Linda Perry Talks ‘Let It Die Here’ Documentary & Album, Plus 4 Non Blondes’ ‘What’s Up?’ Viral Moment: ‘You Can’t Buy That Kind of Marketing’
Categoria: Musica
The legendary songwriter & frontwoman also talks to the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast about reuniting with her '90s band for a new album.
Por Billboard | 12/05/2026
Between her time as the frontwoman for 4 Non Blondes, her legendary songwriting catalog (for Christina Aguilera, P!nk, Gwen Stefani, Alicia Keys and more), her own solo career, and her outspoken activism, Linda Perry has already lived countless lives in the public eye. But the new documentary Linda Perry: Let It Die Here peels back brand-new layers to the musical firebrand, from being a mom to 9-year-old Rhodes to losing her own mother just after the singer/songwriter was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy. In addition to the film — which premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival and is now in select theaters — Perry also released the album Let It Die Here on Friday, her first solo album in more than a decade. When Perry sat down with the Billboard Pop Shop Podcast in March, she explained that the film and album were both a bit unexpected, with the documentary emerging from director Dan Hardy asking if he could shadow her in the studio and the album sort of pouring out from there. “I didn’t know an album was coming. I didn’t know I was there yet,” she tells Katie & Keith on the podcast, surprising herself when songs started organically flowing. “I was like, ‘Holy sh–. I guess I’ve got something to say after all.'” Listen to Perry’s full conversation now: In addition to the new film and album, we also spoke with Perry about reuniting with her 4 Non Blondes bandmates for new performances and a new album, set for this year, and what she thought of their 1992 hit “What’s Up?” having a viral resurgence late last year. Find highlights from our conversation with Perry below: On following her instincts on her Let It Die solo album: “My process has always been to let things happen organically. And if you listen to that record, I mean, there’s so many different characters. I don’t know what the f— is going on, it’s kind of funny. I have my Neil Diamond moment … and it’s like, ‘What the hell? Where is this coming from?’ But it’s what the song is asking. I didn’t write the song to sound like Neil Diamond. The song wrote itself and asked me to sing it in a certain way.” On covering Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” for the album, which Perry wrote for the pop star in 2002: “I can go and redo this song and make it sound completely different, so I’m not copying, but it’s my song. This is the way I wanted it back then, so I’m just gonna do the version I would have done for myself, you know? And so that’s what I did. … I think it was my radio guy, Todd Sievers, who said, ‘Have you ever thought about doing a cover of “Beautiful”?’ And I was like, ‘No.’ He planted it in my head. And I was sitting here at the studio, I’m like, ‘Let me just try, you know? Let me see what happens.’ And that’s what happened.” On making a sophomore album with