Ethel Cain Channels Teen Angst On New Single ‘Fuck Me Eyes’

Ethel Cain dropped the new song “Fuck Me Eyes.” The track is the second sample of the project created by Hayden Anhedönia’s sophomore studio album, Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You, which arrives on August 8.

The follow-up to 2022’s Preacher’s Daughter also serves as its prequel. Anhedönia produced and recorded Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You over the past year at her studios in Daleville, Alabama; Caropolis, Pennsylvania and Tallahassee, Florida.

“Continuing in the theme of high school anxieties, ‘Fuck Me Eyes’ (on top of being an homage to one of my favorite pop songs of all time, ‘Bette Davis Eyes’) is meant to be an ode to the girls who are perfect and have everything, yet carry the reputation of town slut,” revealed Anhedönia.

“The beautiful blonde who is just lonely and wants to be loved, that all the adults condemn to each other, who ultimately is the girl everyone simultaneously can’t stand and wants to be. I wrote the beginning of this song five years ago, making it the oldest demo for the record. As the story became more fleshed out, I realized it had a more relevant place on the album than I originally thought. This song represents Ethel’s complicated feelings for the girl she’s convinced has caught her crush’s eye, as well as her 16-year-old thoughts on the matter,” Anhedönia added regarding her new single.

Check out the visualizer for Ethel Cain’s “Fuck Me Eyes” below:

Ethel Cain will embark on the Willoughby Tucker Forever Tour in August. The extensive trek will hit cities across North America and Europe through November.