A Cat From 'Folk Valley' Is The Latest Surreal 'Hood Irony' Meme Taking Over TikTok

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. town or 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 late April 2026, with the cat-centric memes being popularized in late May of that year.