4 Pop Punk Songs That Were Revived by TikTok

The golden age of pop punk in the early 2000s has come and gone. It was an incredible era for the genre, and quite a few now-grown kids from that time still listen to the likes of My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Simple Plan, Blink-182, and more. Even though listeners still keep the early aughts era of the genre alive, there are a few songs that waned in popularity in the decades since they were released. That’s not the case anymore, though. A few youngins on TikTok got their hands on these four pop punks songs and revived them. Let’s dive in, shall we?

1. “Teenagers” by My Chemical Romance

This 2007 song was quite the emo kid anthem back in 2007. Who are we kidding? Most of My Chemical Romance’s music could be defined as emo kid anthems. But “Teenagers” was particularly rebellious, and it was quite loved by fans. Back in July of 2022, the pop punk song got a bit of a revival on TikTok where it was used for a couple of trends. It was mainly used for “throwback” photo carousels showing users’ parents when they were teenagers. It was also a popular song used by Gen Z shortly after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, making “Teenagers” the protest song nobody expected.

2. “Misery Business” by Paramore

“Misery Business” by Paramore came out in 2007, but it made a resurgence on TikTok a few different times in recent years. In 2021, the song became super popular again after Olivia Rodrigo used a sample of it in her song “good 4 u”. Naturally, young users of TikTok got ahold of it and used the song for a few different trends. Millennials used the song similarly to “Teenagers” by posting throwback photos of themselves in 2007 with the song playing in the background.

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3. “I’m Just A Kid” by Simple Plan

“I’m Just A Kid” was released by Simple Plan way back in 2002. When the 2020 pandemic first hit, a lot of people were stuck in their homes, thinking about everything from their mortality to their childhoods. This track was used for a trend in which users would find old childhood photos of themselves and attempt to recreate the poses from those photos while in lockdown. It was a bittersweet trend, though a lot of posts under the song were absolutely hilarious.

4. “I Miss You” by Blink-182

This tearjerker from 2004 has gone viral on TikTok a few times through the years. In 2021, the song was sung by a few musicians in a comically exaggerated way for the “singing in cursive” trend. In 2022, the lyrics “Where are you? / And I’m so sorry” from “I Miss You” were used in a trend that involved filming minor inconveniences as well as comedic takes on legitimate trauma. Leave it up to Gen Z to make horrible experiences pretty funny.

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