Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. Feb 3, 2021
    70
    While several tracks are less than essential, the mixtape's best songs are powerful enough to make Demidevil the strongest showing of Ashnikko's formidable skills and uncompromising energy to date.
  2. Jan 25, 2021
    55
    It feels like the audio version of Madonna releasing a coffee table art book of her sexual exploits, and I’m not in any way judging you if you get off on that, but it’s just not my thing.
  3. Jan 25, 2021
    80
    Her anger is buoyed up by a sample from Kelis’s Caught Out There, a throwback trick she tries again less successfully on the bratty, Avril-referencing L8r Boi. It feels like a cheap gimmick on an album that manages to avoid novelty even when its tongue is placed firmly in its cheek.
  4. Jan 21, 2021
    69
    Ashnikko’s latest mixtape, Demidevil, is a showcase for her newly refined confidence, a step towards the pop powerhouse she’s capable of becoming.
  5. Jan 19, 2021
    60
    In its best moments, she shows a real appreciation for the art of crafting a straight-up stupid song, an understanding of why "Milkshake" and "Hollaback Girl" endure over their moodier peers. However, in relentless pursuit of that dumb-genius sweet spot, Demidevil's worst moments wind up being just regular old stupid.
  6. 80
    Ashnikko revel[s] in her playfully acerbic humour, but also explores friendships and the emotional vulnerability behind her facade.
  7. Jan 15, 2021
    80
    Ashnikko uses cogent and wisecracking lyrics thrown in to a vat of saccharine pop, punk, rap and trap as her weapon of choice. She promotes her sex positive ideals with genuine laugh out loud humour as she explores the movement throughout the mixtape.
  8. Jan 15, 2021
    80
    Ten tracks of orgasm-loving, empowering anthems, that pack a punch musically as well as lyrically, what’s not to love?
  9. 80
    A debut album proper in all but name, in fact, ‘Demidevil’ shows that Ashnikko’s far more than a two-trend wonder – with a tank full of intriguing bangers that evade living under ‘Daisy’s formidable shadow.
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 42 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 42
  2. Negative: 4 out of 42
  1. Mar 5, 2021
    8
    Love the new face of pop! She should make big waves in the future. Hope she works with Miley Cyrus or Rina Sawayama, too.
  2. Jan 15, 2021
    10
    AMAZING! Such a huge artistic development. Experimental but it hits. Really proud of this body of work.
  3. Aug 1, 2023
    9
    I really loved this pop, rap record. There are some real good tracks on here. The only one I was not huge on was **** the musical lol.