Ashnikko shares details on her debut album: “It sounds like very angry fairy music”

nme.com:

Ashnikko knows how to make an entrance. At the 2020 Brit Awards, we saw her walk the red carpet with her metres of blue hair carried by two men behind her (“Tonight I’m playing Ashnikko Femdom,” she told NME at the time.)And her entrance at Reading Festival is no different.

The genre-splicing artist arrives for her NME interview with a huge “psychedelic pussy bear” – as she puts it – in tow. The huge pink animal is adorned with vaginal markings, and Ashnikko explains that she came up for the idea for her new pal – who also appears on stage in her brilliantly chaotic show at Reading Festival’s Lock Up Stage – when she was in the shower.“I got out of the shower, I drew it, and here we are,” she laughs. “I’m living the dream.