Editing Ska (section)

===Post–third-wave ska===
In the early 21st century, ska was mostly absent from the radio, though there were exceptions.<ref>Sia, Michel. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/05/arts/music/05alle.html "Lily Allen, Britain's New Pop Star, Has Cheek, and Bite, to Spare."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103053103/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/05/arts/music/05alle.html |date=3 January 2020 }} ''New York Times''. 5 August 2006.</ref> In 2017, [[Captain SKA]] reached number 4 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] with "[[Liar Liar GE2017]]". In 2018, [[The Interrupters (band)|the Interrupters]] broke into the U.S. charts with their single "She's Kerosene". By 2019, several publications started speculating about whether a "fourth wave" of ska was about to emerge.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/prospero/2019/02/04/ska-still-has-things-to-say "Ska Still Has Things to Say{{dash}}A Fourth Wave?"] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103053102/https://www.economist.com/prospero/2019/02/04/ska-still-has-things-to-say |date=3 January 2020 }}). ''[[The Economist]]''. 4 February 2019.</ref><ref>Lipsky, Jessica. [https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8508727/ska-lives-fourth-wave-interrupters-pick-it-up "Ska Lives: How the Genre's Fourth Wave Has Managed to Pick It Up Where the '90s Left Off"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302143326/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8508727/ska-lives-fourth-wave-interrupters-pick-it-up |date=2 March 2020 }}. ''Billboard.com''. 25 April 2019.</ref>

The term New Tone to describe a fourth wave of ska has started to pick up traction. The term New Tone originates from new ska band Bad Operation, to describe their two-tone sound and their city of New Orleans.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://orbitingpunk.substack.com/p/new-tone-and-the-future-of-ska | title=New Tone and the Future of Ska | date=4 October 2021 }}</ref> The term has been popularized by the record label Bad Time Records due to their movie This Is New Tone.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/bad-time-records-documentaryconcert-film-this-is-new-tone-coming-kickstarter-launched/ | title=Bad Time Records documentary/Concert film 'This is New Tone' coming (Kickstarter launched) }}</ref> New Tone now has a vague definition and is used to describe the modern ska scene in general.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/kill-lincoln-declare-no-normal-on-new-album-new-song-interview-2024-state-of-ska-address/ | title=Kill Lincoln declare 'No Normal' on new album{{dash}}new song, interview & 2024 state of ska address }}</ref>