WEEDKILLER is the debut studio album by singer-songwriter Ashnikko, released on August 25th, 2023, through Parlophone and Warner Records. The album follows the singer's 2021 debut mixtape DEMIDEVIL. Ashnikko then headlined their first tour to support the mixtape. "Panic Attacks in Paradise" and "Maggots" were released on September 29, 2021, as a double single. It was supposed to be the lead single from her debut album, but that project was eventually scrapped. The singer took a break from releasing music from that time to February 8, 2023, when she released "You Make Me Sick!" as the lead single. Casey announced the release date, album cover, tracklist, and world tour on March 1, 2023. "Worms", "WEEDKILLER", "Possession of a Weapon" and "Cheerleader" were later simultaneously released as singles, and the new release date was announced by Casey, changing from June 2nd to August 25th, due to her UK label going under. They told Apple Music's Travis Mills: I had just seen Dune and went into the studio with my executive producer like, ‘We have to Hans Zimmer this bitch,’” they tell Apple Music. “Me and my best friend, we scrapbooked for a month, making mood boards of all of our favourite things: Japanese anime like Angel’s Egg and Princess Mononoke, the video game Elden Ring, Neil Gaiman books, Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy, old Björk music videos…Regardless of what I was saying lyrically, I’ve created this sonic space that keeps you in the headspace of this post-apocal