‘Linda Perry: Let It Die Here’ Review: Iconic ‘What’s Up’ Musician Screams From the Top of Her Lungs

I don’t know about the rest of you, but it’s been 42 years and my life is still trying to get up this great big hill of hope. You know, for a destination. So I guess I’ve always felt a little bit of a connection to Linda Perry, a powerful singer-songwriter whose most famous track — “What’s Up,” recorded by her short-lived and (ironically) platinum band 4 Non Blondes — is probably the best song ever made.

Your mileage might vary, but if it does your mileage is off. “What’s Up” is the ultimate ballad, beautifully hopeful and deeply depressed. If you only know that one 4 Non Blondes song — and since the band only produced one album there’s a good chance it is — you might not know that Linda Perry has had a multi-decade career writing and producing hit songs for artists like Christina Aguilera (“Beautiful”), Pink (“Get the Party Started”) and Gwen Stefani (“What You Waiting For?”).