Ethel Cain - American Teenager (Official Video)

[@diiarno]

one thing about ethel cain is she's gonna slay in that grass field

[@austintrousdale2397]

"Ethel's World." We're just livin' in it.

[@tosmok]

gross

[@robertshields4160]

@@austintrousdale2397 As soon as I saw her laying in that grass I thought of 'Christina's World'.

[@lucien760]

i want to like this comment but it has 666 likes and it’s too good to ruin

[@fookingavocadoz]

@@lucien760 it's at 1.2K now, it's safe

[@bojo07]

this is so beyond mother. this isn’t even great-grand-mother. this is ancestral.

[@francish6695]

i love gay people

[@wrustria]

LMFAOOO

[@lenac5833]

YOU GET IT

[@Manuel-ew3dp]

This is mitochondrial dna

[@xoxowena]

This is the apex of human ancestry, truly the missing link they've been looking for all along

[@theluus5773]

I’m approaching 60. This video makes me feel young again. I love those innocent teen years - full of hope, disappointment, confusion, love, fun & tears. God bless all you young people. Everything will come to pass and be better. Trust me!

[@miguelstarboy5572]

you're very sweet I'm only 27 and feel so old, thanks for your nice comment

[@cinnamndollx]

I’m 20 and I feel the same ^

[@helchose]

I'm 50 now and I feel that this song and video are absolutely brilliant. Captures the lost innocence of the early 2000s in such an eloquent way, I've never seen before.

[@priscilas24]

There goes ...

[@EchoTravelsUSA]

I’m reading this comment right now, in 2024. In 2013, I had to leave my home in New York to move to Texas, right before my senior year of high school. In 2015, while I was still dealing with the aftermath of that move, the girl I was dating broke up with me, a day before my 19th birthday after I travelled from Texas to New York to spend it with her. In 2017, I dropped out of college so that, in 2018, I could join the military, where I stayed for six years. I acquired a disability during my time in service and had multiple relationships not work out and my career didn’t work out the way I had hoped. But now, in 2024, I’m reading this comment on a cross country road trip, paying for it with disability I fought so hard to earn, and won. You’re absolutely right, life does get better. My life isn’t where I want it quite yet but it’s so much better than what it used to be 🥹

[@notoriousblt1038]

“Michelle, uh, this one’s a banger”

[@lukaurushibara9287]

IM CRYINGGGGGGGGG

[@LifeOfJakoby54]

I CANT DO THIS TODAY😭😭

[@synesthesia.aesthetic]

"I do it for my baby, do it for Michelle"

[@JordanSullivanadventures]

"God loves you, but not enough to save you" hits home so hard for me.

[@ImaTurninToABug]

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?

[@spacewaste2459]

@@ImaTurninToABug you really think you did something there don’t you

[@ImaTurninToABug]

@@spacewaste2459 uht oh say words

[@Azarath_Metrion_Zinthos]

@@ImaTurninToABug 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. 💀💀

[@ImaTurninToABug]

@@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.

[@Gemmalemonade]

Why do I cry every time she says "it's just not my year"? There's a whole story there.

[@jesiagustin4812]

right? omg "its not my year and thats ok

[@AmyAberrant]

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”

[@mmaswitchstance]

​@@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.

[@faigler]

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.

[@SuperZamForever]

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!

[@sheddingsnakeskin]

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

[@ethel_lana]

I love this comment so much😭

[@yessica5231]

"It's just not my year, but I'm all good out here" and "just give it one more day and you're done" are what have kept me going for this entire year. It's not turning out as I'd want it, but I'm here and things can only get better.

[@dayandnight0922]

Same here, this year isn't going as what I was expecting but we'll try again next year

[@phole1100]

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

[@lindseymarie3532]

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

[@jasminkatetorrejos7452]

FRR OMG

[@NaturalInnocentHigh]

I agree

[@Baileymcm555]

im spreaing mother ethels words

[@ghali3059]

same here

[@qt2046]

or like AlieX, King Princess, Foxes, Mxmtoon, Rina Sawayama, etc...

[@samyes1726]

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.

[@KyleTafoya]

And the part that kills us little by little is that they never will… 😞

[@cecilia7918]

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

[@AmyAberrant]

And the safest and most freeing thing is to just leave. It’s the best feeling ever honestly.

[@Umbrey_Dunctum]

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.

[@SpiritHunterDSG]

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

[@earthgrazer5511]

"A long cold war with your kids at the front." Never fails to give me chills.

[@jess1461]

she was absolutely snubbed for a grammy are you kidding preachers daughter is one of the best albums to drop this year

[@pazer97]

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

[@jess1461]

@@pazer97 i didn’t know that!! good for her it’s the scammys anyway

[@ronnygranados]

preacher's daughter is too good for the grammys

[@R-H-B]

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

[@Wes-Tyler]

@@pazer97 based

[@lanafan894]

Remember this: Ethel Cain is gonna be a very very very important singer in a few years

[@jojotheoj]

Already is to a lot of people.

[@AnaRafaella_turbatio]

Already is to me.

[@PeachTeaFlavour]

already is to me too!

[@JasonEbeyer]

She is already one of the most powerful songwriters of this generation.

[@Lithae]

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.

[@prestonmelchert8543]

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.

[@shramanabhattacharjee2636]

😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@hexsing2760]

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

[@vivianviolet]

she indeed great

[@caramelapplejollyrancher]

im right there with you buddy

[@AestheticSkylarAngel]

Wooooo

[@afreshloafofgarlicbread6307]

I love this comment so much. She great

[@matthewmilligan8306]

I literally had the same experience except it was her song Gods Country and I watched the music video for hours on repeat and it wasn't bc of the mushrooms..she GREAT. Truly 🙂‍↔️

[@Anthony-rh2kb]

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

[@5GTrevor]

where is there to go? the hustle and bustle of the pozzed out cities? you missing getting banged out in a bathroom stall bud?

[@lunamoth6]

THE GUITAR FROM DONT STOP BELIEVING DURING THE SECOND CHORUS AAAAAAH

[@nckgreever150]

I cant believe I didnt find her music until this year... her vibe, her tone... everything just magical...

[@theusachad75]

Yea, I feel ya. I hate that the radio is dead and we are all on different KZbin threads or Pandora threads finding new music. She is amazing!

[@rufinlooks6956]

It's so weird being late to the party to someone who already has millions of monthly listeners on Spotify. It's so hard for even big musicians to break through our respective algorithm bubbles. I only found her because I'm an American Football fan and saw she did the For Sure cover, otherwise this was never crossing my path.

[@juliaseashelleyes]

Just listening to her music too. You’re not alone.

[@Eleanorbubbles]

I'm new too!

[@etherealgio]

This song makes me feel like a summer that has no end and you remember it as something so ethereal.

[@dioskouros81]

This is one of the greatest songs in american pop/rock ever written,in the way it captures the american spirit of relentless optimism as well as the bitter disillusionment that often comes with it.I can imagine someone like Bruce Springsteen writing this,it bears that kind of gravitas.Even if Ethel never wrote another song in her life(and we know that's not true,her writing is unstoppable) this single song would be enough for people to credit her as rare musical talent cause most songwriters,professional or not,cannot reach that level.This is the one in a million.

[@milazinnia]

THIS. This is exactly how I feel. I'm only 24 and this feeling is so real. The 2000s were a hard time for the world, often showing the decay of what was once better days in the 80s and 90s. Being in public school in America, you really felt that. The further you isolate yourself into smaller, pass-through towns in any region of America however, you find that that's still the reality to this day and it will be many more years until the "present" reaches there, if it ever does. Many of those places will have been abandoned within the decade, newer generations leaving for a better life and the older ones slowly fading away. A lot of aspects of the American Spirit are starting to run on fumes, yet there's no acknowledgement of it in the present. Insulation into the Internet (my name if I ever do music btw) and hatred surpassing logic and religion into plain stupidity. Drugs starting to ravage communities, which has only gotten steeply worse through the 2010s up until now. This is the _real_ Y2K aesthetic. What we perceive it as, is what was being enamored by the masses back then. Rarely achieved by those living in it. All of these thoughts race through my mind as I listen to this, that's how you _know_ it's an incredible piece of music and a display of a culture, or a lack of one.

[@dioskouros81]

@@milazinnia that was pretty elaborate,thank you

[@welfareprincess]

Idk how to explain it, but this song sounds like September.. Shorter days, nights starting to get chilly, the high noon sun... Obsessed

[@junlucas69]

you translated my feeling into words haha, I'll definitely blast this song next month!

[@bjorksalia]

nah this is summer i feel july

[@welfareprincess]

@@bjorksalia You're on the cheerleading squad in July?

[@bjorksalia]

@@welfareprincess yes :)

[@caroline1365]

@@bjorksalia 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.

[@estebanrelly5495]

Slay what you want But slay it like you mean it

[@QvakeOfficial]

😭

[@Ri_5475]

real

[@wrustria]

this comment section is so fucking funny😭😭😭

[@sym3428]

omg im cryinggggg

[@angelamxndaray1591]

😭😭😭😫

[@ImTheWiseJanitor90]

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.

[@1630revelloify]

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.

[@mothercain]

my favorite painting of all time! christina forever has my heart ♡

[@user-wl9gw7xe2q]

telling the stories of everyone who feels outside of the status quo,, only against the dark can light shine the brightest

[@staceycameron4157]

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. ♥

[@essenceidentity]

@@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.

[@RenadoMalo]

I thought the exact same thing with the grass scene. Just beautiful honestly

[@MarinaAndTheDevil]

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 ❤️

[@yusraaa4221]

Your ass is not 46 LMAO

[@martinliska2960]

Devil is back, yaasss

[@wassupkevin]

I've been following you since 2015 😭

[@martinliska2960]

@@wassupkevin I follow her since she was 5 😶‍🌫️

[@talie3578]

MARINAAAAA

[@beautybydave420]

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..."

[@Brodrigo906]

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.

[@tomydismay]

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🕯️

[@cassiekayser3471]

My grandpa did the same too, last year. He arrived in America as a very young boy escaping Nazi Germany. He didn’t talk much about his life growing up and I wish I had asked more questions. Thank you for your comment. I’ll think of him now when I listen to this song, too.

[@nicolemontalvo1799]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@bunnychacha]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ I send you love

[@skye_belle888]

"God loves you, but not enough to save you. So babygirl good luck taking care of yourself" always has me in tears and I'm not even religious. Just alone 😭 triggers my depression the way she says it 😭

[@user-ky9ti5pu5y]

you get itttt !!!!😭😭😭

[@jacobhuffman5002]

God I hate myself so much, but she makes me feel like there’s a part of me worth loving

[@LilyFearlessandFree]

I promise you there is

[@duerremueller3609]

THIS!! I feel the same way

[@taylorgamez2973]

❤

[@tomydismay]

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🎇💜

[@buttjohnson]

maybe if we all hate ourselves at the same time it will be good (because I do too and I have no other ideas)

[@patiencekillz]

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)

[@danieldelrey8798]

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 😭

[@user-sk2hb2yb7z]

@@EnderOfFlops I always look for lyrics in the comments cause sometimes I wanna see the lyrics while I watch the music video.

[@EnderOfFlops]

@@user-sk2hb2yb7z then use captions 💀 you cant be looking in a comments section and watching the video at the same time I fear

[@user-sk2hb2yb7z]

@@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.

[@user-sk2hb2yb7z]

@@EnderOfFlopslmao I literally just said I use lyrics in the comments section.

[@ALICELK]

this whole album is a masterpiece

[@frankoceanstanaccount7126]

Do a cover Alice🥺

[@peacewalker5587]

Mediocre at best

[@scroobledooble6257]

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

[@randychavez1979]

You both slayed

[@unapochi]

What a flex omg

[@Cocteautwinpeaks]

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

[@yosefnelson]

I relate to this!!

[@manyplanets]

If he’s a dude it’s not lesbian. Don’t worry you’re straight.

[@ko.laylaa1276]

@@manyplanets Ethel cain is not a boy the fuck?

[@cal8796]

@@manyplanets ur weird

[@pelayo341]

@@cal8796 he's right. ethel is just a femboy

[@harryghibli6890]

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 💞💞

[@pleasecouldyoubetender]

omfg literally having the exact same experience but i was raised christian in a town in southwest sydney australia

[@briannalee1998]

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.

[@pelayo341]

@@pleasecouldyoubetender catholics are christians lol

[@scottthompson1883]

Crazy the northern Midwest vibe transfers over.

[@vulnicura7839]

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.

[@BigChallengesIndeed]

Im so glad everythig worke out for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@krudcobain]

❤❤❤

[@someoneofimportance6459]

Proud of you ❤️

[@faigler]

!!! I'm so happy everything went well!

[@iambeckypan]

yayy that's fantastic

[@exitalien]

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

[@red_elephant5772]

Awesome shout out to American Football at :33 - glad I'm not the only one who caught it! The KZbin 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!

[@fruit4evr]

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

[@faigler]

@@fruit4evr as someone who's not christian and grew up in a couple different suburbs, i can assure you: they almost certainly are.

[@user-xl7eo7mp1b]

The sun bleached flies intro kills me every time

[@tanpopo7777]

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.

[@Flow-Fi-]

I love comments like these, you go girl! I’m 100% sure your kids are so happy to have a mom like you, as knowing that I can’t come out to my own parents, it really is a suffocating feeling :(

[@saraleon97]

This is incredible, I feel like this song has existed for decades

[@amyf3084]

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

[@H0v0H]

I wish I knew who she was back when she was White Silas at least! God, I love her brain!

[@ErikSamys]

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.

[@ashfos03]

God i wish she’d release an extended version of this with the outro. The instrumental at the end is so beautiful

[@kentrzacherl]

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.

[@sparklyqueen12]

OH MY GOD the thumbnail is a reference to american football

[@childrenofgrub]

This isn’t a pro America song

[@jessicaschirle5974]

@@childrenofgrub American Football is a band!

[@trevorturek6061]

Sometimes KZbin 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!

[@johnsmithjnr9628]

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

[@becawwws.1034]

I couldn’t have said it better. I hope you’re doing much better now 🤍

[@parcans]

Dude, is that Phil Jones in that pic?? You're my hero if it is....

[@CrashBoomBang78]

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. ❤️

[@kingcobrajfsofficial]

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.

[@RisingForceLB]

Agree totally this song somehow takes me back to my teenage years in the 90s Beautiful

[@AndNowIWrite]

I say this too, I'm tired, feel like I've lived a thousand lives.

[@virginiaviola5097]

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.

[@aethrya]

Hey. You're great. Don't forget that.

[@csevik93]

The most beautiful thing about your music is that a very particular crowd of people will ✨really✨ get it. I don’t even 100%, but I’ve seen girls who this music was made for, and it gives me chills. Beautiful art 😭😭😭

[@csevik93]

Adding-you are saving lives 😭😭😭

[@Diazepamber]

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

[@user-sf4fy8bq1h]

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

[@joonathanmarin]

@@user-sf4fy8bq1h LDR left her hometown and her rich family to build her own legacy, did you listened her work before born to die?

[@agirl7521]

they are both good we shouldn’t compare them

[@firamin185]

Stop pitting two queens together, they’re my mothers

[@ominouscloud999]

this comparison isn’t very fair, their music is super different and both are good at what they do within their genres

[@paulinadunn4743]

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 :)

[@pelayo341]

lana ruined a whole generation of white gay tweens

[@loveinstars]

isn’t lana problemstic

[@pascalmanla5997]

⁠@@loveinstarsshe isn’t people just love to make stuff up so they can cancel people

[@marvinvalladolid973]

@@loveinstars lana's not problematic, she's problematique 💅

[@kAtca_listo]

??? ​@@loveinstars

[@zesty_5193]

I LOVE the fact that she did this in the style of American Football

[@maaniac]

The hair flips, the choreography, the visuals in all, everything is so freeing. Love love love.

[@lordlucky666999]

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

[@josephine2321]

♥️

[@anthonygarcia9000]

Soy de Venezuela también, te deseo lo mejor y que vivas siempre en libertad ❤️

[@fidelmorillo8636]

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.

[@keiserdiaz731]

Tqm, Matilda 💖

[@victoriadecena1898]

Soy de Venezuela también, lo mejor para ti❤️

[@linksey]

This is one the greatest songs I’ve ever heard. It’s just inexplainably perfect

[@katfernandez9882]

I just sobbed my eyes out, healing my inner child. unbelievably talented, such a haunting nostalgic ghostly sound

[@Steph-zo1qm]

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.

[@mothercain]

i went to NFCC my junior and senior year, i always called madison our sister city lol ♡

[@cryinglightning9172]

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...

[@seanoregan998]

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.

[@ominous_light]

​@sonofacruelgodbottoms behave!

[@littlerockyzen]

​@@ominous_light 😂

[@binhtran5420]

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.

[@AnaRafaella_turbatio]

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 ♡

[@MoodyPlatypus77]

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 🙌

[@AnaRafaella_turbatio]

@@MoodyPlatypus77 🖤🖤

[@zkynic0le]

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.

[@damnjose]

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

[@Samspotluck]

Bro kept thinking she said the n word

[@Hillelfraenkel]

That opening riff is so iconic.

[@AndresGarcia-kj3jq]

I’m absolutely enthralled with the part that starts at 4:53 . It fills my heart with so much nostalgia…hard to describe.

[@louispepi3389]

Love the little reference to American Football in the title card. Such an incredible song!

[@nv_johan8711]

Yeah the midwest emo influence is pulsing through this song

[@roscrosa]

love the: "i guess that we just shoot until the cops come",, that's Hayden for u, just a crazy // amazing artist ♡♡♡

[@writist_]

no matter how much metal I listen to I always come back to ethel cain

[@frisk1832]

3:42 This "It's just not my year" is so attractive and i don't know why.

[@Sukhmeet001]

Ikr!!

[@syd5380]

No I feel you and I'm glad you drew attention to it lol

[@frisk1832]

​@@syd5380 Haha Thanks. Been a year already and it's still very attractive

[@j444mes]

i just know she runs cracker barrel like its the damn navy

[@jess1461]

PLEASE

[@theunbearablejuan]

Panera, please.

[@P__114]

What does this mean I’m old

[@claudia8314]

I am obsessed by Hayden’s voice! It resonates with the ethereal beauty I envision in an angel.

[@uhhidk127]

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

[@DrakeCaliburn]

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

[@Carolina-rd3gh]

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-rd3gh]

@carol So?

[@Carolina-rd3gh]

@carol I am not complaining. If you think that is what I am doing you clearly did not get the message.

[@aristoddle7947]

@@Carolina-rd3gh Nobody wakes up and decides they want to be trans

[@faigler]

@@Carolina-rd3gh first of all, transness isn't only about bodies - there are lots of people who realize their gender isn't what it was expected to be who don't do much at all to their bodies. secondly, you don't know this person, what they're going through or what they want and i guarantee you it wasn't just a process of "i like painting my nails and long hair, must be a girl" or something like that. don't talk to someone like you know their struggles. if their struggle is facing themselves, (sorry Sky, don't know what your pronouns are) it sure sounds from "true self" like they're happy with who that is now. so be happy for them learning to love themselves.

[@graceweavers]

i’m obsessed w this song it’s the best thing i’ve everrr heard

[@baldmeschris]

as SOON as I saw the american football reference i was sold on this video. rooting for you in every way. keep it up!!!

[@GoofiestTom]

This is on another level. I'm almost twice as old as her and here Ethel is telling me stories of MY youth.

[@bearrybrandon]

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

[@marthadumptruck5102]

Btw Ethel Cain is trans Yk just in case your one of THOSE Floridians

[@bearrybrandon]

@@marthadumptruck5102 oh no honey, alphabet mafia member here, I love that for her, she is out here killing it…

[@dollchomp]

it's even stranger when I live in the specific town she's in 🥹

[@nickateeen2029]

mother served ♡

[@iantaylor5731]

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

[@tylerdavis127]

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.

[@kittkatt6953]

I was at the Detroit show too !!!! Front row it was so amazing 💕

[@JulietMHorner]

I L❤️VE my shirt, Ian. 🥰

[@tylerdavis127]

@@kittkatt6953 I too was front row!

[@tylerdavis127]

@@jsimon9353 All the Ohioans (including me) convinced her to come to Ohio the next time she tours.

[@JahtrickLaylo]

I’m not American and certainly not a teenager anymore, but this healed some trauma in me

[@samwoodson9603]

What a hook. And when those Don’t Stop Believing guitars kick in at the end I feel like I’m ascending.

[@eoinllewellyn5889]

Utterly brilliant the video lives up to the song which I have listened to for the last 2 months, for me it is a female answer to born in the USA by Springsteen. The existential angst of her work is palpable.

[@pandegulapa2128]

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

[@nataliehill5296]

Already liked her, but now I LOVE her after I saw that the thumbnail for this video is a homage to American Football!

[@missresidentevil2323]

Just discovered Ethel and I absolutely love her voice and songs. Please don’t stop making music. 🎶

[@jawbreaker087]

she has a new album coming january 8th! the first single is out november 1st

[@FelipeUebio]

Please God, never stop to give Ethel her VHS tapes so she never stops to give us these gorgeous videos 📼 🙏🏼

[@woodyhiker]

I like the way they use all that reverb. Sounds floaty/dreamy.

[@catabasiis]

First interaction with Ethel Cain's music, the production of this song is just mesmerizing, beautiully done

[@venwithav8850]

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-

[@karavarei1187]

oh you would love ptolemaea

[@witchingbrew3]

geez I felt this so hard. Reminds me of a friend I had in college

[@nv_johan8711]

Midwest Emo.

[@quillpen815]

Zillennial feels lmao ✊😔

[@123cillitbang]

​@@nv_johan8711 Exactly! Country emo's, ya'll 😊😅

[@dollchomp]

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

[@Crabfather]

She is incredible. Knowing that at least one person sees the wirld as if they're looking through my eyes makes the realization that when my time is up ill be alone and unloved less frightening. I love you Ethel Cain.

[@timingisafunnything]

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

[@terp02Andrew]

Hits different for Nashville night 3 - after waiting three hours in that crowded concourse...

[@dougmccoll6126]

Stellar songwriting, voice and production. Video reveals an epic, humble and cathartic journey. Moving.

[@meghanmonroe]

Everybody leaving comments about how pumped and happy this makes them. It's beautiful but the whole aesthetic totally depresses me. I'm basically watching my youth in South Mississippi. And remembering that life sucked then and didn't get better when I escaped, despite what I thought.

[@dallasbear4706]

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.

[@user-sf4fy8bq1h]

Lmao amazing comment

[@renato-nr5lb]

the teen idle of this generation!!! LYSM ETHEL😭😭🖤🖤YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS!!!

[@xcxarca]

IKDR!!!!

[@anynamereally24]

In my circles Ethel Cain does not get enough credit her run rn is great every song hits she’s a genius.

[@anynamereally24]

Maybe it’s bc her songs are more intimate idk but how is she not being talked about more

[@espresso_beans]

I think about this song on the daily. Like this is my Roman Empire.

[@volume7478]

the american football text oh ethel the artist u are

[@melaconic]

SOLD ME. SOLD ME. OH THIS WAS SO BEAUTIFULLY POWERFUL!

[@neomodernism]

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.

[@paulmiller1356]

what a great, fresh artist. Who tackes poverty, abuse, religion and many morn tough topics. fantastic voice can see her being huge 😊