Worms

"**Worms**" is a song by Ashnikko. It's the second single and third track released on March 1st, 2023, from their debut studio album, *WEEDKILLER*.

## Background

On March 2, 2023, the single was first announced on Ashnikko’s Twitter with the release date and artwork:

> “Worms,” the next single from my album WEEDKILLER is out today at 10:05am pt/1:05pm et/ 6:05 gmt !!!! 🌀🗡️🪱
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Later that day, Ashnikko joined Radio 1’s Future Sounds with Clara Amfo for an interview, on March 2, 2023, where she explained how the concept came about:

> I like to switch it up, I don’t like to be too predictable, and make little songs about the apocalypse. I’m definitely like a doomsday prepper mentally, physically, I don’t have the time. I’m touring so much that I don’t have time to stock up and create a bunker, but if I was home more, I would. Give me good give me 10 years and I really, I swear to God I will.
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## Theme

Ashnikko depicts the world coming to an end as humans are destroying it. Despite dwelling on the possibilities, she decides to embrace reality on her own and see joy in it while it lasts – such as bleaching her eyebrows and changing her name.

She also odes for her own sabotage. She accepts the depressing state of the world and decides to make the best of it.

## Lyrics

[Chorus]

The world is burning, I got worms in my brains

Gonna bleach my eyebrows, change my name

The world is burning and I laugh at the blaze

Gonna bleach my eyebrows, change my name

[Post-Chorus]

Play my life like a video game

I don't mind, I'm driving through flames

And I'm riding through the desert with the sword on my back

I'm in a what the fuck, Monster Truck, wanna go fast

[Verse]

Orange juice and toothpaste

I roll around in blue paint

Thinking of new ways that I can self-sabotage

Oh, well, it's too late

My host body mutates

My head spins, my neck breaks

I love a self sabotage

[Pre-Chorus]

Brand-new day, got a brand-nеw grin (Oh-oh)

Got a colony of ants underneath my skin (Oh-oh)

My bones dеcay, now I'm gelatin (Oh-oh)

I swear I'm better, swear I'm better, miss parasite possessor

[Chorus]

The world is burning, I got worms in my brains

Gonna bleach my eyebrows, change my name

The world is burning and I laugh at the blaze

Gonna bleach my eyebrows, change my name

[Post-Chorus]

Play my life like a video game

I don't mind, I'm driving through flames

And I'm riding through the desert with the sword on my back

I'm in a what the fuck, Monster Truck, wanna go fast

[Bridge]

Nothing matters, and I'll be fine

I keep my besties in big wheelies on my mind

I watch it splatter, into the sky

She's made of red-raspberry jelly and all American pie

[Pre-Chorus]

Brand new day, got a brand new grin (Oh-oh)

Got a colony of ants underneath my skin (Oh-oh)

My bones decay, now I'm gelatin (Oh-oh)

I swear I'm better, swear I'm better, miss parasite possessor

[Chorus]

The world is burning, I got worms in my brains

Gonna bleach my eyebrows, change my name

The world is burning and I laugh at the blaze

Gonna bleach my eyebrows, change my name

[Post-Chorus]

Play my life, like a video game, I don't mind

I'm driving through flames

And I'm riding through the desert with the sword on my back

I'm in a what the fuck, Monster Truck, wanna go fast

## Music video

The music video was directed by Raman Djafari, an illustrator, animator, and director repped by Blinkink. The video features an absurdist dystopian world full of wild and adorably grotesque creatures of all shapes and sizes, including floating spooky monsters and robots fighting to the death. The video is a mix of faux claymation, set design, and live-action, which carries the dramatic tension of the dystopian setting. Every single character in the video has a name and a reason to be there, and Raman created each of them with love and an incredible attention to detail. The song is a cut from Ashnikko's debut album "WEEDKILLER," which was released on August 25th, 2023.

## Videos

* Audio & music video
* Behind the scenes

Ashnikko - Worms (Official Music Video)

🕷⟡ 𓆇🕸️📱Worms (Behind The Scenes)
## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/ashnikko/status/1631265290070773760