More than 24 years after their lip-syncing scandal was revealed, Milli Vanilli are making a comeback (Picture: Michael Putland/Getty Images)
Milli Vanilli are behind one of pop’s most notorious scandals and the first act in history to have their Grammy revoked, but despite their bumpy past, they are making a huge comeback thanks to Netflix.
The European pop group, made up of Paris-born Fabrice Morvan and German-born Rob Pilatus, shot to stardom in the late 80s with hits like Girl You Know It’s True and Keep On Running.
Earning three number-one singles in the US and best new artist at the Grammys, they appeared to be on an unstoppable trajectory to success until they weren’t.
It was soon revealed the pair, while talented in their own rights, weren’t the voices behind their hottest hits and were, in fact, lip-syncing, resulting in their brutal demise.
Now Ryan Murphy’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, has provoked a huge popularity resurgence for the group after three of their songs were featured in the series.
Monsters landed on the streaming giant’s platform earlier this month and has received a bout of criticism for the depiction of the brother’s relationship and story.
Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story features three Milli Vanilli songs (Picture: Miles Crist/Netflix)
One of the songs features during the funeral of Jose and Kitty (C) (Picture: Netflix)
But while some of the series’ inclusions, which are inspired by true events, are fictional, other moments are historically accurate, like Lyle’s real-life decision to play a Milli Vanilli song at his parents’ funeral.
Jose and Kitty’s funeral occurred on August 25, 1989 with Robert Rand, author of the 2018 book The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menéndez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation, reporting that Lyle decided to include Girl I’m Gonna Miss You on the soundtrack.
Robert claimed in his book that the song was played as Lyle and Erik felt that it properly expressed their feelings.
Since the series premiered, the song has seen a huge increase in streams, with Billboard reporting a 258% increase in popularity. Streams went from 28,000 between September 13-16 to 103k between September 20-23.
The brothers were found guilty of murdering their parents (Picture: Miles Crist/Netflix)
Erik and Lyle reportedly felt the song properly expressed their feelings (Picture: Netflix/Everett/REX/Shutterstock)
That wasn’t the only time a song from the controversial group was featured in the series, though. Blame It On the Rain and Girl You Know It’s True were also featured in the nine-episode mini-series.
Blame It On the Rain has increased 68% during the same four-day period going from 75k to 125k streams, while Girl You Know It’s True has had a 32.5% increase.
It increased to 135k streams.
The increased interest in Milli Vanilli follows the 2023 documentary created by Luke Korem, which tells the story of the two friends and their swift rise and fall from fame.
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Source:: Metro
