# Ellen McLain | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ellen-mclain
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/ellen-mclain/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-19 09:10 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/ellen-mclain
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/ellen-mclain/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/ellen-mclain/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Ellen McLain
- Visible lyric pages: 1

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `ellen-mclain`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-19 09:10 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-564cdc60b251bc75
- Visible lyric pages: 1
- Pages with stored lyric text: 1
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 1627
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 2
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Still Alive (Portal)
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Ellen McLain is best known for voicing GLaDOS in the video game Portal and singing 'Still Alive' at the end credits. The song, written by Jonathan Coulton, became an unexpected hit with its dry, darkly humorous lyrics about surviving a series of deadly tests. Her performance gave a memorable voice to one of gaming's most distinctive characters. Before Portal, McLain studied drama at the University of Washington and worked in...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Still Alive (Portal) — https://lyroverse.com/ellen-mclain/still-alive-portal