The group, made popular by TikTok's algorithm, criticized the accusation in a tweet. Bands assembled by record labels can be viewed as inauthentic in today's online world. Visit Insider's homepage for ...

The trio became a target on TikTok this week, after the release of single “I’d Rather Die.” While the audio has apparently been removed from TikTok, the chorus of the song—”I’d rather die/Than hook up ...

Tramp Stamps also have appeared fully formed, with a highly manicured social media presence. To a generation of listeners who are used to seeing artists break out seemingly more organically, like ...

"Teenage angst has paid off well," Kurt Cobain sang on the intro track to Nirvana's 1993 album In Utero, and jaded scenesters weren't the only ones to notice. A new pop-rock band called Tramp Stamps ...

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You may have noticed that pop-punk — that meld of maelstrom and melody made popular by bands from Descendents to My Chemical Romance and beyond — is having a moment. Mainstream artists like Miley ...

To the untrained eye, the Tramp Stamps might look like any run-of-the-mill Gen Z band you’d come across on TikTok. Boasting turquoise- and fuschia-dyed hair and fishnets with jean shorts, the trio has ...

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