Punk-rock band the Linda Lindas take their debut album 'Growing Up' on tour. Composed of four members aged 12 to 18, the album details the process of learning about themselves and the world.
Punk-rock band the Linda Lindas may be playing shows all over the country , but when they’re not performing, they’re also not partying or living the glamorous musician lifestyle. Instead, they’re doing homework.
The group, whose members are from Los Angeles and are Asian American and Latinx, is taking the album on tour. On Saturday, they're set to play the Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York, with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Japanese Breakfast. There are also stops scheduled for the West Coast — in cities such as Los Angeles and Las Vegas — and one in Mexico.
But it wasn’t until 2021 that the Linda Lindas went mainstream. Their performance of their song “Racist, Sexist Boy” filmed at the Los Angeles Public Library for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month went viral. Mila de la Garza and Wong wrote the song, and it was inspired by an incident where a boy in Mila’s class told her to stay away from Chinese people because of Covid-19. After she told him that she was half Chinese, he backed away from her.
For Wong, who wrote the song with Mila de la Garza in a day, the widespread embrace of that song and of the Linda Lindas made her feel less alone, especially during the pandemic, when the band members were isolated and she was going to school via Zoom. Most teenagers would be mortified at their innermost thoughts spilling out in public. But for the Linda Lindas, having each other for support has given each of them courage not only to record those songs, but also to perform them in public.
Many of the songs on “Growing Up” were written by individual members, but the band worked together to create an arrangement. The group has an open, collaborative environment where every member can bring in their personalities and creativity. “If you come up with something, you can do it,” Salazar said.
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