Ethel Cain unveils "Fuck Me Eyes," new album Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You out August 8

ETHEL CAIN UNVEILS “FUCK ME EYES” WILLOUGHBY TUCKER, I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU  SET FOR RELEASE AUGUST 8 MASSIVE, SOLD OUT, GLOBAL WILLOUGHBY TUCKER FOREVER TOUR KICKS OFF IN AUGUST Press photo, credit Dollie Kyarn. July 2, 2025—Ethel Cain debuts a new song, “Fuck Me Eyes,” today, listen here and watch a visualizer here. The track is the latest from her forthcoming sophomore album, Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You, set for release August 8. Preorder the album here.  “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,” says Cain creator Hayden 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.” In June, Cain shared “Nettles” to widespread critical acclaim: The New York Times noted it “unfolds in a haze of memories, longing, pain and loss” while PAPER called it “a masterclass, finding her singing a gorgeous, heartbreaking love song over mournful bluegrass.” Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You serves as a prequel to Cain’s globally adored 2022 debut album Preacher’s Daughter and recounts the story of Ethel’s first love, Willoughby Tucker, and their humid, laden romance. Cain produced and recorded the album over the past year in her studios in Daleville, AL, Coraopolis, PA and Tallahassee, FL. The writing of the songs themselves spans her entire career as Ethel Cain, with some dating from the earliest days of the project and its mythmaking.  Cain will celebrate the release with her massive Willoughby Tucker Forever tour across North America and Europe kicking off in August. The tour sold out completely upon on sale in March, with 170,000 tickets sold in just a few weeks. The run will see Cain headline New York’s Radio City Music Hall and Kings Theatre, two nights at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium, Berkeley’s Greek Theater, five nights at London’s Eventim Apollo, two nights at Paris’ L’Olympia and many more. See below for full tour routing and visit www.daughtersofcain.com for more information. Furthermore, Preacher’s Daughter debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Album Sales chart, #10 on the Billboard 200 and #10 overall in the U.K. following its first ever vinyl release on April 4. Order Preacher’s Daughter via Cain’s webstore here. Ethel Cain is the creation of Florida-born multidisciplinary artist Hayden Anhedönia. After years spent teaching herself to produce at home in the Florida panhandle and releasing various projects, Cain moved to Indiana and singlehandedly wrote, produced, recorded and mixed her acclaimed 2021 EP Inbred from the basement of the old church where she lived.  Cain’s debut album Preacher’s Daughter, a multimedia work that took more than four years to assemble, was released in May 2022 to praise from The New York Times, NPR, Vogue, W Magazine, V Magazine and more, with many critics naming the album one of the best of the year. Cain has spent the years since playing sold out shows and packed festival sets around the world; walking in New York and Paris fashion weeks and collaborating with Givenchy, Miu Miu and Calvin Klein; and collaborating and sharing stages with Florence + the Machine, Mitski and more.  Album artwork: photo by Silken Weinberg, artwork by Hayden Anhedönia. ETHEL CAIN—WILLOUGHBY TUCKER FOREVER TOUR August 12—Paramount Theatre—Seattle, WA  August 13—Paramount Theatre—Seattle, WA  August 15—Queen Elizabeth Theatre—Vancouver, BC  August 16—Edgefield—Portland, OR  August 18—The Greek Berkeley—Berkeley, CA August 20—Shrine Auditorium—Los Angeles, CA  August 21—Shrine Auditorium—Los Angeles, CA  August 22—Arizona Financial Theatre—Phoenix, AZ  August 24—The Bomb Factory—Dallas, TX  August 25—713 Music Hall—Houston, TX  August 26—Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park—Austin, TX  August 28—The Eastern—Atlanta, GA  August 29—The Eastern—Atlanta, GA  August 30—Asheville Yards—Asheville, NC September 4—Stage AE —Pittsburgh, PA  September 5—The Anthem—Washington, D.C.  September 6—The Met—Philadelphia, PA September 9—Radio City Music Hall—New York, NY September 10—Kings Theatre—Brooklyn, NY September 12—Roadrunner—Boston, MA September 13—Outer Harbor Live at Terminal B—Buffalo, NY  September 15—Queen Elizabeth Theatre—Toronto, ON September 16—Queen Elizabeth Theatre—Toronto, ON September 17—Masonic Cathedral Theatre—Detroit, MI September 19—Palace Theatre—St. Paul, MN September 20—The Salt Shed (Fairgrounds)—Chicago, IL  October 2—O2 Apollo—Manchester, England October 3—O2 Apollo—Manchester, England October 4—O2 Academy Glasgow—Glasgow, Scotland October 6—Eventim Apollo—London, England October 7—Eventim Apollo—London, England October 9—Eventim Apollo—London, England October 10—Eventim Apollo—London, England October 11—Eventim Apollo—London, England October 14—Ancienne Belgique—Brussels, Belgium October 15—TivoliVredenburg—Utrecht, Netherlands October 16—TivoliVredenburg—Utrecht, Netherlands October 18—L’Olympia—Paris, France October 19—L’Olympia—Paris, France October 21—Carlswerk Victoria—Cologne, Germany October 23—Tempodrom—Berlin, Germany October 24—Docks—Hamburg, Germany October 25—Vega—Copenhagen, Denmark October 27—Sentrum Scene—Oslo, Norway October 28—Fållan—Stockholm, Sweden October 31—Stodola—Warsaw, Poland November 1— Velký sál Lucerna—Prague, Czech Republic November 2—Gasometer—Vienna, Austria November 4—X-tra—Zurich, Switzerland November 5—Alcatraz—Milan, Italy November 7—Razzmatazz—Barcelona, Spain November 8—Teatro Eslava—Madrid, Spain November 9—LAV Warehouse—Lisbon, Portugal