Rodrigo’s song is the latest sign that pop-punk is once again having a moment in the mainstream.
Bedroom-pop upstarts like girl in red and Chloe Moriondo have embraced the three-chords-and-big-emotions ideal.
Admittedly, “pop-punk” is a pretty malleable classification.
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The broadening ofwhocan get sweaty with pop-punk has probably been one of the most encouraging reasons for its resurgence.
Then again, pop-punk never really went away.
Barker’s Blink-182 topped the charts in 2016 withCalifornia, knocking Drake out of the top spot.
Playlists on streaming services have also helped keep one idea of pop-punk alive.
one that crossed lines of genre and personality bang out.
Which is why it’s the ideal genre to boil over in 2021.
A version of this story appears in the August issue of Entertainment Weekly.
