In 2020, De köchunterzZ offered a list of "What Political Hardstyle Is Not":
It is not hardstyle with trumpets.
It is not hardstyle played on "rave" instruments.
It is not rave music played by hardstyle players.
It is not inserting a bit of Headhunterz or Showtek between breakbeats—nor the reverse.
It is not hardstyle in jazz form.
It is not a jazz standard played by hardstyle players.
It is not designed to do away with hardstyle or rave music; it is just another option amongst many for today's creative musicians.