New Menendez Show Brings Popularity Back To Milli Vanilli

The Menendez Netflix show has gotten a lot of popularity and it has bled into a popular singing duo as well.

Daphnie

• Published in Film & TV
• October 20, 2024

We can imagine that many of you have probably seen the popular Netflix show about the Menendez brothers and what their story is. It’s been an interesting set of situations that led up to them murdering their parents, and this Netflix show gave a full look into the situation.

This show was number one on Netflix for a while as many came to catch up on the story and see what exactly the Menendez brothers were all about. With this actually came some popularity for a long-lost singing duo from the 90s that earned the love of many people across the globe.

Milli Vanilli was a popular music duo that gained popularity in the 90s before their lip syncing scam was revealed to the public. They were extremely popular and even won the Best New Artist Grammy in 1990, but it was later revoked following their lip syncing scam reveal.

Popular songs like their “Blame It On The Rain” and “Girl I’m Gonna Miss You” became more popular since the debut of the show and their songs being played in it. Let’s take a look at how the Menendez brothers’ show gave Milli Vanilli another run for its money following the release of it on Netflix.

A younger generation has been rediscovering the talent of Milli Vanilli following the Menendez Bothers Netflix show.

There has been a considerable spike in the listeners of their sound after the show debuted. According to Billboard, “Blame It On The Rain” actually saw a 68% jump in the number of streams within just four days after the release of the Netflix’s show.

This is an incredible number as the duo was originally cancelled and many people didn’t listen to them, or show their support after their “scam” was revealed. This song was the title of one of the episodes and it was the song that Lyle and Erik sang along to after buying their shotguns.

After the television show’s debut there was also an increase in streams of other songs

”Girl I’m Gonna Miss You” has a 258% increase in streams between September 20 and September 23 according to Billboard as well. The song was about heartbreak and is is arguably a breakout hit from the series and it’s featured in two of the most important scenes.

First, it’s used at a memorial service for Jose and Kitty, where Lyle plays the song to close out his speech about Kitty. It’s also played in the final episode when the boys receive their life sentences upon their second trial.

One of the singers, Rob, isn’t alive to see their work gain more traction in a new series, but Fob, however has been able to see it and h’e seemed quite proud of it on his social media.

There is a lot that came from this Menendez brothers series on Netflix and many people seemed to enjoy the television show. Despite the controversy over Milli Vanilli, they are still an iconic duo and there’s a reason that the directors and producers chose their songs for these specific scenes in this show.

They definitely added to the drama of it and increased the popularity of the singer duo.

Daphnie