Ethel Cain - Inbred (Official Audio)

[@ena.1681]

"touch me till I vomit" and the whole song makes me feel heard as a person who went through sa for years from my brother

[@aleksandro0857]

i'm so sorry to hear that

[@courtney_lol]

Im sure this’ll sound like an empty platitude, but holy shit im so sorry that happened to you! i sincerely hope u heal♥️

[@AmyAberrant]

I’m so sorry that happened to you omg

[@littlebodybigheart357]

Same :/

[@SYNTAAX84]

Is it really sexual abuse if you enjoyed it? Thats what the song is about lol

[@vianna5220]

as a victim of in-family csa... this song hurts so bad but I feel so heard when I listen to it

[@thugalicious2446]

Very sorry

[@brokengirlsrus]

SAME

[@marthadumptruck5102]

real.

[@isadei1105]

what is csa? i speak spanish🥺

[@аааннппп]

@@isadei1105 childhood sexual abuse

[@holdenporter2988]

This is probably one of my favorite songs by Ethel. It's erieily, sensually psychedelic, trance inducing sounding musically. With her beautiful, strong voice...just..uuhh so good. "I'm not scared of God, I'm scared ge was gone all along". Resonates.

[@ardien.535]

"I'm not scared of God, I'm scared he was gone all along" - hit me so hard cause i can relate on such a deep level

[@ElenaNaumovaa]

anyone know similar songs to this one?

[@kaialms193]

@@ElenaNaumovaa Selby wall

[@oomf_irl]

i only listen to songs w deep meanings and that includes “pissing on the stove to put it out”

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

Yes, indeed.

[@skye_belle888]

I don't understand it 😭

[@ething6832]

real

[@themeanie.]

You've never done that?

[@Benmeover]

@@skye_belle888Ethel herself said “don’t ask me about that line. I don’t know what it means either I was high when I wrote it” 😂

[@hatsune_kikuo]

Why haven't I seen any comments on "You get off on innocence, so you savor this"? It's so powerful and sad, especially as a victim of csa.

[@anjo816]

I wanted so bad to be in the studio when she recorded this song... its like shes banning someone, like a god

[@trinitysings777]

“Does your baby know her daddy’s a rapist?” There are no words to describe this line besides dread and that no one will ever top it

[@ahandl3]

It hit like a train

[@mediocreape]

it came out of nowhere 3:14

[@victoriaosawaru6121]

😊😊​@@ahandl3

[@ewpoo22]

to me it's "touch me til' I vomit"

[@SonicFan2525]

Voting for Ethel to do the credits song for whatever Silent Hill game they make next.

[@raccoonboy5595]

THISSSSSS

[@caleb-hb9bf]

YESSSSSSSS

[@jvvgki]

You get it!!!!!

[@aishwaryapenumudi3990]

Omggggggg as a silent hill fan Yes she should make it

[@louschwick7301]

no modern silent hill doesnt deserve ethel. she should get to do something else horrifying, like the inevitable remake of friends

[@gh0stgirl595]

Whispers, "Pissin on the stove to put it out" sweetly in your ear

[@ething6832]

thank you ❤

[@suianne7675]

Hey, i'm from Brazil. What that means?

[@Benmeover]

@@suianne7675the artist herself said she doesn’t know since she was high when she wrote it. So there isn’t a meaning behind it

[@Mr.Picklenut]

@@suianne7675 artist said she was high when she wrote the line so she doesn’t know what it means either but I saw someone say that it could be interpreted as growing up in poverty if that’s any help:D

[@BeanArmyLeader]

​@@Mr.PicklenutOMG ME TOO! U WATCH THE LYRICS?

[@MarinaAndTheDevil]

Some of the most haunting lyrical imagery I’ve ever heard. This kinda changed the entire trajectory of my life 🥵

[@LanatheSatan]

omg hey bitch!!! how are things. glad to see that you still have impeccable taste

[@MarinaAndTheDevil]

@@LanatheSatan omg hey babe I was scared you died thinking abt you always 💗

[@BonoLightier]

You're literally everywhere!

[@ben6089]

I see you like Marina a lot and this chick, anymore cool artists like these two?

[@MarinaAndTheDevil]

@@ben6089 who told you I like Marina??

[@gabrielcarlos182]

the vocals........ HOLY SHIT!!!! SO FUCKING GOOD

[@Nicole-ju3zb]

She really needs to expand more on those type of vocals she has pipes on her that I never expected it’s spectacular

[@bronsonlehmann6294]

stumbled onto this last night after listening to crush and went into a trance. The whole album is a masterpiece and it's clear music like this is something the world was missing

[@yerdnatabaz]

this is that song where you want to sing it out loud but you couldn't cuz of its dark lyrics and people might be mortified 😭

[@connorb.7882]

Losing my absolute mind as a csa survivor whose main abuser was their father oh my god. This is extremely upsetting in a good way. It makes me feel very raw & actually allows me to connect w my emotions about what happened more

[@notmarinasdiamonds]

“touch me till I vomit” “I’m not scared of God, I’m scared he was gone all along” “aaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” lyrics like these, they are stories. that people can identify with.

[@ardien.535]

knife to my heart

[@lying222you]

IF HE WAKES UP HELL SHOW YOU WHAT IM TALKING ABOUUTTT

[@robertsmithfan877]

this song feels like growing up around your pdophile dad and knowing he looked at you in a way nobody should look at a child

[@Sevenwrens]

ope😃 didn’t expect to be called out in the comments like this 🚣

[@Lemon_s1ice]

​@@Sevenwrens I'm so sorry that you've gone through something like that. No child should go through that ❤

[@BeanArmyLeader]

I am so fucking sorry

[@lizardqueen7283]

Literally what happened to me, and you're right, this song captures that feeling perfectly

[@BeanArmyLeader]

@@Sevenwrens oh my gosh your pfp is that one guy from the labrnyth!

[@morganlane8382]

Don’t get my wrong, I love all of Ethel’s music. But I will always come back to this song. It touches a part of me that is hard for me to access and it makes me feel so exposed and vulnerable.

[@Infernalapathy]

I'm in my forties. This and Sun Bleached Flies have unearthed feelings I'd kept buried since my teens. Never have I found a song so viscerally nauseating but simultaneously cathartic. Im desperately searching for someone IRL to talk Ethel Cain lore. My god, she's fucking gifted- especially lyrically.

[@hellopeople6138]

Me too lol. Its so hard because her music is one of the most important things in my life right now but I can't talk about her to anyone IRL because its too dark

[@ArtHeaux420]

let's get the group chat going

[@hellopeople6138]

id honestly love than lol@@ArtHeaux420

[@okay6353]

haha i know like three other girls in my dorm hall into Ethel Cain! she's definitely up and coming and has been around for a bit on tumblr and such. she also had a couple songs become popular on tiktok. i really see her reaching some older generations soon!

[@trinleywangmo]

​@@okay6353 ... already. I'm 53 and she's brilliant!

[@earlkhentpermites8506]

I wonder if she'll ever perform this. Quite possibly one of her best songs ever.

[@ElenaNaumovaa]

frr i need to hear it live

[@DiamondRobloxProductions]

it’s amazing but the vocals r like impossible

[@ryanquinn527]

@@DiamondRobloxProductions1yr later response but yeah lol Ethel is definitely an alto, that note she hits at the end she had to autotune because it’s an insane note for an alto to hit.

[@arianatorforever9282]

@@ryanquinn527nah i don’t think she’s an alto, she’s probably a mezzo

[@ryanquinn527]

@@arianatorforever9282 I think you’re probably right

[@gothiccastle1681]

Yeah this song was my intro to Ethel Cain, it enters your head and starts throwing shit around like a poltergeist.

[@AngelTeAohaki]

Ethel really said “ahhhhHHhhHhHhHhhHhH”

[@lilywolfen7916]

And that's on period

[@littlebodybigheart357]

I was CSA'ed by my own half-brother. This is rlly touching to me. My favourite of the whole album.

[@rben3620]

I actually thought that this was her brother protecting her from the rapist, not actually doing it himself, I didn't even realize. I'm so sorry for all that you guys have been through and hope that you find a way to go on living knowing that you've done nothing wrong and that none of it was your fault. Rape is the fault of the rapist and rapist alone, no one else, please remember that.

[@synesthesia.aesthetic]

"You can't win 'em all" Her brother was smooth and could have had anyone, he wanted her because he wasnt supposed to. He can never "win" her though. Not in spirit and its not like this could ever be a relationship.

[@_Chlorophyllis]

When my family tells me its been years and I need to 'get over it' and 'its just some thing that happens':

[@practicalgamer4991]

it doesn’t just happen they’re disgusting

[@Oliver-of3hl]

This hurts just to listen to. A melancholic hurt. It makes me think about so much. It's not triggering in a way, but it opens up my mind to the memories. It's a sad, pleasuring pain. I love it.

[@user-ik7vm1kt6q]

the howling wind in the beginning is my absolute favorite part of this song

[@christopherwhelms7508]

Have been searching for this voice and sound for years now. I have listened to this song(only) on repeat for 3 days now. Nothing lyrically has painted a mental image like this has for me in a long while.. I'm sure she is still growing, learning, and finding her place in song writing and being an artist BUT ooooooh do I hope she has more like this up her sleeve. This song is what season 2 of True Detective should have been. Only downside is finding this later rather than sooner and missing out on the EP purchase.

[@almacsutka3935]

This song is the only song for me that grasps what i went through. I was sa-d by my half brother, and i feel like no media or anything talks about what in family sa is like. And for some reason the sa songs i found often have a romantic tone (wtf). I feel like i just relate to this song so much, even though my trauma was not extreme.

[@zennylzn]

Reminds me when I got sa 4 months ago in June, the fucker only got sent to jail for 2 weeks and then got bail. He's on house arrest and knowing he's still out there terrifies me.

[@toadtv4389]

I'm so sorry to hear that

[@powerpunkpincess]

god i am always thinking about the various interpretations of the siblings' relationship. i forget where i first saw it pointed out that 'inbred' doesn't necessarily mean 'incest', and interpreting them as such isn't the only option. If their family is inbred, as in past generations having married each other, then they could be ostracized as odd and immoral, regardless of recent generations. Public opinion might inhibit the bonding between siblings, any amount of closeness (even to a normal degree) could be seen as sinister or sinful but outsiders who associate incest with them. AND if the inbreeding is more recent like between their parents, then (whether they were raised to be against or neutral or for it) they might not be adequately looked at like kids raised in an unhealthy environment- but freaks to be avoided, products of sin. And sin has to he an inherited innate thing in order for you to need church officials to cleanse you of it- thus the bad family from the bad tree is bad and being able to point it out is how outsiders know they themselves are good people from a good family tree, not by actions but by defining virtuous and sinful as 'me' and 'not me' as in real life Christian cults i lost my train of thought i love this song

[@aster7159]

yes! i've also thought about how it's a stereotype associated with extreme poverty, which is another theme of the song. some abusers target people who are already ostracized due to financial situation, disability, etc.

[@Kirb171]

God i love Ethel Cain, just discovered her and the soul crushing, tearing songs she makes are perfect

[@aidenschueller8878]

This song is so powerful, so horrifying. The lyrics are amazing and tell a haunting story, and the vocals at the end are just. Insane. They're so shocking but also extremely impressive. I'm so glad I found Ethel's music. I've never heard anything like it, and I mean that in the best way possible

[@e34eric]

Holy shit. This is creepy. Beautiful. Sacred. Sacrilege. Reminds me of Zola but her voice and style are amazing.

[@viscerablack]

This is a masterclass in musical skill. Such a brilliant song writer and composer, Fucking insane. Without a doubt One of the best songs ever written in history.

[@tanghoannam7387]

Just how the hell can she express these kinds of things so flawlessly???

[@jordyngoode6470]

Exactly

[@junlucas69]

Her vocal range is amazing!!

[@mrgx2979]

This song touches the deepest parts of my soul, with Ptolomea, to a point I can’t even believe such songs exist.

[@synesthesia.aesthetic]

Someone made a Mashup of both

[@aster7159]

"if he wakes up he'll show you what i'm talking about" is painful- the one person who seems to want to protect her is so troubled too, and might even be dying. there's no guaranteed escape, just someone doing her best to be brave and an "if" resting on someone unstable.

[@catsarewetew3747]

Lyrics: Bare naked under my nightgown Pissing on the stove to put it out Watching him through holes in his door Sucking on the back of his leg to stay warm Older brother made a name for himself with the cops Scumbag fuck, but I swear that he's not He's so good to me and to nobody else So you should watch yourself Mama's comatose, she can't leave the bed Something smells rotten and it starting to spread I'm bad, he's worse, we're already dead We're already dead We wake up and all the fucking lights are out You can't win 'em all Who knows how much longer I'll lay on the floor? Touch me 'til I vomit I'm not scared of God, I'm scared he was gone all along Who will take the fall? Who of us is stronger? You'll just want it more If you could, you'd have fought it, but you know you're not From the start, they knew you were wrong, you were wrong Older brother made a name for himself with the feds (uh, uh) White trash dick, but I love him to death He's so good to me and to nobody else So you can fuck yourself (fuck yourself) You get off on innocence, so you savor this Does your baby know her daddy's a rapist? He hates the way you look at me You're already dead, you're already dead If he wakes up, he'll show you what I'm talking about You can't win 'em all Who knows how much longer I'll lay on the floor? Touch me 'til I vomit I'm not scared of God, I'm scared he was gone all along (oh, oh) Who will take the fall? Who of us is stronger? You'll just want it more If you could, you'd have fought it, but you know you're not From the start, they knew you were wrong, you were wrong You were wrong You were wrong

[@rowan-priince1860]

I have chills all over my body

[@rowan-priince1860]

This is so good

[@tojisenpai87]

She has crosses all over hers

[@sparrow_posts_stuff]

@@tojisenpai87 LMAOO

[@sagegreen_05]

as someone who grew up in a dysfunctional family in poverty, this song hit hard. i was sa’d by my mom’s ex boyfriend when i was 11 and my family finding out fucked a lot up. i come from a long line of generational trauma that i’ve spent my whole life trying to break free from. this song is so painfully relatable in awful ways i can’t explain.

[@synesthesia.aesthetic]

I hope you continue to grow more free

[@sagegreen_05]

@@synesthesia.aesthetic thank you :)

[@synesthesia.aesthetic]

"Pissing on the stove to put it out" I know she doesn't know what this means but maybe subconsciously, its a reference to poverty. Maybe having to cook food in inventive ways and can't spare water to put the self-made fire out. If he's the fire, and she pisses on him, maybe it echoes "touch me til i vomit'. Her body reacts in repulsed and averted ways to the acts. "From the start they knew you were wrong" He was born damaged in some way, either in spirit or mind or both. And of course that leads into "you were wrong" to do what he did to her.

[@Wiglytuff26]

something about this song makes me feel somber, but it's so heavenly and i keep coming back to it. great work of art.

[@baixaless]

this one hits so hard.. so full of imagery it grabbed me by my guts

[@emiraydn8305]

That is pure euphoria, moonlight, hope, breeze, refreshment and freedom, Hayden. Thank you.

[@kevinblaz6608]

The emotion and passion is real in this, glad I found this artist.

[@charmander4576]

3:28 oh my god I’m literally floating

[@erinshea7934]

This entire album is fucking incredible

[@victoriayusibova1606]

this video reminds me of my dead ex boyfriend. through the good and the bad, no one knew me like you did. rest in peace dear angel, i wish i could have showed you ethel cain.

[@dollgutsz4810]

this is fucking everything. i love you

[@artacrim]

this song is what it feels like being SA over years by your own older brother, at a time he was a adult while i am still a minor, knowing one day he will have his own children.

[@wxstednxghts]

“Does your baby know her daddy’s a rapist?” This hits home being a sa victim from my step brother and the cops said I was lying when I came forward years later. He’s a father to 2 daughters and that terrifies me…

[@zennylzn]

I'm so sorry.

[@BeanArmyLeader]

I'm speechless

[@socktwrnch3235]

Just discovered Ethel Cain, this shit is awesome

[@Moonsong_]

Sometimes this song makes me feel sick, and I love it, I love when a song makes me feel something

[@ShaneBlackheart]

My dad was really weird with me growing up until I became a teen and he coerced me into something I won't get into, and I've struggled to process it. I've never talked about it so publicly. I'm also a SA survivor of my first boyfriend. This song expresses so well what I feel after all these years, and it's become my favorite. It just expresses these sorts of feelings in a way I never could, it's a melancholic catharsis while being haunting all the same, and memories like these are still scary, just in a different, more quiet way as the years go on. I'm so thankful Ethel exists and we get to hear her beautiful voice.

[@toadtv4389]

I'm so sorry you had to experience it. Glad you're doing better now

[@itz_windsor6520]

WE WAKE UPP AND ALL THE FUCKIN LIGHTS ARE OFFFFFFF-

[@figtreee37]

i can never be the same person i was before listening to your discography, i love you hayden

[@brokengirlsrus]

i'm bad, he's worse, we're already dead

[@laurenelizabeth2592]

This was do beautifully haunting but i dont know if i can ever listen to it again...

[@ryohry]

Haunting, raw, mad lyrics and vocals. She summons a huge hole on the surface on my heart and the voice mentally makes you feel fatal. Don’t know if I’ll ever get over this shit.

[@kajan_ganja]

This song has such a grip on me. It's haunting and comforting at the same time for me. The lyrics are not about it, but I just can't help but associate the vibe of this song to my experience surviving Mariupol without electricity, heat, gas, water, and when it was bombed for weeks by ruzzia in 2022. "I’m bad, he’s worse, we’re already dead we’re already dead we wake up and all the fucking lights are out" These lyrics just hit so freaking hard. We were just walking corpses without hope and thinking that this is the end of our fates. I don't know why I'm sharing this, but this song just makes me feel so many good and bad things in a disturbing but healing way simultaneously. Thank you, Ethel for your art and your masterpieces.

[@London_Tipton]

This is her best song and album. Period. Preacher's Daughter is cool, but Inbred (and the whole album) is just too powerful and hits different

[@NeKeTs7777777]

Once in a few years I run into some great artist that I fall in love with. Ethel this time. Her music is so beautiful and it resonates with my soul.

[@hurrrmmhmmmhmghh8912]

the fucking vocals holy shit

[@koikun]

the definition of hauntingly beautiful.. 🤍

[@boleklolek8068]

holy f**k - this song started so inconspicuously and then near the end it hit me SO HARD it just blew my mind, like I literaly got goosebumps on my skin and felt chills all over my body - I feel in love with Ethel Cain (talking about music here)

[@avedic]

I am absolutely obsessed with her music. I'm usually not that into lyrics....but her lyrics? Good lord....just astounding. But the music too....is really haunting and creative and weird and interesting. I love the subtle things that send shivers up my spine. The moment at 1:56 for sure. Also....this one chord in the progression that is just SO beautiful and haunting to me. It's hard to say why...but that ONE chord makes me feel....a lot. The chord at around 2:12 and 3:01...tho it's throughout the song. Something so emotionally resonant in that one chord.....or at least the chord that's implied by that rising bass note underneath the rest of the harmony. I love little things like that.....it's like an entire world summed up in a single passing sound.

[@julias1211]

been listening to this song everyday and cannot get tired of it

[@xcountzerox]

I can't stop listening to this... it's done something to me.

[@kylerinker8191]

Damn, can't believe this hasn't been picked up by the algorithm yet. Hope you keep making music for a long time because you're good at it

[@Imagimaryjane]

Ethel I’m scared of this song & it’s makes me feel all weird inside but I will never stop listening cause I love it so

[@isaacspeyer1129]

“Which of us is stronger? You’ll just want it more, if you could you’dve fought it” HAYDENNNNNNNNNNNNN 😭😭😭😭

[@Spherefull]

this song feels helpless and it's amazing

[@wychwoodmusic]

Ooof, if you put this on repeat, the transition from the end to the beginning is absolutely flawless

[@psisky2187]

Ethel Cain is criminally underrated wish more people knew about them.

[@gabrielcarlos182]

IS MY FAVORITE SONG!!!!!!!

[@Denikamccarter]

"touch me till i vomit" "You get off on innocence so you savor this" Chills

[@shelzblack488]

Gonna listen to this song until it gets sick of me! 😢 😭 ❤️

[@foxerella23]

Never underestimate Mr Numan! Back in the day when he first appeared on "the scene" he was an incredible original sound especially in the mainstream! Never forget seeing him on top of the pops!! Fabulous!!❤❤❤

[@jwebstersmithii7459]

when you're in tallahassee you and your band should eat at IN-BREAD-IBLES. everything bread. including the plates and dinner ware.

[@limabean0171]

this song is nothing short of life changing...

[@godsstrongestchild]

this song will always have a very special place in my heart and will take up a big sum of that space. this song has touched the dread and anger so many assault victims feel and we can't thank you enough. this is beautiful. we love you, mother.

[@Emma-el4dh]

fucking amazing. so glad i was able to discover your voice and music. haunting and beautiful lyrics... cant wait to hear more!!!

[@quinn455]

She convays an emotion thats so heart wrenching

[@myabditory5363]

My god! It’s been a while since a song truly hit me, but this one did. I felt like I left my body about half way through. The lyrics really hit home, and the haunting vocals, the music you can feel in your bones. A masterpiece

[@TheUmbilicalchord]

The algorithm introduced me to Ethel Cain today, and I cannot believe these videos are not at a million views, not yet anyway. I think they will be soon. Incredible voice.

[@Lovemoney11777]

Super słucham cały czas piękna piosenka. Jesteś piosenkarką światowego formatu życzę dużo sukcesu i podobnych piosenek do tej

[@Fiveash-Art]

What an absolute siren angel she is

[@FeralCreatureOfIncredibleRoses]

I love this song so much, but it can cause concern in family members. My brother saw this on my playlist and he was like "what the f" and then I played it and he says i need therapy.

[@westayedinthewater]

This makes me sick with images of them but at least in those visions I can throw them into traffic. Thanks Ethel 💙

[@mamag7812]

I discovered your music yesterday while I was reading “the witch doesn’t burn in this one” by Amanda Lovelace & it was so fitting. I’m so in love with you and your sound. You’re an incredible lyricist.

[@HBrack1994]

Oh I fuck with this tough. Lil Aaron led me here. And a badass woman named Hayden! Wildly killer sound

[@jlansdale536]

This one got me crying. Damn.

[@crestf4llen]

I don't know what it is with you millennials and your weird tattoos but I recognize art when I hear it! Awesome, Ethel, good luck to you and thank you for your music!

[@rcgray2278]

this made me laugh so much

[@yrxa]

Ethel is a gen z though🤭

[@yomomma-kg7ji]

ethel is gen z

[@Marshmallow_1111]

1:55 best thing ive heard in years

[@MegaBeetle65]

Listen to Hayden's songs before I sleep so beautiful and hauntingly surreal.

[@travismarshallsigno433]

NEW TRAUMA ARTIST SONG

[@GRACIELA__]

"I'm not scared of god, I'm scared he was gone all along."

[@greenxx-d8t]

Ngl that line hit me really hard.

[@synesthesia.aesthetic]

GIRL