42-403: " American Teenager " is a song by American singer-songwriter Ethel Cain , released on April 21, 2022, as the third and final single from her debut studio album, Preacher's Daughter (2022). She produced the song and wrote it with Steven Mark Colyer. A heartland rock and indie folk track with beaming guitars, it illuminates both nostalgia for teenage life in the South and disillusionment with
84-406: 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 ," subsequently announcing her debut album titled Preacher's Daughter , released on May 12, 2022, through her own record label , Daughters of Cain. A concept album that creates a narrative "centered around
126-430: A music video on August 3. The two singles were part of her third extended play titled Inbred , 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 online music magazine. Later on August 24, a stripped version of her second single was also published. On March 8, 2022, she released
168-557: 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
210-540: A 2021 interview, Cain said that she still considered herself a Southern Baptist : "Whether I like it or not, God always has and always will be a huge part of my life. Whether He's being used as a comforting figure or a threat, I've always been surrounded by it. It's not really something you can walk away from. And I'd rather just sit with it than be like 'Fuck the church! ' " In an interview for Rolling Stone in August 2023, she revealed that all of her family have since left
252-429: A box / but he wanted to go so maybe it was his fault"), alcoholism ("head full of whiskey but I always deliver"), NASCAR ("I do it for my daddy and I do it for Dale "), and inter-generational trauma . On making a song with a more mainstream sound than the rest of her discography, Cain described herself as "scared that if I made pop music, I wouldn't be taken seriously for the non-pop songs," but later felt as if she
294-582: 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 at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. On October 14, 2024, Cain announced her second album Perverts , slated to be released on January 8, 2025. It was preceded by
336-418: A doomed, yet hopeful character" and writing that it "has the stadium-sized scale, relatability and ambition to become the biggest song in the entire country". The song also has been listed by Insider and Rolling Stone as one of the best songs of 2022, with the former calling it "the crown jewel of [Preacher's Daughter]", and the latter writing that it "captures the disillusionment of growing up fooled by
378-437: A once-monthly club night at The Lexington , part of their tastemaking Ones To Watch section, which has played host to acts including Swimming, Three Trapped Tigers , Alpines and Wild Palms. More recently, this activity re-branded to be called 'Next Wave' in order to reflect internal changes in the magazine and now enjoys a residency at Hackney's new Oslo venue. ClashMusic.com launched in early 2008. The website often encompasses
420-590: A redesign in October 2012, bringing it in line with the look of the print magazine. On 30 March 2009, ClashMusic began publishing the Essential 50 —fifty albums which the website considered "the 50 greatest, most significant, downright brilliant albums of Clash ' s lifetime". Made up entirely of albums released in the past five years, the list was published in sections of three, with the top ten being released individually between 15 and 24 April 2009. Clash
462-580: A show with Edith Underground, Girlfiend, and Lil Bo Weep in Los Angeles . Cain was then invited by Aaron 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, titled " Michelle Pfeiffer ", featuring 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
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#1732772778051504-511: 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," Anhedönia said. She left the church at the age of 16. Anhedönia was homeschooled her entire life. Anhedönia officially started making music in 2017, experimenting with "dreamy bedroom pop demos." Her first extended play under the Ethel Cain moniker, Carpet Bed , consisting of four songs,
546-471: A wider variety of genres than its parent magazine, with pieces on left field acts like Gonjasufi and Perfume Genius , as well as emerging artists, appearing alongside content that ties in with magazine-featured artists. The website features numerous ongoing features such as "DJ Disasters", "Rapture & Verse" and "A Letter From...". It runs a Track of the Day feature from Monday to Friday. The website underwent
588-592: Is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and model. Inspired by Christian music and Gregorian chant , 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. Cain released multiple projects digitally under various aliases, before officially starting her main project in mid-2019 and releasing three EPs. In 2022, Cain released her debut studio album titled Preacher's Daughter , to widespread acclaim from music critics—many of whom called it one of
630-478: Is not just something you listen to. Film is not just something you watch. You get all these senses from all these things. When I'm producing music, I literally feel sometimes I can see it. I have to close my eyes, and I imagine the bass is the earth. I imagine the synths are rising up next to you, and I imagine the vocals are high in the sky, right in the center. I close my eyes and picture the sound around me – that's how I mix. Reflecting on her religious upbringing in
672-498: The American Dream . A self-directed music video for the song was published on July 21, 2022, three months after its release. Upon release, "American Teenager" received widespread praise from music critics, several of whom identified it as a standout on the album, and multiple publications included it in their list of the best songs of the year. The track also featured on Rolling Stone and Billboard 's 2023 lists of
714-736: The New York Fashion Week runway for Eckhaus Latta . Clash (magazine) Clash is a music and fashion magazine and website based in the United Kingdom. It is published four times a year by Music Republic Ltd, whose predecessor Clash Music Ltd went into liquidation. The magazine won awards including the Best New Magazine award in 2004 at the PPA Magazine Awards, Magazine of the Year at
756-562: The Steve Miller Band , and a variety of Christian music . By discovering pop music as a teenager, Cain named Florence Welch , lead vocalist of the band Florence and the Machine , as her "teen idol". Cain came out as gay to her family at the age of 12, and on her 20th birthday, she publicly came out as a trans woman : "As I got older, I found out there were other options," she said. Reflecting on this, she recalled: "It
798-671: The Sydney concert of her Good Riddance Tour . In the following month, the artist recorded a cover version of the song for Australian radio station Triple J . Following its release, she showed admiration for Cain, described the song as amazing and stated that she is a "fan of her writing" and "listen to her music all the time — in the shower, driving, crying — and so any excuse to do it in a more proper setting". As per Tidal : Ethel Cain Hayden Silas Anhedönia (born March 24, 1998), known professionally as Ethel Cain ,
840-650: The 100 Best Songs of the 2020s So Far. Cain performed live "American Teenager" at several festivals, including the Pitchfork Music Festival , Coachella , and Primavera Sound . She also included it in the set list of her first two concerts tours, the Freezer Bride Tour in 2022, and the Blood Stained Blonde Tour in 2023. On January 19, 2024, American singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams covered "American Teenager" at
882-625: The 2011 Record of the Day Awards, and others in England and Scotland. Clash was founded by John O'Rourke, Simon Harper, Iain Carnegie and Jon-Paul Kitching. It emerged from the long-running Dundee, Scotland-based free-listings magazine Vibe . Re-launching as Clash Magazine in 2004, it won Best New Magazine award at the PPA Magazine Awards and Music Magazine of the Year at the Record of
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#1732772778051924-508: The Day Awards in 2005 and 2011 respectively. At the turn of 2011, Clash took on an entirely new look, ditching its previous glossy feel and music-led design for an altogether more artistically-led approach. In 2013, it launched a Smartphone channel, the iOS Apple Magazine app of which went on to win 'Best Music Magazine' at the Digital Magazine Awards. In February 2014 it expanded into Android handsets. In November 2014,
966-537: The best LGBTQ songs of all time. Cain performed "American Teenager" at several festivals and included it in the set lists of the Freezer Bride Tour (2022) and the Blood Stained Blonde Tour (2023). "American Teenager" is a heartland rock and indie folk song with elements of country rock and ambient pop . Its sound has been compared by The Guardian to the works of Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen . The song's lyrics contains references to American military interventions ("the neighbor's brother came home in
1008-619: The best albums of the year. Following its release, she garnered a cult following online. Her second album Perverts will be released on January 8, 2025. Anhedönia was born on March 24, 1998, in Tallahassee, Florida , and was 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
1050-487: The best songs of 2022, Pitchfork ' s writer Nadine Smith praised the song's "marginal vibrations and layered sensations", and called it a " pop anthem". Mitch Mosk of Atwood Magazine described the song as "inspiring, hopeful, and unavoidably sad, an irresistible anthem of inner fracture and all-American angst". In July 2022, Paste named "American Teenager" the best song of the year so far, with contributor Jacqueline Codiga describing it as "a deeply felt portrait of
1092-489: 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
1134-484: The church, though she clarified they are still religious in some ways. She elaborated in a Tumblr post in 2022 that she does not consider herself a Christian, nor as someone who cares about religion. However, she "still abides by the values [she] was raised on", such as kindness, graciousness, and loving thy neighbor . The lyrics of Cain's song "American Teenager" express criticisms of US gun culture , anti-war sentiment , and political and religious disillusionment. It
1176-487: The larger Clash brand, which extends to live events around the country and festival partnerships/parties (such as RockNess , Snowbombing , and SXSW ), and the website, ClashMusic.com. 2011 saw Clash partner Levi's and Spotify to bring Primal Scream to London's Electric Brixton for one of their final shows with the former the Stone Roses member, Mani . The Clash Live brand's London activity used to incorporate
1218-410: The magazine published its 99th edition, but then withdrew from print publication in favour of moving to an online-first operation. The Web-based service continued throughout the magazine's absence from the news-stands. In late 2015 it was announced that Clash would return to print as a bimonthly magazine from February 2016, beginning its revived run with a 100th issue special. The publication draws on
1260-492: The media due to the song's anti-war message. The song was included on the pre-show playlist for Taylor Swift 's The Eras Tour . In 2023, the staff of Billboard named it as one of the best LGBTQ anthems of all time, while describing it as "earnest yet jaded, familiar yet fresh", and drawing comparisons to Irish rock band the Cranberries . "American Teenager" was ranked at number 29 on Pitchfork 's 2024 list of
1302-555: The music she wants." Ethel Cain plans to release a book surrounding the story of her album Preacher's Daughter alongside a film once her trilogy albums are released. Music critics have praised the "cinematography" in her songs, due to Cain's interest in movies and building songs with scenes and characters. According to BroadwayWorld , Cain musically combines "elements of rock, country and cinematic nostalgia" paired with "ethereal vocals and raw lyrics to create her unique sound". Her early musical influences included Karen Carpenter ,
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1344-558: 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
1386-703: The release of the lead single " Punish ". On November 11, 2024, Cain shared the tracklist on to Perverts her Tumblr blog. Cain's musical style has been classified as indie rock , gothic , contemporary folk , alternative pop , slowcore , Americana and ambient . She also finds inspiration from gospel music , country music , classic rock and alternative music . After Cain gained popularity with her single "Crush" from her EP Inbred (2021), this song being more-pop oriented than her usual alternative style, she talked about her "fear" of making pop music , saying that "once you make pop music, your other genres won't be taken as seriously," but "she has worked to make
1428-533: The river to the sea ". In May 2024, she seemingly called for the assassination of United States President Joe Biden ; she had added a post discussing Biden's approval of a billion-dollar arms sale to Israel on her Instagram story, with the caption "we need to bring back assassinations". She also called him a "bitch" in another story. She added, "feel like I'm taking crazy pills living in America in this day and age. Billionaires and politicians should be strung up in
1470-507: The specters of Christianity and patriotism". Rolling Stone included it on its list of the most inspirational LGBTQ songs of all time. While reviewing Preacher's Daughter , Oshen Douglas McCormick of Clash highlighted "American Teenager" as a "clear" standout on the album. It was listed as one of former President of the United States Barack Obama 's favorite songs of 2022, which prompted surprise from Cain and
1512-540: The street because what the hell is going on. And we can't even have a revolution because our terroristic military would crush us in a heartbeat if we tried to revolt." In November 2024, following Donald Trump 's victory in the 2024 United States presidential election , Cain responded saying: "everybody is so incredibly hateful. We are a loveless, disrespectful nation." and "if you voted for trump, i hope that peace never finds you." Cain began modeling in campaigns for Givenchy , Miu Miu and Marc Jacobs , and debuted on
1554-544: The town's high school football field, shooting the video on the same camera used for the "God's Country" music video. She stated that she felt correct to play in her mother's "footsteps" on the video clip, after looking at old pictures of her inspired the writing of the song. The video pays homage to the midwest emo band American Football , and contains footage of the September 11 attacks . "American Teenager" received universal acclaim from music critics. While naming it one of
1596-454: Was "getting to the point where I don't care." She explained the song as being critical of expectations placed on American youth, writing that "what they don't tell you is that you need your neighbour more than your country needs you." The self-directed and self-edited music video for "American Teenager" was shot in Cain's hometown of Perry, Florida . Cain wore her mother's cheerleading uniform to
1638-593: 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
1680-416: Was included by former President of the United States Barack Obama in his list of favorite songs of 2022, which prompted surprise from Cain that a former president had included her "anti-war, anti-patriotism fake pop song" in his end-of-year list. On February 14, 2024, she released a song on SoundCloud titled "من النهر," which is Arabic for "From the River", a reference to the pro-Palestinian phrase " From
1722-600: Was made clear to everyone that I was not like other people. Whenever I started to develop, I started to come into my own as a trans woman. We were a house divided—it was me versus my whole town." The singer identifies herself as a bisexual woman. She is autistic , which she learned upon seeking a diagnosis in her adulthood. Reflecting on how being autistic has impacted her artistry, she has stated: I’m autistic, and so that definitely heightens sensory everything. [...] I think that's why I have so much crossover between media, because it's like, there's never just one sense. Music
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1764-410: Was released on September 13, 2019. Months later, she released her second extended play, Golden Age , on December 1. After the latter's release, she was backed by artist Wicca Phase Springs Eternal , who praised Cain for her "mature songwriting and understanding of melody". In January 2020, after recommendation from Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Cain was discovered by rapper Lil Aaron while headlining
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