Mothica

McKenzie Ashton Ellis (born: ) professionally known as Mothica is an American singer-songwriter. Her channel is based on her music career and is where her latest music videos are posted. She has also formerly posted about her personal life.
== Early Life ==
She grew up in Oklahoma City. She had experienced depression and engaged in self-harm, turning to online communities after finding that expressing her struggles in her hometown was taboo.https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/mothica-on-tiktok-music-forever-fifteen-interview
On January 29, 2011, Ellis attempted suicide. She has also been a victim of assault and domestic abuse.
While she wrote music as a child, Ellis didn't want to be a musician by profession. She began producing music for public release when she was 18 years old. She attended Harding Fine Arts Academy before receiving a scholarship from Pratt Institute for visual web programming, leading her to move to Brooklyn in 2013.https://inkedmag.com/original-news/mothica
Ellis adopted the name "Mothica" for her music and visual art at age 15 in reference to the tendency of moths to be attracted to light.https://web.archive.org/web/20220120093604/http://oklahoman.com/article/5670268/interview-and-video-oklahoma-singer-songwriter-mothica-follows-tiktok-breakthrough-with-debut-lp-blue-hour
== Personal Life ==
Mothica has several tattoos. Her first was a geometric cube tattooed on the back of her neck, motivated at the time by enjoyment of architecture and minimalism. She has a sleeve tattoo on her right arm that includes a flying hawk impaled by an arrow as well as the skull of a ram and a fern leaf. She has a tattoo on her back inspired by the painting Lucretia, and tattoos of her song titles "chaos", "heavy hart", "NOW", and "VICES". She also has a tattoo of three moths around a lamppost.
Mothica moved to LA in 2019 for her career in music, but moved back into her parents' home in Oklahoma City temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Her mother Debbie Ellis, also known as "Momica," has assisted her with the production of music videos.
She is also bisexual.https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/vp5pey/i_am_dark_pop_musician_mothica_and_i_just/
== Discography ==
Ellis has released two albums (one upcoming.) and four extended plays.
=== Albums ===
* Blue Hour (2020)
* Nocturnal (2022)
* Kissing Death (2024)
=== Extended Plays ===
* Mythic (2015)
* Heavy Heart (2017)
* Ashes (2018)
* Forever Fifteen (2021)
== Trivia ==
* Her favourite track from her sophomore album Nocturnal is "BLOOD".https://open.spotify.com/episode/5CTcdoxOFXGtJ3MUsx73Ea
* Her favourite track sonically and lyrically is "NOCTURNAL"
* The nickname 'Momica' was coined by her mother.
== References ==
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