We find that the solvent response is strongly damped, suppressing possible coherent oscillations in the solvent shells, even though coherent intramolecular vibrations occur in [Fe(CN) 4 (bipy)] 2-. We also identified state-specific solvent distributions, which strongly differ between MLCT and MC states. While the MLCT response resembles the overall picture given in Fig. and Fig. , the MC response only affects water molecules around the cyanide ligands, but not at the bipyridyl ligand. The characteristic solvent responses and the governing population in different electronic states are mutually influencing each other-the longer an electronic state stays populated, the more does the solvent reorganize in response to the state, which in turn stabilizes that state relative to other electronic states. In this case, the 3 MLCT state's negative charge at the bipyridyl ligand ise quickly stabilized by attracting nearby water molecules from the axial cyanide present in the ground-state solvation shell. This highlights the critical influence of the solvent on the energetics and the nonadiabatic dynamics of [Fe(CN) 4 (bipy)] 2-in water. Applying the presented methodology to other solvents as well as other transition metal complexes will provide valuable insights into the subtle interplay between electronic states and solvent, deepening our understanding of solvation dynamics in photoactive transition metal systems.