: 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
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The film is sensitively directed, full of emo songs and quiet little character moments.
—Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
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These latest wins show that even during an extended hiatus, the staple of the emo movement is still relevant to what must be a large number of listeners.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The camera then cuts to a stereotypical goth teenager (played by Michael Longfellow) dressed in all black with a classic emo hairstyle.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2025
In November, Bob Bryar, the 44-year-old former drummer for the emo band My Chemical Romance, was found dead in his Tennessee home.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The couple got engaged in 2018, and would spend their Tuesday nights pre-COVID at their local dive bar, singing throwback emo songs late into the night with a group of their friends.
—Sara Belcher, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
The camera then cuts to a stereotypical goth teenager (played by Michael Longfellow) dressed in all black with a classic emo hairstyle.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 6 Apr. 2025
In November, Bob Bryar, the 44-year-old former drummer for the emo band My Chemical Romance, was found dead in his Tennessee home.
—August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
The couple got engaged in 2018, and would spend their Tuesday nights pre-COVID at their local dive bar, singing throwback emo songs late into the night with a group of their friends.
—Sara Belcher, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Emo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emo. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.
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