Beginnings don't get much more humble than that of Hayden Silas Anhedönia, better known by her stage name and alter ego Ethel Cain.
“I knew absolutely nothing about producing … I had zero experience, I had zero friends with experience, and I am far too ADHD to watch a YouTube tutorial,” the performer recalls of her teenage years, Zooming in from her sofa in downtown Pittsburgh. “I had GarageBand on the computer my parents got me for my [high school] graduation. I had a pair of the little corded Apple [headphones] that come with your phone. I just opened my computer one day and thought to myself, I can sing a little bit, I don't know how to do anything else … I just tried to create a lush [sonic] landscape with the only instrument I had, which was
