{"id":225279,"date":"2025-10-19T19:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T19:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/225279\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T19:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T19:58:07","slug":"ive-been-having-a-bit-of-a-time-lately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/225279\/","title":{"rendered":"I’ve been having a bit of a time lately"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ethel Cain<\/a> has apologised to fans after ending a show in Paris after just three songs, saying she has been \u201chaving a bit of a time lately\u201d.<\/p>\n

The artist \u2013 real name Hayden Anhed\u00f6nia\u00a0\u2013 released her latest record \u2018Willoughby Tucker, I\u2019ll Always Love You<\/a>\u2019 in August, an album\u00a0she has said will \u201cclose the chapter\u201d of the \u2018Ethel Cain\u2019 character in her career<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She embarked on\u00a0a sold-out UK and European tour to support the album earlier this month<\/a>, and played the first of a pair of shows in Paris\u2019 L\u2019Olympia on Saturday (October 17).<\/p>\n

The show, however, was cut short during its fourth song \u2018Nettles\u2019, when Cain appeared to break down in tears before walking off the stage. The live crowd were informed that the show had been met with \u201ctechnical issues\u201d and \u201cunforeseen circumstances\u201d, and the concert did not resume.<\/p>\n

Watch footage from the show here:<\/p>\n

@samnotsam_<\/a> <\/p>\n

i hope she\u2019s okay\u2026 we all have shown our support and cheered ! WE LOVE YOU!!!!! #ethelcain<\/a> #paris<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u266c original sound \u2013 sam<\/a> <\/p>\n

@jojo_biaggio<\/a> <\/p>\n

#concert<\/a> #ethelcain<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u266c son original \u2013 Jonah\ud83c\udf19<\/a> <\/p>\n

@jojo_biaggio<\/a> <\/p>\n

#concert<\/a> #ethelcain<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u266c son original \u2013 Jonah\ud83c\udf19<\/a> <\/p>\n

Cain later took to her Instagram Stories, writing: \u201cHi Paris. My apologies for the show last night. I\u2019ve been having a bit of a time lately and sometimes it unpredictably bleeds over onto the stage. I\u2019m sorry I wasn\u2019t able to finish the set but I\u2019m looking forward to tonight\u2019s show and i can\u2019t wait to see all of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTo everyone who attended last night, I apologize again for the disappointment and the planning that I\u2019m sure went into you attending. It means a lot to me that you came and I\u2019m sorry I let you down. Please contact your point of sale for full refunds.\u201d<\/p>\n

The second show at Paris\u2019 L\u2019Olympia is still scheduled to go ahead tonight (October 19).<\/p>\n

NME attended her recent show in London\u2019s Hammersmith Apollo, and in a four-star review wrote<\/a>: \u201cAnhed\u00f6nia conjures the slightly campy, vaguely spooky atmosphere of a B-movie graveyard, and performs the majority of the show from within her mossy altar, which comes complete with theatrical backlighting and a crucifix mic stand. A show exceedingly light on stage patter, the few words she does exchange with the crowd are unshowy, and more or less invisible to most of the room.\u201d<\/p>\n

In July,\u00a0a slew of past controversial social media posts from the singer\u2019s past resurfaced<\/a>. She went on to admit to having sent the posts and apologised for some of the \u201cshameful\u201d content. She also said that the people resurfacing the content are not seeking justice, but looking to \u201cdestroy\u201d her.<\/p>\n

NME\u00a0awarded \u2018Willoughby Tucker, I\u2019ll Always Love You\u2019 five stars<\/a>, writing: \u201cOn the closing track \u2018Waco, Texas\u2019, Ethel accepts a life of nothingness, though she still anticipates the tiniest possibility that Willoughby could ever return to her. It\u2019s a seemingly hopeless conclusion, but the raison d\u2019\u00eatre of this album isn\u2019t nihilism \u2013 it\u2019s the pure, devotional love that Hayden Anhed\u00f6nia holds for her protagonist, even through her suffering. If this truly is\u00a0the end of her story, it\u2019s hard to imagine a more heartfelt way to lay Ethel Cain to rest.\u201d<\/p>\n