Ethel Cain
Hayden Silas Anhedönia (born March 24, 1998), known professionally as Ethel… Read Full Bio ↴Hayden Silas Anhedönia (born March 24, 1998), known professionally as Ethel Cain, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and model. She is noted for her lyrics focused on nostalgic and Southern Gothic themes, while her music has been associated with the ambient, indie rock, and contemporary folk genres. While Ethel Cain is her main project, Anhedönia has other projects under different monikers, such as ΛTLΛS, Miss Anhedönia, Tommy, White Silas, and אשמדאי.
Cain released multiple recordings under various aliases before officially starting her main project in mid-2019. Three extended plays (EPs) preceded her debut studio album, Preacher's Daughter, which was released in 2022 to acclaim from music critics—many of whom called it one of the best albums of the year. Following its release, she garnered a cult following online. Her studio recording Perverts followed in 2025.
Anhedönia was born on March 24, 1998, in Tallahassee, Florida, and raised in Perry. She is the eldest of four children in a Southern Baptist family. Her father was a deacon, and she was involved in the church choir from a young age, like her mother. At age 8, Anhedönia began studying classical piano, with musical influences from a variety of Christian music. The church was Anhedönia's first exposure to music: "My whole life was always singing, always, always music all the time", she said. She left the church at the age of 16. Anhedönia was homeschooled.
Anhedönia officially started making music in 2017, experimenting with "dreamy bedroom pop demos". Her first extended play under the Ethel Cain moniker, Carpet Bed, consisted of four songs and was released on September 13, 2019. Months later, she released her second EP, Golden Age, on December 1. After the latter's release, she was backed by the artist Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, who praised her for her "mature songwriting and understanding of melody". In January 2020, after recommendation from Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Cain was discovered by the rapper Lil Aaron while headlining a show with Edith Underground, Girlfiend, and Lil Bo Weep in Los Angeles. She was then invited by him to meet with the publishing company Prescription Songs and signed with them soon after.
In February 2021, Anhedönia released her first single as Ethel Cain and under the new publishing contract, "Michelle Pfeiffer", which featured Lil Aaron. The song was described by Billboard as alternative rock, folk, and "even country". Her second single, "Crush", followed on March 18 and received a music video on August 3. The two singles were part of her third EP, Inbred, which was released on April 23. The ambient-folk and slowcore EP was named by Pitchfork as one of The 49 Most Anticipated Albums of Spring 2021 and received a score of 7.6 out of 10 by the website. Later on August 24, a stripped version of "Crush" was also published. On March 8, 2022, she released a cover of the song "Everytime" by Britney Spears as part of Spotify Singles, in observance of International Women's Day.
On March 17, 2022, Cain released the single "Gibson Girl" and subsequently announced her debut album, titled Preacher's Daughter and released on May 12, 2022, through her own record label, Daughters of Cain. A concept album that creates a narrative "centered around the character Ethel Cain", it received a positive reception from music critics and was named one of the best albums of the year. It was also preceded by the release of the singles "Strangers" on April 7 and "American Teenager" on April 21, the latter receiving a music video on July 21. In support of the album, Cain embarked on the Freezer Bride Tour in 2022 and the Blood Stained Blonde Tour in 2023. She was also an opening act at one concert of Florence and the Machine's Dance Fever Tour and Caroline Polachek's Spiraling Tour.
Cain performed at the 22nd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2023. On June 3, 2023, Cain fainted on stage while performing at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, as part of Vivid Live, resulting in the show's cancellation. She returned to performing the next day. She also performed at Reading Festival and Gunnersbury Park with Boygenius and Muna in August 2023. On December 5, 2023, Cain announced the Childish Behaviour Tour, an eight-show tour that began on June 3, 2024, and was slated to end on June 27, 2024. After sharing the song on SoundCloud a year before, in 2023 she released "Famous Last Words (An Ode to Eaters)", inspired by Luca Guadagnino's film Bones and All, along with 1017 ALYX 9SM. With a "darkly poignant" music video, it was included in the project's first compilation album.
Cain placed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 2024 for Music. She opened for Mitski's 2024 concert tour in support of her album The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (2023). On February 14, 2024, she released a song titled "من النهر” (meaning "From the River"), which she described as a "prayer" for Palestinians. On September 5, 2024, Cain released a cover of the track "For Sure", which appeared on American Football (Covers), a cover album by the American emo band American Football in tribute to their 1999 record of the same name. Days later, they performed the track together at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles.
On October 14, 2024, Cain announced her studio recording Perverts, which was released on January 8, 2025. It was preceded by the release of the lead single, "Punish".
Cain released multiple recordings under various aliases before officially starting her main project in mid-2019. Three extended plays (EPs) preceded her debut studio album, Preacher's Daughter, which was released in 2022 to acclaim from music critics—many of whom called it one of the best albums of the year. Following its release, she garnered a cult following online. Her studio recording Perverts followed in 2025.
Anhedönia was born on March 24, 1998, in Tallahassee, Florida, and raised in Perry. She is the eldest of four children in a Southern Baptist family. Her father was a deacon, and she was involved in the church choir from a young age, like her mother. At age 8, Anhedönia began studying classical piano, with musical influences from a variety of Christian music. The church was Anhedönia's first exposure to music: "My whole life was always singing, always, always music all the time", she said. She left the church at the age of 16. Anhedönia was homeschooled.
Anhedönia officially started making music in 2017, experimenting with "dreamy bedroom pop demos". Her first extended play under the Ethel Cain moniker, Carpet Bed, consisted of four songs and was released on September 13, 2019. Months later, she released her second EP, Golden Age, on December 1. After the latter's release, she was backed by the artist Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, who praised her for her "mature songwriting and understanding of melody". In January 2020, after recommendation from Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Cain was discovered by the rapper Lil Aaron while headlining a show with Edith Underground, Girlfiend, and Lil Bo Weep in Los Angeles. She was then invited by him to meet with the publishing company Prescription Songs and signed with them soon after.
In February 2021, Anhedönia released her first single as Ethel Cain and under the new publishing contract, "Michelle Pfeiffer", which featured Lil Aaron. The song was described by Billboard as alternative rock, folk, and "even country". Her second single, "Crush", followed on March 18 and received a music video on August 3. The two singles were part of her third EP, Inbred, which was released on April 23. The ambient-folk and slowcore EP was named by Pitchfork as one of The 49 Most Anticipated Albums of Spring 2021 and received a score of 7.6 out of 10 by the website. Later on August 24, a stripped version of "Crush" was also published. On March 8, 2022, she released a cover of the song "Everytime" by Britney Spears as part of Spotify Singles, in observance of International Women's Day.
On March 17, 2022, Cain released the single "Gibson Girl" and subsequently announced her debut album, titled Preacher's Daughter and released on May 12, 2022, through her own record label, Daughters of Cain. A concept album that creates a narrative "centered around the character Ethel Cain", it received a positive reception from music critics and was named one of the best albums of the year. It was also preceded by the release of the singles "Strangers" on April 7 and "American Teenager" on April 21, the latter receiving a music video on July 21. In support of the album, Cain embarked on the Freezer Bride Tour in 2022 and the Blood Stained Blonde Tour in 2023. She was also an opening act at one concert of Florence and the Machine's Dance Fever Tour and Caroline Polachek's Spiraling Tour.
Cain performed at the 22nd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2023. On June 3, 2023, Cain fainted on stage while performing at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, as part of Vivid Live, resulting in the show's cancellation. She returned to performing the next day. She also performed at Reading Festival and Gunnersbury Park with Boygenius and Muna in August 2023. On December 5, 2023, Cain announced the Childish Behaviour Tour, an eight-show tour that began on June 3, 2024, and was slated to end on June 27, 2024. After sharing the song on SoundCloud a year before, in 2023 she released "Famous Last Words (An Ode to Eaters)", inspired by Luca Guadagnino's film Bones and All, along with 1017 ALYX 9SM. With a "darkly poignant" music video, it was included in the project's first compilation album.
Cain placed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 2024 for Music. She opened for Mitski's 2024 concert tour in support of her album The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We (2023). On February 14, 2024, she released a song titled "من النهر” (meaning "From the River"), which she described as a "prayer" for Palestinians. On September 5, 2024, Cain released a cover of the track "For Sure", which appeared on American Football (Covers), a cover album by the American emo band American Football in tribute to their 1999 record of the same name. Days later, they performed the track together at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles.
On October 14, 2024, Cain announced her studio recording Perverts, which was released on January 8, 2025. It was preceded by the release of the lead single, "Punish".
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Ethel Cain Lyrics
78fahrenheit Held your birthday up in talladega Someone kissed you and it…
8 Hour Days Beauty is everything But no man will ever know what that…
A House in Nebraska Labored breaths and bed sores Sing it to me all day…
A Portrait Of My Love On Her Knees Here I am in California wondering if you're still alive Thou…
Ad Nauseam You've had dreams about me on The underneath of you Some hol…
Age of Delilah There comes a day you sneak out but you don't…
Amber Waves Before she leaves Amber waves at me Days go by, time on…
American Teenager Grew up under yellow light on the street Putting too much…
Antlers Daddy, there's pain in your smile I've never seen you so…
Arsony In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth And…
Bruises You spent your whole life trying to be tough Cause your…
Casey Fuck me, am I right home of the brave Ok, all…
Casings Am I not good enough for you Is there something wrong…
Chapel Hill The world outside is sick I dug both our graves until…
Child Of Cain Paint my Sistine Chapel white On my couch all night show…
Churchyard Every time I lay in my bed I go to sleep…
Crush His window's already passed So he's shooting at the glass Ke…
Crying During Sex I sing the lord’s euthanasia blues When I take you and…
Death Rattle Love isn’t painful and love isn’t free And love’s never come…
Dog Days I think of you while you're at work Out in the…
Dust Bowl Pretty boy natural blood-stained blond With the holes in his…
Earnhardt First you've got to Do It For Dale Raise hell, praise…
Eden In the valley where my lover sleeps I make off to…
Etienne So he decided that the best way to end his…
Everytime Notice me take my hand Why are we strangers when My love…
Family Tree These crosses all over my body Remind me of who I…
Famous Last Words My lips are still burnt from kissing your face And feverish…
For Sure June seems too late Delayed Maybe for the better Imagine us…
Gibson Girl You wanna love me right now You wanna get along with…
God's Country the road is longer than it is hard with no one…
Gold Cross Last night I blew you a kiss I hope that you…
Golden Age And i don't wanna talk about love anymore, cause it's…
Growing Pains Tear stained carpet White knuckled grip I can't forget him O…
Half-cocked Sunday morning and I’m wasted Had too much to drink again Pr…
Hard Times Hide me there, under the leaves Nine going on eighteen, lay…
Hard Times Lyrics Hide me there Under the leaves Nine going on eighteen Lay it…
Head in the Wall Sometimes you make wanna put my fucking head through the…
Highway Horses I love the way you drive So recklessly like you’re not…
Hospital Beds II I’m becoming a part of this hospital bed As I lose…
housofpsychoticwomn I love you I love you I love you I love you I love…
Inbred Bare naked under my nightgown Pissing on the stove to put…
Knuckle Velvet Nothing hurts like you do, like the way you say…
Lead Poisoning I fell in love again September tends to be so cruel He…
Lilies Tell me I'm no one else's but yours Watching me undress…
Michelle Pfeiffer And everything's easier way out west Wholly mad and half und…
Misuse Oh I told you from the start I disappear when it gets…
Mondays You ask me if I’m angry Well, hell yeah, I fucking…
nettles We were in a race to grow up Yesterday, through today,…
Onanist There I found me in a long, long wood Astray, midway…
Perverts Nearer, my God, to Thee Oh, nearer to Thee E'en though it…
Plague Mother knows what you need And mother gives it to you He’s…
Powerline Valley When i met you there Underneath the powerlines, i’d start to…
Ptolemaea I followed you in I was with you there I invited you…
Pulldrone One, apathy I am what I am and I am nothing Two,…
punish Whatever's wrong with me I will take to bed I give in…
Room 209 I know you better now than I ever have before I…
Saddle Up This one's for all my whores Back home in the village Poppin…
Selby Wall There comes a point in Every girl's life where She just want…
South Alabama It was just a thursday And it wasn’t right for you So…
Starvation Six weeks since we last ate Six weeks we’ve been taught Six…
Strangers In your basement, I grow cold Thinking back to what I…
Sun Bleached Flies Sun bleached flies sitting in the windowsill Waiting for the…
Sunday Morning Swaying softly, streetlights glowing through my window Tryin…
The Epitaph God loves you god loves you God loves you god loves…
The God the road is longer than it is hard with no one…
Thoroughfare You fell in love with America When you were twelve…
Trucker's Chapel Pounded down through holes in the pavement Couldn’t live wit…
Two Children In a Motel And there's been a stain in the carpet since the…
Two-Headed Mother you know you know you know you know you think that you crea…
Unpunishable Down bad and nasty Sacrificial angel, dirty slut with needs …
Vacillator You're so smooth If you want, you can bite me And I…
Verona The party’s over and You tell everybody to leave You leave t…
Virginity I’m sick and I’m sad And I’m wasting away i sink Into…
Vultures Prepare to meet thy god For he regrets giving you up You…
Waco Texas My honey’s heart is blue and a second offbeat Always tugging…
Western Nights He's never looked more beautiful On his Harley in the parkin…
Wrestling In Dirt Pits Son of a preacher scared of the world Guarding his heart…