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Sure "emo" (well, pop emo) isn't around as a genre, but IMO it lives on as "sadboy" / "sadgirl". I'd probably argue anything with introspective, sentimental, o

Sure "emo" (well, pop emo) isn't around as a genre, but IMO it lives on as "sadboy" / "sadgirl". I'd probably argue anything with introspective, sentimental, or self-motivating lyrics is on the emo spectrum. Have Heart & Ruiner sound like typical Bridge 9 hardcore, but the lyrics are sad as shit. http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/ruiner/adheringtosuperstition.html http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/ruiner/adheringtosuperstition.... http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/ruiner/gettingovertheovers.html http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/ruiner/gettingovertheovers.htm... http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/haveheart/lifeishardenough.html http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/haveheart/lifeishardenough.htm... http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/haveheart/aboutface.html http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/haveheart/aboutface.html

tnecniv 3y ago
Eh I think that depends on how you define emo. Like most genres today it might not be as mainstream but there’s plenty of medium sized groups making music in that space with a dedicated audience. If anything I’d say sadboy is a vibe that contains a lot of music, including emo. I’d say I listen to a lot of sadboy rock that is decidedly not emo as it doesn’t share much musically or lyrically with emo / emo-punk. Then you get your sadboy / sadgirl pop / hip hop, etc. too.
- c-hendricks 3y ago
  I could also agree with what you're saying, and I want to state that I think genres are mostly society shoehorning things into boxes. > I’d say sadboy is a vibe Yup, exactly. That's what I said about emo in another comment. Emo/sadboy/sadgirl are the same word from different eras. > I’d say I listen to a lot of sadboy rock that is decidedly not emo as it doesn’t share much musically or lyrically with emo / emo-punk. Then you get your sadboy / sadgirl pop / hip hop, etc. too Yup, and in another era, those would have been lumped with emo.
jakelazaroff 3y ago
I guess it depends on what you consider emo, but the genre is in its fifth wave and going strong!

tnecniv 3y ago

Eh I think that depends on how you define emo. Like most genres today it might not be as mainstream but there’s plenty of medium sized groups making music in that space with a dedicated audience. If anything I’d say sadboy is a vibe that contains a lot of music, including emo. I’d say I listen to a lot of sadboy rock that is decidedly not emo as it doesn’t share much musically or lyrically with emo / emo-punk. Then you get your sadboy / sadgirl pop / hip hop, etc. too.

c-hendricks 3y ago
I could also agree with what you're saying, and I want to state that I think genres are mostly society shoehorning things into boxes. > I’d say sadboy is a vibe Yup, exactly. That's what I said about emo in another comment. Emo/sadboy/sadgirl are the same word from different eras. > I’d say I listen to a lot of sadboy rock that is decidedly not emo as it doesn’t share much musically or lyrically with emo / emo-punk. Then you get your sadboy / sadgirl pop / hip hop, etc. too Yup, and in another era, those would have been lumped with emo.

jakelazaroff 3y ago

I guess it depends on what you consider emo, but the genre is in its fifth wave and going strong!