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| The Los Angeles band, the Linda Lindas. |
We may get to see and hear more of the four-girl group. The band has signed with Epitaph Records, according to Spin.
The band — Bela, Lucia, Eloise and Mila, who range in age from 10 to 16 and describe themselves on their websit as “Half Asian / Half Latinx. Sisters, cousins and friends who play music together because it’s fun!!”
The video of the girl group before they broke into their son, neatly attired in school uniforms, didn't give a hint at what was to happen next.
“A little while before we went into lockdown, a boy came up to me in my class and said that his dad told him to stay away from Chinese people,” said drummer Mila, the youngest and most innocent-looking of the group. “After I told him that I was Chinese, he backed away from me. Eloise and I wrote this song based on that experience.”
“A little while before we went into lockdown, a boy came up to me in my class and said that his dad told him to stay away from Chinese people,” said drummer Mila, the youngest and most innocent-looking of the group. “After I told him that I was Chinese, he backed away from me. Eloise and I wrote this song based on that experience.”
And then they broke into song. No, a better description is: they exploded. Heads bobbing, jumping up and down, and screaming, "You're a racist, sexist boy ..." They were not the shy, retiring stereotypes most of America expects.
The song is a vicious attack on the mysogynist attitudes adopted by most males in our society. We shouldn't be surprised that in this day and age of social media, instant messaging, making online communities with people you don't know, the MeToo movement, that girls so young recognize and resist those values. Young people -- some say, Gen Zers -- are totally involved in taking part and organizing the demonstrations against the hate and xenophobia directed at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
The song is a vicious attack on the mysogynist attitudes adopted by most males in our society. We shouldn't be surprised that in this day and age of social media, instant messaging, making online communities with people you don't know, the MeToo movement, that girls so young recognize and resist those values. Young people -- some say, Gen Zers -- are totally involved in taking part and organizing the demonstrations against the hate and xenophobia directed at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Since the video was posted last Thursday, it has received over 2 million views.
Here's the rest of their set performed in the L.A. Public Library:
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