The Linda Lindas
Ages MILA DE LA GARZA, 11;
ELOISE WONG, 14; LUCIA DE LA GARZA, 15; BELA SALAZAR, 17
Label EPITAPH
Publisher N/A
Management FLY SOUTH MUSIC
Total Streams 6.9 MILLION
Your performance of “Racist, Sexist Boy” at the
Los Angeles Public Library went viral last year and helped score a record deal with Epitaph. What surprised you about the process of getting signed?
LUCIA DE LA GARZA We were planning on getting signed to Epitaph even before the “Racist, Sexist Boy” video blew up. Like two months before that, we were already in the process of figuring something out with them. The video just gave us more momentum.
BELA SALAZAR A lot of people have it very hard [in the music industry], and we’ve been really lucky.
What has been the biggest challenge since releasing your debut album, Growing Up, in April?
LUCIA We don’t have time to be full-time musicians and we don’t have time to be full-time students, but we’re making it work. I love having something to put creative energy into.
Are you touring during school breaks?
LUCIA We’re skipping school, but we still have to do the work. I’m falling so behind.
SALAZAR I just don’t care [about school] anymore. LUCIA Bela’s a senior, so she’s allowed to say that. SALAZAR I have one more month left of school.
MILA DE LA GARZA I have one more month — and then six years.
You recently played five shows in New York and performed on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. As Los Angeles natives, what did you think of New York?
LUCIA New York has been really cool. It’s a different vibe. One night after the show, we walked to get pizza and then took the subway back at 12:30 a.m. That was a good experience.
Where are you headed next on tour?
LUCIA We have a tour lined up for summer. We have five or six headlining shows, and we’re playing some shows with Japanese Breakfast ... We want to travel, and playing shows while we travel is always a bonus.
Whose career do you admire the most?
ELOISE WONG We’re surrounded by these lifers who have been doing music for so long like Hayley Williams, Alice Bag, Kathleen Hanna. If we can continue doing what we’re doing, I think that would be cool.
What are the benefits of being a young artist?
SALAZAR We still live at home, so we don’t have anything to worry about.
LUCIA We don’t have to worry about paying rent. SALAZAR We’re having so much fun making music, and we don’t have to worry about any of that. That’s our parents’ job.