2022

It isn't. Why does literally one or two pop punk songs going mainstream make it as a genre mainstream? Check the 2021 and 2020 hits video I sent 99% of songs are not pop punk. The pop punk songs are outliers. Exceptions, not the norm.


TikTok isn't real life. I never see anyone dress like that IRL. It's a fad trying to replicate Emo but is nowhere near as iconic and influential. 

I mean, I'd like to say that music doesn't completely reinvent itself in 2-3 years time most of the time. But even then, all the dark, super atmospheric and Soundcloud music from 2017 is currently not aging the most gracefully.

MGK's whole album went platnium thats a whole album number 1# Good for you on the other hand

"In the United Kingdom, "Good 4 U" accumulated over 1 million streams in its first three days."

"It topped the charts for five consecutive weeks, in the fourth of which it became the first rock song to reach such a feat since Evanescence's "Bring Me to Life" back in 2003"


So that is 2 top ten songs.......................................................................................

Willow Smith Transparent soul feat Travis Barker

United States (RIAA)[23] Gold peaking at 10 hot 100


That is   3  number one songs


Lets look at what the definition on mainstream is so everyone on popedia can see

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainstream

"The mainstream is the prevalent current thought that is widespread.[1][2]



It includes all popular culture and media culture, typically disseminated by mass media. This word is sometimes used in a pejorative sense by subcultures who view ostensibly mainstream culture as not only exclusive but artistically and aesthetically inferior.[3]



It is to be distinguished from subcultures and countercultures, and at the opposite extreme are cult followings and fringe theories."


SNL, Ellen, being in the top 10 charts, winning platinum awards, winning VMA and Billboard awards
constitutes mainstream


another one from the Guardian 

www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/23/there-are-no-rules-now-how-gen-z-reinvented-pop-punk

"Meanwhile, a 20-year fashion cycle combined with gen Z’s predilection for nostalgia has pointed the dial back towards pop punk. The vast majority of these artists were too young to have been part of the 00s scene, but Olivia O’Brien, an R&B and pop artist who has dabbled recently in pop punk, echoes the other women when she tells me: “When I was a kid, I saw all these teenagers who were so cool. That’s everything I wanted to be: a teenager in the early 00s.


The pop punk rebirth is happening in two strains: within alternative rock, and in the mainstream by non-rock artists. “Punk was the next thing to come around for pop to try on,” says Han Mee, the frontwoman of the Manchester pop punkers Hot Milk. “Olivia Rodrigo hasn’t been loading amps or playing empty rooms and selling merch. There’s a difference between Jxdn and a band like Hot Milk. He’s sat in a studio in LA and never played a show.”



It is uncertain whether money or attention will trickle down to the DIY artists, but from Tramp Stamps being accused of being an “industry plant” to accusations of plagiarism being aimed at Rodrigo, the message is clear: nod to the genre if you will, but respect it."



another article talking about how pop punk is mainstream

www.lofficielusa.com/music/pop-punk-resurgence-music-fashion-tiktok



Various Twitter accounts talking about how pop punk is mainstream

You just embarrassed yourself in front of everyone reading this nightmare lol
Not trying to be mean but it is clear you didn't research your rebuttal. As far
as E-girl/ E-boy they are everywhere, Tons of articles talking about it. tons
of Tik toks, tons of E! news segments ( E is a main stream cable channel)
If you are not seeing it you must live in an area that is slow to trends are
not aware of pop culture...because if you were aware of pop culture you
would be able to recognize pop punk has been back for the last 2 years.

Just walked outside today and saw 6 E-Girls at Starbucks

Nowadays, people call them "alt-girls".