The Rise of “Performative Punk”

idles seem chill enough, i love their collab with danny brown.

Hawk your hair, stud and patch your jackets, have fun with it, but keep in mind that's just a costume anyone can put on. Take away the studs and spikes, what will be left standing?

it all boils down to money

I need a “Performative goths" video now 🙏

No i'm sorry, I have to disagree with the Yungblud hate. TX2, Zombie Punk, MGK, and thev like? They deserve the hate they get. Yungblud tho? I genuinely dk what tf he did, and why so many people hate him. He's a kind person who actually gives a shit about people (when was the last time any other artist spoke up about the situation in Palestine, or Iran, or any other places? They DON'T, he actually does).

The only reason i've been given is that "he had a festival and it was expensive", which is fucking stupid when the same ppl moaning about paying 50 pounds for a festival, will happily pay multiple times that to see other artists, and not bat an eye, the hypocrisy is crazy. Besides, 50 pound is more than generous for an entire line-up of bands. Besides also, Yungblud himself, the staff who work at the venue, the sound engineers, and all the rest of them still need to get paid, and they get that money from the price of the TICKETS that get sold (and also to a small extent, drinks and merch sold at the venue(s)). If you charged like £20 per ticket, how tf are they gonna get enough money to make a living wage? You lot all scream about how we need to pay workers better, until it comes out of YOUR pocket, then suddenly you're Mr. Krabs with your money. Absolute fucking joke.

Punk was not about beards…idles

Listen to Minutemen’s Double Nickels on the Dime. If you know why it’s punk, you are

Your cat most def the punkest, lil fuk looks like he woke up in a dumpster after fetty binge.

After 40 years of steady listening to damn near every Genre, Sub, & Sub-SUBgenre under the Big Tent of Punk Rock, I still couldn’t say for sure what Punk IS, I just damn sure know what it AIN’T.

that first mgk pop punk album sounds fine to me. sure, the dudes performative as fuck, but i enjoy listening to it

Love to Scooby, a marvellous and distinguished feline.

I'm not defending the bridge guy but it sounds like you're calling him homeless like an insult. Anyone can become homeless at any time

It all started with the Sex pistols 😺😺😺

Punk’s like this because it’s not trying to change. It’s not the 70s anymore and we have other things to suffer from. It just looks gimmicky. Punk used to sound like that because that’s what they had access to. Now we have access to more, so why not try to make something other than 3 power chords on a shitty electric? I think techno is kinda had a chance to be what punk isn’t anymore but it’s not really there. It’s kinda disappointing to see that people where I’m from (Lebanon) do the exact same sound as everywhere else, I think it’s rather imperialist to import rebellion from the west. Punk has become dogmatic imo.

Gatekeeping who/what is and is not punk is some "um actually" poser shit bro….also that street urchin is punk as fuck based on how he lives his life…..he spits in the eye of the establishment every day. Hes made sure that any employment is next to impossible. Gets darby crash hammered all day. And looks like a tool for dressing in every punk fashion stereotype…..how is that not the most punk shit of all time. Bro evolved to the punker final form. Dont be jealous folks, just up your punk game….or grow up, grab a polo and khakis, throw on some hokas and bury your punk youth with no headstone. 🤷‍♂️

One sure thing that i know "punk" is not…it is not hanging about and analyzing what punk is and what isn't!
But at the same time, i find myself agreeing with much of what you say….lol