Watch Fiona Apple’s music video for ‘Hot Knife’

Beyond a report of her arrest on drug charges in Texas and a letter she posted on Facebook about her ailing dog, we haven’t heard much from Fiona Apple since the release last year of her excellent comeback album “The Idler Wheel...�

That changed early Wednesday, though, with the appearance online of a new music video for “Hot Knife,� the elaborately harmonized number that closes “The Idler Wheel...� with a Broadway-style flourish.

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According to Pitchfork, the clip was directed by Paul Thomas Anderson of “The Master� and “There Will Be Blood� fame. Apple and the filmmaker were romantically involved during the 1990s and early 2000s, when he helmed several earlier videos for the singer, including “Paper Bag� and “Fast As You Can.�

Watch “Hot Knife� below.

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