Featuring alternative-indie artist, Ethel Cain, track #7, Aging Young Women, is to be on Anna von Hausswolff’s seventh studio album, ICONOCLASTS
In an album all about iconoclasms, it makes sense that Ethel would be invited onto this album, as her distinct, almost polarising, usage of drone and ambi...
[Verse 1: Anna Von Hausswolff]
Let it go, let it be
Just take that flight, and make a decision to leave
All the soil in this maze
I wanna put it in a state of grace
[Chorus: Anna Von Hausswolff & Ethel Cain]
And we, getting older by the hour (Ooh)
And every year, we have more fear
Ooh, that the dream of the future
Oh, will slowly disappear
[Verse 2: Ethel Cain]
See me out, and set me free
You've been given time, but this bird cannot leave
All the love of the soil
It granted time and gave us full control
[Chorus: Ethel Cain]
But we, getting older by the hour
Ooh, and every year, we have more fear
Ooh, that the dream of a family
Ooh, will slowly disappear
[Bridge: Anna Von Hausswolff & Ethel Cain]
In the church, when we cried
Some fallen angels told us to keep our heads high
But one said, "You will burn on the stake
In the crumbled chest of a kindness, your heart will break"
[Chorus: Anna Von Hausswolff & Ethel Cain]
And we, getting older by the hour
Ooh, and every year, we have more fear
Ooh, that the dream of the future
Ooh, will slowly disappear
And we, getting older by the hour
Ooh, and every year, we have more fear
Ooh, that the dream of a family
Ooh, will slowly
Aging Young Women was written by Anna von Hausswolff.
Aging Young Women was produced by Anna von Hausswolff & Filip Leyman.
Anna von Hausswolff released Aging Young Women on Wed Oct 29 2025.
No, “Aging Young Women” marks the first collaboration between the two.
Anna von Hausswolff:
I wrote it in a state of confusion and frustration of not being sure about wanting to build a family of my own. Can I settle with the idea of not having kids? The general theme became bigger with time and now it’s more about unfulfilled dreams, feeling stuck, and the unstoppabl...