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Emo sub culture
Emo is a genre of rock music characterized by an emphasis on emotional expression and confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of post-hardcore from the mid-1980s hardcore punk movement in Washington, D.C., where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore
Emo bands such as ‘My Chemical Romance’ and ‘Fall Out Boy’ continued to be popular. In the early’s 2010’s the popularity of emo style emerged waith the famous bands like ‘My Chemical Romance’ and ‘Fall Out Boy’. Emo always been associated with emotion, shyness, depression and suicidal thoughts.
Emo fashion was originally clean-cut and tended towards geek chic As emo entered the mainstream, it became a subculture. Emo fashion style included tight skinny jeans till they

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