Dull Tool

[2] "Dull Tool" was produced by Apple's long-time collaborator Jon Brion, and leaked online in November 2012, several weeks before the soundtrack hit stores on December 11.

"Dull Tool" has been perceived to reference a poorly-ended relationship,[6] in which Apple begins by discussing the game hide and seek and ends by "launching into a barrage of insults.

Apple had reportedly "lashed out at her label for pulling promotional support from her new album [The Idler Wheel...] in response to her placing a song on a soundtrack" that was being produced by two other music companies.

[14] Though Apple's music has been featured on other film soundtracks, "Dull Tool" marked the first time she could be eligible for an Academy Award.

[2] The Huffington Post revealed that Universal had listed it among other pieces it submitted for consideration to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,[15] but it did not receive a nomination for Best Original Song.