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Channel pop is a digital-era strain of mainstream pop shaped by video and creator platforms—especially YouTube and later TikTok and Instagram—where artists build audiences through frequent uploads on their own “channels.”

The Wave is a loosely defined cluster of American post-hardcore/emo bands that surged in the early 2010s as emo-pop’s mainstream moment faded. The name was a tongue‑in‑cheek scene tag that stuck in press coverage, but it points to a real overlap in sound, ethos, and touring networks.

Folk rock is a fusion genre that blends the narrative lyricism, modal melodies, and acoustic timbres of traditional folk with the backbeat, amplification, and song structures of rock.