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Pop-punk is variously described as a punk subgenre, a variation of punk, a form of pop music,{{sfn|Borack|2007|p=viii}} and a genre antithetical to punk in a similar manner as post-punk. It has evolved stylistically throughout its history, absorbing elements from new wave, college rock, ska, rap, emo, and boy bands. Some variations of pop-punk are noted for their faithfulness to traditional punk rock, employing a "raw, gritty, screamy, and not necessarily radio-friendly" sound. Other variants are more polished and suitable for mainstream radio.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-22 |title=The Guitarists and Gear of 2000s Pop Punk |url=https://reverb.com/news/the-guitarists-and-gear-of-2000s-pop-punk |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=reverb.com |language=en}}

Writers at The A.V. Club described pop-punk as a punk subgenre that has "essentially been around as long as punk itself" with roots in the "classic pop of the Beatles, the Kinks, and the Beach Boys, often pitting sweet harmonies against bratty, rowdy riffs."{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/beginners-guide-bouncy-buzz-pop-punk-201853 |title=A beginner's guide to the bouncy buzz of pop punk |work=The A.V. Club |last1=Anthony |first1=David |last2=Heller |first2=Jason |last3=Ryan |first3=Kyle |date=March 6, 2014}} According to Ryan Cooper of About.com, "pop-punk is a style that owes more to The Beatles and '60s pop than other sub-genres of punk".{{cite web |url=http://punkmusic.about.com/od/punk101/a/subgenres.htm |title=The Subgenres of Punk Rock |last=Cooper |first=Ryan |publisher=About.com |access-date=March 4, 2017 |archive-date=October 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025003417/http://punkmusic.about.com/od/punk101/a/subgenres.htm |url-status=dead }}

There is considerable overlap between power pop and pop-punk, and the two styles are often conflated. Web publication Revolver acknowledged that, while pop-punk and power pop are often presented interchangeably, "the core concept is simple—melodic songs packaged with a punk slant."{{cite web |title=50 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/music/50-greatest-punk-albums-all-time |website=Revolver |date=May 24, 2018}} In Brian Cogan's The Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture (2006) pop-punk is characterized as "a catchy, faster version of power pop."{{sfn|Cogan|2006|p=86}} AllMusic defines "punk-pop" as "a post-grunge strand of alternative rock" that combines the textures and fast tempos of punk rock with the "melodies and chord changes" of power pop.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/punk-pop-ma0000004449 |title=Punk-Pop Music Genre Overview |publisher=AllMusic}} In the 1990s, there was overlap between pop-punk and skate punk.{{cite web|title=Skatepunk|url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/skatepunk-ma0000011954|publisher=AllMusic}} Music journalist Ben Myers wrote that the two terms were synonymous.{{sfn|Myers|2006|p=52}}

Rock writer Greg Shaw, who wrote extensively about power pop and took credit for codifying the genre in the 1970s, originally defined power pop itself as a hybrid style of punk and pop.{{cite web|author-link=Greg Shaw|last=Shaw|first=Greg|date=1994|url=http://bomp.com/History.html |title=It was 20 years ago today ...|publisher=Bomp.com |access-date=December 4, 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212135740/http://www.bomp.com/history.html |archive-date=December 12, 2009}} Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, who described power pop as "the greatest music on Earth that no one likes",{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/billie-joe-armstrong-green-day-my-life-937805/|title=Billie Joe Armstrong: My Life in 15 Songs|first1=Patrick|last1=Doyle|first2=Chris|last2=Kobiella|date=January 29, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone}} opined that the pop-punk term was an oxymoron: "You're either punk or you're not."{{cite magazine |title=50 Greatest Pop-Punk Albums |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-pop-punk-albums-122677/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 15, 2017}} Writing in Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Guide to Power Pop (2007), actor Robbie Rist felt that much of the genre merely consisted of pop bands who "add the 'punk' moniker so the kids will think they are pissing off their parents."{{sfn|Borack|2007|p=viii}}

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|text= Even during its formative phase in 1978, pop-punk wasn't simply a lighter, more palatable version of punk. It was just as rebellious, only it rebelled against punk itself: its nihilism, its bad-boy pose, its mockery of melody, it's belittling of sentimentality, and above all, its self-seriousness. In a way, pop punk became its own kind of post-punk...

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Rolling Stone, in an article about pop-punk, wrote that the term was a retroactive label for punk bands who had "always championed great songwriting alongside their anti-authoritarian stance. And punk's focus on speed, concision and three-chord simplicity is a natural fit with pop's core values." Vice{{'}}s Jason Heller described "an open respect for the tradition and craft of pop songwriting" as a key characteristic of pop-punk.{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-1978-kicked-off-the-explosion-of-pop-punk/ |title=How 1978 Kicked Off the Explosion of Pop-Punk |work=Vice |date=February 26, 2018 |access-date=August 18, 2020 |last=Heller |first=Jason}} Bill Lamb, also from About.com, writes that pop-punk is a variant of punk music that features "a hard and fast guitar and drums base but powered by pop melodies like much of '70s punk rock." Alter the Press! defines pop-punk as "a genre that originates from mixing punk rock with pop sensibility".{{cite web |url=http://www.alterthepress.com/2011/06/feature-what-pop-punk-means-to-me.html |title= Feature: "What Pop Punk Means to Me" |work=Alter the Press!}}

Lyrically, pop-punk often addresses adolescent themes of lust, romantic relationships, heartbreak, drugs, suburbia, and rebellion.{{cite web |title=The 100 Best Pop Punk Bands |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/06/the-100-best-pop-punk-bands/ |website=Consequence of Sound |date=5 June 2019 |access-date=January 21, 2021}} Some pop-punk lyrics make an emphasis on jokes and humor. The New Yorker{{'}}s Amanda Petrush summarized that the "rawness" of pop-punk "lies not in the music" but by conveying the "spectrum of human experience, all that longing and self-doubt."

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The term pop punk was first used by John Rockwell in a New York Times in March 1977 article to describe Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.{{cite news |last=Rockwell |first=John |date=March 9, 1977 |title=Cabaret: Tom Petty's Pop Punk Rock Evokes Sounds of 60's

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| quote = When bands like Green Day, The Offspring, NOFX and Rancid helped pop punk explode in 1994/1995, the mainstream called it a “punk revival” because it was the first time that punk had a real mainstream presence since the first-wave ’70s bands. But as many people knew then and even more people know now, the mid ’90s pop punk boom wasn’t a revival of anything; it was the culmination of a sound that had been bubbling on an underground level since the early 1980s. [...] When punk’s first wave started to die down and make way for the more digestible, mainstream-embraced sound of new wave, a new crop of bands took the loud, fast sounds of the Ramones and the Dead Boys in a more extreme direction: hardcore. Once hardcore bands realized they could combine the genre’s speed, intensity, and simplicity with bright, catchy melodies, pop punk was born.

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Punk rock has long shared sensibilities with pop music, especially since the late 1970s.{{sfn|Myers|2006|p=52}} In his book Rock and Roll: A Social History (2018), author Paul Friedlander lists the following English artists as representative of the "new wave of pop punk synthesis" that occurred in the late 1970s: Elvis Costello and the Attractions, the Police, the Jam, Billy Idol, Joe Jackson, the Pretenders, UB40, Madness, the Specials, the English Beat. Likewise, among American acts, Friedlander references Talking Heads, Blondie, the B-52s, the Motels, and Pere Ubu.{{cite book|last=Friedlander|first=Paul|title=Rock And Roll: A Social History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fx-yDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA254|year=2018|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-429-96325-4|page=254}}

File:The Buzzcocks 1.JPG are considered one of the pioneers of pop-punk.{{cite web |url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/the_5_great_eras_of_pop_punk_from_the_70s_to_today |title=The 5 great eras of pop-punk, from the '70s to today |work=Alternative Press |last=Crane |first=Matt |date=April 17, 2014}}]]

Heller said that the Ramones crafted a blueprint for pop-punk with their 1976 debut album, but 1978 was the year that the genre "came into its own". He noted that some bands "were unmistakably pop punk bands by today's definition of the term, but in 1978, the distinction wasn't so clear. Plenty of punk groups of the era threw a token pop tune or two into their set—sometimes for ironic effect, other times earnestly." Heller also acknowledged that many "burgeoning pop punk groups in 1978 bordered on power pop, a parallel genre on the rise at the time. But power pop began earlier, and it was a more American phenomenon". Among the influential pop-punk bands of the late 1970s were the Buzzcocks.{{cite web |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/12/07/buzzcocks-pete-shelley-punk-influence |title=Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley Punk Influence Still Reverberates |work=WBUR News |date=7 December 2010 |last=Sullivan |first=Jim |access-date=1 September 2021 }} An LA Weekly writer later referred to the band's 1979 compilation album Singles Going Steady as "the blueprint for punk rock bands preferring tuneful tales of lost love and longing to rage against the machine." Cooper similarly cited the album as one of punk's most influential and added that Buzzcocks' "pop overtones [led] them to be a primary influence on today's pop punk bands.".{{cite web|author=Cooper, Ryan|date=2019|url=https://www.liveabout.com/punks-most-influential-albums-2803358|title=Punk's Most Influential Albums

|website=About.com}} Heller referred to the Undertones as "the most subversive band" of the genre during this period, particularly their 1978 single "Teenage Kicks", "one of the most striking and definitive pop punk classics."

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Bad Religion, formed in 1979, helped to lay the groundwork for the pop-punk style that emerged in the 1990s.{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/7-reasons-why-bad-religions-brett-gurewitz-is-the-godfather-of-punk-rock |title=7 reasons why Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz is the godfather of Californian punk |work=Louder |date=6 December 2017 |access-date=1 September 2021 }} They and some of the other leading bands in Southern California's hardcore punk scene emphasized a more melodic approach than was typical of their peers. According to Myers, Bad Religion "layered their pissed off, politicized sound with the smoothest of harmonies". Myers added that another band, the Descendents, "wrote almost surfy, Beach Boys-inspired songs about girls and food and being young(ish)".{{sfn|Myers|2006|p=52}} Their positive yet sarcastic approach began to separate them from the more serious hardcore scene. The Descendents' 1982 debut LP Milo Goes to College provided the template for the United States' take on the more melodic strains of first wave punk.{{cite web|title=The 5 Best Pre-Dookie Pop-Punk Records|author=Nicholas Pell|work=LA Weekly|date=July 9, 2013|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2013/07/best_pop_punk_before_green_day.php|access-date=September 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130830090702/http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2013/07/best_pop_punk_before_green_day.php|archive-date=August 30, 2013|url-status=dead}} Many pop-punk bands, including Blink-182, cite the Descendents as a major influence. Descendents paved the way for future pop-punk bands with themes of hating parents, struggling to find a romantic partner, and social alienation. Horror punk band The Misfits also influenced pop-punk with their 1982 album Walk Among Us, which was a forerunner to later pop-punk music with the album's vocal harmonies and pop-inspired melodies. The Misfits' gothic image inspired later pop-punk bands like Alkaline Trio and My Chemical Romance. Marginal Man was a Washington D.C. hardcore punk band who mixed hardcore punk with melodic chord progressions and clean, melodic singing, being influenced by power pop, jangle pop and new wave music.{{cite web |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/15-80s-punk-albums-that-shaped-the-90s00s-pop-punk-boom/ |title=15 '80s punk albums that shaped the '90s/'00s pop-punk boom |work=Brooklyn Vegan |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |date=July 29, 2020 |access-date=September 22, 2021}}

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During the late 1980s and early 1990s, pop-punk bands such as Green Day, the Queers, The Mr. T Experience and Screeching Weasel emerged from the record label Lookout! Records with a sound indebted to Buzzcocks, the Ramones, and the Undertones.{{cite web |url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-50-best-albums-from-1991/ |title=The 50 Best Albums From 1991 |work=Kerrang! |last=Law |first=Saw |date=June 24, 2021 |access-date=September 21, 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/508557/queers-latest-album-is-their-best/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124010054/http://www.mtv.com/news/508557/queers-latest-album-is-their-best/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2016 |title=Queers Latest Album Is Their Best |publisher=MTV |last=Nelson |first=Chris |date=November 12, 1996 |access-date=September 21, 2021}} In August 1992, early 1990s California punk rock and pop-punk was noticed by the magazine Spin when the magazine published a story called "California Screamin{{'"}}, which is about the early 1990s underground punk rock scene in California, mentioning pop-punk bands like Screeching Weasel and Green Day.{{cite magazine |title=California Screamin' |last=Fidler |first=Daniel |date=August 1992 |access-date=November 7, 2018 |magazine=Spin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jlr1EqbQvLgC&pg=PT87 |volume=8 |number=5 |issn=0886-3032}} Screeching Weasel's 1991 album My Brain Hurts influenced many subsequent pop-punk bands,{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/my-brain-hurts-mw0000274141 |title=My Brain Hurts - Screeching Weasel |publisher=AllMusic |last=DaRonco |first=Mike |access-date=September 21, 2021}} with bands like Blink-182, Allister{{cite web |url=https://ink19.com/2005/11/magazine/interviews/allister |title=Allister |work=Ink 19 |date=November 8, 2005 |access-date=September 21, 2021}} and Alkaline Trio{{cite web |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/36181/matt-skiba-discusses-sonic-direction-of-upcoming-alkaline-trio-album |title=Matt Skiba discusses sonic direction of upcoming Alkaline Trio album |publisher=Punknews.org |last=Yancey |first=Bryne |date=December 1, 2009 |access-date=September 21, 2021}} citing them as an influence.{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/09/dont-listen-to-me-i-have-screeching-weasel-tattooed-on-my-arm-but.html |title=Don't listen to me, I have Screeching Weasel tattooed on my arm, but ... |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 17, 2010 |last=Martens |first=Todd |access-date=September 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330211742/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/09/dont-listen-to-me-i-have-screeching-weasel-tattooed-on-my-arm-but.html |archive-date=March 30, 2018}} Social Distortion, known for playing genres like traditional punk and cowpunk, achieved moderate success starting in the early 1990s prior to the 1994 mainstream explosion of pop punk. The band's self-titled album (1990) and Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell (1992) both eventually were certified gold in the United States.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Social Distortion|artist=Social Distortion|type=album|region=United States}}{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell|artist=Social Distortion|type=album|region=United States}}

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In the wake of Nirvana and grunge breaking through in the early 1990s, California's Green Day and Bad Religion were both signed to major labels in 1993, and by 1994, pop-punk was quickly growing in mainstream popularity, soon before grunge's popularity began to decline. Many punk rock and pop-punk bands originated from the California punk scene of the late 1980s, and several of those bands, especially Green Day and the Offspring, helped revive interest in punk rock in the 1990s.{{sfn|DeRogatis|2003|p=357}} Green Day arose from the 924 Gilman Street punk scene in Berkeley, California.{{cite news| last=Caramanica| first=Jon| date=September 25, 2012| title=Pop-Punk Bands, Now Grown Up| newspaper=The New York Times| location=New York City | issn=0362-4331| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/arts/music/green-day-and-no-doubt-have-new-albums.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&}} After building an underground following, the band signed to Reprise Records and released their major-label debut album, Dookie, in 1994. Dookie sold four million copies by the year's end and spawned several radio singles that received extensive MTV rotation, three of which peaked at number one on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.{{cite news| last=Strauss| first=Neil| date=February 5, 1995| title=Has Success Spoiled Green Day?| work=The New York Times| location=New York City | issn=0362-4331| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/05/arts/pop-view-has-success-spoiled-green-day.html}} Green Day's enormous commercial success paved the way for other North American pop-punk bands in the following decade.{{Cite web |last=D'Angelo |first=Joe |date=September 15, 2004 |title=How Green Day's Dookie Fertilized A Punk-Rock Revival |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/p68x4s/how-green-days-dookie-fertilized-a-punk-rock-revival |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806174006/https://www.mtv.com/news/p68x4s/how-green-days-dookie-fertilized-a-punk-rock-revival |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 6, 2022 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=MTV |language=en}} In 1999, Dookie was certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Dookie|artist=Green Day|type=album|region=United States}} The Offspring also achieved mainstream success in 1994 with their album Smash being certified 6× platinum by the RIAA.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Smash|artist=The Offspring|type=album|region=United States}}

MTV and radio stations such as Los Angeles' KROQ-FM played a major role in the genre's mainstream success.{{cite magazine| last=Gold| first=Jonathan| date=November 1994| title=The Year Punk Broke| magazine=Spin| publisher=Spin Media| location=New York City | issn=0886-3032}} The Warped Tour, started in 1995, brought punk even further into the United States mainstream.{{sfn|Diehl|2007|pp=2, 145, 227}} With punk rock's renewed visibility came concerns among some in the punk subculture that the music was being co-opted by the mainstream. Some punk rock fans criticized Green Day for "selling out" and rejected their music as too soft, pop-oriented and not legitimate punk rock.{{cite web|url=http://www.live4ever.uk.com/2011/02/sex-pistols-john-lydon-brands-green-day-punk-imitators/ |title=Sex Pistols' John Lydon Brands Green Day 'Punk Imitators' | Live4ever Ezine |date=February 2011 |publisher=Live4ever.uk.com |access-date=2013-02-26}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/green-day-fail-to-impress-punk-icon |title=Green Day Fail To Impress Punk Icon |magazine=Contactmusic.com |access-date=2013-02-26}} They argued that by signing to major labels and appearing on MTV, bands like Green Day were buying into a system that punk was created to challenge.{{sfn|Myers|2006|p=120}}

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In 1997, Blink-182 released their breakthrough album, Dude Ranch, and the band performed at the Vans Warped Tour that year. "Dammit", the album's second single, received frequent airplay on modern rock stations, and the album was certified gold by 1998.{{cite news| last = Hochman| first = Steve| date = May 30, 1999| title = Psst... Blink-182 Is Growing Up| newspaper = Los Angeles Times| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-may-30-ca-42373-story.html| access-date = February 1, 2013| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141230082410/http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/30/entertainment/ca-42373| archive-date = December 30, 2014| url-status=live| df = mdy-all}} By 1999, Blink achieved further mainstream success with Enema of the State. In the description of journalist Matt Crane, the record initiated "a new wave of pop punk". He added, "At any given time in the late '90s/early 2000s, it was not uncommon to see Blink-182 and Sum 41 on MTV. You couldn't escape it. Pop punk was in, and it became the undisputed mainstream choice." Lamb described second-wave pop-punk bands, led by Blink-182, as having "a radio friendly sheen to their music, but still maintaining much of the speed and attitude of classic punk rock".{{cite web|last=Lamb |first=Bill |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415041707/http://top40.about.com/od/popmusic101/p/punkpop.htm |archive-date=April 15, 2012 |url=http://top40.about.com/od/popmusic101/p/punkpop.htm |title=Punk Pop |publisher=About.com (IAC) |access-date=August 19, 2011}} Enema of the State was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Enema of the State|artist=Blink-182|type=album|region=United States}} and its song "All the Small Things" peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/blink-182/chart-history |title=blink-182 Chart History |work=Billboard |access-date=February 9, 2021}} Sum 41's debut album All Killer No Filler was certified triple platinum in their home country of Canada.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=All Killer No Filler |artist=Sum 41 |type=album|region=Canada}} Its song "Fat Lip" peaked at number one on the US Billboard alternative airplay chart{{cite magazine |title=Chart History Sum 41 |magazine=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sum-41/chart-history/mrt/ |access-date=10 March 2021}} and number eight on the UK singles chart.{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 07 October 2001 - 13 October 2001 |website=OfficialCharts.com |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20011007/7501/ |access-date=10 March 2021}}

Around this time the genre saw the rise of the "Drive-Thru Records Era", where a number of bands that were signed to independent record labels gained mainstream attention, namely those on Drive-Thru Records. This included bands such as New Found Glory, Allister, Fenix TX, the Early November, Something Corporate, the Starting Line, Midtown, Hellogoodbye, Rx Bandits and the Movielife.{{cite web |last1=Crane |first1=Matt |title=29 Songs That Define the Drive-Thru Records Era |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/29_songs_that_defined_the_drive_thru_records_era/ |website=Alternative Press |date=23 May 2014 |access-date=10 March 2021}} A 2017 article by Upset Magazine called New Found Glory "pop punk's most consistent and influential bands for 20 years"{{cite web |title=New Found Glory: "We've always done whatever we wanted to do" |url=https://www.upsetmagazine.com/features/new-found-glory-weve-always-done-whatever-wanted |access-date=10 March 2021}} and the Starting Line's song "Best of Me" was cited by Alternative Press as one of the most influential songs in the genre.{{cite web |last1=Piers |first1=Ryan |title=These Are the 25 Most Influential Songs of Pop Punk |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/influential-pop-punk-songs/ |website=Alternative Press |date=23 September 2020 |access-date=10 March 2021}}

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Avril Lavigne's 2002 album Let Go set a precedent for the success of female-fronted pop-punk acts. Journalist Nick Laugher wrote that it was "undeniable" that the record launched pop-punk into the mainstream, "blurring the lines with it and straight-up pop music, and making it more of a cultural movement than a genre."{{cite web|last1=Laugher|first1=Nick|title=6 Canadian albums that changed pop punk forever|url=http://www.aux.tv/2016/12/cancon-poppunk/|website=Aux TV|access-date=16 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215023911/http://www.aux.tv/2016/12/cancon-poppunk/|archive-date=15 February 2017|url-status=dead}} Other critics and publications noticed that because of Lavigne's punk-driven-pop anthems,{{cite web |last1=Leahey |first1=Andrew |title=Artist Biography: Avril Lavigne |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/avril-lavigne-mn0000762885/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=24 February 2021 |quote=Avril Lavigne became an international star in the 2000s with her punk-influenced pop anthems and anti-starlet image.}}{{cite web |last1=Moyle |first1=Tracey |title=10 Influential Pop Punk Bands of the '90s & 2000s |url=https://www.punktuationmag.com/features/10-influential-pop-punk-bands-of-the-90s-2000s |website=Punktuation |access-date=24 February 2021 |date=July 9, 2020 |quote=Avril Lavigne burst into charts in the early 2000’ giving teenagers (and beyond) the hero they needed. Her punk driven pop anthems and anti-starlet image was the inspiration ... There is no doubt her strength, passion and incredible talent was and is a powerful influence for so many embracing this Queen of Canadian Pop-Punk.}}{{cite web |title=Avril Lavigne Essentials |url=https://music.apple.com/za/playlist/avril-lavigne-essentials/pl.8504e182e47a4668970d44586c0e6be3 |website=Apple Music |access-date=September 20, 2018 |quote=...the Canadian singer proved herself a crossover star, garnering legions of both mainstream and fringe fans with her Cali punk-indebted sound. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920084428/https://itunes.apple.com/za/playlist/avril-lavigne-essentials/pl.8504e182e47a4668970d44586c0e6be3 |archive-date=September 20, 2018 |url-status=live }} she has earned the reputation as the genre's "queen".{{Cite news |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/176350-11-times-kelly-osbournes-early-2000-outfits-were-our-pop-punk-inspiration-photos |title=11 Times Kelly Osbourne's Early 2000 Outfits Were Our Pop Punk Inspiration – Photos |last=Gamble |first=Ione |access-date=April 15, 2017 |quote=Whether owning the red carpet with then-bestie and reigning queen of pop-punk Avril Lavigne. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813143357/https://www.bustle.com/articles/176350-11-times-kelly-osbournes-early-2000-outfits-were-our-pop-punk-inspiration-photos |archive-date=August 13, 2017 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2268603/pop-punk-princess-2004/ |title=Which 2004 Pop Punk Princess Are You? |last=Lindner |first=Emily |access-date=May 15, 2017 |quote=Where have all the pop punk girls gone? Sure, Avril Lavigne still reigns as queen ... |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522152812/http://www.mtv.com/news/2268603/pop-punk-princess-2004/ |archive-date=May 22, 2017 |url-status=dead }} For her part, Lavigne preferred to describe her music as "heavy pop rock", rather than punk.{{cite web |last1=Abou-Jaoude |first1=Paula |title=Uma Avril patricinha |url=https://capricho.abril.com.br/entretenimento/uma-avril-patricinha/ |website=Capricho Magazine |access-date=13 October 2020 |language=pt |date=November 16, 2007 |quote=I've been listening to a lot of punk rock, so you might notice a certain punk influence on my new record. I like aggressive music, but I like pop rock a lot, which is what I really know how to do.}}{{cite web |last1=Copsey |first1=Robert |title=Avril Lavigne interview: 'I'll always be young at heart' |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/interviews/a523465/avril-lavigne-interview-ill-always-be-young-at-heart/ |website=Digital Spy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613213415/http://www.digitalspy.com/music/interviews/a523465/avril-lavigne-interview-ill-always-be-young-at-heart/ |archive-date=June 13, 2016 |date=October 14, 2013|quote=For me, my music's always been heavy pop rock.}} Other pop-punk bands that achieved popularity include Good Charlotte, Simple Plan and MxPx. Good Charlotte's 2002 album The Young and the Hopeless went triple platinum.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=The Young and the Hopeless|artist=Good Charlotte|type=album|region=United States}} Simple Plan's 2002 debut album No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls was certified double platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|title=No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls |artist=Simple Plan |type=album|region=United States}} and its 2004 follow-up Still Not Getting Any... went platinum.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Still Not Getting Any... |artist=Simple Plan |type=album|region=United States}}

In the United Kingdom, Busted and McFly gained notability through merging pop-punk musicality with boy band aesthetics.{{cite web |last1=Collar |first1=Matt |title=Busted Biography by Matt Collar |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/busted-mn0000537444/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=9 March 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Bootle |first1=Emily |title=McFly's Young Dumb Thrills: an artificially wholesome school run soundtrack |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music-theatre/2020/11/mcfly-s-young-dumb-thrills-artificially-wholesome-school-run |website=New Statesman |date=11 November 2020 |access-date=9 March 2021}} Busted's 2002 self-titled debut album was certified 4× platinum{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Busted |artist=Busted |type=album|region=United Kingdom|id=1133-166-2}} and their second album A Present for Everyone was certified 3× platinum.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=A Present for Everyone |artist=Busted |type=album|region=United Kingdom|id=237-166-2}} McFly's 2004 debut album Room on the 3rd Floor peaked at number one on the UK albums chart{{cite web |title=Room on the 3rd Floor |website=OfficialCharts.com |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/room-on-the-3rd-floor/ |access-date=9 March 2021}} and was certified 2× platinum.{{Certification Cite Ref|title=Room on the 3rd Floor |artist=McFly |type=album |region=United Kingdom|id=5617-1409-2}}

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As emo pop's merger of pop-punk emo coalesced, the record label Fueled by Ramen became a center of the movement, releasing platinum selling albums from bands like Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco and Paramore. Fall Out Boy's 2005 song "Sugar, We're Goin Down" received heavy airplay, climbing to number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 music charts.{{cite web|last=Loftus|first=Johnny|title=Fall Out Boy|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fall-out-boy-p533936|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=10 June 2011}} Plain White T's was another Illinois emo pop band that received major mainstream success. Their album Every Second Counts (2006) went number 10 on the Billboard 200 charts and featured their number one single "Hey There Delilah".{{Cite web | url=https://www.much.com/plain-white-ts-hey-there-delilah-show/ |title = Plain White T's 'Hey There Delilah' is Being Turned into a TV Show}} New Jersey band My Chemical Romance was one of the faces of emo pop during the 2000s. MCR's albums Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004) and The Black Parade (2006) each sold more than 3 million copies in the US alone. The latter of the albums debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 charts. The album's lead single "Welcome to the Black Parade" topped the US Alternative Songs chart and reached number 9 on the Billboard hot 100.{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/2013/03/a_romance_to_remember_mcr_call.html|title=A Romance to remember: MCR calls it quits after a remarkable 12 years|first=Tris|last=Mccall|date=31 March 2013|website=nj.com|access-date=21 May 2019}} Taking Back Sunday's third album Louder Now (2006) debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 charts.{{cite web|url=https://fuse.tv/2016/04/taking-back-sunday-make-damn-sure-turns-10|title=Taking Back Sunday's 'MakeDamnSure' Was Emo-Pop's Weirdest Release|first=Maria|last=Sherman|website=Fuse|access-date=21 May 2019}}

According to Brooklyn Vegan{{'}}s Andrew Sacher, after the success of "hugely popular" 2000s bands such as Fall Out Boy, Paramore, and My Chemical Romance, "the line between pop punk and emo look[ed] close to nonexistent."{{cite web |last1=Sacher |first1=Andrew |title=15 '80s punk albums that shaped the '90s/'00s pop punk boom |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/15-80s-punk-albums-that-shaped-the-90s00s-pop-punk-boom/ |website=Brooklyn Vegan |date=2020}} Several pop-punk bands took different musical directions in the late 2000s, with Panic! at the Disco crafting the Beatles-inspired, baroque-styled record Pretty. Odd. (2008) and Fall Out Boy experimenting with glam rock, blues rock and R&B on Folie a Deux (2008), both of which created fan confusion and backlash. Folie a Deux sold worse than their preceding albums, a representation of the backlash from their fanbase as the group experimented with a musical style differing from their established pop-punk sound.{{cite magazine|last=Perpetua|first=Matthew|date=February 29, 2012|title=Patrick Stump: I'm a 27-Year-Old Has-Been|magazine=Rolling Stone|location=New York City |issn=0035-791X |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/patrick-stump-im-a-27-year-old-has-been-20120229}}{{cite magazine|last=Greene|first=Andy|date=March 18, 2011|title=The 25 Boldest Career Moves in Rock History|magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=1127 |location=New York City |issn=0035-791X |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-25-boldest-career-moves-in-rock-history-20110318/panic-at-the-disco-drop-the-emo-and-the-exclamation-mark-19691231}}

The late-2000s also saw the pioneering of neon pop-punk, a style of pop-punk that embraced more elements of pop and electronic music than was traditional in the genre.{{cite web |title=20 Neon Pop-Punk Songs You Probably Forgot |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/20_neon_pop_punk_songs_you_forgot/ |website=Alternative Press |date=9 September 2017 |access-date=16 April 2021}} Popular groups in the style at the time included All Time Low, the Maine, the Cab, Metro Station,{{cite web |last1=Hall |first1=Mackenzie |title=10 Neon Pop-Punk Songs You Can Headbang To |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/10_neon_pop_punk_songs_you_can_headbang_to/ |website=Alternative Press |date=7 September 2016 |access-date=16 April 2021}} Boys Like Girls, Cobra Starship and Forever the Sickest Kids.{{cite web |last1=Shoemaker |first1=Whitney |title=10 Neon-Pop Bands Who Need to Make a Comeback |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/best-neon-pop-bands/ |website=Alternative Press |date=18 June 2020 |access-date=16 April 2021}} Metro Station's 2007 single "Shake It" peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine |title=Chart History Metro Station |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/metro-station/chart-history/hsi/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=16 April 2021}} and number 6 on the UK Singles Chart.{{cite web |title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |website=OfficialCharts.com |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20090405/7501/ |access-date=16 April 2021}} All Time Low's 2008 single "Dear Maria, Count Me In" is certified double platinum in the United States,{{cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |website = Recording Industry Association of America|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=All+Time+Low&ti=Dear+Maria%2C+Count+Me+In#search_section |access-date=16 April 2021}} and their 2009 album Nothing Personal peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Digital Albums chart.{{cite magazine |title=All Time Low Chart History |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/278659/all-time-low/chart?f=400 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=16 April 2021}} The Maine's 2008 debut album Can't Stop Won't Stop peaked at number 9 on the Billboard digital albums chart.{{cite magazine |title=Chart History The Maine |magazine=Billboard |access-date=16 April 2021 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/The-Maine/chart-history/digital-albums|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427051640/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-maine/chart-history/digital-albums|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 27, 2019}} Cobra Starship's 2009 album Hot Mess reached number 4 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web|last=Grein |first=Paul |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/41000/week-ending-aug-16-2009-king-of-country-boots-king-of-pop/ |title=Week Ending Aug. 16, 2009: King Of Country Boots King Of Pop | Chart Watch - Yahoo! Music |publisher=New.music.yahoo.com |date=2009-08-19 |access-date=2012-02-22}} Boys Like Girls' 2009 second album Love Drunk peaked at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart.{{cite magazine |title=Chart History Boys Like Girls |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/boys-like-girls/chart-history/tlp/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=16 April 2021}}

Pop-punk lost its mainstream popularity in the early 2010s, with rock bands and guitar-centric music becoming rare on dance-focused pop radio.{{Cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=2015-01-15 |title=Fall Out Boy, Wiz Khalifa Announce Extensive 'Boys of Zummer' Tour |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fall-out-boy-wiz-khalifa-announce-extensive-boys-of-zummer-tour-44538/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} Some acts, such as New Found Glory, have seen concert attendance numbers decrease steadily. Devon Maloney of MTV wrote that "Pop punk and emo bands don't headline Coachella or Bonnaroo; they rarely, if ever, are even billed on mainstream festival stages," and notes that it has similarly disappeared from the press. The only magazines that featured pop-punk bands were niche publications such as Alternative Press and the occasional teen magazine, while influential pop-punk magazine AMP ceased publication in 2013. The decline in mainstream popularity for the genre, coupled with the closure of many mid-size venues associated with it, resulted in many venues and labels returning to the DIY ethic that helped spawn the punk movement.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefader.com/2015/12/23/how-diy-culture-is-thriving-in-the-uk|title=How DIY Culture Is Thriving In The U.K.|last=Welsh|first=April|date=23 December 2015|website=Thefader.com|access-date=3 March 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://soundsmagazine.co.uk/henry-rollins-talks-trump-snakes-and-diy-punk-resurgence-beatroute-magazine/|title=Henry Rollins Talks Trump, Snakes and DIY Punk Resurgence|date=16 December 2016|website=Soundsmagazine.co.uk|access-date=3 March 2018}}{{failed verification|date=August 2020}}

By 2012, pop-punk bands that had achieved minimal mainstream success had seen a return to grassroots form, considered "the micro-operation style that yielded the results that caught the mainstream's attention in the first place." Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory wrote in an op-ed for Alternative Press entitled "Why Pop-Punk's Not Dead—And Why It Still Matters Today": "This isn't a dead genre, and just because there isn't a song on the radio to clarify that shouldn't matter. ... Pop-punk means something to a lot of people and to me, having success as a band in our genre is about longevity, touring a lot and staying true to your fans."{{cite news|url=http://www.altpress.com/contributors/entry/pop_punk_not_dead_new_found_glory_chad_gilbert|title=Why Pop-Punk's Not Dead—And Why It Still Matters Today|author=Chad Gilbert|date= September 29, 2011|work=Alternative Press|access-date=September 17, 2013}}

By the 2010s, many pop-punk bands had folded; "once essentially child stars, their members are now adult musicians hoping to move beyond the teen trappings that gave them careers." Fall Out Boy and Paramore, two groups that achieved mainstream success within the genre, had two number one albums—Save Rock and Roll and Paramore—side by side on the Billboard 200. Fall Out Boy along with other pop-punk bands that peaked during the mid-2000s began experimenting with the more pop side of pop punk, in order to maintain their relevancy and keep the interest of their fanbase while gaining the appeal of the newer generations that may not like their traditional sound or relate as much to the punk themes of the 1970s.{{cite news |title=Fall Out Boy and Paramore: Coming back on top|author=Mikael Wood|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 11, 2013|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-fall-out-boy-paramore-20130511-story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615230229/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/11/entertainment/la-et-ms-fall-out-boy-paramore-20130511|url-status=live|archive-date=June 15, 2013|access-date=September 12, 2013}} Their popularity provoked conversations about the state of the genre; Maloney opined that these records could not be viewed as pop-punk.

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In the early 2010s, a new wave of pop-punk groups emerged,{{cite web |title=The Forgotten Pop-Punk Records of Summer|author=Ian Cohen|publisher=Grantland.com|date=August 2, 2013|url=http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/83197/the-forgotten-pop-punk-records-of-summer|access-date=September 12, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/modern-baseball-holy-ghost|title=Modern Baseball - Holy Ghost|work=Clash|author=Beech, Dave|date=May 23, 2016 |access-date=May 24, 2016}} fronted by the Wonder Years, State Champs, Neck Deep, Real Friends and Knuckle Puck.{{cite web |last1=Felitto |first1=Gabby |title=TikTok, Travis Barker and the pop punk revival |url=https://vtcynic.com/culture/tiktok-travis-barker-and-the-pop-punk-revival/ |website=The Vermont Cynic |date=16 April 2021 |access-date=18 April 2021}} Dave Beech of Clash noted that these groups were "[d]arker and more mature" than those previously, taking influence "and occasional indifference" from 1990s emo. Music commentator Finn McKenty also cited the influence from hardcore punk as being prominent during this period. On the Wonder Years' The Upsides (2010), vocalist Dan Campbell sung about "His early twenties soul-searching and tales of strife" which "resonated with a [new] generation, inspiring countless imitators in the process."{{sfn|Bird|2015|p=45}} This pushed Campbell to "the forefront of a new wave", and the album influenced a new wave of pop-punk bands.{{sfn|Bird|2015|p=45}} Rock Sound included The Wonder Years' The Greatest Generation on their best albums of 2013 list, calling it "the defining album of what may well have been the genre's best year for a decade."{{cite web |url=http://www.rocksound.tv/photos/article/the-50-best-albums-of-2013-part-five-10-1 |title=The 50 Best Albums Of 2013 Part Five: 10 – 1 | Photos | Rock Sound |work=Rocksound.tv |date=December 6, 2013 |access-date=July 2, 2015 |archive-date=December 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209043736/http://www.rocksound.tv/photos/article/the-50-best-albums-of-2013-part-five-10-1 |url-status=dead }} Kerrang! said the album "ripped up the pop punk blueprint" pushing the genre to "new peaks of invention, both lyrically and musically."{{cite magazine|editor1-last=McMahon|editor1-first=James|title=Pop-Punk's Not Bread|magazine=Kerrang!|date=September 13, 2014|issue=1534|location=London|issn=0262-6624|page= 42}} The Story So Far's What You Don't See (2013) "cemented their place at the top table of nu pop punk".{{sfn|Bird|2015|p=73}} In early 2014, Welsh band Neck Deep released their debut album Wishful Thinking, which Rock Sound later called it "the greatest UK pop punk record of all time."{{sfn|Bird|2015|p=66}} During this period, Man Overboard's "Defend Pop Punk" shirt design, which featured an AK-47, became a popular symbol of the scene,{{cite web |last1=Navarro |first1=Eric |title=The Joke T-Shirt That Became a Genre-Defining Movement |date=12 November 2019 |url=https://noise.thehardtimes.net/2019/11/12/the-joke-t-shirt-that-became-a-genre-defining-movement/ |access-date=10 February 2021}} to the extent that a number of publication have posthumously described this period as the "Defend Pop Punk Era".{{cite web |last1=Dodderidge |first1=Tim |title=Pop-Punk May Madness: Previewing the Round of 64 |date=3 May 2020 |url=https://mindequalsblown.net/music/pop-punk-may-madness-previewing-the-round-of-64 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516040125/http://mindequalsblown.net/music/pop-punk-may-madness-previewing-the-round-of-64 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |access-date=10 February 2021}}{{cite web |last1=McGinty |first1=Terry |title=Handguns When The Light Burns Out (2020) |date=13 February 2020 |url=https://www.punknews.org/review/17059/handguns-when-the-light-burns-out |access-date=10 February 2021}}{{cite web |title=The Gunz Show - Man Overboard, Boston Manor |date=29 November 2018 |url=https://idobi.com/podcast/109-man-overboard-boston-manor/ |access-date=10 February 2021}}

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Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer's 2014 self titled album debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and in many other countries, and received what the Guardian journalist Harriet Gibsone described as "the kind of mania only ever granted to a massive boyband".{{cite web |last1=Gibsone |first1=Harriet |title=5 Seconds of Summer: punks or boyband? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/10/5-seconds-of-summer-pop-punk-band-one-direction-youtube |website=The Guardian |date=10 July 2014 |access-date=18 April 2021}} However, the band's status as pop-punk was controversial. Alternative Press described the band as important to the marketing of the pop-punk scene,{{Cite web |last=Crane |first=Matt |date=May 5, 2014 |title=Why 5 Seconds Of Summer are more important to pop-punk than you think |url=https://www.altpress.com/why_5_seconds_of_summer_are_more_important_to_pop_punk_than_you_think/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Alternative Press Magazine |language=en-US}} whereas in a Clash magazine interview with Terry Bezer, he described them as "not pop-punk... [but] a valuable gateway for young kids to begin taking their first steps towards bands of... more substance."{{cite web |last1=Diver |first1=Mike |title=How Do You Solve A Problem Called 5 Seconds Of Summer? |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-called-5-seconds-of-summer |website=Clash |date=11 July 2014 |access-date=18 April 2021}} Around this time, a number of other pop-punk-influenced pop artists gained mainstream attention, including Charli XCX{{cite web |last1=Hunt |first1=El |title=Charli XCX: "I Genuinely Don't Give a Fuck" |url=https://diymag.com/2014/08/12/charli-xcx-in-the-studio-interview |website=DIY |date=12 August 2014 |access-date=18 April 2021}} and Halsey.{{cite web |last1=Greenwood |first1=Douglas |title=The Big Read – Halsey: "I can be feminine and delicate but also really fucking dangerous" |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/nme-big-read-halsey-cutting-2387063 |website=NME |date=5 October 2018 |access-date=18 April 2021}}

Several pop-punk bands embarked on anniversary tours in the early to mid-2010s, playing some of their most popular albums in full. While some members of these bands have had mixed feelings about these performances, quite often these tours sell as well as or better than the first time around. Club promoters in the UK have created nights based around lasting appreciation of the genre.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/20/pop-punk-club-nights|title=Say It Ain't So! Club nights reanimate the pop punk sound of Blink-182|author=Sian Rowe|date=August 20, 2011|work=The Guardian|access-date=September 17, 2013}} The Warped Tour still attracts hundreds of thousands of attendees each year; the 2012 tour attracted 556,000 festival-goers, its third-best attendance. Bobby Olivier of The Star-Ledger wrote: "The genre ... continues to reinvent itself and Warped is pop punk's prom."{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2013/07/what_jersey_sounds_like_the_power_of_pop-punk.html|title=What Jersey sounds like: The power of pop-punk|author= Bobby Olivier|date=July 15, 2013|work=The Star-Ledger|access-date=September 17, 2013}}

In 2016, Rolling Stone reported that pop-punk was "still one of the most predominant and popular rock genres". The magazine conducted a reader's poll for the "10 Best Pop-Punk Albums of All Time" that ultimately included Green Day (Dookie, American Idiot, Nimrod), Blink-182 (Enema of the State, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, Dude Ranch), the Ramones (Ramones), the Offspring (Smash), Jimmy Eat World (Bleed American), and Generation X (Valley of the Dolls).{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-pop-punk-albums-of-all-time-16315/|title=Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Pop Punk Albums of All Time|first=Brittany|last=Spanos |magazine=Rolling Stone|date=6 July 2016}}

In the late 2010s, the genre was influential in the development of emo rap. Many emo rappers gained mainstream attention during this period. In particular, Lil Peep, Lil Uzi Vert, Juice WRLD and XXXTentacion were all vocal about their love for and influence from pop-punk. Emo rapper Wicca Phase Springs Eternal was even a member of the influential 2010s pop-punk band Tigers Jaw.{{cite web |last1=Lewczyk |first1=Maria |title=Adam McIlwee Talks Comics, Conspiracies, and the Wicca Phase Springs Eternal Mythology |url=https://floodmagazine.com/56996/adam-mcilwee-talks-comics-conspiracies-wicca-phase-springs-eternal/ |access-date=21 February 2021}} This brought about a revived interest in the genre in popular culture,{{cite web |last1=Mench |first1=Chris |title=Misery Business: How Gen-Z Rappers Are Reinventing The Emo & Pop Punk Influences Of Their Childhood |url=https://genius.com/a/misery-business-how-gen-z-rappers-are-reinventing-the-emo-pop-punk-influences-of-their-childhood |access-date=5 February 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Eloise |first1=Marianne |title=From Lil Peep To Paramore, Emo And Rap Have Been Related For Years |url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/from-lil-peep-to-paramore-emo-and-rap-have-been-related-for-years/ |website=Kerrang! |date=5 September 2017 |access-date=5 February 2021}} leading to a number notable artists beginning to release po- punk songs towards the end of the decade. Emo rapper Lil Aaron and pop singer Kim Petras released the pop-punk song "Anymore" on September 5, 2018.{{cite news |last1=Goldfine |first1=Jael |title=Kim Petras and Lil Aaron Go Full Mall-Goth |newspaper=Paper |date=5 September 2018 |url=https://www.papermag.com/kim-petras-lil-aaron-anymore-2602321031.html?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3 |access-date=21 February 2021}} On 13 February 2019, Yungblud and pop singer Halsey released the pop-punk song "11 Minutes" featuring Travis Barker.{{cite web |last1=Given |first1=Kellie |title=YUNGBLUD: Pop-Punk Misfit Ready To Change The World |date=14 June 2020 |url=https://umusic.co.nz/select/alternative/yungblud-pop-punk-misfit-ready-to-change-the-world/ |access-date=5 February 2021}} The song was certified gold in the United States,{{cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |website = Recording Industry Association of America|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Yungblud&ti=11+Minutes#search_section |access-date=5 February 2021}} peaked at number one on the Billboard Bubbling under Top 100 chart{{cite magazine |title=Halsey chart history |magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/halsey/chart-history/hbu/}} and was performed at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards.{{cite web |last1=Jamieson |first1=Brii |title=Watch Yungblud, Halsey + Travis Barker Perform '11 Minutes' Live at the IHeart Awards |url=https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/watch-yungblud-halsey-travis-barker-perform-11-minutes-live-at-the-iheart-a |website=RockSound |access-date=5 February 2021 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607121549/https://www.rocksound.tv/news/read/watch-yungblud-halsey-travis-barker-perform-11-minutes-live-at-the-iheart-a |url-status=dead }} On June 7, 2019, Machine Gun Kelly, who had been established as a rapper for over a decade, released the pop-punk song "I Think I'm Okay" featuring Yungblud and Travis Barker. His first release in the genre, the song was nominated at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards,{{cite web |last1=FEIGIN |first1=SARA |title=How Machine Gun Kelly's latest album catapulted him to pop punk fame |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/celebrity/machine-gun-kelly-tickets-to-my-downfall-pop-punk-a4561176.html |website=Evening Standard |date=October 2020 |access-date=5 February 2021}} and was certified platinum within a year.{{cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |website = Recording Industry Association of America|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Machine+Gun+Kelly&ti=I+Think+I%27m+Okay#search_section}} On July 12, 2019, Cold Hart and Yawns of the influential emo rap collective GothBoiClique, released the pop-punk album Good Morning Cruel World,{{cite web |last1=Fulton |first1=Nick |title=gothboiclique rapper cold hart goes pop punk |url=https://i-d.co/article/emo-rapper-cold-hart-goes-pop-punk/ |website=i-D |date=12 July 2019 |access-date=21 February 2021}} and on September 18, 2019, emo rapper Lil Tracy released the pop-punk song "Beautiful Nightmare".{{cite web |last1=Gendron |first1=Will |title=Lil Tracy drops "Beautiful Nightmare" ahead of Anarchy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/09/18/lil-tracy-single-beautiful-nightmare-anarchy |access-date=4 March 2021}}

An October 2019 article by Mic cited emo rap as bringing an interest to a new wave of pop-punk groups like Stand Atlantic, Doll Skin, Waterparks and rapper Vic Mensa's band 93PUNX.{{cite web |last1=Mandel |first1=Leah |title=Everything old is new: Unpacking the pop punk revival |url=https://www.mic.com/p/everything-old-is-new-unpacking-the-pop-punk-revival-19196841 |website=Mic |date=8 October 2019 |access-date=14 April 2021}} Alternative Press also cited English bands Trash Boat, Boston Manor and As It Is as making "significant contributions to the latest revival era".{{cite web|last1=Mortensa|first1=Mala|title=10 Rising UK-Based Pop-Punk Bands You Need to Hear|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/new-uk-pop-punk-bands/|access-date=17 April 2021|website=Alternative Press|date=5 November 2020}}

File:Machine Gun Kelly (rapper) 03.jpg has been credited by publications such as Kerrang! as leading a pop-punk revival in the 2020s.]]

In September 2020, Machine Gun Kelly released his fifth studio album Tickets to My Downfall, his first entirely pop-punk album. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, becoming the first rock album to top the chart since Tool's Fear Inoculum in September 2019.{{Cite magazine|title=Machine Gun Kelly Earns First No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Tickets to My Downfall'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9460063/machine-gun-kelly-tickets-to-my-downfall-number-one-billboard-200|access-date=2020-12-13|magazine=Billboard|date=4 October 2020|language=en}} The Evening Standard credited the album as "bridg[ing] the gap" between the modern pop punk scene and the mainstream interest that developed from the emo rap scene. "My Ex's Best Friend", a song from Tickets to My Downfall, peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Because of this, a number of media outlets began crediting him with leading a pop-punk revival.{{cite web |last1=Richardson |first1=Jake |title=Is pop-punk really dead? |url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/is-pop-punk-really-dead/ |website=Kerrang! |date=27 November 2020 |access-date=4 February 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Weiss |first1=Jamie |title=Rapper Machine Gun Kelly Is the Men's Fashion Icon We Need in 2021 |date=2 February 2021 |url=https://www.dmarge.com/2021/02/machine-gun-kelly-fashion.html |access-date=4 February 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Aaron |title=MGK Defends His New Album's Shift Away From Rap To Pop-Punk |date=29 September 2020 |url=https://uproxx.com/music/mgk-defends-new-album-pop-punk/ |access-date=4 February 2021}}

An article by Kerrang! credited Machine Gun Kelly as well as Yungblud as bringing the genre back to mainstream attention. In addition to this, the publication cited the app TikTok as one of the key factors, as videos tagged #poppunk had received 400 million views by January 21, 2021. On the app, viral trends took place using tracks from pop-punk bands like All Time Low, Simple Plan and Paramore.{{cite web |last1=Bulmer |first1=Eloise |title=Why is pop-punk so big on TikTok? |website=Kerrang! |date=21 January 2021 |access-date=4 February 2021 |url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/why-is-pop-punk-so-big-on-tiktok/}} Some popular TikTok content creators even began releasing music in the genre around this time. Notably, TikToker Jxdn began releasing pop-punk music in February 2020,{{cite news |last1=Shafer |first1=Ellise |title=Meet the Creators Turning TikTok Fame Into Record Deals |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/tiktok-stars-music-industry-jxdn-nessa-barrett-jufu-tayler-holder-1234867855/ |access-date=January 4, 2021 |work=Variety |date=December 30, 2020}} while Huddy (then LilHuddy) began doing so the following year by releasing his debut single "21st Century Vampire".{{cite web |last1=Halperin |first1=Shirley |title=Adam Mersel Brings Immersive Records Label to Interscope Geffen A&M; TikTok Star Lilhuddy Is First Signing (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/adam-mersel-immersive-interscope-geffen-lilhuddy-1234889247/ |website=Variety |date=21 January 2021 |access-date=1 February 2021}} This led Polygon to term this new wave of artists "TikTokcore".{{cite web |last1=Broderick |first1=Ryan |title=TikTok's emo revival emerged from the creative chaos of quarantine |url=https://www.polygon.com/2021/3/2/22298265/tiktok-emo-music-video-celebrities |website=Polygon |date=2 March 2021 |access-date=8 March 2021}} Spin writer Al Shipley described pop-punk and its new association with hip hop as 2020's "commercial juggernaut".{{cite web |last1=Shipley |first1=Al |title=Pop-Punk and Hip-Hop: 2020's Dynamic Duo |url=https://www.spin.com/2020/11/pop-punk-hip-hop-2020/ |website=Spin |date=30 November 2020 |access-date=5 February 2021}}

Our Culture Mag cited KennyHoopla as a "key player in the [return] of the genre",{{cite news |last1=Chandler |first1=Rachel |title=KennnyHoopla Drops Video for New Song 'hollywood sucks//': Watch and Read the Q&A |url=https://ourculturemag.com/2021/05/07/kennnyhoopla-drops-video-for-new-song-hollywood-sucks-watch-and-read-the-qa/ |website=Our Culture Mag |date=7 May 2021 |access-date=21 June 2021}} and Kerrang! called him the "leader of pop punk's new generation".{{Cite web|title=Meet KennyHoopla, the leader of pop punk's new generation|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/meet-kennyhoopla-the-leader-of-pop-punks-new-generation/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Kerrang!|date=9 June 2021 }} Olivia Rodrigo's 2021 pop-punk song "Good 4 U" peaked at number one on the Billboard singles chart,{{cite web |last1=McIntyre |first1=Hugh |title=Olivia Rodrigo Collects Her Second Career No. 1 Hit In The U.K. With Pop-Punk Anthem 'Good 4 U' |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/hughmcintyre/2021/05/28/olivia-rodrigo-collects-her-second-career-no-1-hit-in-the-uk-with-pop-punk-anthem-good-4-u/?sh=62d94f894aae |website=Forbes |access-date=7 June 2021}} which according to Slate magazine, made it "rock's first hot 100 number 1 in years".{{cite web |last1=Molanphy |first1=Chris |title=Why Olivia Rodrigo's "Good 4 U" Is Rock's First Hot 100 No. 1 in Years |url=https://slate.com/culture/2021/05/olivia-rodrigo-good-4-u-billboard-number-1.html |website=Slate |date=29 May 2021 |access-date=7 June 2021}} Publications such as the Face, the Independent and USA Today cited this wave as having an increased diversity of sexuality, race and gender when compared to prior eras.{{cite web |last1=Jefferson |first1=J'na |title=From MGK to Olivia Rodrigo, pop-punk's mainstream comeback is meeting America in the middle |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/06/05/olivia-rodrigo-machine-gun-kelly-willow-smith-travis-barker-among-pop-punk-revivalists/7470100002/ |website=USA Today |access-date=16 June 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Shutler |first1=Ali |title=Pop-punk's not dead! Investigating 2021's biggest genre revival |url=https://theface.com/music/pop-punk-revival-history-come-back-tiktok-travis-barker-willow-lil-uzi-vert |website=The Face |date=16 June 2021 |access-date=16 June 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Raza-Sheikh |first1=Zoya |title='It's the beginning of a new era': the POC punk bands reclaiming pop-punk |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/pop-punk-bands-2021-the-tuts-proper-b1832620.html |website=The Independent |date=20 April 2021 |access-date=16 June 2021}} A February 2021 article by Louder Sound cited artists like Meet Me at the Altar, Yours Truly, Noah Finnce and Jxdn as "reinventing pop-punk for 2021".{{cite web |last1=Shutler |first1=Ali |title=10 bands reinventing pop-punk for 2021 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/10-pop-punk-bands-pushing-the-genre-forward |website=Louder Sound |date=25 February 2021 |access-date=9 March 2021}}

In 2023, Cassadee Pope (from the defunct emo pop band Hey Monday) announced that she would be going back to pop-punk music after previously releasing country music in the 2010s, with the release of the singles "People That I Love Leave", "Almost There", and "Coma" (featuring Taylor Acorn).{{cite web|last1=Despres|first1=Tricia|title=Cassadee Pope Says She's 'Moving Away from the Country Space' with Levi Hummon Collaboration 'RSVP'|url=https://people.com/country/cassadee-pope-moves-away-from-country-with-levi-hummon-rsvp/|website=People|date=December 5, 2022|access-date=April 4, 2023}}{{cite web|last1=Price|first1=Jason|title=Cassadee Pope Returns To Her Pop-Punk Roots With "People That I Love Leave" Single|url=https://www.iconvsicon.com/2023/04/04/cassadee-pope-returns-to-her-pop-punk-roots-with-people-that-i-love-leave-single/|website=Icon vs. Icon|date=April 4, 2023|access-date=April 4, 2023}} In August 2023, Rodrigo released the song "Bad Idea Right?", which features pop-punk and indie rock influences, from her second studio album Guts. The song peaked at number-one on the Billboard Hot Rock & Alternative Songs Chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/olivia-rodrigo/chart-history/ark/|title=Olivia Rodrigo Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)|magazine=Billboard}} On October 18, 2024, Bruno Mars and K-pop singer Rosé released the pop-punk single "Apt.",{{Cite magazine |last=Lynch |first=Jessica |date=27 October 2023 |title=Rosé Makes ARIA History: 'APT.' Hits No. 1, a First for Solo Female K-pop |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rose-first-solo-female-k-pop-artist-top-aria-singles-chart-68407/ |magazine=Rolling Stone Australia |access-date=27 October 2024 }} which became one of the biggest streaming successes in both the United States and the world upon release, topping Spotify's global and US daily streaming charts.{{cite magazine|last1=Denis|first1=Kyle|last2=Lipshutz|first2=Jason|last3=Unterberger|first3=Andrew|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/rose-bruno-mars-apt-streaming-trending-up-1235809334/|title=Everyone's Coming to ROSÉ & Bruno Mars' 'APT.'|magazine=Billboard|date=23 October 2024|access-date=23 October 2024|archive-date=23 October 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241023214717/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/rose-bruno-mars-apt-streaming-trending-up-1235809334/|url-status=live}}

{{Main|Emo pop}}

Emo pop became popular in the mid-2000s, with record labels such as Fueled by Ramen releasing platinum albums from bands including My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Paramore.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/emo-pop-ma0000012243 |title=Emo-Pop |website=AllMusic}} Maloney wrote: "While many pop punk fans adamantly deny any association between their favorite acts and those labeled "emo," crossover bands who melded the two have gradually put both genres in the same scene-boat."{{cite news|url=http://www.mtvhive.com/2013/04/24/what-happened-to-emo/|title=What Happened to Emo?|author=Devon Maloney|date=April 24, 2013|publisher=MTV News|access-date=September 17, 2013|archive-date=September 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905003738/http://www.mtvhive.com/2013/04/24/what-happened-to-emo|url-status=dead}}

{{distinguish|Happy hardcore}}

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Easycore (less commonly known as popcore, dudecore, softcore, happy hardcore, and EZ){{Cite news|url=http://www.edge.ca/2016/02/17/what-the-hell-is-easycore/|title=What The Hell Is: Easycore|last=Edge|first=Citizen|work=102.1 the Edge|access-date=2017-09-24|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224071232/http://www.edge.ca/2016/02/17/what-the-hell-is-easycore/|archive-date=2016-02-24}} is a genre that merges pop-punk with elements of metalcore.{{cite web |title=omaha easycore band everbloom releases new self-produced single and video |url=http://www.dailynebraskan.com/culture/omaha-easycore-band-everbloom-releases-new-self-produced-single-and-video/article_f7488d20-807c-11eb-9736-ebba97166030.html |website=The Daily Nebraskan |date=9 March 2021 |access-date=17 April 2021}}

It often makes use of breakdowns, screamed vocals, major key progressions and riffs and synthesizers. The genre's roots come from early 2000s pop-punk groups Sum 41 and New Found Glory. New Found Glory's self-titled and Stick and Stones albums and Sum 41's song "Fat Lip" were some of the earliest and most influential released in the genre. The style's name originates from the 2008 "Easycore tour", which featured A Day to Remember, Four Year Strong and headliners New Found Glory, which itself was a pun based on the name of "hardcore punk".

{{Distinguish|synth-punk}}

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Neon pop-punk (also known as simply neon pop){{cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/best-neon-pop-bands/|title=10 neon-pop bands who need to make a comeback|first=Whitney|last=Shoemaker|date=June 18, 2020|via=Alternative Press}} is a form of pop-punk that emphasizes synthesizers.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/12_neon_pop_punk_songs_youve_already_forgotten_about|title=12 neon pop-punk songs you've already forgotten about|work=Alternative Press|author=Sharp, Tyler|page=1|date=May 17, 2016|access-date=June 4, 2016}} Alternative Press writer Tyler Sharp wrote that while this wasn't the first instance that "a band decided to put fuzzy keys over their chord progressions, but it was a time when that formula was perfected." Kika Chatterjee of Alternative Press added that the late 2000s "brought in glowing synths and poppy melodies that shifted the entire definition of [pop punk]", giving it the "neon" moniker.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/20_neon_pop_punk_songs_you_forgot|title=20 neon pop-punk songs you probably forgot|work=Alternative Press|author=Chatterjee, Kika |date=September 9, 2017|access-date=September 26, 2017}} Sharp cited Forever the Sickest Kids' debut album Underdog Alma Mater (2008) as "a big moment" for the genre.{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/12_neon_pop_punk_songs_youve_already_forgotten_about/P1|title=12 neon pop-punk songs you've already forgotten about|work=Alternative Press|author=Sharp, Tyler|page=2|date=May 17, 2016|access-date=June 4, 2016}}

The punk rock music community often perceived pop-punk to be, according to Iain Ellis of PopMatters, "too soft, too fake, too derivative, and too corporate".{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/pop-gen-zs-pop-punkpop |title=Who Put the Pop in Gen Z's Pop Punk? |work=PopMatters |last=Ellis |first=Iain |date=October 17, 2022 |access-date=December 12, 2022}} In a 2003 interview, Buzzcocks guitarist Steve Diggle would suggest that punk had become a "huge umbrella", stating, "And fair play to bands like Green Day and stuff, you know, they've been inspired when they were really young by us and the Clash and things, but it comes from a different well. When we started, punk to me was the Clash, the [Sex] Pistols, and the Buzzcocks over here [the United Kingdom], and in the [United] States it was the Dolls, Iggy, and the Ramones. We invented our style, just like the Clash did and the Ramones did. But the bands that have come later, some of them you see tend to just ape what went on before, where I'd rather them do their own thing a bit more with it."{{cite web |last1=Gregory |first1=James |title=Buzzcocks |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/6263-buzzcocks/ |website=Pitchfork |date=19 February 2006 |access-date=June 13, 2021}}

Green Day were accused of selling out since the release of Dookie for signing to a major label and becoming mainstream.{{cite web|url= http://news.softpedia.com/news/Green-Day-Still-A-Punk-Band-10426.shtml|title= Green Day Still A Punk Band|date= October 5, 2005|first=Mihaela|last=Stroia|publisher=Softpedia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728121625/http://news.softpedia.com/news/Green-Day-Still-A-Punk-Band-10426.shtml|archive-date=July 28, 2013}} John Lydon of the 1970s punk band the Sex Pistols criticized Green Day and said that Green Day are not a punk band. Lydon said: "Don't try and tell me Green Day are punk. They're not, they're plonk and they're bandwagoning on something they didn't come up with themselves. I think they are phony."{{cite web|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=13310 |title=John Lydon Calls Green Day "Plonk" Not "Punk" |last=Melia |first=Daniel |access-date=September 11, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070211060301/http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=13310 |archive-date=February 11, 2007}} Green Day guitarist and lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong said: "Sometimes I think we've become redundant because we're this big band now; we've made a lot of money—we're not punk rock anymore. But then I think about it and just say, 'You can take us out of a punk rock environment, but you can't take the punk rock out of us.{{'"}}

Blink-182 also received a lot of criticism from punk rock fans, being accused of selling out for their pop-music-inspired style of pop-punk. Lydon called Blink-182 "bunch of silly boys ... an imitation of a comedy act."{{cite magazine |last=Sinclair |first=Tom |date=March 3, 2000 |title=Rotten Egged |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |issue=528 |location=New York City |issn=1049-0434 |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/02/25/blink-182-delivers-songs-and-laughs/ |access-date=May 19, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623140426/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275495,00.html |archive-date=June 23, 2013 }} Blink-182 guitarist and singer Tom DeLonge responded to criticism, saying: "I love all those criticisms, because fuck all those magazines! I hate with a passion Maximumrocknroll and all those zines that think they know what punk is supposed to be. I think it's so much more punk to piss people off than to conform to all those veganistic views."{{cite magazine |title=Naughty By Nature |magazine=Spin |page=118 |date=November 1999 |number=11 |volume=15 |issn= 0886-3032 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yjh_OmCmm-0C&q=blink+182&pg=PA118 |access-date=May 19, 2020}}

In a November 2004 interview, Sum 41 rhythm guitarist and lead singer Deryck Whibley said: "We don't even consider ourselves punk. We're just a rock band. We want to do something different. We want to do our own thing. That's how music has always been to us."{{cite web |url=http://www.concertlivewire.com/interviews/deryck.htm |work=Concert Livewire |title=Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 Interview - One on One |last=Bonyata |first=Phil |date=November 25, 2004 |access-date=May 19, 2020}} Sum 41's lead guitarist Dave Baksh reiterated Whibley's claims, stating "We just call ourselves rock... It's easier to say than punk, especially around all these fuckin' kids that think they know what punk is. Something that was based on not having any rules has probably been one of the strictest fucking rule books in the world."{{cite web |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/pop-punk-and-then-sum-6398321 |title=Pop-Punk and Then Sum |work=Phoenix New Times |last=Harkness |first=Geoff |date=June 9, 2005 |access-date=May 19, 2020}}

Music critic for Treblezine Jeff Terich argued that the debate regarded the ethics of "pop-punk" is redundant, saying that there is "no discussion of the genre that doesn't eventually devolve into the black-mold-like growth of Disney-approved mallrats, but the irony of it is that all punk is pop. The Ramones? Pop. The Clash? Pop. And The Buzzcocks? Damn right they're pop."{{cite web |last1=Terich |first1=Jeff |title=TREBLE'S TOP 100 PUNK ALBUMS |url=https://www.treblezine.com/100-best-punk-albums-all-time/ |website=Treblezine |date=23 October 2017 |access-date=May 29, 2022}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060101042014/http://top40.about.com/od/popmusic101/p/punkpop.htm Punk pop] – article about pop punk music
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060624141512/http://punkmusic.about.com/od/artistprofiles/p/buzzcocksfinal.htm The Buzzcocks, Founders of Pop Punk] – article about the Buzzcock's role in developing the pop punk genre

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