Ive been noticing that 90s-early 2000 lifestyle is making a comeback with teenagers. There are loads of kids skating again for example. The clothes, hairstyles and attitude are also very similar in many ways. So im not too surprised that music of this era is also making a comeback.
Yep that's how you know we getting old. Lived long enough to live that style and to see it come back 20 years later lol. another thing of the Late 90s Early 2000s sound that is popular too is Hyperpop music. if you listen to a lot of those songs you would swear we were back in the Early Internet days of Happy Hardcore, Scenecore and Nightcore music all over again.
In the late 80s and early 90s we had a renaissance of the 60s trends: hair, make up, movies, music. In the late 90s and early 00s it was the 70s... And in the 2010s we had both the 80s and the 90s come back full force. And now it's time for the early 00s aesthetic to come full circle and become a point of reference. I think it happens cause that's how the new generations accommodate the things they absorb from their parents and ends up becoming a cultural revival of some kind...
This was a great video, very insightful and well put together, but I can't believe there was not a single mention of Avril Lavigne in the entire thing. She was literally the OG alt girl and paved the way for so many guitar driven pop artists. Disney rock is literally a direct continuation of Avril's legacy in the early 00s.
I was wondering how Linda's voice would fare in a more 'rock' environment, and then you made this video. I'm amazed of how you can engeneer a song on demand like this, it would be nice to have a video with the full song! Thanks for another instructive and beautiful video!
In my opinion the single moment punk pop came back from the dead, was 'I Think I'm Okay' by Machine Gun Kelly, YungBlud & Travis Barker, then differing forms came out which helps the overall ball rolling down the hill.
Just leaving this here: All us millennial white dudes that spent more hours than we care to admit playing Tony Hawk's and getting wasted to the sound of pop punk should put all our support behind this revival and these artists. Also, waiting for the Nu Metal revival and for Trap Metal to become mainstream!
The Nu Metal revival is here! Literally 75% of modern metal sounds like Linkin Park-core. Not enough guys with blue goatees making a "don't look at me I'm crazy, bro!" face though lol.
Yeah the gatekeeping from that demographic I feel lead to the downfall, nothing new or progressive could happen in the scen w/o purist rejecting it, leaving the scene stagnant. Now ppl like the new artist in this video, who have been pushed out of alt scenes, are the ones leading the revival while millennial white guys are stuck in their old ways
@@mari98_ As a minority, I find it interesting how some people feel like white people being the face and audience of certain music genres is perceived as "gatekeeping" meanwhile if somebody non-black emulates R&B music or rap, it's perceived as "appropriation".
One small thing: I think ignoring Buzzcocks in the very early pop-punk conversation is a tad myopic, particularly with singles such as "Ever Fallen in Love With Someone You Shouldn't've?" Naturally, The Ramones had a clear bubblegum pop influence, and the more modern American school of pop-punk owes far more to The Descendants in actual sound, but Buzzcocks were a pretty direct bridge between those two bands in sound and sensibility and arguably better songwriters than either. Yes, this is nerdy hairsplitting, but what is punk without nerdy hairsplitting? :P P.S. This is not a knock on the video as a whole; to the contrary, it's a very minor point in an otherwise solid video. I just think it's worth shouting out a band which was really important to this style, what's more fronted by an openly bisexual man (Pete Shelley) in the '70s, of all things!
Pop punk never left Neck Deep, State Champs, Seaway, Like Pacific, A day to Remember, Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, Anxious, Koyo, Hot Muligan, The Story so Far, The Wonder years, No Pressure…
Right? That’s what I’m saying like it never went away. It just wasn’t popular. People like MGK made it “popular” again but like it didn’t go away. I’ve been in the pop punk scene since I was 10 and never left.
I love this channel so much! Learning about how music evolves over time and how certain sounds inspire new ones is forever fascinating to me. Need a full version of the song at the end you guys did. Just from that little snippet it's soooo catchy!
My one complaint about this video is it kind of skips over the 2010s pop punk scene: bands like The Story So Far, The Wonder Years, Real Friends, Man Overboard, etc. They definitely kept the scene alive while the mainstream moved on. Good video overall, though!
I can't believe you didn't mention Machine Gun Kelly and his ginormous album, or that Travis Barker has been working on the pop-punk revival for years. That said, thanks for putting Fefe Dobson up there. She has written and performed some fantastic songs, and "Start All Over" for Miley is a personal fave.
I love the pop punk revival but you forgot one of the biggest influences for the new pop punk wave, machine gun Kelly, tickets to my downfall was a huge album for the punk pop scene and went number 1 which caused a lot of his fans which were rap fans to look more into punk pop which was a big part in its revival
I'm happy to see so many Black Artist in the scene now. Growing up being the only Black Emo kid in my school in the 2000s life was rough. I got picked on a lot. Bullied and called named like f*gg*t, Traitor to my race, N*gga hater and the most Common one is that I sounded and acted "White" all because I listened to Emo, Pop Punk and Metal and didn't speak like I didn't know basic English. I truly wish I had a Meet me @ the Altar and KennyHoopla back in my day. 13-17 Year old me would be so happy right now. :)
And if a white boy listened to rap and got beaten by skinheads, it would be reported as hate-motivated violence. You see how black people tend to be privileged as trivial as listening to music genres
Love the fact that pop punk is making a revival, especially now that Tom is back in Blink. I’d love to see the culture of the 90s and 2000s make a comeback, and I’ll be right here waiting. Who’s with me though??
There has been two pop punk revivals actually. I realise the newer one is all hyped and truly pop, but there was a brief underground power pop/pop punk/hardcore revival in the early 2010s represented by Ovens, Spanish Love Songs and Jeff Rosenstock. These musicians and their audience are basically millenial hardcore heads or "real emo" heads trying out new avenues. I wanna highlight them because without their influence, the gen Z scene might be very different.
Yeah, I think the easycore/breakdown pop punk bands like State Champs, Neck Deep, The Wonder Years, Four Year Strong, Title Fight, etc. get overlooked easily because they came out at kind of a weird time. They were basically too late for the early-mid 2000s pop punk boom, but also too early for the current solo artist boom. Kind of a bummer.
@@al3459 Why does it matter if it's mainstream? Still doesnt change the fact that pop punk never went away when it was infact very very strong. Besides, bands like the story so far or the wonder years were borderline mainstream at a point. Just on the fringes.
@@commodore6430 Nobody said it "went away" like disappeared from existence. They just mean "went away" in a mainstream sense. Back then I could listen to MCR and then Rihanna would play next in the same radio station. That's actually insane, but that doesn't happen anymore. It's starting to happen again with the new bands.
you guys should totally make a spotify page with a playlist to go along with each video! im trying to write down all these artists as you go along, im so excited to check them all out
Something I liked about this genre was the lack of rhyming lyrics or couplets to move songs forward. Not all bands or songs, but enough of them would use rough or fast riffs combined with emotional punches instead
Love me some pop punk! I'm happy that I got to experience some of those last years of Warped Tour. I got to see Pinkshift live in our hometown and it was a great show! I bought tickets to When We Were Young and I'm hoping it's not a scam and that it's a fun experience lol.
Before watching I'm going to guess because a new generation is romanticizing the records their parents love, the aesthetic, and we now have a chance to have Pop Punk without all the sexual assault.
The 2010s is literally when I hit adulthood and discovered the music. I listen to a bunch of Paramore, Fall Out Boy, and typically heavier stuff like Dance Gavin Dance which sometimes gets kinda poplike imo.
Dance Gavin Dance is a GREAT shout. I think their vocalist after that first EP (what a banger) and first album isn't too great, but their musical style is so unique and those first releases by them are absolutely bonkers, in the best way
@@sphenodon2016 I thought Kurt was OK and Tilian has grown on me in a big way over the years. I gush over the band's musicality with a homie all the time.
I just saw Meet Me @ The Altar last night, and they kicked ass! Their lead singer is extremely talented (as was the whole band) and reminded me of a cross between Hayley Williams (Paramore) and Amy Lee (Evanescence).
Would love to see you guys do a video on electrocore like The Rapture and LCD Soundsystem or the garage band revival of the early 2000s like Franz Ferdinand and The Strokes
As much as i love pop punk i think its important to note the 2010s pop punk as it was still alive and kept alive through deviations. It felt a lot more personal than the 2000s and to disregard that is a little disrespectful. I'm still happy to see people especially bipoc express themselves without being bullied like i was. My hope is this generation will innovate the sound but its not looking like it and this maybe a fad rather than a revival.
2010s pop punk wasn’t really mainstream though, and don’t get me wrong, I wish the bands of that time like The Story So Far and Neck Deep got a lot more success.
My first comeback Pop punk song was definitely MGK's Bloody Valentine!! And when I found the album it was from, Concert For Aliens became my favorite one!!!
Because of the pandemic, political unrest and an overall sense of exhaustion, Emo and Alternative music and culture in general were bound to make a comeback. Ppl are craving music that is a bit darker, a bit heavier, but you can still sing along to.
wow you just completely ignore the dominance of the 1990s by Green Day and the Orange county scene? it wasn’t just green day!? geez… The Muffs for a start! The Spazzys The Donna’s, Eddy Suppression Ring… all the japanese bands!! you’re missing so much of the scene.
This is where I get lost, when it becomes about Sexism and Racism. The lack of black people in Pop Punk.........Ok but then don't you have to say the same about Rap/Hip-Hop its overwhelmingly Black and Male and takes Misogony to the next level compared to Pop-Punk. But no mention of that cause why? So lets just leave the BS woke politics out of it.
Well, I'm not a pop punk fan: though it is catchy and fun, I usually find myself quite bored after two or three songs. If we are talking about punk revivals, I think it is more interesting the newer wave of post punk bands, such as Black Country New Road, Black Midi or Idles. I don't want to say that pop punk isnt' any good: a matter of taste, I guess. Anyways good video, as usual :)
The whole Windmill scene (BCNR, Squid, black midi) is pretty fun, yes, although I do worry it's getting a bit overexposed given the ridiculous amount of coverage these bands are getting, and I'll admit, I was pretty sceptical of that first black midi record! To me, it just felt like some (admittedly very talented) teenagers who really liked Pere Ubu and Don Caballero trying to merge the two, which is certainly an unusual mix but isn't nearly so groundbreaking as people made it out to be. And the songwriting just… wasn't there for me? I hate to be so negative, but it felt like a bit of a tempest in a teapot.
@@ConvincingPeople Though I appreciate the scene, I definitely agree with you. For example, when I first listened to BCNR debut album (which I really appreciate) I had to notice that some parts were basically ersatz Slint. And I totally agree with you about the risks of overexposition. I think this is because of the traditional British hype for the "next big thing": from Oasis to Arctic Monkeys to Libertines, many bands were overexposed, making impossible to have a calm and objective discussion about the hypothetical quality of their musical proposal. Nonetheless I am happy and curious to see what these lads are going to do in the future, and I think their unoriginal proposal may have the potential to find new expressions for rock music.
Fantastic video - and a really interesting look at how this sound is coming back. I won't fib, I'm definitely NOT terribly aware of current trending, but I did love Green Day (still do). Even if I wasn't a teen in the 2000s, heh. I am 100% all here for the comeback though, especially with more diversity. I feel like punk really has always been about calling out the world's bullsh*t, and there's certainly plenty of THAT to call out for women and especially for POC.
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Just a conjecture, but I think that some changes in guitar production and marketing may have contributed to this rise. In the 2000s, any guitar that costed under around 350 USD was likely garbage, and garbage in a way that hindered the enjoyment of playing. Additionally, the marketing for guitars was still aimed at (white) men who had income (so like the 21+ age range). But throughout the 2010s guitar production got way better, and now you can get a decent guitar for 150-200 USD. And Fender really made an effort to expand their advertising demographic because they figured out they'd make more money getting women (and non-anglo people secondarily, and people under 18 tertiarily) into guitar. Add in the pandemic, which gave people a chance to just learn guitar, which encourages thorough engagement with guitar-oriented music, and you've got the rise of guitar oriented music again.
Maybe the 20 yr fashion cycle is a thing is music too? We have access to so much music now with streaming. Also, the emerging artists in their 20's may have listened to pop punk, punk and alternative as kids, so I'm sure it has a heavy influence on their sound. I wasn't allowed to listen to mainstream music, but even I had Relient K, and Barlow Girl.
If anyone thinks that these new artists brought back pop punk, it really shows how out of touch they are with the genre...and most of the new "pop punk" like Olivia Rodrigo, MGK, willow and others will stop once it isn't cool anymore. Even Demi Lovato is joining the band wagon now...most were all pop before...it's truly sad to me.
So… what I see is a video on Pop-Punk Revival Gen Z Edition - but what I’m hearing is that: not only is LA sitting on the gospel drumming shed footage from previous seasons - he also has a trove of pop-punk closet fan drum shedding he’s going to release as well… 😁😁😁
There are some pop-punk bands who promote respectfulness and disadvantaged artists: The Wonder Years' lead singer Soupy always pushes artists with femme vocalists and he's been a big proponent of Meet Me @ The Altar and even appears on a remix/version of one of their songs.
Like no one ever mentioned Avril Lavigne, she's Pop Punk Princess. You literally forgot The Best Damn Thing domination in 2007, Girlfriend was the best selling single in the same year
Those songs by miley and demi were not just early exposure to pop rock for girls. As a guy, I'm not ashamed to admit that I listen to female artists, and prefer female fronted pop punk bands such as Meet Me @ The Altar and Stand Atlantic
(Haven't finished the video) I'm wondering if this revival could mean bringing back other rock genres as well, maybe more alternative rock, someone said nu metal below, maybe even smaller sub genres like shoegaze could make a little return, I'm excited to see what's in store!
I wouldn’t mind seeing pop punk artists diversifying their ideas and approach. A New Orleans pop punk act incorporating swamp pop and fifties New Orleans R&B, for example. How about a Texas equivalent to Paramour throwing in blues, Tejano music, Nuggets era garage and psych into the mix? Think a latter day Gun Club meets Butthole Surfers. A British Blink 182 incorporating classic British sixties style guitar pop, the arty side of glam rock, pop punk and artists like The Smiths. You get the idea.
good shout, i'd love to see some pop-punk hybrid stuff too. in fact i'm gonna try making something myself. btw listen to surf curse (esp. the song freaks) if you want that 'blink-182 meets the smiths' sound