Am I the only person who does not know what an emo is?

Question

I like Emus, but what is an emo? I genetic hybrid? bird/pre-pubescent boy?

Answer 1

Punk music on estrogen. Often acoustic guitar with soft, high male vocals that dwell exessively on the singer's feelings, especially melancholy remembrances of past relationships/mistakes in life.

A form of music that diverged from punk in the '80s, the name "emo" is derived from the emotive style of the lyrics and music. This genre has lately been marketed heavily by the music industry to teenagers with bands such as Dashboard Confessional and Taking Back Sunday, and has seen much commercial and mainstream success.

The music has also spawned a subculture which conforms to certain conventions in dress such as tight sweatshirts, tight band T-shirts and horn-rim glasses. Adherents profess to exessively melancholy temperments. Males that adhere to the emo subculture are sometimes confused with metrosexuals; indeed the line between the two is somwhat blurred, though both groups claim to be intouch with their emotional side.

The ephemeral and hackneyed nature of emo songwriting suggests that its audience will be restricted largely to teenagers. the genre suffers from a lack of credibility outside the aforementioned demographic group, much like current Nu Metal bands.

Answer 2

Stereomoty did an excellent job telling you about the music. Many of the people who listen to that music call themselves emo. Most of them are teens or preteens. They are emotional, thus the term emo. They focus on how hard life is , how depressed they are, and have a fatalistic attitude. Many of them are "cutters" and glorify self mutilation. They make cuts on themselves to relaese pressure or relive emotional pain with physical pain. usually these cuts are on arms or legs any are
rather superficial. Sometimes people accidently cut deeper than they meant to.

Answer 3

Well I'm not sure myself. It was originally used as emotional hardcore, which was like a music genre. But then it's being used stereotypically as a person who'd "cut themselves sitting in a corner reading poetry by the candlelight and crying", or something revolving around that.

Answer 4

im an emo kid,nonconforming as could be.youd be non conforming too if you looked just like me...we're just a bad,cheap imitaion of goth..
emo kid-likes punk and oldskoo emocore.
depressed
wants to die
causes physical harm to self
is white(there is no black emo, however can be indian or filipino)

Answer 5

Here ya go: http://www.fourfa.com/ It explains what it is and where it came from. The site also includes fashion tips.

Answer 6

Emo is Elmo's best friend...lol

Answer 7

i only know cuz I asked here, poor pathetic sad little emo boy.

Answer 8

Its a mix between goth and punk.

Answer 9

I didn't know until last year. My husband had to fill me in.

Answer 10

You are not the only one...people keep telling me & I can never remember...because it doesn't really matter. :-)