Here we have a little podcast Interview with American Rapper, Singer and Songwriter Ashnikko on The Zach Sang Show. The Bright Blue haired girl speaks about her personal life in comparison to her stage persona. She also discusses Daisy, her single Stupid and her Mix Tape ‘Demidevil’.
Ashnikko on The Zach Sang Show.
Ashnikko Interview
Ashnikko Talks to Zach Sang on The Zach Sang Show on The 21st of November 2020. She covers her singles Daisy, Stupid and her mixtape ‘Demidevil’.
She also speaks of her home life. But she also reflects on her stage persona in comparison to her personal life.
Ashnikko was born in North Carolina but moved to Latvia as a kid and later London. So she has travelled a lot of different cultures which she covers here.
She speaks on how she got her stage name ‘Ashnikko’. She says that she just always wanted a nickname when s HG e was about 14 years old. Her real name being Ashley Nicole, her family would call her Ashnikko. This became her username online which became her stage name.
She explains how she was mad with the world at age Fifteen. Still living in Latvia she BBC efan rapping. As an angry teen, she felt she was being ignored. So her music was her channel of getting her vies out there. She says a lot of the songs she writes are like a pet talk to herself.
Most of the women she looked up to wee rappers. The confidence of rappers like Missy Elliot and the feminine confidence they emanated really inspired her. She wanted to do the same. Today she says she is very confident in the music she puts out. But she still feels VC wet conscious about the stuff she’s putting out. She says “I ruin my own life with Perfection”
Music Videos
Ashnikko discusses her videos with the costumes and aesthetics she uses in them. She says “I just love the sight of Blood and Goo in my videos but I don’t like Blood in real life”. She agrees that a Human centipede would make an awesome music video. However, she tells us that she’s actually not a fan of horror at all as it makes her anxiety worse.
When it comes to making Music Videos, she says she absolutely hates the process of making them. But admits that she’s her own worst enemy when it comes to over stressing. But she still loves the finished product.
Ashnikko also discusses the difference in pressure the more famous she got.
She also admits that she can be a hard person to work with as she’ll just tell people straight. If she thinks it’s garbage, she’ll say it’s garbage . She says “If you’re gonna write with me, you have to be prepared to be shit down”
Daisy
Her favourite Novels are The Sandman novels of Neil Gaiman. She imagined her alter ego Daisy being the Champion of Gotham in the fringes of the universe. The latex clad Vigilante in Platforms. She is the Champion of Feminism and the rebellion against the Patriarchy and the evil lol we leaders like Trump. She says “I love to see myself as a Vigilante in the night bearing down the Patriarchy”
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