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Who’s Afraid of New Ethel Cain?
The alt-pop maven is freaking fans out with her new drone project, Perverts.
Back in 2023, she told Interview that this was “the direction that I’ve always wanted to go,” adding, “I feel a bit more confident doing that and less worried about what people will think.” That’s good, because theythink it’s scary. But if you’re too scared to make it through Perverts, don’t worry — it doesn’t seem to be directly part of the Ethel Cain narrative, even if it is replete with her usual dark religious imagery. “The cautionary tale is the fool’s errand, and I am no fool.” Some, like Stereogum’s Brad Sanders, have related that story to Cain’s Tumblr comments last year about the “irony epidemic” that led fans to turn her dark and serious songs from Preacher’s Daughter into memes.
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