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Ethel Cain - Nettles

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Setting the Scene and Writing 'Nettles'

Hayden outlines Willoughby Tucker's 1986–1990 setting, the fictional Shady Grove, and recounts writing 'Nettles' the day she moved home—posting the raw demo that captured the song's initial emotional core.

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