Directed and edited by Hayden Anhedönia. Shot by Delilah Dolimiere. Additional footage shot by Federica De Vita. daughtersofcain.com Twitter: / mothercain Instagram: / mothercain
I have a huge crush on a girl at work, but she has a boyfriend. We flirt so hard, I imagine her singing this to herself about me. I thought I was too old to feel this way. Thanks Ethel. I come back to this song periodically and it’s always from a different perspective. 🖤
Same. It made me realize something kinda big related to where I live. I think a lot of it has to do with being Southern myself. I was born and raised in Johnson City, TN, in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. And somehow....I'm still here, despite living elsewhere earlier in life. I've always had a love/hate feeling toward the South and often yearn to leave it....to go live somewhere more on my wavelength, someplace in the Pacific north-west maybe. But artists like Ethel Cain make me fall in love with my Southern home in a way hard to put to words. I used to HATE summers here. Just hot and humid....with the death rattle of countless cicadas reverberating everywhere. Doing laundry on my days off at the dusty dilapidated laundromat, called Wash-a-Rama....of course, with the low-key racist "Here's How....to use the machines..." poster featuring a Native American that literally has a 1962 copyright in the corner. While waiting on my clothes, sweltering under the white hot sun, random vagrants stop to ask me for a smoke...or ask if I know anyone selling suboxone or nerve pills. It's all so overwhelmingly weird and awful and gross sometimes. Corporate kitsch fucking everywhere.... And then I discover Ethel....her music, her outlook, all of it. And I see her embracing all that....owning that culture and those roots as rightfully hers too. And it makes me realize, deep down, this IS home for me too.....and I probably would hate living in Portland or Seattle in the long run. There's a real tragic beauty in overlooked South. Real life Thelma and Louis characters everywhere. Sometimes it's scary or dangerous or genuinely awful. But it's often deeply romantic....Southern Gothic in the best and broadest sense of that term. I might live somewhere else one day.....but for now, I'm honestly happy to be here. I belong too.....I'm a part of this too. And Ethel's music and entire cinematic world made me realize that more than just about anything else. It's crazy, and super cool that mere music and visuals can do that.....
☕️ "CRUSH" ☕️ LYRICS: His window's already passed, so he's shooting at the glass Keeping guns in his locker, and he denies it Like it's actually important, but he lied 'cause I sure did watch him Showing up wearing black, and he knows that His daddy's on death row, but he'll say it with his chest, though His friends move dope, he hasn't tried coke But he's always had a problem saying no His older brother bagged the valedictorian His mother, steady, screaming he should be more like him Can you read my mind? I've been watching you (You know it, you know it, you know it's true) Couldn't fight to save your life, but you look so cool Camo' jacket, robbing corner stores Hard odds to beat when you're on all fours Good men die too, oh, I'd rather be with you, you, you I owe you a black eye and two kisses Tell me when you wanna come and get 'em I only want him if he says it first to me I wanna, uh, him in the back of his mom's Mercury He looks like he works with his hands, and smells like Marlboro Reds It makes me so, uh, and I can't get enough of it Something's been feeling weird lately There's just something about you, baby (there's just something about you, baby) Maybe I'll just be crazy (I'll be crazy) And piss him off 'til he hates me Low slung bad bitch, baby, come and get you some Can you read my mind? I've been watching you Couldn't fight to save your life, but you look so cool (You know it, you know it, you know, oh) Camo' jacket, robbing corner stores Hard odds to beat when you're on all fours Good men die too, so I'd rather be with you, you, you I'd rather be with you, oh Oh, I'd rather be with you, oh 'Cause good men die too, so I'd rather be with you
Thank you for the lyrics--knowing them makes the song and video even MORE interesting. (Mildly disappointing in that I know she ain't singing about ME....Except the "window being passed"? Those were pretty haunting words. But this gal obviously likes/loves a VERY "bad boy"....Not just "a" bad boy!😶)
@@infancysguard if you listen to a live version, it's pretty clearly "chest though" edit: but i totally thought that too, to the point where I proposed an edit on genius, but I was wrong
I like the lyrics and her multitude of inflection upon her delivery, its tight imo.. The song reminds me of some punk you knew, 'and shit went bad for him too.! But oh the young i was 25 once young... just like you.!
Yeah, it feels so real, looks so spot-on. Makes me glad all over again to be a "Straddler": Old enough to fondly, and yes nostalgically, remember Life in the 70's and 80's, but still able to take advantage of UA-cam and such to watch vids OF that life I'd never have seen otherwise!
Musically yes. But I think the video is rather more the equivalent of someone staring obsessively at themselves in the mirror and slow jerking off at what they see until they’re raw and bleeding. You know what I mean? Like The suffering and the impossible desires lurking beneath are palpable too. The emptiness is there for all who wish to see too. Art as seen through a lens of mindless vanity and constant self indulgence. Also I think it’s an ad for Blue Rhino Gas refills.
@@valleyofthedolls Who hasn’t felt the anguish, the range of emotions from the highest to the lowest, when the people we care for the most drive us to such intense feelings?! It’s a madness that we gladly suffer, and we are heartbreakingly absurd for wanting it all the more. That’s what this lyrics means to me.
@@martynflynn8368 what’s supposed to be so Profound about emotional distress and turmoil? It’s a state where human beings are not at their best. It is a relief to know there’s music , art, hell even a rainy day that we can relate this emotional break in our otherwise, acceptable social mental health. It’s a fine line we tread. I believe this song and this lyric in particular, is very relatable. It speaks to me, deeply.
This entire grungy nostalgic vibe that she got going on I fucking live for. Everything in this video feels so familiar as if I live in the same town. Like there’s such a deep rooted connection between these visuals, the song, and the lyrics that I almost feel like I have lived that same life already.
Love this! When I hear other Gen Xrs say that there isn't any good music out there nowadays, I tell them that they aren't looking in the right places. You and your music are so authentic and honest.
Gen Xrs are biased and stuck in a different time. Their obsessive nostalgia for their youth in the 80s and 90s blinds them to everything that has happened since.
this genXer thinks this music is brilliant. I'm also a fan of Chairlift, Magdalena bay, and Tennis. We aren't ALL closed minded, just the jaded ones.@@brijmsn
seriously i am so glad i discovered ethel cain...kinda unkown in the european parts where i am from, but i have become addicted to the sound and vocal quality...it is so dreamy and i haven't liked an artist's music THIS much in years. goshhh when you dig around deeper and beyond the algoritm there are serious gems of artists to be discovered. loveee it
This is the first time I've heard of her and I am immediately obsessed. The music, the visuals, everything about this is so stunning. So grateful UA-cam recommended this to me today, stumbling on gems like this make me think that some kind of god somewhere fvcking loves me
Ethel Cain is one of the few artists that have the ability to truly "pull me in" to the point that I am unable to merely listen to any of her songs only once... Especially Crush, I have to hear it 4-5 times once I start listening to it. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us Ethel Cain, I for one am humbled and grateful...
I know this is supposed to portray southern small town America but I grew in upstate NY and this gives me such heavy hometown vibes as well. Furthermore I absolutely LOVE Ethel Cains aesthetic, especially if you look at in the over arching banner of “trans art”. A lot of trans individuals center their aesthetic around society, consumerism, fashion, which are all issues pertinent to the trans experience but this speaks to something much deeper than all of that. People forget that trans folks don’t just pop up fully grown in NYC or San Fransisco like clones. We all come from somewhere and have experiences that shaped who we are
I couldn't agree more. It's also rather interesting to me how often my latest favorite artist has turned out to be trans. It's happened a number of times, WAY more than population metrics would suggest. It's almost as if trans people have something very interesting and creative and novel to say about the human condition....and that's captivating and inspiring for everyone, including non-trans people(such as myself). I was a fan of Hayden/Ethel's music for months before I realized she was trans. Even though it isn't overt in her art....once I knew that fact, it kinda contextualized her work and made it an order of magnitude more interesting. Even though I'm a cis straight guy.....I think our recent examination of what gender and sexuality ARE and MEAN....is important interesting and overdue. And even though I'm not directly a part of that community....I've found it quite healthy and liberating to apply to my own self and being in this world. I'm straight and cis....but have WAY more in common with someone like Ethel....than the majority of other straight cis guys. In other words....it would be cool if we could stop talking about the trans issue as something to be "tolerated" as if we're just putting up with it or allowing it. And instead look at it as a refreshing take on what being human does mean, should mean, and can mean....specifically related to gender and sexuality, as those are so deeply primary, but also to....ya know, everything else too. Anyway, like you said....it's refreshing to hear/see a trans perspective coming from this burnt-out rural southern evangelical perspective. As a very liberal person myself, living in a relatively small town in the foothills of the Appalachians in Tennessee....it's honestly really cool to find someone so creative who didn't grow up in some big city coastal secular world. All that's great too....but so is this. Rant....over, for now :P
I grew up in a small Southern California town and it really does feel like the wild west out here, Ethel's music helps bring me to a place where I can find beauty in my small southwestern town
i’ve never encountered a piece of media that so flawlessly encapsulates the feeling of developing a crush on someone. until this song. it’s lyrically, visually, and sonically perfect. it illicits feelings within me that are simply too powerful and complex to fully articulate. it makes me wanna scream and cry but also lie on the cold tiles of the bathroom floor in silence. i think the line ‘good men die too so id rather be with you’ will linger in my mind forever. thank you, ethel cain.
i was born in the south and then moved to the west when i was 12. this music really hits home for me, and preachers daughter is my absolute favorite album. i’m saying this all as i’ve only discovered ethel cain today. i’m obsessed
It’s funny that you say this! I was just watching Lana Del Rey Summertime Sadness and it made me think of Ethel Cain Crush, and now I’ve just read your comment 😊
@@johnnydecomposizione3106 it's just another version of the adage, "ignorance is bliss". That said, I guess this new trash culture is alright, because it seems to revolve around appreciating what you have.
Ethel Cain very accurately conveys the bleakness of being gay/trans and trapped in rural republican red state small town fundamentalist evangelical America. For me this makes her music a shade darker, sadder and more foreboding than Lana Del Rey’s music, which I also love very much.
His window's already passed So he's shooting at the glass Keeping guns in his locker And he denies it Like it's actually important But he lied 'cause I sure did watch him Showing up wearing black And he knows that His daddy's on death row But he'll say it with his chest, though His friends move dope He hasn't tried coke But he's always had a problem saying no His older brother bagged the valedictorian His mother steady screaming he should be more like him Can you read my mind? I've been watching you (You know it, you know it, you know it, you know it's true) Couldn't fight to save your life, but you look so cool Camo jacket robbing corner stores Hard odds to beat when you're on all fours Good men die too so I'd rather be with you, you, you I owe you a black eye and two kisses Tell me when you wanna come and get 'em I only want him if he says it first to me I wanna run him in the back of his mom's mercury He looks like he works with his hands And smells like Marlboro Reds It makes me so, uh, and I can't get enough of it Something's been feeling weird lately There's just something about you, baby (There's just something about you baby) Maybe I'll just be crazy (I'll be crazy) And piss him off 'til he hates me Low slung bad bitch, baby, come and get you some Can you read my mind? I've been watching you Couldn't fight to save your life, but you look so cool (You know it, you know it, you know) Camo jacket robbing corner stores Hard odds to beat when you're on all fours Good men die too so I'd rather be with you, you, you Oh, I'd rather be with you Oh, I'd rather be with you 'Cause good men die too So I'd rather be with you
I’ve probably listened to this 30 times in 2 days. Obsessed with this sonically, lyrically, and visually. This whole aesthetic is incredibly relatable to me growing up in trashy middle America. So glad I found your music! 🖤
Thanks for the rec, Conan Gray! How did I not know about Ethel Cain before this? So hypnotic, these songs are totally obsession-worthy to this middle-aged lady.
huhh, we actually had this conversation - so basically this sentence happened in a conversation form - with my host brother when i spent a year in a nebraska small town not unlike the town in the video. we were driving pretty aimlessly around town in his car, looking for people to talk to, things to do to spend the time with. this was one of the first times I joined him doing this and i - as an eastern european kid not much after the iron curtain fell - was fascinated with the fact that 16-year-olds there had cars and drove around just for fun where in my country a whole lot of families didn't own a single car and when they did, a lot of them only used it rarely to save the gas-money. i told him, man, this is what kids in my country dream of. he said "people dream of THIS"? of course for him it was the same-old-same-old, doing it the n-th time, meeting up with the same few people as it was a really small town, being bored out of their minds as there was nothing they could - legally - do around town. of course later i got what he was talking about. btw is this a quote from somewhere, or did you just come up with that sentence?
I listen to this so much, then go find other good songs by other artists, then come back to any of these ethel cain songs just to be blown away again. It's leagues above everyone. Absolute art.
I don't know why but the first time I listened to this song, i cried for 3 hours straight. I had this on repeat in my room with the lights off. when i listen to her music, it feels like she's singing straight to me and gets me. It's so weird but i wouldn't want it any other way ❤️
Wtf, this is really good. Somehow reminds me of late 80's early 90's, this is all that mattered in those days. I love the friend in the camo jacket, just completely impartial and we all had that friend back then, loyal and part of your world. Great video.
At least 2 thousand of these plays are mine. This has been my favorite song since I first heard it. Every. Single. Day. Over and over and over and over. Every walk. Every bike ride. Every cry. Every happy moment. Life's been crazy, but this song has been keeping my head above water and smiling. Perfection.
@@ylilycam dont bully womnen with things they not able to chainge ore The one they love even. Life bites them..more that you imagine..Im and Adult womman..this situation isent unsusual..for feemale kind .but the issue about husbond died....that case Hurts even his alive ...thats not kind ore nice to think .. about....
Love this unconditionally, I hope she gets the recognition she deserves. Crush is sultry, languid and mesmerizing. I was fascinated to find out that anhedonia (no umlaut) is a medical condition whereby someone is incapable of feeling pleasure. Hope it isn't a case of nominative determinism.
From what I've read its more like a symptom of other conditions, at least usually. In the case of this video if I'm interpreting it right, it's because someone died? So trauma from mourning someone I think
@@leilanidrennan1767 According to most sources, it's her birth name. Hayden Silas Anhedönia. There's no affection as far as I can tell. You're right to say that it's associated with other conditions, though.
One can easily move their body while listening to this song. Ethel Cain embodies all that is ecstasy. This isn't the song that will send you to sleep but this is the kinda song that will bring you back from it and become formidable in the face of world. I am so present in the moment whenever I am listening to her songs.
How does this video only have 59 comments?! I found this song on tik tok months ago and have been obsessed with her music ever since. Her voice is so ethereal and just the aesthetic of her videos is so unique. Bible Belt baddie. Queen Ethel!
probably because we live in an age where insanely talented people have 800 followers, but a guy who does nothing but eat food in front of a camera has 2.4 million followers. People have completely lost their frame of reference and sometimes I wonder how close to "the end" were getting
This is almost exactly what growing up in rural Nebraska looked like, other than the cars were all older in the early 90's. Like I remember this one day me and a friend walked around looking for her dog, Nike was his name. She swiped a bottle of peppermint schnapps and a half pack of virginia slims from her mom and we set out all over town looking for this dog, taking shots and ducking the cops. We found her dog eventually, although looking back on it we may have just stolen a random dog instead.
i spent a schoolyear in rural Nebraska (Butler county) in 2000-2001. i totally got that vibe too from this video. we were driving around in the winter with my host brother (we both were in high school), pulling out people (cars i mean) from ditches in the winter (he was driving, i of course didn't have a car being broke-ass eastern european student) because that gave us something to do.
Still here in nebraska....this vibe is still strong here....it dates back clear back to the 70's and 80's., maybe even further....totally freaking obsessed with this tune.
I found this song in November 2022, a month after my dad passed and the same month I met the woman of my dreams. She went back to Canada (her homeland) for a few months, I was in rehab. She came back to Australia to see me. I played this every night before my first admission to rehab - with only her in mind. I still do since my first relapse. Unfortunately things didn’t work out between us, but every night I play this before bed - thinking of her.I still do love you and I miss you Ella. I wish you were here, I wish you met my dad and I wish we could’ve made a lot more memories in the the future. Keep your loved ones close people, take the time to appreciate those who have the time for you ❤️ Thank you Ethel for never letting me feel alone.
Great song, haunting voice and lyrics.... Gets better once you've heard it for the 96th time, on repeat.... really you've found your voice with this one...
Life is beautiful, even in its darkest and ugliest hours. Ethel has captured and assembled pieces of the universe in a beautiful way, to tell a story that forces us to see each other and life in such a way to give us empathy for the characters/people portrayed here.
A great song and great concept; She definitely drew some inspiration from the movie Gummo... it was playing on the TV. One of the greatest and most underrated films ever made. Filmed in West Nashville TN.
I didn't catch that! I've seen this video a few times, but never paid attention to what she was watching on TV. But you're right this whole concept is very Gummo/Harmony Korine
![Ethel Cain - God's Country (feat. Wicca Phase Springs Eternal) [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/AV3V_4NcUu8/mqdefault.jpg)
This crackhead makes beautiful music
That is the healthiest crackhead I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot.
@@deborahjones5289 LOL!
right?!
@@deborahjones5289 dead ass ode on da subway 😂
Ethel pins the comment.
🖤 FUCK I DIED🖤
this song is the perfect way to describe an unhealthy but addictive interest in someone. ugh having crushes is so fun
I have a huge crush on a girl at work, but she has a boyfriend. We flirt so hard, I imagine her singing this to herself about me.
I thought I was too old to feel this way. Thanks Ethel. I come back to this song periodically and it’s always from a different perspective. 🖤
ua-cam.com/video/t11n96Qig74/v-deo.html&ab_channel=zorastorm
@@413XAj0n3z How have things been the last few months?
Like her song is
this type of fantasy relationship is called Limerence
I started to listen to Ethel Cain and now I have a wet cooxhie and a craving for Marlboro lights
exactly
you poor dear
Hell Yeah. You're music videos are way creepier than mine!
ua-cam.com/video/rDjw9y7lhK4/v-deo.html
Depression can do a lot of weird shit
"Yer better get some medicated creme fer that WetWotzitz..before it catches fire and scares hell outta the cat."
(/-\)..Bweehehehe!😅😹😁..
"good men die too so i'd rather be with you" hits me so fucking hard every single time
🔥🎵🤘🏼
please don't marry Elon Musk
Money machine go brr
What? Where does that come from?
@@Addych guessing op doesn’t like that grimes got babies with musk
I love it
Please do. Then let me be a live in assistant/psychic medium.
This song legitimately changed the entire trajectory for my 2022. I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed something so much
Same. It made me realize something kinda big related to where I live.
I think a lot of it has to do with being Southern myself. I was born and raised in Johnson City, TN, in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. And somehow....I'm still here, despite living elsewhere earlier in life. I've always had a love/hate feeling toward the South and often yearn to leave it....to go live somewhere more on my wavelength, someplace in the Pacific north-west maybe. But artists like Ethel Cain make me fall in love with my Southern home in a way hard to put to words. I used to HATE summers here. Just hot and humid....with the death rattle of countless cicadas reverberating everywhere.
Doing laundry on my days off at the dusty dilapidated laundromat, called Wash-a-Rama....of course, with the low-key racist "Here's How....to use the machines..." poster featuring a Native American that literally has a 1962 copyright in the corner. While waiting on my clothes, sweltering under the white hot sun, random vagrants stop to ask me for a smoke...or ask if I know anyone selling suboxone or nerve pills.
It's all so overwhelmingly weird and awful and gross sometimes. Corporate kitsch fucking everywhere....
And then I discover Ethel....her music, her outlook, all of it. And I see her embracing all that....owning that culture and those roots as rightfully hers too.
And it makes me realize, deep down, this IS home for me too.....and I probably would hate living in Portland or Seattle in the long run. There's a real tragic beauty in overlooked South. Real life Thelma and Louis characters everywhere. Sometimes it's scary or dangerous or genuinely awful. But it's often deeply romantic....Southern Gothic in the best and broadest sense of that term.
I might live somewhere else one day.....but for now, I'm honestly happy to be here. I belong too.....I'm a part of this too.
And Ethel's music and entire cinematic world made me realize that more than just about anything else.
It's crazy, and super cool that mere music and visuals can do that.....
same
cripes, RIGHT?! I am swept off my feet!
Completely agree. I listen multiple times a day now, I love it 💕
Completely
☕️ "CRUSH" ☕️
LYRICS:
His window's already passed, so he's shooting at the glass
Keeping guns in his locker, and he denies it
Like it's actually important, but he lied 'cause I sure did watch him
Showing up wearing black, and he knows that
His daddy's on death row, but he'll say it with his chest, though
His friends move dope, he hasn't tried coke
But he's always had a problem saying no
His older brother bagged the valedictorian
His mother, steady, screaming he should be more like him
Can you read my mind? I've been watching you
(You know it, you know it, you know it's true)
Couldn't fight to save your life, but you look so cool
Camo' jacket, robbing corner stores
Hard odds to beat when you're on all fours
Good men die too, oh, I'd rather be with you, you, you
I owe you a black eye and two kisses
Tell me when you wanna come and get 'em
I only want him if he says it first to me
I wanna, uh, him in the back of his mom's Mercury
He looks like he works with his hands, and smells like Marlboro Reds
It makes me so, uh, and I can't get enough of it
Something's been feeling weird lately
There's just something about you, baby (there's just something about you, baby)
Maybe I'll just be crazy (I'll be crazy)
And piss him off 'til he hates me
Low slung bad bitch, baby, come and get you some
Can you read my mind? I've been watching you
Couldn't fight to save your life, but you look so cool
(You know it, you know it, you know, oh)
Camo' jacket, robbing corner stores
Hard odds to beat when you're on all fours
Good men die too, so I'd rather be with you, you, you
I'd rather be with you, oh
Oh, I'd rather be with you, oh
'Cause good men die too, so I'd rather be with you
Thank you for the lyrics--knowing them makes the song and video even MORE interesting. (Mildly disappointing in that I know she ain't singing about ME....Except the "window being passed"? Those were pretty haunting words. But this gal obviously likes/loves a VERY "bad boy"....Not just "a" bad boy!😶)
Are we sure it isn't "...chest out"
@@infancysguard if you listen to a live version, it's pretty clearly "chest though"
edit: but i totally thought that too, to the point where I proposed an edit on genius, but I was wrong
Too bad you can't understand the lyrics as they are delivered. They're actually pretty good.
I like the lyrics and her multitude of inflection upon her delivery, its tight imo.. The song reminds me of some punk you knew,
'and shit went bad for him too.! But oh the young i was 25 once young... just like you.!
This video is nostalgia for life without social media. A life the creators never experienced.
Perfect comment.
There is no nostalgia. Only the remake of it.
Yeah, it feels so real, looks so spot-on. Makes me glad all over again to be a "Straddler": Old enough to fondly, and yes nostalgically, remember Life in the 70's and 80's, but still able to take advantage of UA-cam and such to watch vids OF that life I'd never have seen otherwise!
Musically yes. But I think the video is rather more the equivalent of someone staring obsessively at themselves in the mirror and slow jerking off at what they see until they’re raw and bleeding. You know what I mean? Like The suffering and the impossible desires lurking beneath are palpable too. The emptiness is there for all who wish to see too.
Art as seen through a lens of mindless vanity and constant self indulgence.
Also I think it’s an ad for Blue Rhino Gas refills.
“I owe you a black eye and two kisses…” pure poetry…how can you not love this song?!
what does that mean?
@@valleyofthedolls Who hasn’t felt the anguish, the range of emotions from the highest to the lowest, when the people we care for the most drive us to such intense feelings?! It’s a madness that we gladly suffer, and we are heartbreakingly absurd for wanting it all the more. That’s what this lyrics means to me.
@@thaitiger Thank you for describing an emotion that is very difficult to put into words.
Oh yeah, so profound, right up there with William Blake, Arthur Rimbaud et al.............not.
@@martynflynn8368 what’s supposed to be so
Profound about emotional distress and turmoil? It’s a state where human beings are not at their best. It is a relief to know there’s music , art, hell even a rainy day that we can relate this emotional break in our otherwise, acceptable social mental health. It’s a fine line we tread. I believe this song and this lyric in particular, is very relatable. It speaks to me, deeply.
This entire grungy nostalgic vibe that she got going on I fucking live for. Everything in this video feels so familiar as if I live in the same town. Like there’s such a deep rooted connection between these visuals, the song, and the lyrics that I almost feel like I have lived that same life already.
UA-cam BEBE Noelia 😸🌹😊✌️🎉📲
beautiful right?
The vibe of soo much of America
And you're not stoned?
@@pluviophile1988 uhm no? 💀
Love this! When I hear other Gen Xrs say that there isn't any good music out there nowadays, I tell them that they aren't looking in the right places. You and your music are so authentic and honest.
We have Ethel Cain, daine, Caroline Polachek, and all sorts of magical musicians! They’re just not bothering to look.
Gen Xrs are biased and stuck in a different time. Their obsessive nostalgia for their youth in the 80s and 90s blinds them to everything that has happened since.
@@brijmsn or, get this... we have better taste in music than you
@@mattyo71 No, gen x is just here to unwittingly bring in fascism to America. Thats all you're good for.
this genXer thinks this music is brilliant. I'm also a fan of Chairlift, Magdalena bay, and Tennis. We aren't ALL closed minded, just the jaded ones.@@brijmsn
seriously i am so glad i discovered ethel cain...kinda unkown in the european parts where i am from, but i have become addicted to the sound and vocal quality...it is so dreamy and i haven't liked an artist's music THIS much in years. goshhh when you dig around deeper and beyond the algoritm there are serious gems of artists to be discovered. loveee it
Алгоритмы похоже для создания серости и безликих невежд..!
Found them through Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, and glad for it :_)
This is the first time I've heard of her and I am immediately obsessed. The music, the visuals, everything about this is so stunning. So grateful UA-cam recommended this to me today, stumbling on gems like this make me think that some kind of god somewhere fvcking loves me
I have a similar story! I came across Ethel through UA-cam recs a couple of days ago. Sometimes the algorithm *does* get it right!
@@haute03 a broken clock is correct twice a day
Fuck UA-cam, I saw this on GOML
haha amen to that 🙏 🙌
same experience... holy shit just let this music carry me away...
In a couple years I can just see her getting so huge and I feel so lucky for discovering her today. Keep doing great things, Ethel!
You are 💞
Huge like Carnie Wilson 🐳
ua-cam.com/video/t11n96Qig74/v-deo.html&ab_channel=zorastorm
here at 26k subs
crack heads dont get fat
Ethel Cain is one of the few artists that have the ability to truly "pull me in" to the point that I am unable to merely listen to any of her songs only once... Especially Crush, I have to hear it 4-5 times once I start listening to it.
Thank you for sharing your gifts with us Ethel Cain, I for one am humbled and grateful...
the loud guitar is so fucking beautiful istg. who ever decided to put it that loud was genius
I know this is supposed to portray southern small town America but I grew in upstate NY and this gives me such heavy hometown vibes as well. Furthermore I absolutely LOVE Ethel Cains aesthetic, especially if you look at in the over arching banner of “trans art”. A lot of trans individuals center their aesthetic around society, consumerism, fashion, which are all issues pertinent to the trans experience but this speaks to something much deeper than all of that. People forget that trans folks don’t just pop up fully grown in NYC or San Fransisco like clones. We all come from somewhere and have experiences that shaped who we are
I couldn't agree more. It's also rather interesting to me how often my latest favorite artist has turned out to be trans.
It's happened a number of times, WAY more than population metrics would suggest. It's almost as if trans people have something very interesting and creative and novel to say about the human condition....and that's captivating and inspiring for everyone, including non-trans people(such as myself). I was a fan of Hayden/Ethel's music for months before I realized she was trans. Even though it isn't overt in her art....once I knew that fact, it kinda contextualized her work and made it an order of magnitude more interesting.
Even though I'm a cis straight guy.....I think our recent examination of what gender and sexuality ARE and MEAN....is important interesting and overdue. And even though I'm not directly a part of that community....I've found it quite healthy and liberating to apply to my own self and being in this world. I'm straight and cis....but have WAY more in common with someone like Ethel....than the majority of other straight cis guys. In other words....it would be cool if we could stop talking about the trans issue as something to be "tolerated" as if we're just putting up with it or allowing it. And instead look at it as a refreshing take on what being human does mean, should mean, and can mean....specifically related to gender and sexuality, as those are so deeply primary, but also to....ya know, everything else too.
Anyway, like you said....it's refreshing to hear/see a trans perspective coming from this burnt-out rural southern evangelical perspective. As a very liberal person myself, living in a relatively small town in the foothills of the Appalachians in Tennessee....it's honestly really cool to find someone so creative who didn't grow up in some big city coastal secular world. All that's great too....but so is this.
Rant....over, for now :P
I found out through this comment that’s she’s trans! Hell yeah love to support artists in our community
Feels very much like hick Midwest towns where I grew up, and I’m living for it.
very much this. tbh triggered but at the same time entranced by the false nostalgia this video is giving me. i'm from central pa lol
V Rih, but you need to shut up with art this art that. Just enjoy it. You're being too much extra.
the chorus flows like liquid gold or something.. im in love with this song
Well said liquid flow 🥲
@@essenceidentity ua-cam.com/video/t11n96Qig74/v-deo.html&ab_channel=zorastorm
I grew up in a small Southern California town and it really does feel like the wild west out here, Ethel's music helps bring me to a place where I can find beauty in my small southwestern town
why am i not getting tired of this track? i must have listened to it around 600-700 times over the course of last month. this is a first for me.
This makes me feel the same energy I felt watching the Video Games music video for the first time
Same vibe but both are so different as well I love them both
Omg yes 🙌
I thought the same thing!!
This, perfect comparison wow
Exactly!! also omg i found u in the comments ur one of my fav microinfluencers
Wow....I'm 75 and digging this. Has a small town Euro-Trash feel to it. Very artistic and creative.
This is US Trash sir
@@flowerswerewarpaint646 lol, the cars give it out.
What is the difference, same trash, different continent.
florida trash to be exact. very special.
@@sleepalaska What's Alaska trash like?
i’ve never encountered a piece of media that so flawlessly encapsulates the feeling of developing a crush on someone. until this song.
it’s lyrically, visually, and sonically perfect. it illicits feelings within me that are simply too powerful and complex to fully articulate. it makes me wanna scream and cry but also lie on the cold tiles of the bathroom floor in silence.
i think the line ‘good men die too so id rather be with you’ will linger in my mind forever.
thank you, ethel cain.
Absolutely fucking epic. Soft and powerful at the same time. This song makes me feel things that are difficult to articulate. Thank you for this.
I won't even lie, I'm gagged. Gummo-core? Legendary.
Great reference!
@@DanielJuarez-gb7gh I mean Gummo is literally in the mv
I love that I found gummo here
Yeah
The fact that i rewatched this movie this week, and now youtube recommends me this... it is truly creepy.
"I owe you a black eye and two kisses. Tell me when you want to come get em." incredible
i was born in the south and then moved to the west when i was 12. this music really hits home for me, and preachers daughter is my absolute favorite album. i’m saying this all as i’ve only discovered ethel cain today. i’m obsessed
Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like Ethel Cain
I'm so glad I have found your music, I can't get it enough of it. We need more artists like you, never change!
This definitely has some Lana Del Rey, cigarettes after sex, mazzy star vibes and I really love it
I totally agree that sums up the sound so perfectly.
It’s funny that you say this! I was just watching Lana Del Rey Summertime Sadness and it made me think of Ethel Cain Crush, and now I’ve just read your comment 😊
it's giving lizzy grant and i love it
@@dylankai21 very lizzy grant
i don't see mazzy star at all.
I want to live in her universe. Everything is better in an Ethel Cain video.
Gummo vibes, I don't know what do you mean by saying "better"
@@johnnydecomposizione3106 presumably Tori is referring to the universe where only what is right in front of you matters.
@@BicycleFunk wow, really inspiring, only matters what you have in front of you...I'd prefer to die in pain tbh
@@johnnydecomposizione3106 it's just another version of the adage, "ignorance is bliss". That said, I guess this new trash culture is alright, because it seems to revolve around appreciating what you have.
So you want to smoke cigarettes on a nasty floor? That's rather strange
the mix is lovely
Ethel Cain very accurately conveys the bleakness of being gay/trans and trapped in rural republican red state small town fundamentalist evangelical America. For me this makes her music a shade darker, sadder and more foreboding than Lana Del Rey’s music, which I also love very much.
Hey you might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like Ethel Cain
@@SarahSmoothieface thanks for the suggestion bestie!
Best and largest adjustable adjective transcript. So much pain friend. Hope things be better now
But she's not trans wtf
@@davidjones8043 she is. Plenty of articles about it online.
His window's already passed
So he's shooting at the glass
Keeping guns in his locker
And he denies it
Like it's actually important
But he lied 'cause I sure did watch him
Showing up wearing black
And he knows that
His daddy's on death row
But he'll say it with his chest, though
His friends move dope
He hasn't tried coke
But he's always had a problem saying no
His older brother bagged the valedictorian
His mother steady screaming he should be more like him
Can you read my mind? I've been watching you
(You know it, you know it, you know it, you know it's true)
Couldn't fight to save your life, but you look so cool
Camo jacket robbing corner stores
Hard odds to beat when you're on all fours
Good men die too so I'd rather be with you, you, you
I owe you a black eye and two kisses
Tell me when you wanna come and get 'em
I only want him if he says it first to me
I wanna run him in the back of his mom's mercury
He looks like he works with his hands
And smells like Marlboro Reds
It makes me so, uh, and I can't get enough of it
Something's been feeling weird lately
There's just something about you, baby
(There's just something about you baby)
Maybe I'll just be crazy
(I'll be crazy)
And piss him off 'til he hates me
Low slung bad bitch, baby, come and get you some
Can you read my mind? I've been watching you
Couldn't fight to save your life, but you look so cool
(You know it, you know it, you know)
Camo jacket robbing corner stores
Hard odds to beat when you're on all fours
Good men die too so I'd rather be with you, you, you
Oh, I'd rather be with you
Oh, I'd rather be with you
'Cause good men die too
So I'd rather be with you
TY this masterpiece may demand a sing-along tbh
@@KaiInMotion indeed
Thank You !
Yeah thanks
Fkn lyrics are incredible
Painting with words
Videos indelible
100th like :)
I’ve probably listened to this 30 times in 2 days. Obsessed with this sonically, lyrically, and visually. This whole aesthetic is incredibly relatable to me growing up in trashy middle America. So glad I found your music! 🖤
Could not have been said better
It's music to my ears
Just ran by this and same feelings - tune flows easily through me and there is Talent within.
IKR?!? I can't stop listening to her, it reminds me of the first time I heard "Fade Into You" and couldn't get enough.
I CANNOT start my day without listening to it first
Open arms sza got me recently
Thanks for the rec, Conan Gray! How did I not know about Ethel Cain before this? So hypnotic, these songs are totally obsession-worthy to this middle-aged lady.
This retro grunge americana vibe is on top omfg
In our despair born from boredom, we were unaware that our life of monotony was in reality the golden age of our era.
Holy crap this literally is everything I've wanted to say, you nailed it 100 percent on the head
The beauty within the truth that we let slip away unsavored, unrelished. Thank you for that reminder to live!
huhh, we actually had this conversation - so basically this sentence happened in a conversation form - with my host brother when i spent a year in a nebraska small town not unlike the town in the video. we were driving pretty aimlessly around town in his car, looking for people to talk to, things to do to spend the time with. this was one of the first times I joined him doing this and i - as an eastern european kid not much after the iron curtain fell - was fascinated with the fact that 16-year-olds there had cars and drove around just for fun where in my country a whole lot of families didn't own a single car and when they did, a lot of them only used it rarely to save the gas-money. i told him, man, this is what kids in my country dream of. he said "people dream of THIS"? of course for him it was the same-old-same-old, doing it the n-th time, meeting up with the same few people as it was a really small town, being bored out of their minds as there was nothing they could - legally - do around town. of course later i got what he was talking about. btw is this a quote from somewhere, or did you just come up with that sentence?
@@tolvajakos I just made it up
@@JeffNeelzebub cool stuff.
This was an art piece. It made me feel like nostalgic for home
This beautiful song touches me. Please make more !
I listen to this so much, then go find other good songs by other artists, then come back to any of these ethel cain songs just to be blown away again.
It's leagues above everyone.
Absolute art.
"she has lana del ray vibes" no she has ethel cain vibes
No but she does lol
She is Lanas son don't lie😂
@@deejaydeezay ethel is meemaw of her own family tree
@@sikigenesis well meemaw was clearly inspired by the born to die era , she just uses more auto tune
@@deejaydeezay you do know lana didnt invent americana aesthetics right? like there's way more to americana than lana lmao
I don't know why but the first time I listened to this song, i cried for 3 hours straight. I had this on repeat in my room with the lights off. when i listen to her music, it feels like she's singing straight to me and gets me. It's so weird but i wouldn't want it any other way ❤️
💙🦋💙
I have to admit I cried at the end. Not sure why...something about the way she is walking in the cemetery gets to me.
Wtf, this is really good. Somehow reminds me of late 80's early 90's, this is all that mattered in those days. I love the friend in the camo jacket, just completely impartial and we all had that friend back then, loyal and part of your world. Great video.
ohh love the vibes of this
1:00 to 1:41 always sends chills down the back of my neck. Such an amazing sound/vocals & feeling.
Is this Streetbeefs Blackie Chan?
literally
ITS MY FAVOURITE BIT AND NO ONE EVER TALKS ABOUT IT,IT MAKES ME ASCEND LIKE UGH
Yes! It's just perfect.
At least 2 thousand of these plays are mine. This has been my favorite song since I first heard it. Every. Single. Day. Over and over and over and over. Every walk. Every bike ride. Every cry. Every happy moment. Life's been crazy, but this song has been keeping my head above water and smiling. Perfection.
Love this so much. And my god your walk is AMAZING 😍
I love your songs of which I've now listened to three. They are fabulous.
I love the way she’s got her look going on. She looks so confident. Sounds really good.
this is such a good song ive had it on repeat for like two weeks:)
Omg 1 million I’m so happy for you mother!
Oh my! Glad I discovered this track. It’s simply gorgeous. Video fantastic too. Reeks of desperation and infatuation. Thank you. ❤
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard
"Good men die too, so I'd rather be with you" is a razor of a line for me
agree 🥲
Wow!.......My 55th birthday today and never too old to appreciate good sounds when I hear it...My 2 daughters will be proud of me
Late happy birthday to you, lovely
@@isabella-a-a-a Why Thankyou! x
😥
@@skrivebordsskuffen2442 Why sad?
@@ylilycam dont bully womnen with things they not able to chainge ore The one they love even. Life bites them..more that you imagine..Im and Adult womman..this situation isent unsusual..for feemale kind .but the issue about husbond died....that case Hurts even his alive ...thats not kind ore nice to think .. about....
Ugh I love the bass in this ❤ beautiful voice, this is lovely ❤
your music is genuinely amazing 😭
she prepped, went to the cemetery shaved, came back home and shot the preacher's daughter's album cover in the same afternoon
The way she looks back at Jesus with complete disdain is priceless!
It fit perfectly with the "piss him off till he hates me" lyric
It's a dude.
Well that's the popular theory, sure, but latest research suggests that JC was actually a chick.
At the end when I kept king she said she would rather be with me. - Air Con
@@ICDUMPEPL 😐
This is pure musical bliss 😊
What a beautiful piece of music. Gosh
I love the bass tone, the effects on the voice and the way the drums lay back on the whole thing. Gorgeous song.
This has a early 90’s indie film vibe. I think the budget was 45 bucks and I love it.
My favorite song ever. Next level song and melody.
This video is such a vibe! So glad I stumbled upon your UA-cam channel! 🎉❤
im listening to this for the first time right now and i already wish i could hear it for the first time again
fr
stuck this song 👍🏻
Love this unconditionally, I hope she gets the recognition she deserves. Crush is sultry, languid and mesmerizing. I was fascinated to find out that anhedonia (no umlaut) is a medical condition whereby someone is incapable of feeling pleasure. Hope it isn't a case of nominative determinism.
From what I've read its more like a symptom of other conditions, at least usually. In the case of this video if I'm interpreting it right, it's because someone died? So trauma from mourning someone I think
@@leilanidrennan1767 According to most sources, it's her birth name. Hayden Silas Anhedönia. There's no affection as far as I can tell. You're right to say that it's associated with other conditions, though.
"nominative determinism" is a great phrase
Anhedonia is when u stop doing drugs, the physical withdrawal is over, but then u realize your life is miserable with or without them.
@@1630revelloify It's not her birth name but she legally changed it
Really loving the old-school 80's-90's aesthetic going on in a lot of these vids the young cats are making right now.
Absolutely gorgeous song.
All hail the lnbred EP 🙌😵💫
U ARE EVERYWHERE
ofc ure here
Make a marina x Ethel cain demon mashup
of course you're here 😭
UA-cam BEBE Noelia 😊✌️🎉📲
her voice makes me feel so uh, and i cant get enough of it
Wow- I am so happy I clicked! I did not expect a hauntingly beautiful masterpiece here
One can easily move their body while listening to this song. Ethel Cain embodies all that is ecstasy. This isn't the song that will send you to sleep but this is the kinda song that will bring you back from it and become formidable in the face of world. I am so present in the moment whenever I am listening to her songs.
I love how she left a cigarette on the grave 😇
How does this video only have 59 comments?! I found this song on tik tok months ago and have been obsessed with her music ever since. Her voice is so ethereal and just the aesthetic of her videos is so unique. Bible Belt baddie. Queen Ethel!
UA-cam BEBE Noelia 😸🌹😊✌️🎉📲
I know right? this is so dope!
like lana del rey x massive attack but even cooler
766 and counting.
i’m obsessed with the phrase “bible belt baddie” lmao
probably because we live in an age where insanely talented people have 800 followers, but a guy who does nothing but eat food in front of a camera has 2.4 million followers. People have completely lost their frame of reference and sometimes I wonder how close to "the end" were getting
Shivers anyone?
This is the mood i've been looking for all my life lol.
Anyone can point me to more?
I love everything about this
This is almost exactly what growing up in rural Nebraska looked like, other than the cars were all older in the early 90's. Like I remember this one day me and a friend walked around looking for her dog, Nike was his name. She swiped a bottle of peppermint schnapps and a half pack of virginia slims from her mom and we set out all over town looking for this dog, taking shots and ducking the cops. We found her dog eventually, although looking back on it we may have just stolen a random dog instead.
i spent a schoolyear in rural Nebraska (Butler county) in 2000-2001. i totally got that vibe too from this video. we were driving around in the winter with my host brother (we both were in high school), pulling out people (cars i mean) from ditches in the winter (he was driving, i of course didn't have a car being broke-ass eastern european student) because that gave us something to do.
it sounds like such a simple, mundane story but it still just seems so beautiful to me
ROFL no telling right :) that dog is prob a better dog anyway :)
Still here in nebraska....this vibe is still strong here....it dates back clear back to the 70's and 80's., maybe even further....totally freaking obsessed with this tune.
@@llokkii yeah super catchy. first time i heard it was the first five or six times i heard it :)
one of my favorite songs this year. been having it on repeat ! beautiful music video too im so so proud of you
Such beauty!
I found this song in November 2022, a month after my dad passed and the same month I met the woman of my dreams. She went back to Canada (her homeland) for a few months, I was in rehab. She came back to Australia to see me. I played this every night before my first admission to rehab - with only her in mind. I still do since my first relapse. Unfortunately things didn’t work out between us, but every night I play this before bed - thinking of her.I still do love you and I miss you Ella. I wish you were here, I wish you met my dad and I wish we could’ve made a lot more memories in the the future.
Keep your loved ones close people, take the time to appreciate those who have the time for you ❤️ Thank you Ethel for never letting me feel
alone.
Her voice stuck in my heart 💙
yo this absolutely rules. im in love with this sound and i really appreciate all the effort and details that went into creating the nostalgic visuals
Again. This is so good.
I love everything about this song and video.
this is so strangely comforting
I can't stop listening to you Ethel and hope you stay inspired and grounded. Thank you for making such beautiful art.
Cant believe I am just now hearing this song - my life is forever changed
Kind of superb!👏
Just found this and have to say you have something very special here. The music, and visuals are all really distinct and unique. Love this track ✨
This is incredible. I’ve been wanting music like this for ages
i’m so happy i stumble upon this two years ago what a record wow
just the coolest awesome video!!An awesome song on every level.
This is so bleak in a mesmerizing way, I don't think I've ever heard anything like this before.
Great song, haunting voice and lyrics.... Gets better once you've heard it for the 96th time, on repeat.... really you've found your voice with this one...
This message is an ultimate reminder of the girl who I love so much but can never be together or forgotten 💖
Life is beautiful, even in its darkest and ugliest hours. Ethel has captured and assembled pieces of the universe in a beautiful way, to tell a story that forces us to see each other and life in such a way to give us empathy for the characters/people portrayed here.
My favorite song, omg! Unbelievable swirl of your vocals and everything at the end, can't get enough playing it on guitar.
babe wake up new ethel cain music video just dropped
in love w this song
A great song and great concept; She definitely drew some inspiration from the movie Gummo... it was playing on the TV. One of the greatest and most underrated films ever made. Filmed in West Nashville TN.
I didn't catch that! I've seen this video a few times, but never paid attention to what she was watching on TV. But you're right this whole concept is very Gummo/Harmony Korine