Ethel Cain - Willoughby Tucker, I Will Always Love You (Aug 2025)

[Jonathan27]

She released her debut EP in 2019 and after signing to an independent label last year she's returned with this absolute monster of a song. There are shades of Avril Lavigne but more atmospheric while driving down the coast at sunset and I'm fucking living for it. The EP had some good potential but Michelle Pfeiffer seems like a fully realized soundscape that has me incredibly perched for what comes next.

@Petty Mayonnaise @Andy French @slaybellz @Mushroom @Trouble in Paradise @aux I think y'all might dig it!

 

[slaybellz]

Hmm not really a fan of lil aaron but I like her voice. Went and checked the rest of her stuff and I really like this one so far.



Thanks for the tag!

 

[Petty Mayonnaise]

A serve! Getting slight MUNA vibes.

 

[Jonathan27]

Society has progressed past the point of lil aaron. He's minimal enough here that it doesn't bother me but it's very 'get a job stay away from her'.

 

[aux]

Whew, this is great! The soundscape of "Michelle Pfeiffer" is exactly the type of ethereal-alternative that I adore. Thanks for the tag @Jonathan27! I'll make sure to investigate the rest of her discography.

 

[finito]

"Michelle Pfeiffer" is excellent. Ethereal, yet still a catchy anthem. Even lil aaron doesn't manage to drag it down. Perched for more!

 

[Trouble in Paradise]

Yes, misandryjustice is right that lol Aaron needs to gtfo but wow at this gorgeous 2021 shoe gaze opus!

 

[Mushroom]

Thanks for the tag as always @Jonathan27 , sis.

I'm really grateful I waited until Sunday night to play 'Michelle Pfeiffer' becuase it's absolutely hitting the spot for me right now.

 

[Andy French]

This is INCREDIBLE. Also I think lil aaron is fine on this, but then again I also still bump Brooke Candy, so...consider the source nn

Also: these.

 

[Jonathan27]

Also I think lil aaron is fine on this, but then again I also still bump Brooke Candy, so...consider the source nn

The way I wanted a solo edit initially but have had that 'maybe we could be together' hook from his verse trapped in my head all weekend. The devil works hard but lil aaron apparently works harder!

 

[Andy French]

FYI for anyone who wants to learn a little more about her background (plus some EP info!) this interview is great:



It's funny that she mentions being friends with Nicole Dollanganger, because both of them had the same stark, entrancing impact on me the first time I played their music. I cannot wait to see where she goes from here - the EP sounds like it's going to be insane (the track with Wicca Phase Springs Eternal is apparently ten minutes long), plus she mentions that she wants to release her debut full-length next year and that it's been in the works since 2018.

 

[Butterfly]

Her voice is so otherworldly.

Michelle Pfeiffer has been on repeat for me since this thread was posted, instant SOTY contender.

 

[Andy French]

Reminder that Mother Cain will be nourishing us in ~48 hours

 

[Butterfly]

Another incredible song! The way I've swiftly gone from not knowing her at all to the EP being one of my highest anticipated projects.

 

[Jonathan27]

Crush is somehow equal parts Imogen Heap and Lana Del Rey?

I’m fucking gagged sistren, she’s done it again. At this rate this EP is going to be my most listened to release of the year.

 

[Andy French]

Having digested her discography as Ethel Cain up to now over the last two weeks and now this new song, I can officially confirm that she does not, in fact, miss, and we have decided to stan forever.

Also, she’s filming something according to her Instagram story. If we get a video for the 10+ minute “Southern gothic epic” with Wicca Phase Springs Eternal I will lose my shit

 

[Jonathan27]

This is my favorite post on Instagram.

 

[dylbop]

Glad I ignored the Avril mention (whose voice I hate!) as both tracks are pretty fantastic.

 

[LE0Night]

equal parts Imogen Heap and Lana Del Rey

Also known as



Michelle Pfeiffer kind of brushed past me a bit (in part because that aaron-creature being there gave me some spotify-pop connotations it probably didn't quite deserve) but Crush hooked me right away. Which might've very well just've been the chorus of it sounding so much like The Japanese House, honestly, nn. @slaybellz @2014 sis get into it.

 

[Tiger Suit]

Ethel is a pretty unique talent. I've been following her since she went by White Silas.
I will miss the experimental doom chamber sound she had back then, but this new sound is pretty stellar and still taps into that American Gothic aesthetic she loves.