Daryl Hall Rejects 'Yacht Rock' Label Origins

Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates has rejected the 'yacht rock' label, describing it as a joke created by two Californians behind a 2005 mockumentary web series that popularized the term. On the 'Broken Record' podcast, Hall criticized the label as marketing-driven and inaccurate, insisting that his music is fundamentally R&B with jazz influences. He expressed frustration at the industry's tendency to pigeonhole artists with terms like 'soft rock' and 'yacht rock.' In contrast, his former bandmate John Oates has acknowledged that the yacht rock resurgence helped revive interest in their music. The debate over the label comes amid Hall & Oates' recent split and ongoing legal disputes. These differing perspectives highlight the duo's diverging views on their musical legacy.