Friendville is the second album by YouTube comedian Jarrod Alonge, released under the moniker of his fictitious pop punk band Sunrise Skater Kids, on April 1, 2016. The album primarily satirizes and parodies the tropes and characteristics of the pop punk genre, but also shifts focus to the melodic hardcore and metalcore genres. Direct parodies of specific bands within the pop punk genre such as Blink-182, NOFX, Mayday Parade, Neck Deep and Knuckle Puck are also included.

The album was a critical and commercial success, reaching number 1 on the Billboard Top Comedy Albums chart, number 12 on the Top Heatseekers chart, and number 37 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

Similarly to Alonge's previous album Beating a Dead Horse, Friendville was produced using revenue generated from an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign that encompassed the month of February 2016.

The initial aim was to raise $10,000 in order to fund a Sunrise Skater Kids EP, with a secondary aim of raising $20,000 in order to fund a full-length album should the campaign become overfunded. These targets were both massively surpassed with total funds reaching over $28,000 towards the end of the campaign, which opened up the possibility of Sunrise Skater Kids going on tour to promote the full-length album. Alonge had already recorded an album's worth of material before the fundraiser had ended, stating that this was a "gamble" on his part as he was unsure of whether the album would be funded enough to allow for this. The fundraiser offered numerous perks to fans; including wall posters, named shout outs in future Alonge videos, merchandise and personal Skype calls between fans and Alonge himself.

A teaser for one of the tracks from the upcoming album, "All the Old Things", was released on January 26, 2016, with the full track being released three days later. The track is a medley, consisting of parodied alternate lyrics based on popular pop punk tracks from the genre's era of mainstream popularity during the early to mid 2000's. The track is unofficially recognized as a follow-up to "Hey Jarrod, What's That Song Again?", a metalcore-themed medley on Beating a Dead Horse.

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