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Folk Valley Cat is a series of surreal Hood Irony memes based on edits of a gray cat with yellow eyes, which give him new haircuts and depict him as a resident of a fictional U.S. city known as Folk Valley, a reference to the slang term "folk" and the memes surrounding it. Memes about Folk Valley started appearing on TikTok in March 2026, with the cat-centric memes being popularized in late May of that year. The memes are often set to an audio of birds chirping.
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Folk Valley
Memes about a fictional town or city known as Folk Valley, which feature a location tag reading "Folk Valley," started to appear on TikTok in late April 2026. Folk Valley is not a real place and is likely a reference to the "folk" memes, which are largely tied to the hood irony meme trend.
Folk Valley is often depicted in a surreal way and is comparable to memes about Ohio and the surreal aesthetics of the TikTok Farlands memes.
One of the earliest known Folk Valley memes was posted by TikToker @iphone17manstaringsidean on March 14th, 2026, showing UFOs flying over a city, gaining over 405,000 views in two months.
@iphone17manstaringsidean Folk #jit #stopgooning #folkvalley #folk ♬ original sound – iPhone 17 Man Staring Side AngOn April 25th, TikToker @hemalaus posted another Folk Valley meme, using the location tag, which shows people on stilts running down a road, followed by a nuclear explosion erupting in the background, garnering over 303,000 views in a month.
@hemalaus #fyp #xyzbca #blowthisup #folk #valley ♬ оригинальный звук – nevadaFolk Valley Cat
On May 23rd, 2026, TikToker @potatisman3 posted a Folk Valley meme that features several edits of a gray cat with yellow eyes staring directly forward. The edits give the cat new haircuts and add various filters over the image. The post gained over 335,000 views in four days.
@potatisman3 Folk #fyp #folk #catmeme #edit #tuff ♬ original sound – 𝐏𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐌𝐚𝐧Spread
Folk Valley memes continued to go viral in late May 2026, with the majority of the memes featuring the cat, who is sometimes referred to simply as Folk.
On May 24th, 2026, TikToker @thejimmyyogurt posted an edit that makes it look like the cat, referred to as Mr. Folk in the meme, hacked the user's PlayStation account, garnering over 970,000 views in three days.
On May 26th, TikToker @platengymnasietmotala posted a meme featuring the cat that features the location tag "Folkstaden" instead of Folk Valley, garnering over 200,000 views in a day.
@platengymnasietmotala ? #folk ♬ original sound – iPhone 17 Man Staring Side AngVarious Examples
@xefilol i wanna visit Folk Valley so badly #folkvalley #folk #cat #son #meme ♬ original sound – xefi @wssnw #folk #shadowbanner #viral #hi ♬ original sound – iPhone 17 Man Staring Side Ang
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