Ashnikko Has a ‘Slumber Party’ With Princess Nokia & Crowns a ‘Smoochie Girl’ at LA’s Shrine Auditorium: See the Full Setlist
When Ashnikko opened her performance at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on Friday (March 20) with “Working B—h,” she let the crowd know exactly what she would be doing for her entire nearly two-hour-long performance: working. Los Angeles was the second stop on the 30-year-old alt-pop singer and rapper’s Smoochies world tour, supporting her second studio album, 2025’s Smoochies .
Friday’s show at the Shrine was also Ashnikko’s first full performance in Los Angeles since she opened for Billie Eilish in 2024 on the Hit Me Hard and Soft tour. It was clear even before that the crowd had been long awaiting Ashnikko’s return to L.A., as a large contingent of attendees adopted Ashnikko’s “trinket girl” aesthetic for the occasion.
Fans decked out in “ itty bitty ” skirts, thigh-high boots, blue wigs and, of course, plenty of trinkets filled the Shrine Auditorium. Some particularly dedicated fans even went so far as to paint their faces white and cover their bodies in lip prints. For audience member drag queen Kacey Starz , committing to the Ashnikko bit really paid...
Original reporting by Billboard