Daryl Hall Says Yacht Rock Is a ‘F—ing Joke’ That ‘Suddenly Became a Genre:’ ‘It’s Just R&B With Some Jazz in There’

Daryl Hall is taking aim at yacht rock in a recent interview, criticizing the genre as "a joke" made by West Coast musicians who didn't fit into other categories. He railed against the dad-oriented boat music trend, which he believes was co-opted without his band qualifying, and called it an embarrassing misstep that doesn’t resonate with him personally.