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
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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.”
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Los Angeles punk sensations the Linda Lindas have no idea if the “poser” and “jerkface” who inspired their viral hit “Racist, Sexist Boy” is aware of their overnight fame.
But more importantly: “Doesn’t matter,” they told late-night host Jimmy Kimmel with a collective shrug met by cheers and applause.
After electrifying the Cypress Park branch of the L.A. public library last month with their head-banging, anti-bigotry anthem, the musicians of the Linda Lindas Mila, 10; Eloise, 13; Lucia, 14; and Bela, 16 made their national TV debut Thursday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
Before lighting up the late-night circuit with passionate performances of “Racist, Sexist Boy” and their “Babysitter’s Club -themed track “Claudia Kishi,” the Linda Lindas sat down with Kimmel to discuss the library concert that has dominated social media in recent weeks.
Los Angeles punk sensations the Linda Lindas have no idea if the "poser" and "jerkface" who inspired their viral hit "Racist, Sexist Boy" is aware of their overnight fame.