“Nettles”
Hayden Anhedönia has been making music beneath the title Ethel Cain since 2019. Nevertheless it’s not only a band title or a moniker; Ethel Cain is a fictional character, a kind of alter ego that Hayden’s been creating and world constructing round all through her albums. The primary Ethel Cain album, Preacher’s Daughter, got here out in 2022. It ended up blowing up, and it made Hayden the primary overtly trans artist with an album within the top ten on the Billboard chart. In 2025, she put out the second Ethel Cain album, referred to as Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You. For this episode, I talked to Hayden about how she made the music “Nettles.” As you’re about to listen to, it took on a number of completely different varieties, over a number of years, earlier than she received to the ultimate model.
You should purchase or stream “Nettles” here.
Illustration by Carlos Lerma.
Steven Colyer
Bryan De Leon – drums
Cigarettes After Sex and Beach House
Muscle Shoals
