Ethel Cain is again with a brand new music, “Fuck Me Eyes,” serving as the most recent preview of her upcoming album Willoughby Tucker, I’ll At all times Love You.
With kaleidoscopic, nostalgic synths and a signature mid-tempo crawl, “Fuck Me Eyes” capabilities as a little bit of a personality research for Cain; she describes a teenage lady who clothes promiscuously, “goes to church straight from the golf equipment,” and is understood round city for being a handful, particularly for the boys within the space. Throughout the six minute observe, although, the music’s dynamics develop and Cain finally graduates to a passionate belt.
Along with serving as an homage to Kim Carnes’ “Bette Davis Eyes,” Cain describes “Fuck Me Eyes” in a press launch as “an ode to the women who’re excellent and have all the pieces, but carry the fame of city slut.” “The gorgeous blonde who’s simply lonely and needs to be beloved, that every one the adults condemn to one another, who finally is the lady everybody concurrently can’t stand and needs to be,” she wrote. “I wrote the start of this music 5 years in the past, making it the oldest demo for the file. Because the story turned extra fleshed out, I noticed it had a extra related place on the album than I initially thought.”
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Like prior single “Nettles” and Cain’s lauded debut Preacher’s Daughter, “Fuck Me Eyes” additionally capabilities inside a bigger narrative on Willoughby Tucker, I’ll At all times Love You. “This music represents Ethel’s difficult emotions for the lady she’s satisfied has caught her crush’s eye, in addition to her 16-year-old ideas on the matter,” she mentioned. Stream “Fuck Me Eyes” beneath.
Willoughby Tucker, I’ll At all times Love You serves as Hayden Anhedönia’s second studio album as Ethel Cain and is ready to reach on August eighth. The album serves as a prequel to Preacher’s Daughter and can be launched on Cain’s impartial label, Daughters of Cain. She additionally provided the nearly-90-minute drone recording Perverts again in January, which we named the most effective albums of 2025 to this point.
Cain can also be set to embark on a significant 2025 tour this summer season in help of her new album; the North American run kicks off on August twelfth in Seattle. See her tour dates beneath and get tickets right here. Revisit our roundup of 11 artists who’ve made albums that pissed off their followers, which incorporates Cain’s Perverts.
Ethel Cain 2025 Tour Dates:
08/12 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
08/13 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
08/15 — Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
08/16 — Portland, OR @ Edgefield
08/18 — Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Berkeley
08/20 — Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Auditorium
08/21 — Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Auditorium
08/22 — Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Monetary Theatre
08/24 — Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Manufacturing unit
08/25 — Houston, TX @ 713 Music Corridor
08/26 — Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
08/28 — Atlanta, GA @ The Japanese
08/29 — Atlanta, GA @ The Japanese
08/30 — Asheville, NC @ Asheville Yards
09/04 — Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
09/05 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem
09/06 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
09/09 — New York, NY @ Radio Metropolis Music Corridor
09/10 — Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre
09/12 — Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
09/13 — Buffalo, NY @ Outer Harbor Reside at Terminal B
09/15 — Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
09/16 — Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
09/17 — Detroit, MI @ Masonic Cathedral Theatre
09/19 — St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
09/20 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed (Fairgrounds)
10/02 — Manchester, GB @ O2 Apollo
10/04 — Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy Glasgow
10/06 — London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
10/07 — London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
10/09 — London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
10/10 — London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
10/11 — London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
10/14 — Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
10/15 — Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
10/16 — Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
10/18 — Paris, FR @ L’Olympia
10/19 — Paris, FR @ L’Olympia
10/21 — Cologne, DE @ Carlswerk Victoria
10/23 — Berlin, DE @ Huxley’s Neue Welt
10/24 — Hamburg, DE @ Docks
10/25 — Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
10/27 — Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
10/28 — Stockholm, SE @ Fållan
10/31 — Warsaw, PL @ Stodola
11/01 — Prague, CZ @ Roxy
11/02 — Vienna, AT @ Gasometer
11/04 — Zurich, CH @ X-tra
11/05 — Milan, IT @ Alcatraz
11/07 — Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz
11/08 — Madrid, ES @ Teatro Eslava
11/09 — Lisbon, PT @ LAV Warehouse
