Los Angeles Public Library
- The Linda Lindas, made up of Mila, 10, Eloise, 13, Lucia, 14, and Bela, 16, performed at the LA library's teen night this week.
- One of the songs they performed is called "Racist Sexist Boy."
- The LA Library posted video of the song on Twitter, and it quickly went viral.
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Young punk rock band The Linda Lindas performed a song called "Racist Sexist Boy" at the Los Angeles Public Library this week – and the internet can't get enough.
The band – made up of Mila, 10, Eloise, 13, Lucia, 14, and Bela, 16, according to Variety – performed at the library as part of its "TEENtastic Tuesdays" to celebrate Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
In an introduction to "Racist Sexist Boy," Mila, the band's drummer, said the song was inspired by an experience she had at school in which a boy told her that his dad told him to stay away from Chinese people.
"After I told him that I was Chinese, he backed away from me," she said.
The LA Public Library shared a clip of the performance on its Twitter account, and the video quickly started circulating, which musicians and other Twitter users celebrating the song.
-L.A. Public Library (@LAPublicLibrary) May 20, 2021
Among those celebrating the performance was Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, who called it the "Song of the day!" in a Tweet.
The Linda Lindas have performed alongside a number of bands since they formed, including Best Coast, Money Mark, and Bikini Kill, Variety reports. They also made a cameo in the Netflix movie "Moxie."