MILCK - Quiet

MILCK - Quiet
For us who come from privilege, speaking up can be scary. For others of us in other parts of the world, though, speaking up can even be life threatening. I can only speak from my own story of surviving anorexia and abuse. I believe that when one person speaks out, that empowerment ricochets in ways and to places we don't realize. I am not truly free until all of us are free.
This song is for all of those who cant keep quiet. I hope you enjoy, and feel empowered or comforted after watching. Much love to you.
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CREW
Executive Producer Connie Lim
Director/Editor Sammi Cohen
Assistant Director: Rhema Conway
DP Julia Swain
Art Director Brittany Porter
Art team: Sarah Frances, Hensel Martinez, and Frank Pfeifer
Hair/makeup Sabrina Bates-Whited
1st Assistant Camera Carlos A. Lopez
2nd Assistant Camera Jamilla Koch
Key Grip Will Ramsey
Gaffer Maria E.A. Simoes
BTS Teena Constas
Special thank you to
Sarah King
Mike Kang
Andrew Deacon
Moriah Lapointe
Krista Suh
Ryosuke Nara
Panavision
Lyrics
“Quiet”
Written by MILCK and AG
Produced by AG
put on your face
know your place
shut up and smile
don’t spread your legs
I could do that
But no one knows me no one ever will
if I don’t say something, if I just lie still
Would I be that monster, scare them all away
If I let the-em hear what I have to say
I can’t keep quiet, no oh oh oh oh oh oh
I can’t keep quiet, no oh oh oh oh oh oh
A one woman riot, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
I can’t keep quiet
For anyone
Anymore
Cuz no one knows me no one ever will
if I don’t say something, take that dry blue pill
they may see that monster, they may run away
But I have to do this, do it anyway
I can’t keep quiet, no oh oh oh oh oh oh
I can’t keep quiet, no oh oh oh oh oh oh
A one woman riot, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh I can’t keep quiet
Let it out Let it out
Let it out now
There’ll be someone who understands
Let it out Let it out
Let it out now
Must be someone who’ll understand
Let it out Let it out
Let it out now
There’ll be someone who understands
Let it out Let it out
Let it out now
I can’t keep quiet
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Los-Angeles native Connie Lim, better known as MILCK, has been singing for as long as she can remember. She began crafting her talent at a young age by enrolling in classical piano and opera classes. Inspired by artist from Frederic Chopin to Radiohead and Imogen Heap, she experienced something of an awakening in her college's underground piano rooms.
While her song "Devil Devil" hit success, it wasn't until her anthem "Quiet" made waves at the 2017 Women's March and on the internet, garnering over 14 million Facebook plays in 2 days and sparking the #ICanttKeepQuiet movement.
With the goal to help people feel empowered, she sings for the relentless, the vulnerable, and the brave.

[@Taay74]

After the season finale of The Bold Type, I had an obligation to find this song.

[@elimane2874]

Same here 🤗🤗🤗

[@764KRISTIN]

Same ❤

[@rayssamonroy]

Same here.

[@SMDrielly]

Me too

[@lionelasantos9697]

The same here❤️ this song is so beautiful! I cried on this last episode listening this song

[@adrycoolwit]

I'm a straight, white male, and I am 100% in your corner. There's no rhetoric or hatred in this song. Anyone who feels threatened by it is part of the problem. And we all need to make ourselves heard so as to change the world. Thank you for this. Thank you for existing.

[@debrajenkins1191]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@garylagera7584]

I wish I were in your generation as a Asian/American male who fell instantly in love with your rebellion to a chauvinist society, your intellectual awareness, your musical genius, and of course your inner and outer beauty. You are revered and loved. I wish you peace, love ,good heatlh...be safe Miclk

[@garylagera7584]

This world needs more beautiful, strong, female leaders like you Connie...

[@garylagera7584]

I retired last February 2022 to the Philippines and am temporarily back here in Whittier, CA. on business. I'd almost do anything to meet you and speak to you in person. I'm adding you to the top of my bucket list. You energize my spirit...make me feel ALIVE again. Damn, your'e my vision of a REAL woman. Love you wherever you are Connie Lim.

[@Pathfinder11]

I don't know if you'll ever see this comment, but this song just saved my life. I was in a terribly abusive relationship for a decade and hurting so much yesterday as I knew my ex was doing the Women's March but could never seem to honor ME as a woman. I fell apart sobbing yesterday but saw you singing this acapella at the March and I've listened to it all day long....knowing I deserve to put voice to my experience...that I'm not alone...and that the right and good people will not run away. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this song.

[@maskmeridian9406]

It's one of those songs that you don't want it to end

[@tuckedup]

oh yes I do, end, please end

[@maskmeridian9406]

whatever you say, grandpa

[@wehraboowaifu2428]

Please end this shit music.

[@thomasregimbal989]

Lol Bob no one is forcing you to watch go back and live in your box as the world progressives

[@D70Dug]

As a grumpy old man from Downunder in Australia I LOVE THIS !!!

[@vincenthc8297]

I'm a man, but a transgender man. LGBT rights and women's rights go hand in hand and I was in tears through this video because it is so meaningful. Women are the future.

[@shamarijefferson7326]

Yes, we all are.

[@StonedNinjaLUFC]

WTF women are the future? Is that some femnazi BS?

[@BrianneVillano]

Nope, just the understanding that what's been done so far hasn't worked. Time to let the women handle it.

[@dangelodiane]

Just another loser with an anonymous profile pic and a fake name.

[@sigsig6877]

What rights dont they have

[@DyEsp]

A song for all ages - past, present, future. Mothers, daughters, husbands, wives, sons..all are in here.

[@stelladogtahoe]

My 2-year-old daughter (and future nasty woman) has asked to watch this five times today. She loves to clap along. Thank you for making the soundtrack to the Revolution.

[@thiefs_end]

Came from Twitter after seeing the incredible video from the Women's March. Love it, love it, love it. Thank you ❤️

[@MILCKmusic]

Viktoria so glad we are coming together as women. high five

[@melonnn4792]

Same. It was amazing! :)

[@janetlee6567]

Same here. This is a powerful song/message for people (not just for women actually) who have been quiet, enduring acts of discrimination just to fit in to society's expectations. Thanks to the composers of the song.

[@natguevara2870]

Same! I sent it to every woman I know. It's the most important song I've ever listened to.

[@sarahziegler7065]

Me too :)

[@TheM8trixHasYou]

Cloak And Dagger brought me here!!😃Also this song is so hauntingly Beautiful.

[@ikitasindradottir]

Rest in Power Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the One Woman Riot.

[@VASCONorth]

I really needed this song this week, this year...thank you so much.

[@MILCKmusic]

Sending love during this potent time that needs our strength and resilience.

[@margaret539]

Beautiful, beautiful anthem for the sisterhood arising now. So much gratitude for sharing such an extraordinary gift, MILCK. We're singing with you!!!

[@mommafluff1]

My niece was murdered by her narcissist husband. We never knew the abuse she was enduring physically, sexually, mentally, and psychologically. She was never thin enough, beautiful enough, and obedient enough. She stayed quiet…mostly. The night before her death she had planned her escape for the morning. She didn’t make it to sunrise. She left behind hidden videos and pictures of her abuse that were shocking for all of us. Don’t be quiet.

[@carolnaiguss4845]

Thank you. This song is touched me. I am 70. There is so much we " can do nothing about" that we shove away and hide. I opened it up, spread my wings this weekend. No longer alone in darkness, I scored. I am meeting myself and I love me. I am loving strong, determined , surrounded with with like hearts and ready to change the world. We are all called to this mission.

[@onnah836]

I discovered your song the day after I escaped from my abusive ex. I cried my eyes out feeling not only my own emotions but the emotions from your song. Your song is severely underrated. It's the most beautiful relatable song I've ever heard. ❤

[@delaneym.7412]

I saw the video of this song from the Women's March and I was moved to tears, this is such a beautiful empowering song! Thank you

[@MILCKmusic]

Little M thank you! power to the people.

[@lasandrajennings]

@@MILCKmusic 🤗

[@ellipsisms]

Came from a Facebook video, what a beautiful and resounding song. Sometimes it's tough not to give into the messages that tell us we're less or that we don't deserve respect, so I think I'll be coming back to this song for strength. Just know that women all over the world stand with you guys in the US, love from Europe xx

[@anneliseh8926]

Also came from Twitter after seeing video from the Women's March. Beautiful song and it moved me so much. I read somewhere it is becoming the unofficial anthem of the day. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ it!

[@kbgnc]

You have an amazing, beautiful voice and so much to say. Thank you for this song.

[@DezRock2]

Brilliant song, have been playing it over and over. Your voice is the voice of many of us.

[@roxannelucky]

Thank you, MILCK, for this gift to womankind.

[@user-zd2kq2bb8x]

"shut up and smile". I cried a lot while listening to this song.Thank you for this song.We're courage.We're courage for you and me and eachother.

[@waywardpilgrim]

Proud of the women who stand up to be heard. This is a powerful song and video when it is needed the most. Thank you, Milck.

[@kennystiefel7343]

wayward pilgrim the time to have been heard was 11/8 the riots and unpatriotic acts of violence in the capitol do NOTHING for their cause. Trump is president its time for people to suck it up

[@lilacreef9474]

Anonymous K Just because you can sit by complacent doesn't mean the rest of us will.

[@motherofsnakes314]

Anonymous K shut the fuck up you ignorât toadstool

[@dexthepurpleduck238]

Anonymous K The people who say that tend to be the same who violently protested when Obama was elected. The difference is Obama didn't make it his mission to mock, harass, & alienate women, minorities, the journalists, the disabled, and immigrants to name a few. He didn't picks fights with celebrities on Twitter. His cabinet choices were actually qualified to run their departments. He tried to do positive things for the country all the while facing opposition from the GOP at every turn. And he showed immense poise and class while under pressure. When trump shows he is acting in the best interest of ALL Americans, then and only then will we give him a chance.

[@waywardpilgrim]

The truly massive and violence-free Women's Marches that took place throughout the country speak for themselves. Freedom of expression IS patriotic and violence is NOT condoned. Voting counts, Trump is President, and respect is a two-way street. - 'nuf said

[@tumidumisa1519]

I heard this on The Bold Type. Beautiful scene. Beautiful Show. Beautiful song & video

[@golladance]

Thank you.... I am often asked why I can't just let it go. I don't know why.... but I can't keep quiet anymore either. Thank you for sharing

[@violamartini2108]

What an awesome message....we thank you Milck and E. Jean Carroll!!

[@deb6631]

Please record it acapella with the same ladies at the march. It's so powerful! Love both versions, too.

[@90MysteriumFascinans]

Deb Justme YES!!

[@jennyt8905]

Love this version too, but heard the version first that was done @ the Women's March and find it too be more powerful. I think it was the chorus of women singing together.

[@dancinislivin828]

They did a performance a cappella on Samantha Bee's show (you can see it on her youtube channel)!

[@MILCKmusic]

Deb Justme on it! we tried one version and it didn't sound right so we are on round 2! gotta get it right for yall!

[@3DVitamin]

I love the a capella Version! I find it really soulful and it really gives me goose bumps every single time I listen to it. I can't wait for the studio version to be out! the harmony is just brilliant. :D Hope ya'll continue to do what you do. It brings inspiration and motivates change in our society. Music can do a lot to help the cause. Make more of it. :D

[@lukeylu]

GODDAMN GOOSEBUMPS HOLY SHIT

[@purpleladytoo23]

Sister this song just spoke my life..all of it..and the struggle just to speak truths..my truths..I will never keep Quiet again..!

[@madelyn3037]

Thank you. I'm a survivor too. We need every voice. Yesterday, today, and in the future.

[@elenadefazio1799]

So proud to be a Woman. Italy supports you! 🚺☮💟

[@kattbaker4249]

Amazing. Bought it to support and enjoy. Welcome to the resistance.

[@SharonBoudreaux]

I've been thinking a lot lately about the way in which abuse - physical, emotional, sexual, or otherwise - affects you (and your loved ones) for the rest of your life, and how we, as a nation, cannot afford to let our stories be silenced in shame. As a fellow still-recovering survivor of abuse, thank you for sharing this song for us.

[@christineholbrook2678]

THANK YOU ... a survivor of abuse, alcoholism, depression and ongoing battles with Fibro... THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are an ispiration . With love and admiration

[@nekitas8341]

How is this video not at a billion views already? Cried my eyes out

[@thevirtualtraveler]

I can't believe this song has been out for almost 4 years now and I'm only just now stumbling upon it. Powerful and eloquent!

[@helenalden146]

I heard this for the first time today....always late....but so thankful I got here.

[@patrickmcelligott5646]

Beauty of spirit illuminates the physical. Your voice is warm and sweet, your songs illuminate, your power a gift to us all. Thank you

[@grethelu28]

Thank you so much !! I´m in tears listening over and over again ........... LET THERE BE LOVE AND PEACE AND LIGHT IN ALL HEARTS NOW !! LET US SHINE !!

[@azee777]

Thank you for this song. I am a survivor of abuse, self harm and constant body shaming. Every word translates the way I feel sometimes when it gets dark...

[@marykliwinski8740]

like a pulse in my being, I am continually hearing the words and music of this song as I wake up, as I go through my day, and before I try to rest at night, I believe it is creating a balance for the changes that are happening in our country, thank you for singing and marching and demonstrating our rights as citizens, as women, as human beings. I am proud and moved that my daughters have this as their beginning anthem for 2017. Keep doing what your doing MILCK!!! Peace and Love to all!!!

[@MILCKmusic]

Mary Kliwinski Mary! Thank you for such a beautiful message. it's an honor to sing and share my music with people who want to listen. I have needed music to lift me so many time s, and now your words uplift me. I hope to sing for you and your daughters live one day.

[@courtneyasher1783]

this song makes me cry every time I hear it. It's so beautiful. I'm so happy this has become the anthem of the women empowerment movement! You have such a beautiful voice. Thank you for creating such a wonderful, sincere, beautiful masterpiece.

[@ShereeVictorian]

This video speaks very well to the protest for equality for all women in every aspect of life around the planet earth. Thank you MILCK

[@cedarwho7]

I'm sobbing. I'm so thankful that I have allies that are fighting for all of our futures..

[@unc907]

stunning. I think this should be the women's March anthem

[@TheKitkatt]

wow...that gave me goosebumps...so powerful!!

[@LittleJoyBook]

What a powerful & moving song. I can't wait to see Milck live w/ Choir Choir Choir on Monday in Toronto. Anyone else going?

[@AwakenedLeadership]

Fathers everywhere shed a tear as our daughters keep showing us where our heart is. The video from the March is an anthem to consciousness.

[@deb6631]

Alan E Shelton you, sir, are an amazing human being and dad! Thank you.

[@Karen-nc9hz]

Beautiful and powerful. Thank you MILCK #icantkeepquiet

[@deus_omnium4074]

Both men and women are crushed with heavy stereotypical moulds to fit in to. Women are pressured in to being constantly feminine and never being any form of vulgar (amongst a multitude of other things). Men are pressured into being constantly being manly and not expressing emotions. Luckily these berriers are being broken down one by one, and we can all look forward to a less stereotypical tomorrow.

[@MILCKmusic]

Henaz066 totally agree. I look forward to helping create space for men to feel safe to be vulnerable too.

[@seakermac]

I must've had quite the upbringing to avoid these problems. Men who arent comfortable with their femininity and women who arent comfortable with their masculinity are unbalanced and attract all kinds of unnecessary problems.

[@claudymusic1558]

Oh please 🤦🏻‍♀ you men still have the upper hand in life and are the dominating and privileged gender.

[@sop1710]

Except the opposite of feminine is not vulgar.

[@katshotz6033]

Thank you for saying what I feel!! I keep being told "Accept it" "Be quiet" "You are so negative" etc. This is great. I wish I had been ther! I marched in my heart with y'all and will continue w/my big mouth!

[@petramarin6540]

We are new fans!! Saw the version at the Women's March and just loved it! We Marched in Los Angeles... my 9 year old daughter learned yesterday there is strength in numbers and she was so inspired! Her Sister's have a voice! We can't keep quiet! @MILCK

[@kendomyers]

wonderful song! you have created something truly beautiful, made profound by the times we find ourselves living in

[@ksedits8112]

this song is so beautiful, when i first heard this song i got goosebumps and i started tearing up a little and i came from twitter right after seeing the video from the women's march... thank you so much for this incredible and beautiful song, it will forever be my favorite song

[@MsProdigygurl]

I first heard this song on Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger and fell in LOVE!

[@judychuntz1109]

Saw the link on Facebook from the Women's March - what a wonderful voice. The post on Facebook brought me to tears! Thank you.

[@riggenbachi]

INSPIRED TEARS EVERYWHERE

[@jeremiasrobinson]

Thank you for singing in the Women's March!

[@francesmorrighan5578]

Thank you, Connie Lin/MILCK, so much for this song, this anthem of empowerment! Many years ago I wrote that I felt as though I lived in a glass "tiger cage" like the wooden ones American POWs in Vietnam were kept in. Unable to stand up or lie down or escape all while watching others around me move through life freely. No one noticed me screaming or beating myself bloody on the walls of the glass cage. I was in a prison not of my making that I couldn't escape, lacking the strength and tools; no one acknowledged the trap I was living in. I felt like I was in a vacuum suffocating. I finally cracked my cage in 2014 and am now standing on wobbly, glass-encrusted feet, the cage shattered around me. I wasn't the one to deal the death blow to the cage, but I am the one dealing with the recovery on my own initiative. I keep having to test my boundaries, anticipating the walls and ceiling and never knowing what I'll discover. Each step, each stretch is painful and difficult yet exhilarating too. The first time I saw this video I sobbed uncontrollably because it's the only visualization of what I described that I've ever seen. I felt vindicated and horrified and so many other emotions and I still feel all those emotions each time I watch this video. In spite of that, it's a healing work for me, a potent reminder of what it is to be free, what it takes to achieve that freedom. Please thank everyone involved in the video's creation for such outstanding work!

[@safelyheartfelt8142]

I don't know which makes me cry more - this one, or the women's march version. Just speaks to so much on both a personal and global level for me having walked through life through the lens of being a woman. Beautiful song. Thank you.

[@sparky1321]

I'm crying, this is amazing! A worthy anthem for a historic event in US history.

[@melody7655]

Not only US. :D

[@samanthaq.2637]

Her voice is absolutely breath taking, I have chills. This is amazing😍🖤

[@pandalism5289]

I LOVE YOU AND THIS SONG SOOOOOOOOO MUCH. THANKS FOR STANDING UP AND FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHT THINGS.

[@melissaparson]

Thank you! Stunning voice. Powerful message! Got me crying!

[@andressarlc]

Amazing Song 💓👑🌟👏 Queen🎧🎤

[@CastAwayTravelogue]

Have I heard this song on a loop about 20 times? Maybe...YES! Thank you for this highly inspiring song. You're incredible!

[@adrizzleofsparkles]

Finally someone sings something to empower women! Thank you, truly. I've been trying to get my song writer friends to write about women's rights for three years... none would.

[@Kyriswin]

Cloak & dagger bought me here love the song and the show

[@dexthepurpleduck238]

Amazing. This video and the live version give me goosebumps.

[@Volgar0815]

First i was binge listening "Devil Devil" and now this... wonderful song, great video and a beautiful woman. Stay strong!

[@loricameron1977]

This is the anthem for all of us who have been raped and abused. Now I can face what happened to me and yell this song as therapy. Thank you for giving us a song to sing in defiance of all the monsters out there who need us to keep quiet.

[@peggybrendel9884]

Wow. That's all I can muster right now because I'm speechless.

[@isadescharles2963]

The Bold Type

[@larrys6111]

I am a white hetero cis man. I first heard this song as performed live on Samantha Bee's show. I love the song and the message. It's also very inspiring to see a strong Asian woman leading the accapela group. Please keep up the amazing work. We all need this uplifting inspiration to keep fighting.

[@phoenixrising3538]

Heard this song in a taxi's radio yesterday and it just reflected my moods.

[@mollymorris23]

I can't stop crying this song is so important

[@marciatoms9527]

Made my day. A new anthem for a new movement in its infancy, but ready to go. Thanks, MILCK.

[@fish7483]

Thank you for giving our March an anthem.

[@rivalpiper]

Incredibly beautiful and moving. Thank you for sharing this experience.

[@LeslieSosaphoto]

I have a huge knot in my throat after watching this video, it made me think of all the bs my dear mother had to endure throughout her life, what my young daughter is going to have to fight for, but most importantly, it made me reflect in how at some point in my life I have been a participant in this male bs, and for that I am truly sorry, I had no idea.

[@user-ck2us7wn7w]

Absolutely Amazing song and video 👏🏻

[@jordank3007]

You deserve way more subscribers. Your voice is amazing I get chills when I hear it. Fan since the day I first heard you❤️❤️

[@user-mq6bw2hy1n]

The darkness is filled with secrets quite in the light we find our beautiful voice

[@greeneyedggirl]

Oh my, I found this from yesterday's world wide march. You and your grew sang it in Washington and I was in tears, now I found this. Totally beautiful and so my life until 8 years ago. Thank you so much, I love your voice!!!

[@jpapadakis1531]

THANK YOU for not keeping quiet. xoxoxo

[@zuzannavee9558]

This is amazing and the video at the Women's March was chilling. this is so perfect!

[@robinkassis837]

Thank you, inspiring and beautiful message. We are women rising and we hold strong together.

[@helenapinheiro7237]

I came here, after seeing on Twitter, this is by far the most important song for woman's march! And I just love the song, I can't stop listening

[@raichellegoff997]

"a one woman riot" you certainly caused a million women movement to fall in love with you and your song yesterday at #womensmarch am totally in love with your powerful anthem

[@tinaUNDAcova]

Don't mind me I'll just be blasting this out of my car speakers..

[@k9mutttraining]

As a woman who has fought long and hard from the 60's-- LOVE THIS!!!

[@juliefaerae]

Brave and beautiful. Thank you for giving us our anthem.

[@FerAid]

When I first heard this song at the Women's March, I was deeply moved by it. Cried my eyes out, still do. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this song. I relate to this song 110%. You have gained a supporter and a fan. Please keep doing what you're doing and don't ever stop. Because of you #ICantKeepQuiet anymore...❤️

[@av9293]

This was so inspiring! And the live version made me bawl my eyes out!

[@prohumanitate]

I saw the feature on Full Frontal w/ Samantha Bee and the live performance made me cry. I stumbled across the music video and I was taken aback. The powerful imagery conjured something in me that I have been trying to suppress, for my own sanity's sake, all week. But your words reminded me that it's not my responsibility to keep quiet. It's my responsibility to speak up and speak loud, until my voice is hoarse and the war on women is over. Thank you for the moving, motivating, inspiring message. I stand with you.

[@ikea-box5342]

The war on women is over, the war on men has started.

[@kelvingitau5611]

sure keeping quiet when you have something to say is like singing under water. I can't get enough of you MILCK

[@DevahBluJasmine]

I saw your video from the Women's March, and I was there too, for MANY reasons. I was bullied so much growing up, I'm surprised I'm still here. I have agoraphobia because of it, and was scared I would be harassed/made fun of at the Women's March. Luckily, I felt nothing but love and solidarity that day. My mobility right now isn't the best, (I walked the March with a cane, and only got to go a short distance of it), but I felt like I HAD to go, for anyone who has ever been bullied/raped/harassed, and/or for those who feel their lives threatened, to show that we will not be silenced or discarded. Thank you so much for this song, which I know comes from your heart.

[@jamieconklin2366]

saw this performed at the women's march... I am in awe! this is amazingly incredible. I absolutely love the message it is sending it is so beautiful! ❤ thank you milck

[@Emilyrose-jl9tp]

Thank you. I've been struggling with anxiety and panic attacks my whole life. This song is so empowering

[@pearlslife130]

when i listened to this song, i felt something desperate and sadness.. but it made me think that you can overcome if you don't keep quiet.