After cancelling her show due to illness back in February, Ashnikko returned to Paris with her “Smoochies Tour” on June 9 for an unforgettable night at l‘Olympia. Fans gathered up early to secure front row, and it was a beautiful line to observe, as many dressed as “smoochies girls,” with lots of trinkets, crazy hairstyles, and lots of color, and hoping to be chosen as the Smoochie Girl of the night.

First, we got to discover Olga Myko as the opening act, a rising singer-songwriter from Sweden who was the perfect fit for the evening. She performed numerous songs from her discography, including older gems like “WHEN A GIRL CRIES” as well as newer tracks like “Gecko” from her EP “How dare you tryna love me?,” which came out a week ago. A few fans in the front row knew many of her songs, and you could see how emotional that made her. She confessed that she had never performed in front of such a large crowd before, said she felt blessed to be there, and thanked Ashnikko for having her on the tour.

She performed one of her most popular songs, the track that helped her gain attention on social media, “use me!!!!!!!,” and chills immediately spread through the room. With almost no instrumentation except for a light synth in the background, the song feels angelic on headphones but even more so live. At the beginning, she joked, “Maybe one or two people know this one,” but she was being generous, as many people sang along.

At the end of her set, her team distributed merchandise and stickers to fans in the front row, while the technicians handed out the setlist. It was a thoughtful gesture that clearly made fans happy.

After a short break, smoke filled the stage, the lights dimmed, and Ashnikko’s concert intro started buzzing through the speakers. With her recognizable laugh, she started listing the contents of her purse: lip gloss, tampons, powder… before suddenly exclaiming, “What the fuck is that? Is that a tiny door at the bottom of my purse?” Ashnikko then emerged from a tiny door on stage, dressed in a fully pink outfit, launching straight into “Stinky Fingers”.

The set design was beautiful, featuring pink tiles across the stage and a huge cardboard backdrop painted and sculpted to resemble old Haussmannian architecture. At its center was a swirling pink and purple vortex surrounding the tiny door. On the right side, “Full Frontal Lobotomy Here” was written, while the left side read “Boyfriend 2 for 1.”

After the first song, she immediately addressed the crowd, sharing how excited she was to finally be there after having to cancel her previous show. She explained that she had been extremely sick in her hotel room in Cologne and had no choice but to postpone if she wanted to deliver the best show possible. Looking out into the crowd, she was visibly stunned by everyone’s outfits.

She also spoke about how much fun she had making this album, sharing: “I forgot how fun making music can be, and this album really reminded me that, at the end of the day, I make music for me and my girls.”

She also warned the audience that she had a broken foot and that her doctor had told her to take it easy, so the crowd would have to jump extra hard on her behalf. However, she did anything but take it easy. If there’s one thing I’ll remember from this show, it’s that Ashnikko is not simply an artist, but a complete performer.

With unique choreography for nearly every song, accompanied by two dancers and using a wireless headset microphone, she barely stopped moving throughout the entire set. The only real pause came during “It Girl?,” when she sat down on a chair, though she was far from inactive. She explained that she wrote the song for her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmothers because she felt they had been taught that their purpose in life was to please the men around them, and that there was some kind of expiration date on their joy, beauty, and sexuality.

“Somebody lied to [my mom], and it turns out she lied to me. So I wrote this song to correct that lie.”

During the performance, one of her dancers joined her on stage and danced around her while Ashnikko reacted to the choreography. During the chorus, “I wanna kill the it girl in me,” she placed her foot on the dancer. Later, during the bridge, she pretended to choke her before symbolically stabbing her at the end of the song, only to embrace her in a hug moments later. It was a powerful and deeply moving performance.

The rest of the night was pure fun, filled with countless theatrical moments. At one point, Ashnikko played a security guard outside a nightclub. During “Full Frontal,” a performer dressed as a nurse joined the dancers while carrying a giant cardboard syringe, a playful reference to the song’s themes of cosmetic procedures. Later, the Smoochie Girl of the night was crowned and invited on stage, creating one of the evening’s most memorable moments.

She ended the night with her two most-streamed songs, “Slumber Party” and “Daisy,” and everyone in the room, whether in the pit or up in the nosebleeds, got to their feet and jumped with the last of their energy.

Ashnikko’s show was easily one of the best I’ve seen this year. It was more than a concert, it was a fully developed show that blended comedy, choreography, music, and performance art into one seamless experience.

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