Kimmel “There’s also a lot of sexism around boys our age. … So we were really angry, and we decided to write a song about it says 13-year-old Eloise
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Remember those young punk rockers we all saw jamming out to their single “Racist, Sexist Boy” in the L.A. Public Library a couple weeks ago? Well, now they’ve been on
Jimmy Kimmel Live! The Linda Lindas Mila (10), Eloise (13), Lucia (14) and Bela (16) made their national television debut on June 3 to perform their recent viral hit and detail the origins of their band name.
Eloise, the group’s singer-bassist, explained that “there’s a Japanese indie film called
The Linda Lindas
While most of their friends are probably busy dreaming of summer camp and swimming pools, the members of teen punk sensations The Linda Lindas rocked
Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday night (June 3) with their breakout hit Racist, Sexist Boy. The Los Angeles quartet who blew up last month when a video of their performance of the buzzsaw broadside against xenophobia and chauvinism from the L.A. Public Library went viral also shared the song s origin story before plugging in.
“The backstory is that a boy from school told me that his dad told him to stay away from Chinese people,” drummer/singer Mila, 10, told to Kimmel about the song that helped land the quartet a deal with punk powerhouse label Epitaph Records. “And I told him that I was Chinese and he backed away from me.”
On
Jimmy Kimmel Live!the group were able to further explain what inspired them to make the song. Citing their frustrations over various injustices around the world, Wong says, “There’s also a lot of sexism around boys our age and unfortunately a lot of people, every age. So we were really angry and we decided to write a song about it.”
They kick off their performance on
Jimmy Kimmel Live! with “Racist, Sexist Boy.” The screens that normally show the city skyline appear to shatter, exposing colorful graffiti art underneath. Combined with their angst-filled vocals, the visuals showcase the fury imbued in the meaning of the track.
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