The Brief: The release of Fiona Apple's new album Fetch The Bolt Cutters has sparked excited online reactions and memes.
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Fiona Apple’s album Fetch The Bolt Cutters dropped on April 17, 2020, when it was immediately met with praise, glowing reviews, and a slew of memes from fans.
Fetch The Bolt Cutters Memes
The album’s title track includes the lyrics “fetch the bolt cutters/I’ve been in here too long,” a line that can feel relatable to those who feel antsy during COVID-19 lockdown and quarantines. The lyrics are actually a reference to a line said by Gillian Anderson’s character in “The Fall,” a British crime show. Whatever the line may mean to individual listeners and fans, it serves as a prolific source of memes.
Some of the most popular iterations of memes related to this album take a literal interpretation of the title, referencing people fetching actual bolt cutters. More metaphorically, the line serves as a rallying cry for Fiona Apple lovers and for those who feel inspired by her music.
"Are you fetching…"
"…the bolt cutters? Yeah, I am." pic.twitter.com/wcj7KUrjkX
— 🦦 Brown Anthony™ 🦦 (@anthelonious) April 17, 2020
Fiona Apple @ the bolt cutters before she fetches them pic.twitter.com/P24mRFgQui
— Nick (@redmoonrising_) April 16, 2020
Me on Friday after my bolt cutters have been properly fetched pic.twitter.com/VTEiWgviTx
— Chris Feil (@chrisvfeil) April 15, 2020
me leaving to fetch the bolt cutters pic.twitter.com/5ci6K4901L
— Sam Herbst (@mrsamherbst) April 17, 2020
These memes reference how the title track ends with a clip of dogs barking.
fiona apple’s dog getting ready for the press tour for Fetch the Bolt Cutters pic.twitter.com/xtvJ27Sbc5
— zane (@zaneg4l) April 17, 2020
The dogs barking at the end of fetch the bolt cutters pic.twitter.com/P6WuPZ6H1h
— Rose Dommu (@rosedommu) April 17, 2020
Album Reactions
These memes showcase the joy that Fiona Apple stans are experiencing when hearing her new album and how it’s filled with emotional, quarantine-appropriate bops.
— Matt Erspamer (@erspamer_matt) April 1, 2020
Listening to “Fetch the Bolt Cutters” pic.twitter.com/cpeumn55wG
— Jon (@prasejeebus) April 17, 2020
me when anyone tries to talk to me today pic.twitter.com/u73P3vlBrn
— 𝕄𝕚𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕖𝕝 𝕊𝕨𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕫 (@MrMichaelSwartz) April 17, 2020
Ok listened to ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’ from start to finish #FionaApple pic.twitter.com/0vXnPYzAr1
— Katie Blanket (@cateblanchyes) April 17, 2020
A Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme:
when fiona apple says “running up that hill” in #FetchTheBoltCutters pic.twitter.com/3SUzONyPc5
— Trever Campbell (@tjecampbell) April 17, 2020
fetch the bolt cutters is a perfect album and fiona apple is a fucking genius pic.twitter.com/ZKRPTrXjbW
— it’s dyke night, sweetie (@daisyjohnsonsgf) April 17, 2020
Me tonight and every day for a month and forever #FionaApple #FetchTheBoltCutters pic.twitter.com/4D2wOgfYmo
— ✒〘 ℝ𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧 ◐𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞 〙 (@RhagenOlinde) April 17, 2020
listening to the new fiona apple pic.twitter.com/Z17m6R2uNz
— 🌹(کیوان) keyvan (@shafieikeyvan) April 17, 2020
officially listened to fiona apple’s entire discography…..mentally, physically and emotionally prepared for fetch the bolt cutters pic.twitter.com/kEppDHYOYz
— kody (@geminifeeds) April 15, 2020