I’m sobbing. Two year ago I met my soulmate - she is the most incredible woman I have ever met and it is truly the softest, kindest, most beautiful love I could ever ask for. This one is going on our wedding playlist for sure.

I just adore when Ashnikko strips down and embraces her vulnerability ❤️‍🩹 This song is so healing and powerful

TWO QUEENS JOINING TOGETHER TO MAXIMIZE THEIR MOTHEROSITY

I literally screamed when I saw the title with Ethel Cain. You two are legit in my top 10 favorite artists of all time. Haven't finished listening but I know it's gonna be fucking amazing. Love you two!

It's amazing how Ash's powerful, raw voice goes so perfectly well with Ethel's soft lament, they're like fire and air and twining them together creates something unreal

Dying Star Lyrics [Verse 1: Ashnikko, Both] The ground reaches out to catch me Softly in her baseball mitt I'm tired of the dirt and grit I want something soft I'm a fish in a bucket, thrashing He tried to take me out, hooks in my mouth Listen to me when I say “ouch" I want something soft [Pre-Chorus: Ethel Cain] So I give into the fall, fall, fall (It's cold out here) I need something soft, down feathers over rocks I died and I land with both of my hands In the mud, the mud It felt like a God, how she held me I slept on her shoulder, I gave her my all (Is there anyone?) I bathed in her waterfalls And continued to fall, fall (I'm entering the exosphere) [Chorus: Ashnikko, Both] Burnin' like a dyin’ star Invasive weeds rooted in my heart Set in a crooked trajectory The journey here was hard I was almost pulled apart Tryin’ to leave this orbit took what's left of me [Verse 2: Ashnikko] The forest reaches out to guide me Blue fire paths of will-o’-wisps Illuminate the darkness's old tricks I'm nobody's captive (Mm) I asked him not to kill me politely He drained my magic core, bottled up at the source I washed up on a sea glass shores I'm nobody's captive (Mm) [Pre-Chorus: Ethel Cain] It felt like a God, how she held me I slept on her shoulder, I gave her my all I bathed in her waterfalls And continued to fall, fall [Chorus: Both] Burnin' like a dyin’ star Invasive weeds rooted in my heart Set in a crooked trajectory The journey here was hard I was almost pulled apart Tryin’ to leave this orbit took what's left of me Burnin' like a dyin’ star Invasive weeds rooted in my heart Set in a crooked trajectory The journey here was hard I was almost pulled apart Tryin’ to leave this orbit took what's left of me [Outro: Ashnikko] The ground reaches out to catch me Softly in her baseball mitt I'm tired of the dirt and grit I want something soft

After mainly being in toxic relationships with men, some being with multiple forms of abuse, I can happily say that I found the woman of my dreams. I resonate with this song on such a deep level. I got torn to shreds by the men I let into my life and the woman I love is helping me learn that I don't need to fear being myself. She loves me for who I am, not what I can give her or do for her. I sent her this so that she knows how I feel and that this journey for me has been one of the hardest but most fulfilling of my life. I will definitely have this playing at our wedding 😭💖 Thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this. It touched my soul.

As a survivor of domestic abuse learning to love myself and take refuge in the woods instead of a toxic man, this song has wonderful meaning to me. I am nobody’s captive anymore 🥰

Ashnikko and Ethel Cain is a match made in Heaven. Ash’s artistry is so incredible and them having Ethel come in on such a raw track thoroughly destroyed me in the best way imaginable 💙✝️

This song is so magic ✨ Like panic attacks in paradise ♥️

SHES ACTUALLY SO GOOD AT SLOW STUFF THIS IS AMAZING

AN ASHNIKKO AND ETHEL CAIN COLLABORATION!? this is unprecedented! i love both artists, and this came up in my recommended videos, i love it!

i cannot describe how amazing this album is. i won’t. i literally can’t. that’s all i have to say. 100.50/10. i’m sad. i’m happy. and i kinda want a movie for this album. or a mv for each song. i’m getting this on cd this weekend. i’ll listen to this all night. i can’t wait to listen to it on my bus to school tomorrow. it’s on repeat. i’m tired. i’m going to sleep. i’m beautiful. IM MAAAAAD! YOU FCK MY LIFE UP THEN YOU SAY “mY bAd 🤓” that’s all i have to say.

ASHNIKKO NEVER DISAPPOINT

Honestly The line ''i slept on her shoulder'' hits me unimaginably hard I swear i'll protect you

Ethels voice is so soft and so beautiful

If this album doesn’t get at least A GRAMMY NOD WE RIOT

What a way to end an absolute banger of an album. This song is utterly incandecent and cathartic. It's one of those perfect songs that sinks deeply into my truth.

Such a beautiful aesthetic and it just fits the era of softness that sometimes we need. The journey here was hard. I was almost pulled apart.... burning like a dying star indeed.

I really dig this side of Ashnikko. She is a brilliant artist. These lyrics are on point. 🖤

This is such a healing song, in both the subject matter and the rep. You're music is so healing to my inner child who was missing soft songs about queer love; I just know that if I had had this song when I was younger, I would have been able to have a voice to the feelings I had towards my "best friend" at the time - she was one of the only people who was loving towards me as a kid and we used to escape our shitty home lives by going off alone together away from the world. She was so sweet & beautiful (and also feisty ;P) I thought she was an angel

Okay....This song made me cry at "I'm nobody's captive." I just started to cry. I have no idea why that part did that. It was just so powerful and beautiful.

as much as I love Ash's more metal, hard-hitting music I also love these soft songs. I look forward to hearing more like this in the future

ashnikko is so versatile. she's one of my favorite lyricists right now it's incredible, im so rooting for her

God, this album is a masterpiece, I’m so glad of you Ash, you made ART, the songs, the visualizers, mv, etc are so amazing

I think this was one of the songs I was most looking forward to hearing and as expected, it's a tremendous work of art 💙

Ash and the queen of the morute aesthetic? OMG

This made me cry. It’s so hard to find your way out of abuse and into love 💕 it’s such a winding path, it feels like an orbit you can never fully escape. Those dark chords in the background are perfect from Ethel. Love you both, powerful ❤

I didn't listen to this song before I went to see Ashnikko in Philly. So the first time I ever heard this song was live. And I cried. And I cried. And I cried. This song was such an amazing experience to hear live. Hearing Ashnikko give us raw vocals, vulnerability, softness, if you will, was refreshing for me because all I knew was her harder stuff. I never knew Ashnikko had such an angelic singing voice. I hope as the tour goes on, more people hear this song and have that same out of body experience I did when hearing it live. I hope it brings people as much joy as it brought me. I love you Ashnikko ❤️

Going through a heartbreak today, an hour later, this releases. Thank you both for making such an amazing song, it made me feel better about everything ❤️

This my favorite song on the album! It's so beautiful and raw. Ashnikko and Ethel Cain are an incredible musical pairing. I really hope to hear more songs featuring them together. I would have never imagined how perfectly they complement each other.

Ugly crying, but feeling immense joy and gratitude. I'm still here. I made it out ALIVE. They didn't BREAK ME. 💛🌌🔥

This album is giving those dark feminine magic vibes..and I LOVE IT!! I can feel its energy

This song is helping me a lot rn. My situationship just ended today with this guy I really cared about but he kept treating me badly and wasn’t over his ex gf. Ik it would last and Ik he wasn’t treating me right but I cared about him more than me…tbh I still do but it had to end. Hopefully he’ll realize and maybe we can talk again one day :(

Ashnikko's accent is a legend in its own right. It makes her vocals sound so amazing.

EVERYTHING ABOUT ASHNIKKO IS PERFECT, WE LOVE YOU ASH💗💗

it's so hard to pick a favorite Ashnikko song but this one is DEFINATELY up there

This is a beautiful collaboration. Ashnikko sounds amazing when she slows her craft down a bit like this. 💙🎶

It's relatable how I needed something soft like this song. Thank you, Ashnikko. You're a burning star, forever. ❤🌹

**goosebumps and tears** Incredible how she perfectly emotes my similar struggles and feelings so extremely eloquently. ❤️‍🩹✨I found softness and strength in my precious pitbull girl. Stood by me through the depths of hell and back. She will be 13 next year🥹🙏🏻💕

Ashnikko and Ethel is like the best thing that could happen omg im so happy i cantt😭😭❤❤

Their imagery and story telling is INSANE 😢🖤

Ashinikko nunca desaponta, que música perfeita, AMEII 🥹💙🫐

Two beautiful artists coming together to make art that reaches into the depths of my soul and cradles my inner child the way my parents/exes should have

FAV ALBUM OF THE YEAR ALREADY LIKE?? HELL YES

This is just hauntingly beautiful 💜

this is by far the most beautiful haunting healing song that i have ever heard i am a 50 year old man and i have heard a lot of songs in my time but this song is so amazing you should be so proud of what you have created here

LITERALLY NO ASHNIKKO ALBUM IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A SAD SONG (panic attacks in paradise, good while it lasted, dying star, etc(?)) OMG THIS SONG SLAYED

THIS IS MY FAV FROM THIS ALBUM FOR SURE

This one gave me watery eyes and chills. I'll be going crazy tomorrow when the rest of the album comes out. Can't wait to hear the rest!!

i’m crying my soul NEEDED THIS ASH😭😭🤍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙I LOVE YALL SO MUCH MY HEART !!!

i’ve never related to a song so much, ash is beyond talented, thank you for blessing us with your beloved music ❤

Ashnikko has a FANTASTIC range both sonically and lyrically. Her voice and Ethel Cain’s compliment each other perfectly. What a fantastic closing track to one of the best albums of the year

I love those calmer Ash's . Her voice is so beautiful and sweet. I'm learning english and her songs are pretty easy to understand. Love u, Ash 💙 This is such a perfect album.

ASHNIKKOOOO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS SONG. It speaks to my soul. ❤

Literally the combo I never knew I needed 😭

words cannot capture how insane i became when I saw this in my notifications; I'm a huge fan of both of you and the art you create is always so raw and true and fearless and original. the interspersing of beautiful prose and strong sharp, bloody lines matches the contrasts in your voices and the tempo you've chosen is so perfect and all the background vocals and electric guitar is so wonderfully integrated, it's a privilege to even listen to such perfection it feels. I'm very grateful you shared your art with the rest of us!

This whole album has been on repeat daily since it dropped! Thank you for your music! It touches people in a way that makes them get through our traumas! You’re a rare talent! Everything you do is pure perfection! Ethel Cane is absolutely beautiful on this as well! It’s getting me through a rough time and I just listen to your music and escape. Thank you.☮️❤️

You wrote the words currently inscribed across my soul... That is MAGIC. Thank you for this Ash. The tears I cry listening to this song are mixed with salt, bravery, defiance, truth, desire... And hope. Thank you. Xxx

Ashnikko you are ethereal 🌺💙

this one gave me chills oh my lord.

This is the type of song to be in a movie 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

I cry every time I listen to this masterpiece of emotion.

This woman is the most versatile artist the world has seen in a long time. She’s not just a singer or performer she is a true artist. Her art is an experience felt throughout your entire body and mind. Every song centers around a different emotion and fully encompasses the emotion she is trying to convey. I went to see her in Philly last night but had a massive panic attack before she even came on- I was devastated to have to leave but fortunately got to hear most of the set while waiting in the rain for an Uber. So happy she has found her person she deserves something soft ❤

Please give us a music video for this collab

This is the best song on the album. Truly I hope she plays it live

MASTERPIECE

This is the best song on the album, hands downnnn!! Probably on of the most beautoful songs I've heard, all year!😮😮😮 Good job, people!! So cool.

Ashnikko and Ethel congrats for this beautiful song 💖💖 love it

I’m literally crying Ash like what??

Her talent shines like blue diamonds and when she sings, raps, or screams, whoever listens glows brighter with her.

I have been listening to this song on repeat for 3 days now. I knew it was beautiful, added it to my favorites list the very first time I heard it but I don’t think I truly heard it until 3 days ago. I was driving home and Dying Star came, I turned it up and was singing along like usual and next thing I knew I was sobbing. For almost a year I’ve been aggressively planning to escape an abusive relationship and within the next month or two all of my efforts and planning should get me to my goal. The entire song is perfection, but that chorus. Oh, that chorus will live in my soul for the rest of my life. I’m no artist so I simply have no words that will do the beauty of this song any justice.

This is my favorite song ♥️🎧🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊

My dear Ash!! This song hits so close to home. I feel so thankful to have finally broken free from his decade-long orbit of chaos which drained me almost to my last drop. Slowly I’ve been rebuilding and finding my way. I almost was pulled apart but I’ve made it to the other side in one piece. I now have the opportunity to find the softness I’ve always wanted with my future love, just waiting patiently for her until then. Thank you for this and for the whole album, your music has played a huge part in my healing and empowering me to take my life back into my own hands. Will see you in Chicago this Saturday 💙

This song is so beautiful it brings tears to my eyes, these two are so talented and their voices so heavenly 🥺🥺

CRYINGGGG BEST SONG ON THE ALBUM, I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE THE SAD SONG I KNEW ITTT

Mother Cain and Ash 👑

This song just grips me so deeply in my soul. So moving. So good. So, so good. Fantastic album, Ash!! It’s perfection. 🖤🔥

“Invasive weeds rooted in my heart” so beautiful

This song hit my soul

I haven't heard her sound like this since she featured on Confidence by Oscar Scheller like 4 YEARS ago and it was one of my favorites for sooo long due to her vocals being so mesmerizing. Now it has been replaced by this beauty, I'm FUCKIN CRYIN IN THE CLUB RN ✨️😍

And people say ashnikko only uses autotune and can only scream in her songs..

ASHNIKKO U DONE IT AGAIN

Saw this live and now I will never be the same. Thank you for blessing the world with your art Ash❤

Ashnikko is a huge inspiration to me and I WILL produce a song for her one day.

this hit me harder than I expected it to now I’m crying

THIS IS ANOTHER SONG FOR CRYING...THANK YOU, DEAR ASH. I NEED THIS SONG AS BREATHING.

you ever listen to a song and feel it in your heart, cause thats me with this song🫀 i love you ashnikko

This song is heavenly. Ash is so diverse and is able to move so many different audiences with her art 💙 just incredible. I LOVEEE YOU

Lyrics: The ground reaches out to catch me Softly in her baseball mitt I'm tired of the dirt and grit I want something soft I'm a fish in a bucket, thrashing He tried to take me out, hooks in my mouth Listen to me when I say "ouch" I want something soft So I give in to the fall, fall, fall (It's cold out here) I need somethin' soft, down feathers over rocks I died and I land with both of my hands In the mud, the mud It felt like a God, how she held me I slept on her shoulder, I gave her my all (Is there anyone?) I bathed in her waterfalls And continued to fall, fall (I'm entering the exosphere) Burnin' like a dyin' star Invasive weeds rooted in my heart Set in a crooked trajectory The journey here was hard I was almost pulled apart Tryin' to leave this orbit took what's left of me The forest reaches out to guide me Blue fire paths of will-o'-wisps Illuminate the darkness's old tricks I'm nobody's captive (Mm) I asked him not to kill me politely He drained my magic core, bottled up at the source I washed up on a sea glass shores I'm nobody's captive (Mm) It felt like a God, how she held me I slept on her shoulder, I gave her my all I bathed in her waterfalls And continued to fall, fall Burnin' like a dyin' star Invasive weeds rooted in my heart Set in a crooked trajectory The journey here was hard I was almost pulled apart Tryin' to leave this orbit took what's left of me Burnin' like a dyin' star Invasive weeds rooted in my heart Set in a crooked trajectory The journey here was hard I was almost pulled apart Tryin' to leave this orbit took what's left of me The ground reaches out to catch me Softly in her baseball mitt I'm tired of the dirt and grit I want something soft

this song brought me to tears. The storytelling and passion in the vocals is amazing

I AM SO GAGGED THIS IS AMAZING TWO ICONS

AMEI DEMAIS 😭

Always know how to get me in the core Ash 🥰

God damn ash and Ethel. BEAUTIFUL.

such an amazing collaboration

ETHEL CAIN!!!!!!!!

Gente perfeição demais 😭

I’m crying… this is BEAUTIFUL

"The journey here was ours. I was almost pulled apart," was actually a true event