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On Ethel Cain’s Perverts and the exaltation of the anti-pop star

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In 2023, I saw Ethel Cain at Coachella. Strolling around on stage in a cropped cheerleader uniform and varsity jacket, she’d packed out Sonora, the festival’s dramatically round indoor stage typically reserved for the quiet indie acts.

As she belted her devastating 7-minute opus “A House in Nebraska,” grainy VHS footage of her running through the rural countryside flickering behind her, the crowd roared back her lyrics.

This was the same year Bad Bunny and Blackpink headlined and Frank Ocean delivered his infamously disastrous set, but when it came down to picking the most memorable performances of the weekend, everyone I spoke to unanimously said Ethel Cain. “She was a star,” we said.

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