Ethel Cain - American Teenager (Official Video)
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2022
- Official video for American Teenager by Ethel Cain
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Much thanks to my good friend Silken for taking a trip to my hometown of Perry, Florida to run around the highschool football field and my favorite gas stations with me. I've been meaning to pay homage to my mom's cheerleading days with her old uniform (and also to the gods of midwest emo. American Football forever!). Thank you for watching, I hope you enjoy!
STREAM:
ethelcain.ffm.to/americanteen...
TOUR:
daughtersofcain.com/tour
CREDITS:
Directed and edited by Hayden Anhedönia.
Shot by Silken Weinberg.
Additional footage shot by Salem Anhedönia.
SOCIALS:
Ethel Cain: / mothercain
Silken Weinberg: / silkenweinberg
Salem Anhedonia: / edith_undrgrnd
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one thing about ethel cain is she's gonna slay in that grass field
"Ethel's World." We're just livin' in it.
gross
@@austintrousdale2397 As soon as I saw her laying in that grass I thought of 'Christina's World'.
i want to like this comment but it has 666 likes and it’s too good to ruin
@@lucien760 it's at 1.2K now, it's safe
this is so beyond mother. this isn’t even great-grand-mother. this is ancestral.
i love gay people
LMFAOOO
YOU GET IT
This is mitochondrial dna
This is the apex of human ancestry, truly the missing link they've been looking for all along
Why do I cry every time she says "it's just not my year"? There's a whole story there.
right? omg "its not my year and thats ok
We went from “maybe it’s not my weekend but it’s gonna be my year” to “it’s just not my year, but I’m all good out here”
@@AmyAberrant I'd be willing to bet that All Time Low and that song were a direct influence on this song, Hayden is always very forthcoming with wearing her influences on her sleeve.
and technically there is, since it's a concept album ;) (and it's really, really not ethel's year D:) but seriously -- this was the first song i heard off this album and i felt exactly the same way. and still do every time i hear it. there's something about this that fits in with the other songs but doesn't depend on the story as much as some of them do to make sense, and i think it's because it's SO relatable.
i actually feel happy about it, yeah it's not my year but that's ok, there will be many years to come and in one of them everything is going to work out!
Even Obama was gagging
finding out who Ethel Cain is in 2022 will be the same type of magical feeling as people who found out about Lana Del Rey was in 2012
FRR OMG
I agree
im spreaing mother ethels words
same here
or like AlieX, King Princess, Foxes, Mxmtoon, Rina Sawayama, etc...
"God loves you, but not enough to save you" hits home so hard for me.
Yeah everybody wants all the convenience of the saving without any of the accountability. Such a bum deal. Where do we petition to get our money back?
@@RyanIsARecluse you really think you did something there don’t you
@@spacewaste2459 uht oh say words
@@RyanIsARecluse then tell ur religion and it's respective people to stop bs -ing (i.e sugar coating) words like "God loves everyone" and shit like that when infact sky daddy clearly don't. 💀💀
@@Azarath_Metrion_Zinthos so, if you love someone you should enable them to do whatever they want regardless of whether it harms them or not? Let your significant other be an alcoholic or a drug addict, let your kids run around in the street or play on the internet unattended, just whatever, because when you love someone you let them do whatever they want just because they want it, right? Equating love or lack thereof with accountability for wrongdoing is a fallacious nonsensical error in thought. I don't have to tell anybody anything because atheists can't even accurately tell a theist what their own position is. You have no idea what I believe. You don't even have original thoughts when you regurgitate the same tired sky daddy quip that every low IQ atheist degenerate says. Did you steal that from Richard Dawkins or Reddit? Be real.
To me this song feels like the specific feeling of being queer in a religious and conservative environment but not wanting to reject those aspects, family, culture, religion, location, but instead wanting them, and wanting them to want you back.
And the part that kills us little by little is that they never will… 😞
u nailed it. this right here is exactly how i feel holy shit. like I don’t want to completely leave religion and certain aspects of it but it’s so conflicting because I don’t feel welcome at all in those spaces
And the safest and most freeing thing is to just leave. It’s the best feeling ever honestly.
I don't know whether the song is about what you say, but, Imho, that is what Ethel is about as she tries to say it is not her intent just to slag off the South , as she found great comfort and happiness being brought up there.
Exactly, this is a specific niche of being queer in the Midwest. People from the cities trying to relate to Ethel Cain is hilarious and slightly performative lmao
Rent was due, landlord was knocking at her door, eviction notice was drafted, she had to come up with something QUICK, that's how we got this song
“Michelle, uh, this one’s a banger”
IM CRYINGGGGGGGGG
Remember this: Ethel Cain is gonna be a very very very important singer in a few years
Already is to a lot of people.
Already is to me.
already is to me too!
She is already one of the most powerful songwriters of this generation.
She already skyrocketed since I've learned of her. It's too relatable with the way things are. Almost all her tour is sold out, she's even opening for Florence and the Machine.
You do a marvelous job capturing the "going nowhere but that's alright" vibe of small pass-through towns in the South, without the cynicism many attach to them
I ate a lot of mushrooms. I think I watched this for 72 years on repeat. This is the hardest thing I have ever written. She....GREAT
she indeed great
she was absolutely snubbed for a grammy are you kidding preachers daughter is one of the best albums to drop this year
I think her team said she's not going to submit any of her music to the Grammys ever cause she doesn't care about them
@@pazer97 i didn’t know that!! good for her it’s the scammys anyway
preacher's daughter is too good for the grammys
I was very late to the party but I would actually argue it was THE best album of 2022. It’s actually the best album of the decade so far in my opinion
@@pazer97 based
Idk how to explain it, but this song sounds like September.. Shorter days, nights starting to get chilly, the high noon sun... Obsessed
you translated my feeling into words haha, I'll definitely blast this song next month!
nah this is summer i feel july
@@lavender2257 You're on the cheerleading squad in July?
@@welfareprincess yes :)
@@lavender2257 yesss this is definitely july, mid-summer vacation, where there’s still a lot of summer left but you’re starting to count down the weeks until school starts again. block parties and carnivals.
This song makes me feel like a summer that has no end and you remember it as something so ethereal.
It's nice to see an artist capture life in the rural South so well. The culture in the south is so drastically different than anywhere else in this country and most artists are not from here and don't understand it. Life is much slower, people never leave their hometowns and don't really want to
Slay what you want
But slay it like you mean it
😭
real
this comment section is so fucking funny😭😭😭
omg im cryinggggg
😭😭😭😫
I’m not an American, nor a teenager (in fact I’m turning 47 years old this year :)) but this song has touched me in a way no other song ever has. It makes me tear up, it makes me dance and it brings my blood to a boiling point. I hope it plays in all the shops one day ❤️
Your ass is not 46 LMAO
Devil is back, yaasss
I've been following you since 2015 😭
@@wassupkevin I follow her since she was 5 😶🌫️
MARINAAAAA
God I hate myself so much, but she makes me feel like there’s a part of me worth loving
I promise you there is
THIS!! I feel the same way
❤
Ditto. I think it means this song gives us a spark of hope? I've had it on repeat since early June of this year and still here
Loving myself just a little bit would be a breath of fresh, clean air, like I could finally breathe out all of the toxicity that's become self-loathing from absorbing their hate.
Here's to nurturing that spark🎇💜
maybe if we all hate ourselves at the same time it will be good (because I do too and I have no other ideas)
she managed to capture the angst, joy, confusion, and conflict of the american dream: I am a hyper-individual tethered to a community I love and am simultaneously afraid of. Amazing.
Plus I love the homage to Christina's World, one of the few paintings to depict the life of a strong and independent disabled woman. When I visited MoMA in NYC many years ago, I was shocked that it wasn't given the prominence it deserves. It may not be the most technically brilliant work, but it has the power to connect with and challenge an audience, which is surely the purpose of art.
my favorite painting of all time! christina forever has my heart ♡
telling the stories of everyone who feels outside of the status quo,, only against the dark can light shine the brightest
This comment sent me down a rabbit hole, because I lived in Maine the past ten years. My family originated there, after leaving Scotland like 4 generations ago. That's where the Wyeth's are from. So, liking Ethel Cain right now, and seeing your comment made me wonder - what does this painting have to do with me? I believe in signs. So, I tried to research my last name and Wyeth, only to find a woman that passed away named Christina Cameron Wyeth. It really stunned me. I am physically and mentally disabled. So, thank you for this comment. I learned something about myself from it. ♥
@@mothercain Hey girl, you've got a smart way about you
That makes me with
That I was smart enough for you.
Hey girl, you've got a fine laugh,
And I think that I could get used to that.
I thought the exact same thing with the grass scene. Just beautiful honestly
this whole album is a masterpiece
Do a cover Alice🥺
Mediocre at best
Ethel Cain, you gave me the confidence to come out to my Mother as a trans woman… and she accepted me!!! I will forever be grateful to you. I’ve never related to the deep connection people have had to musicians, but after discovering you I understand it deeply.
Im so glad everythig worke out for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
❤❤❤
Proud of you ❤️
!!! I'm so happy everything went well!
yayy that's fantastic
Got told the other day that I looked like Ethel Cain. Then looked her up, realised we have the same first name, and I definitely do look somewhat like her. Now listening to all her music, and am in love with this song. Thank you random person in the purple top and drag makeup in Brisbane
You both slayed
What a flex omg
i just know she runs cracker barrel like its the damn navy
PLEASE
Panera, please.
What does this mean I’m old
I'm from the rural south, the foothills of appalachia, and this is like a personal anthem for me. This video is ultra nostalgic and just feels so familiar and serene. The way that it all seems like a found footage film from the late 90s to early 2000's, but really the south is just a time capsule and everything looks to be 20 years in the past, because we are. Ethel cain you have truly captured small town America. I feel so connected and so so much love. also i have a big fat lesbian crush on u
I relate to this!!
If he’s a dude it’s not lesbian. Don’t worry you’re straight.
@@benthread Ethel cain is not a boy the fuck?
@@benthread ur weird
@@cal8796 he's right. ethel is just a femboy
THE GUITAR FROM DONT STOP BELIEVING DURING THE SECOND CHORUS AAAAAAH
LYRICS:
Grew up under yellow light on the street
Putting too much faith in the make-believe
And another high school football team
The neighbor’s brother came home in a box
But he wanted to go, so maybe it was his fault
Another red heart taken by the American dream
And I feel it there
In the middle of the night
When the lights go out and I’m all alone again
Say what you want, but say it like you mean it
With your fists for once, a long cold war
With your kids at the front
Just give it one more day, then you’re done
Done
I do what I want, crying in the bleachers
And I said it was fun
I don’t need anything from anyone, it’s just not my year
But I’m all good out here
Sunday morning
Hands over my knees in a room full of faces
I’m sorry if I sound off, but I was probably wasted
And didn’t feel so good
Head full of whiskey but I always deliver
Jesus, if you’re listening let me handle my liquor
And Jesus, if you’re there, why do I feel alone in this room with you?
And I feel it there
In the middle of the night
When the lights go out and I’m all alone again
Say what you want, but say it like you mean it
With your fists for once, a long cold war
With your kids at the front
Just give it one more day, then you’re done
Done
I do what I want, crying in the bleachers
And I said it was fun
I don’t need anything from anyone, it’s just not my year
But I’m all good out here
Say what you want, but say it like you mean it
With your fists for once, a long cold war
With your kids at the front
Just give it one more day, then you’re done
I do it for my daddy and I do it for Dale
I’m doing what I want and damn, I’m doing it well
For me, for me
For me, for me
(the irony of the former potus listening to an anti-war song is too much for me. does he recognize the irony? probably not)
dude I was literally just thinking that when it got to the neighbors brother came home in a box another heart taken by the American dream line, like Obama sir she’s straight up talking about you, ur the cause of that 😭
@@EnderOfFlops I always look for lyrics in the comments cause sometimes I wanna see the lyrics while I watch the music video.
@@user-sk2hb2yb7z then use captions 💀 you cant be looking in a comments section and watching the video at the same time I fear
@@EnderOfFlops not all music videos have captions, just like this one doesn't have them. And I can watch the video and look at the comments at the same time.. I literally just did that.
@@EnderOfFlopslmao I literally just said I use lyrics in the comments section.
to a young queer person living in a religion-heavy country this song really means a lot to me. the incorporated visuals with the vhs style made it miles better, the American Football reference and sun bleached flies in the intro is cherry on top!!!! i hope you'll somehow release a version of this song like the end! hayden anhedönia, you really are one of a kind
Awesome shout out to American Football at :33 - glad I'm not the only one who caught it! The UA-cam Gods somehow knew to add this to my suggestions - I'm just hearing for the first time today but love it, will definitely be checking out more!
Sometimes it feels like while i’m not christian as someone living in America in the suburbs the ideals and values and cultures of it are definitely pressed upon me
@@fruit4evr as someone who's not christian and grew up in a couple different suburbs, i can assure you: they almost certainly are.
The sun bleached flies intro kills me every time
as queer person raised Catholic in southwest Sydney in Australia who's coming to terms with the impact the church has had on me, this song and your album have been just what I need at this moment in my life. thank you Ethel 💞💞
omfg literally having the exact same experience but i was raised christian in a town in southwest sydney australia
I'm so glad this album had such a big impact on you! This song really resonated with me too, but for different reasons. I have cerebral palsy and kids were cruel about it and it really damaged my self esteem for a while.
@@pleasecouldyoubetender catholics are christians lol
Crazy the northern Midwest vibe transfers over.
I'm a trans woman that born in a rural area from the latinoamerica of Venezuela, however even if I'm not american I connect with Ethel's religious repression essence because my childhood's upbringing while I was living in a small town with a constant suffocating feeling. Thanks for this music
♥️
Soy de Venezuela también, te deseo lo mejor y que vivas siempre en libertad ❤️
Te envío un camión de amor y una vida vibrante para ti. There is a void of amazing energies and abundance waiting for you, mi chama.
Tqm, Matilda 💖
Soy de Venezuela también, lo mejor para ti❤️
This is one the greatest songs I’ve ever heard. It’s just inexplainably perfect
I can't believe I've been following this girl since she was just a little twitter troll (in the nicest way lol) and now she's a beautiful talented singer? I feel like I've watched a star being born
I wish I knew who she was back when she was White Silas at least! God, I love her brain!
I'm 51 year old guy, just discovered your music and I must say it's amazing. I cannot wait to see what your future holds before I leave this mortal coil.
I love that this video provides a completely different context after you’ve listened to “Sun Bleached Flies,” and the rest of Preacher’s Daughter.
You hear the “what I wouldn’t give to be in church this Sunday” sample from the perspective of someone in the future, looking back on a time when they didn’t know they were living the “good old days” until the very end, even if it didn’t seem perfect when they were living it.
All the people wishing they could come out to their families safely and with love returned breaks my heart. This mama loves and accepts you and will fight like hell as a mama bear for you.
I keep playing this over and over, and I'm having similar feelings to when I first watched "Video Games" from LDR in mid-October 2011. I felt so special back then when I discovered the beautiful voice of Lizzie Grant. Kept finding youtube videos of Lizzie playing at local bars, and her music moved me to tears. Lana then blew up, and I was happy for her because she deserved all the praise and recognition. I feel the same way right now 11 years later discovering Ethel Cain's music. Listening to "Preacher's Daughter" moved me to tears, and I can't help feeling happy knowing Hayden will get the praise and recognition she deserves. Can't wait to see her post-Ethel era :) And can't wait to see her live in a few weeks :)
lana ruined a whole generation of white gay tweens
isn’t lana problemstic
@@loveinstarsshe isn’t people just love to make stuff up so they can cancel people
@@loveinstars lana's not problematic, she's problematique 💅
As a 20 something who struggled (and continues to struggle) with religion and religious trauma, this song is a knife in the heart. In the best possible way.
omg the Obamanators increasing the views YUPPPPPP we won
obama stan’s and ethel stan’s joining forces
You telling me a shrimp fried this American interventionism?
I LOVE OBAM
@@samrobotsin LMAOOOO
Stream Obama by ANONHI 💅🏻
Love the little reference to American Football in the title card. Such an incredible song!
Yeah the midwest emo influence is pulsing through this song
Ethel touches what Lana wanted to portray. Small town American, can’t mean it though if you aren’t from there . I love Lana, however this hits home literally
Ldr has a great voice and I like many of her songs, but yeah, she kinda performs poverty at times. She grew up very comfortably nearby where I grew up, around the same time, so I know she wasn't poor lol. Idk about Ethel's background but the fact that she's trans means she's faced at least one kind of hardship IRL, and that's where the best writing and performances come from; strong people aren't born that way, we're made
@@user-sf4fy8bq1h LDR left her hometown and her rich family to build her own legacy, did you listened her work before born to die?
they are both good we shouldn’t compare them
Stop pitting two queens together, they’re my mothers
this comparison isn’t very fair, their music is super different and both are good at what they do within their genres
I'm 39 but I feel a hundred years old on the inside. Life is and always has been difficult and exhausting for me, but when I listen to this song I feel young and free. ❤️
Relatable. 37 and facing the inevitabilities of life and my own mortality on a near daily basis lately. Your parents are going to die. YOU are going to die. We all know it... it just seems so much more real lately, for whatever reason.
This song takes me back to when something could happen and the entire world didn't need to know about it. And if it was something the world DID know about? It had to be big. It was a time I wish I could adequately describe to my nieces and nephew, and a place I wish we could all return to for a couple weeks.
I've had a weird visceral response to elements of this song/video since its premiere. For me, it's really been one of those "time and place" moments in my personal history with music.
Agree totally this song somehow takes me back to my teenage years in the 90s
Beautiful
I say this too, I'm tired, feel like I've lived a thousand lives.
I’ve just turned 60. If it’s any consolation I’m ageing in reverse. The older I become, the younger I feel. At your age I felt like you. At 20 I was so tired of the world and felt 1000 years old. If you keep holding on, it’s worth it, just remain young at heart.
Hey. You're great. Don't forget that.
Used to go to church and hear this sort of sound. After reconciling after years stunted growth and trauma, listening to this feels like life has came full circle, making peace with the places that hurt me. They where just doing what they thought was best.
Incredible song, she has such a powerful voice reminds me sometimes of Dolores from the cranberries
Personally this song stirs up emotions of the "American dream" meeting the American reality
The hair flips, the choreography, the visuals in all, everything is so freeing. Love love love.
I live in the next county over from Perry, FL in Madison, and this is exactly what my high school experience was; the bike riding, the Jiffy store, the football team. Literally ethereal to experience. So much love, nothing else could capture it like this.
i went to NFCC my junior and senior year, i always called madison our sister city lol ♡
I live right on the border of Madison and Lafayette county. Seeing that Jiffy Store sign in this already excellent video and song was very cool. Wonder where this was filmed...
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. I'm 54 years old and my 21 year old son recommended her. This reminds me of when both my sons went to high school. So many great memories come flooding back.
wow, your son has an amazing music taste. is he single?
@@eternaldayoffbottoms behave!
@@ominous_light 😂
Last year my grandfather killed himself. This song helped me through a lot of that grief. Just this week my cousin killed himself, and I got the news while I was far from home traveling for work. I got the news and then kept through my workday. On the drive home I put on American Teenager for some familiar comfort and it hit harder than ever before. Now when I hear the song, I associate "my daddy" with my grandfather and "Dale" with my cousin, and I will keep them in my heart as I follow my dreams.
My heart aches for you. I'm sorry for your losses... words that seem insufficient for what you shared. I know an internet stranger's words might not mean much, but I still feel for you and what you're enduring. I hope you can continue to find familiar comfort here as you grieve what needs to be grieved while continuing to follow your dreams. Sending comfort and love your way🕯️
Found Gibson Girl in one of those discover weekly playlists and God, that was the best thing that happened this year. Preacher's Daughter is my 2022 favourite, without a doubt. Come to Brazil someday Ethel ♡
Same here!!! Except for me it was "Family Tree (Intro)" that Spotify put in my discover weekly playlist I've been listening NONstop to this entire album for 2 weeks now 🙌
@@MoodyPlatypus77 🖤🖤
I just sobbed my eyes out, healing my inner child. unbelievably talented, such a haunting nostalgic ghostly sound
Thank you Ms Cain for some truth. Thank you President Obama for turning a 65 yr old white man onto some music with relevance.
Why is your race relevant to the comment?
Stop looking for a fight, Grant. It's okay 🔵
@@user-sf4fy8bq1h As a 29 year old mixed race man, I concede
@@grantkeller4634 Obama literally listens to this type of music fym
Closeted trans girl Barack Obama
i’m obsessed w this song it’s the best thing i’ve everrr heard
this album changed my life for the worse in a good way!!
HAHAHHA SAME
HELP HAHAHA
no same
this made me laugh because same
ruined my emotional state on christmas but also i had a lot of fun belting thoroughfare so it balances out
Grew up under yellow light on the street
Putting too much faith in the make believe
Another high-school football team
The neighbor's brother came home in a box
But he wanted to go so maybe it was his fault
Another red heart taken by the American dream
And I feel it there
In the middle of the night
When the lights go out
And I'm all alone again
Say what you want
But say it like you mean it with your fists for once
A long, cold war with your kids at the front
Just give it one more day then you're done
I do what I want
Crying in the bleachers and I said it was fun
I don't need anything from anyone
It's just not my year
But I'm all good out here
Sunday morning
Hands over my knees in a room full of faces
I'm sorry if I seemed off, but I was probably wasted (wasted)
And didn't feel so good (feel so good)
Head full of whiskey but I always deliver
Jesus, if you're listening, let me handle my liquor
And Jesus, if you're there
Why do I feel alone in this room with you?
And I feel it there
In the middle of the night
When the lights go out
But I'm still standing here
Say what you want
But say it like you mean it with your fists for once
A long, cold war with your kids at the front
Just give it one more day then you're done
I do what I want
Crying in the bleachers and I said it was fun
I don't need anything from anyone
It's just not my year
But I'm all good out here
Say what you want
But say it like you mean it with your fists for once
A long, cold war with your kids at the front
Just give it one more day then you're done
I do it for my daddy and I do it for Dale
I'm doing what I want and damn, I'm doing it well
For me
For me
For me
For me
Bro kept thinking she said the n word
Hey Ethel I hope your doing well. You seem to be I'm glad you found the strength in you to transition. It still blows my mind the home schooled kid I played in the church band with blew up into such a big musician. Makes me kind of wish I would of put all my passion into music as well. I liked the song and found it very interesting seeing little ol Perry FL in a music video . I hope you do big things with your music , I will probably spend the rest of my life in Perry but I will do my best to make sure this conservative town is a little more trans friendly.
-Devan Courtney
i hope she sees your comment! 🥺
@@strangersbyethelcain not sure she will. It feels weird knowing someone who grew up to be somewhat famous.
It's pretty crazy. I'm in Lafayette County and recognized the area right away
that makes me cry as a trans youth living in perry :,)
Even if you're not an American teenager, this song can be relatable if you were ever in a bad place, but felt pressured to suffer with a smile. Either people didn't want to know that you were in bad shape, or they liked to praise you for your attitude, and even make an example of you as the "right" way to handle problems. A positive attitude is great, but it should be a realistic and constructive one that actually looks for solutions--and the community should make it safe for a person to do so.
exactly like it’s kinda weird for me relating to this song even though I’m Muslim & grew up in Saudi Arabia
I just wanted to say, I had the opportunity to see you in Detroit on Monday and it was quite simply the best day of my life. You are my favorite musician, and being able to sing along with you and talk to you after the show had a huge emotional impact on me - and I really just can’t thank you enough. Your music means the world to me, and a lot of other people, and on behalf of everyone impacted by your art I want to say “thank you”. I hope you love the shirt and sketchbook ❤️ - Ian
Ian! It was INCREDIBLE and genuinely one of the best performances I've ever seen and honestly one of the best nights I've ever had.
I was at the Detroit show too !!!! Front row it was so amazing 💕
I L❤️VE my shirt, Ian. 🥰
@@kittkatt6953 I too was front row!
@@jsimon9353 All the Ohioans (including me) convinced her to come to Ohio the next time she tours.
she has that specific energy that not many artists have, like finally someone who makes exciting music and has a specific/unique pov that cant be manufactured
Edit: Hi Obama!
Ethel Cain's aesthetic feels like she's my roomate during the great depression and were just praying that one of us would die idk-
oh you would love ptolemaea
geez I felt this so hard. Reminds me of a friend I had in college
Midwest Emo.
Zillennial feels lmao ✊😔
This is incredible, I feel like this song has existed for decades
This song is helping me (a Chicago-area cityslicker) conceptualize the time in my life when I was miserable and living in Appalachia. This validates what I was feeling as a queer outsider in a town riddled with religious nationalism. Not to mention this song is so sonically beautiful. Thank you so much for this, Ethel. All the best to you
as SOON as I saw the american football reference i was sold on this video. rooting for you in every way. keep it up!!!
How did i just discover this?? Relating to this song so heavily while living in this town you're recording in is so surreal. I can't believe such excellence comes from my small town
the kansas boy in me feels such a gentle comfort from this song. The longing to get out of the fields and see the world, but the fear of leaving the safety and predictable emptiness. "just give me one more day to get out..."
Please God, never stop to give Ethel her VHS tapes so she never stops to give us these gorgeous videos 📼 🙏🏼
Ethel Cain - American Teenager
Lyrics
Grew up under yellow light on the street
Putting too much faith in the make believe
Another high-school football team
The neighbor's brother came home in a box
But he wanted to go so maybe it was his fault
Another red heart taken by the American dream
And I feel it there
In the middle of the night
When the lights go out
And I'm all alone again
Say what you want
But say it like you mean it with your fists for once
A long, cold war with your kids at the front
Just give it one more day then you're done
I do what I want
Crying in the bleachers and I said it was fun
I don't need anything from anyone
It's just not my year
But I'm all good out here
Sunday morning
Hands over my knees in a room full of faces
I'm sorry if I seemed off, but I was probably wasted (wasted)
And didn't feel so good (feel so good)
Head full of whiskey but I always deliver
Jesus, if you're listening, let me handle my liquor
And Jesus, if you're there
Why do I feel alone in this room with you?
And I feel it there
In the middle of the night
When the lights go out
But I'm still standing here
Say what you want
But say it like you mean it with your fists for once
A long, cold war with your kids at the front
Just give it one more day then you're done
I do what I want
Crying in the bleachers and I said it was fun
I don't need anything from anyone
It's just not my year
But I'm all good out here
Say what you want
But say it like you mean it with your fists for once
A long, cold war with your kids at the front
Just give it one more day then you're done
I do it for my daddy and I do it for Dale
I'm doing what I want and damn, I'm doing it well
For me
For me
For me
For me
This is on another level. I'm almost twice as old as her and here Ethel is telling me stories of MY youth.
All it took was one listen... Found myself binging this album, then this song on repeat for at least 10x followed by the discography. This is on the tail end of 5.5 hours of outdoor exercise on a rainy Sunday afternoon through local trails. I don't know what to say but it's been a long time since I've discovered new music that just hits ephemerally, maybe the last time was discovering Crystal Castles (embarrassingly late). So grateful and excited for what this space holds in the years to come! Not even going to preface my background but you'd be surprised on every level and I guarantee it. Amazing music 🖤
What a hook. And when those Don’t Stop Believing guitars kick in at the end I feel like I’m ascending.
ok let's all agree we all want an american teenage summer. the hot and sunny summer we all wished we could be reckless, free, a real teenager - the summer we saw on teenage movies. this song made me tear up because i dont know if i could ever experience that summer in my life before i step into adult hood.
I have been struggling with some real heavy depression for 2 years now. When your music came on, I got lost in the mix for a bit.
i discovered the Preacher's Daughter album when i was scrolling through tiktok and a video deep-diving into the songs of the album popped out - and i haven't stopped listening to the album since then. this album is one of the best - if not, the BEST album that i've ever heard. i love it so much!!
I believe Ethel is going to be a superstar and this is a beautiful song but I'm surprised that nobody mentioned it has a vibe like "Dreams" fron The Cranberries!
I was searching for this comment, it really sounds a lot like Cranberries "Dreams"
Also has a bit of The Sundays in there (especially "Can't Be Sure")!
@@jonathanhamrick4128 Just listened to it and I know what you mean! Never heard of the Sundays so nice to learn about them, thanks.
This is a 70s-80s Bruce Springsteen song, if Bruce Springsteen were a young trans girl in 2022, devastating and spectacular, my song of the year by a large margin.
Lmao amazing comment
Sometimes UA-cam recommends a true unpolished GEM! Here is one - Ethel Cain. I've been enjoying her music more and more. Her music is great and she's amazing!
i can listen to this song on loop for the rest of my life and ill never and i mean NEVER, get tired of it.
love the: "i guess that we just shoot until the cops come",, that's Hayden for u, just a crazy // amazing artist ♡♡♡
I found Ethel Cain when I was questioning my gender. Growing up in the religious south I felt so alone and reviled as a closeted trans person and this song summed up my experience as an American Teenager. Your haunting vocals helped me realize who I truly was. I've been my true self for 18 months now and I will continue to listen to her music
Trans sibling here, this comment makes me so happy I'm so happy for you
Why? Your body is not meant to be a cage. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with it. We live in an age where it doesn’t have to be a limitation anymore. Why are so many people waking up and deciding trans is what they are are? That’s not going to solve your problems. You still have to face you, that’s your real struggle, not your body.
@@Carolina-rd3ghyou know ethel cain is trans right?
@@hihihijjhii6 So?
@@Carolina-rd3gh ur complaining about less than 1% of the population on a trans woman's music video about her struggles
Stellar songwriting, voice and production. Video reveals an epic, humble and cathartic journey. Moving.
Already liked her, but now I LOVE her after I saw that the thumbnail for this video is a homage to American Football!
i'm from the rural midwest and this song hits right in the heart and sums up perfectly how growing up in small towns feels like. also i saw her at her detroit show last week and it was simply amazing, easily one of the best gigs i have ever been to. thank you so much for this song (and album) ❤
This song is going to be ingrained in my mind for years to come. So happy that I discovered her music this year and that she made a music video for this amazing song.
As a Floridian, I literally felt every piece of this song and the video was literally like watching a music video shot at my high school
Btw Ethel Cain is trans
Yk just in case your one of THOSE Floridians
@@marthadumptruck5102 oh no honey, alphabet mafia member here, I love that for her, she is out here killing it…
it's even stranger when I live in the specific town she's in 🥹
this is a masterwork
REAL
TASTE NISAAA
It's hard to describe how impactful this record has been for me, and this song in particular captures the specific feelings of joy I had rediscovering the world after leaving the church. The feeling of learning to trust yourself, your mind and your friends rather than "god"'s narrow example of the world is difficult to describe to people who weren't raised under strict religion. Ethel Cain does is with style and a sense of humor, and this song actually conveys that feeling in such an accurate way I can hardly get through this song without happy tears. I'm so glad I found my path and followed it, and I'm so fucking glad she did too.
Music that I remember long term is music that doesn’t follow trends. Love this.
In my circles Ethel Cain does not get enough credit her run rn is great every song hits she’s a genius.
Maybe it’s bc her songs are more intimate idk but how is she not being talked about more
music video is just a recreation of my little town. all these little towns are like this.
the teen idle of this generation!!! LYSM ETHEL😭😭🖤🖤YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS!!!
IKDR!!!!
This is better than every top hit that came out this year. How is this not more popular?!
I don't know why this song started to play randomly after a video, but I thank you for that UA-cam ♥
A great teenage song is a rite of passage for a musician and Ethel has passed with flying colors
The intro being one of the most beautiful lyrics of Preacher's Daughter sounds ominous and I'm here for it ♡︎
Every time I listen to this song I'm 17 again and staring out the bus window listening to the same 30 songs on my MP3 player and my parents are getting divorced and I'm frustrated with the entire world (but especially my small town) and my crush won't text me back and I wonder if I'm the prettiest I'll ever be and I think I have everything about myself figured out (even though I clearly didn't and still don't to this day). Thank you, Ms. Cain, for this slice of nostalgia. Everything you do is so intensely atmospheric it gives me chills.
what a great, fresh artist. Who tackes poverty, abuse, religion and many morn tough topics. fantastic voice
can see her being huge 😊
This music. The video. The southern school. Talk of the church. This all reminds me of my mother. Hayden even looks like mother. I miss her so much.
this song was played every night at the eras tour before the show starts like it's on the playlist before Taylor comes out, TAYLOR KNOWS OUR QUEEN MEEMAW ETHEL BTCH IM SO- THIS IS MY ULTIMATE CROSSOVER AAAAAAAA
Hits different for Nashville night 3 - after waiting three hours in that crowded concourse...
This is the best album of 2022. Straight up. When I listen through it over and over again I find new ways to love it. This is an absolute masterpiece! You just know how to make songs that get you right where you need to be got. THANK YOU!
rip ethel cain if only you weren't eaten
😭😭😭
I was raised in a small town in rural Michigan (and was a cheerleader for 4 years!) the unique sense of nostalgia I get from this song and video is insane.