In March of that year the national newspaper Życie Warszawy described the archetypal banana youth as aloof from the average worker and ignorant of their economic and social concerns.

In a 2018 interview, the rapper Hans, from the Polish hip hop group Pięć Dwa, described the richer cohort of fans of his music as 'banana youth'.

[6] In a 2023 TVP1 documentary the populist journalist Anita Gargas investigated the annual music festival held in Garbicz, which was criticised for allowing banana youths to destroy the natural environment.

[7] In the same year the Polish TV personality Kuba Wojewódzki described the band Kwiat Jabłoni as banana youth during an appearance on his show.

[9] In April 2019 the politically appointed director of the Warsaw National Museum, Jerzy Miziołek, made the controversial decision to remove a work by the artist Natalia LL from public display.