Michelle Pfeiffer (Ethel Cain song)
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| "Michelle Pfeiffer" | ||||
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| Single by Ethel Cain featuring Lil Aaron | ||||
| from the EP Inbred | ||||
| Released | February 11, 2021 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 4:31 | |||
| Label | Daughters of Cain | |||
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| "Michelle Pfeiffer" on YouTube | ||||
"Michelle Pfeiffer" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Ethel Cain featuring the American rapper Lil Aaron from the former's third extended play (EP), Inbred (2021). The song was written by Cain, Lil Aaron, and Kora Puckett; the latter two assisted in its production. It was released, along with a visualizer, through Cain's own Daughters of Cain record label on February 11, 2021, as the EP's lead single. Lil Aaron introduced Cain to the publishing company Prescription Songs and the two recorded the song in a Los Angeles studio.
Titled after the actress of the same name, "Michelle Pfeiffer" is an indie rock track about doomed lovers consumed by their desire. It also discusses the cinematic scope of Los Angeles and the broader Western United States, including guitars and drums into its soundscape. Lil Aaron's verse reflects on his thoughts of dying in a car accident. Upon its release, the song garnered positive reception from music critics; Pitchfork considered it one of the best songs of 2021, and the song received further approval from The Line of Best Fit and The Fader.
Ethel Cain released her second extended play (EP), Golden Age, in December 2019.[1] She travelled to Florida to work on her next EP with her friend Alex, who appeared on Golden Age, but scrapped it after she went back to her home in Indiana. Cain wrote a new EP in about three weeks throughout the harsh Indiana winter. She used the feeling of being depressed and miserable to create songs for the new EP.[2] In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the American rapper Lil Aaron introduced Cain to people involved with Prescription Songs, a publishing company.[3][4] She then signed with the company under her own imprint, Daughters of Cain.[3]
On February 11, 2021, Cain announced her third EP, titled Inbred, alongside the release of its lead single, "Michelle Pfeiffer".[5] It contains a guest feature from Lil Aaron, who produced the song with Kora Puckett, while Cain, Lil Aaron, and Puckett collaborated on its writing.[6] It is the only song on the EP that Cain did not produce.[7] The song was released alongside a visualizer that was filmed in an Indiana church.[3] Cain described the song as "a breath of fresh air from a fresh start", as it was recorded in a studio during her first trip to Los Angeles.[5] She further stated, "It felt like I was finally being seen for the artist I'd been trying to be for years."[5] This sense of empowerment was inspired by the American actress Michelle Pfeiffer, the song's namesake, whom Cain has idolized for years.[5] Inbred was released through Daughters of Cain on April 23, 2021; "Michelle Pfeiffer" appears as its opening track.[6] Following its release, Cain's mother would show her clients the song at her nail salon.[3]
