The Linda Lindas Are the Feel Good Story of the Summer So Far
The girl garage band blew up the internet with their timely song "Racist Sexist Boy"
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Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably heard about The Linda Lindas and how their recent performance at the Los Angeles Public Library.
As part of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebrations, the county library booked the teen sensations to perform a set.
No one could predict how the show would change the band’s lives overnight.
The Linda Lindas is an all-girl band from Los Angeles that prepares for their middle school finals instead of playing the club circuit. Consisting of sisters Mila and Lucia and their cousin Eloise and friend, Bella, the girls range in age from 10 to 14 years old.
While the entire nine-song punk set is fun, their new song, “Racist Sexist Boy,” touched a large audience with its current subject matter. Introduced by their drummer Mila, it’s a song about the Asian hate and sexism plaguing this country.
“A little while before we went into lockdown, a boy in my class came up to me and said that his dad told him to stay away from Chinese people. After I told him that I was Chinese, he backed away from me. Eloise and I wrote this song based on that experience.”
With a classic count off and a sludgy bassline, the song forever changed The Linda Lindas’ young lives.
A week later, the tweet has over 4 million views, and the band is the talk of the music world. A few days later, The Linda Lindas signed with the major punk label, Epitaph Records, a deal the label insists was already in the works before the performance.
The success may seem overnight, but the girls have already had a crazy career, especially for their age. They’ve already played with Best Coast and other LA bands and were handpicked to open for Bikini Kill during their reunion at the Hollywood Palladium in 2019. They’ve also worked with Netflix on a few projects, including Amy Poehler’s recent movie. They also self-released an EP last year, produced by Carlos de la Garza, who has daughters in the band.
It will be interesting to see where The Linda Lindas go from here, but millions are already feeling their positive impact. Always a socially conscious band, their already selling merch to support music and public education in LA’s Chinatown:
