EMO

EMO is a genre of music originated from the hardcore punk. It has come to describe several variations of music with common roots and associated fashion and stereotypes. It's been originated in Washington DC music scene in the mid-1980s. In later years, the term emocore, short for "emotional hardcore" which is being used to illustrate an emotional performance of bands.





Young people nowadays are fond of dressing up like emo, as they call it... their hairstyles are greasy unwashed and cut unevenly to cover the face at an angle... with tighter jeans and ragged shoes... setting a trend of today's emotional kids who can hardly smile, just wearing those inexpressive faces.

Maybe the new image of emo is more of a fashion. Teenagers love to strike a pose like these:





So what seems to be so influential about this emo thing? The trend has emerged to be a negative aspect of society creating criticisms. Emo fanatics are overly sentimental, shy, introverted but such stereotype fashion styles only affected those with subdued personalities.