: a style of rock music influenced by punk rock and featuring introspective and emotionally fraught lyrics
In emo, the heart forever hurts, and the ultra-introspective songwriter pines for beautiful death.—
Robert Sullivan
Robert Sullivan
emo
adjective
The film is sensitively directed, full of emo songs and quiet little character moments.
—Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
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The outfit, which helped bring emo and pop punk music to the forefront more than 20 years ago, wrapped its tour in support of the set in May of last year, and while the rockers may be working on new material, there’s been no major announcement just yet.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Pure Noise Records was founded in 2009 and has since become synonymous with the pop-punk and emo bands that flooded Warped Tour in its last decade.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
In this case, the pair went with an emo theme, with both men wearing all-black outfits and slouchy grey beanies accented by oversized black shades and a variety of fake facial piercings.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
Jimmy Eat World The temperature may be pushing just shy of 100 degrees during the festival's first weekend, but emo and pop-punk music fans have braved worse elements (on concrete, no less) at Warped Tour, so Jimmy Eat World feels like the perfect nostalgic Coachella lineup addition.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
Pure Noise Records was founded in 2009 and has since become synonymous with the pop-punk and emo bands that flooded Warped Tour in its last decade.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
In this case, the pair went with an emo theme, with both men wearing all-black outfits and slouchy grey beanies accented by oversized black shades and a variety of fake facial piercings.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2025
Jimmy Eat World The temperature may be pushing just shy of 100 degrees during the festival's first weekend, but emo and pop-punk music fans have braved worse elements (on concrete, no less) at Warped Tour, so Jimmy Eat World feels like the perfect nostalgic Coachella lineup addition.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Emo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emo. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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