Returning with yet another HIGHLY anticipated track, Ethel Cain has blessed us with “Fuck Me Eyes,” the second single ahead of her upcoming album Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You, set to release on August 8. 

After taking a listen to the album’s first heartbreaking single, “Nettles,” released last month in June, I was unbelievably excited for this new release. Of course, it did not disappoint. “Fuck Me Eyes” is a harrowing tale of jealousy and anxiety that is sung over nostalgic pop-synth melodies. “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,” said Hayden Anhedönia, creator of Ethel Cain. 

Throughout the track’s six minute and four second run time, Cain details the story of a pretty girl who has all the boys wanting to “take her out, but no one ever wants to take her home.” The lyrics are sang with an undertone of jealousy and self-loathing, with Cain being concerned that her lover Willoughby will choose the pretty girl over her.

In her own words, it’s a story of “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,” stated Cain.

Listen to “Fuck Me Eyes” here, and check out the official visualizer here.

Ethel Cain’s sophomore album, Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You, will be released on all platforms on August 8, 2025, and will serve as a prequel to Cain’s critically acclaimed 2022 debut album, Preacher’s Daughter. The story will dive into the relationship between Ethel Cain and Willoughby Tucker before the events of Preacher’s Daughter, and will certainly be an unforgettable piece of musical storytelling history. Make sure to pre-order the album here. 

To go along with the album, Ethel Cain will also be embarking on a massive sold-out tour across North America and Europe starting in August. The tour sold out quickly upon sale, selling a whopping 170,000 tickets in just a couple of weeks. You can find all dates for the Willoughby Tucker Forever Tour down below, and you can visit www.daughtersofcain.com for all information relating to Ethel Cain.

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