Do you like 2000s emo pop?

[Medic]

Reject Emo,
Return to Nu Metal:

 

[nowaver]

Dude, yes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap0mqwvf7H0
probably one of the best emo songs to come out of the 2000's.

 

[SangeAndYasha]

I'm not a big emo pop person, but when it starts to bleed into post rock/indie rock I fucking love it. I've been relistening to 'These Are Not Fall Colors' by Lync and really enjoying it although its a 90s album.

 

[Shart Attack]

I brought this up in a previous shitpost thread someone made about My Chemical Romance, but the last ten or so years of pop music have vastly improved my opinion of 2000s emo music. Back in the day, I thought it was the gayest thing ever. I thought The Emo Song wasn't scathing enough.

For at least the last decade, every time I scan past a Top 40 radio station, it's almost always some low-energy, downtempo dirge being moaned out by some talentless cunt and a lifeless synthesizer. If it's not some soul-sucking, joyless dirge, it's some hack stealing 90s-00s hits and changing the lyrics to be even worse. Even if you take the view that mainstream radio music has been shit for our entire lives, it's seemed especially dire for at least the last decade. It's driven me to listen to and appreciate 2000s emo more, because at least that had some life in it.

2000s emo bands had some really terrible, cringe-inducing lyrics, but at least they could write a decently catchy melody without stealing from fucking Eiffel 65, at least most of them played their own instruments, and at least they put some energy into their music.

 

[TURBONIGGERKIKE]

I don't know much about the genre but it captures the 2000s aesthetic (or a part of it) perfectly. Take these songs for example (although they're from related genres):

Nigger I'm begging you to add the titles so we don't have to open each one to see what they are

 

[DSHK]

Back in the 00's I thought that whole scene -- including the music -- was really gay as I was going through a "METAL or DIE" phase. I admit I do have some fond memories thrifting through Hot Topic for band tees though, back when malls were still a thing you did with friends.

Nowadays...I still think the people that associate(d) with that scene are pretty gay. The older crowd (like core millennials) who you can tell were former emos that I see show up at shows are just as insufferable as they always were, except now they're also fat and ugly (the girls were pretty cute I admit) without having lost their touch of cliquism. The younger crowd I can't really comment on -- to me, TikTok and other social media has atomized the meaning of subcultures in general for that age range.

My view on the music itself has softened up a bit though in recent years, I find there's a few tracks that at least have a good melody that I can kick with.

Same, fortunately 20 something year old emo girls still exist they just arent as common as they used to be

 

[Mandy Stroyer]

I still dabble in midwest/screamo/twinkly (so much that spotify gave me the actual genre in wrapped instead of whatever AIcore description) but occasionally return to Taking Back Sunday, Sunny Day Real Estate, Death Cab for Cutie, etc. I'd nominate Ke$ha (when she still had the dollar sign), Millionaires, 3OH!3, hellogoodbye, and Never Shout Never as emo/scene pop though. BOTDF had a hold on the scene in 2011 and I will not let anyone forget.

 

[dick brain]

Panic! At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday, Brand New, and All Time Low

I feel like Brand New doesn't belong in this list. PATD, FOB, MCR, Paramore, AFI, 30 Seconds To Mars, etc was all theater kid shit, flamboyant and performative and usually centered on high energy melodic singing. Brand New usually just felt like a Catholic kid reading his diary.

Anyway it's not my preference, I was listening to As I Lay Dying and The Human Abstract and Evergreen Terrace and Fall Of Troy and Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster at the time, but anything is better than Brokencyde, Hollywood Undead and 3oh3.

 

[Dragged Into Sunlight]

I'm always sad Brand New gets lumped in with all those bands because they changed completely after that first album and really weren't pop punk. Same with Alkaline Trio.

The Human Abstract

Digital Veil is a fucking GOAT album for their genre and it's a shame they never followed it up.

 

[bango skank]

This is still the same shit I listen to when I’m drunk and don’t have to worry about curating music for anyone else. Honorable mentions that I haven’t seen anyone else bring up: Saosin, Senses Fail, Thursday and Scary Kids Scaring Kids(Imagine pushing forty and being in a band called “scary kids”.)

 

[Mandy Stroyer]

This is still the same shit I listen to when I’m drunk and don’t have to worry about curating music for anyone else. Honorable mentions that I haven’t seen anyone else bring up: Saosin, Senses Fail, Thursday and Scary Kids Scaring Kids(Imagine pushing forty and being in a band called “scary kids”.)

Saosin still goes hard, though Senses Fail reminds me to add Zebrahead, New Found Glory, Sum 41, and Good Charlotte.

 

[Norstein Bekkler]

Dunno if it's considered "emo pop" but I was big into stuff like Braid and Cursive back then. Now I listen to a lot of mathy emo pop out of the east. Forests, Long Live the Empire, etc.

 

[Akashic Retard]

Spoiler: Lyrics

Been looking forward to
my visit to the mall
‘cause my wardrobe is going bad
Inside a Hot Topic, I proclaim
"What a beautiful T-shirt”
says a young teen to a cashier
"And yes, but what a shame
that these shirts don’t come in black”
So put mascara on my eyes
and change the color of my hair with dye

Sometimes I tear my skinny jeans
I lost my job at Dairy Queen
Hey girl you know what’s
driving me crazy?
This super old guy told me I’m not emo
Said I should listen to
bands like Jawbreaker
Weezer and Rites of Spring

It doesn't matter what they say
I’d rather listen to Paramore,
bang my head to Paramore
I can feel the pressure to
buy some normal clothes
I’m better off in girl pants
I’m lost and depressed but I
love the feel of being lonely
I’ll do some heroin
Wake me up, I’m doing lots of drugs
I can't wake up from
doing all these drugs
Save me, if life is fair then
why do roses have thorns?
My body lies in my bedroom
with a smile turned upside down
One final fight with my bullies
I’m not a fag
Where are you, I said 10:30
I cannot drive, I do not own a car
I need somebody to pick me
up and drive to Warped Tour
Promise that you’ll take me there
We’re gonna miss From First To Last
Let’s go

Caught in a traffic jam,
just caught in a traffic jam
Every wrong turn you make is
another loud “I hate you”
Caught in a traffic jam,
just caught in a traffic jam
And every second we waste
is more than I can take

Hey Mom, I want to die
Hey Mom, I want to die
No one’ll miss me if I take my life

I'm getting on MySpace
and I will never leave
Will you please PC4PC with me?
Will you R4R, lessthan33
I'm getting on MySpace
and I will never leave
Will you please PC4PC with me?
Will you R4R, lessthan33
CMNT4CMNT
(We'll meet again when you Top 8 me)
lessthan33333
What's the worst that I can say?
I’m not a fan of Sunny Day
I like Hawthorne Heights
I like Hawthorne Heights
Born in 1993
What the hell’s The Promise Ring?
I like Hawthorne Heights
I like Hawthorne Heights

 

[soup peddler]

[ahem]

SO CUT MY WRISTS AND BLACK MYY EYYYYYYYES, SO I CAN FALL ASLEEP TONIGHT
BECAUSE YOU KILL MEEEEE

 

[Rabbits]

Gosh I love emo music and pop punk. Always have. If I could only listen to one genre for the rest of my life, this would easily be it. Loving the revival and the many many offshoots.
Pretty much every band signed to Fueled By Ramen and any affiliate labels I have really enjoyed. Also, the music festivals - SO GOOD.

SO CUT MY WRISTS AND BLACK MYY EYYYYYYYES, SO I CAN FALL ASLEEP TONIGHT
BECAUSE YOU KILL MEEEEE

Any time someone mentions the good old days of emo music I think of this song lol. So daggy but I won't pretend I wasn't blasting this song 40 minutes ago

 

[Lindy64]

They're a product of their time and not really something I'd listen to. Though, Panic at the Disco's first album isn't bad

 

[GeorgeFloydFentanylStash]

I do enjoy some bands from that era. Rival Schools, Boxcar Racer, and a few other bands. My wife when we met in 2004 m was really into emo and post punk music. Back then, i was more into metalcore scene.

Not sure what music movements we have now. Last one i liked and remember was the Indie moviement of the mid to late 2000s

 

[OrionBalls]

No. I'm old and prefer third wave ska and the goth rock of the late 80's.

 

[Vernon Dozier]

Yes it’s my favorite genre. catchy guitar parts with poppy melodies and adolescent lyrics

 

[Elysian]

This one has been in my head recently