can tell you that you’re saying it wrong, nobody can get let down. You’re the authority. But when it concerns what’s happening to other people, it just becomes so important… 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. Or that I’m not trying, and I am trying and I don’t know if I’m going to succeed.”
