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Emo is a style of rock music characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics. It originated in the mid-1980s hardcore punk movement of Washington, D.C. , where it was known as "emotional hardcore" or "emocore" and pioneered by bands such as Rites of Spring and Embrace .
Emo Nite also recently partnered with Insomniac, another event company, and launched Grave Rave — a late night dance party featuring emo music remixes with a hint of electronic dance music. The ...
Emo pop (or emo pop punk) is a subgenre of emo known for its pop music influences, more concise songs and hook-filled choruses. [99] AllMusic describes emo pop as blending "youthful angst " with "slick production" and mainstream appeal, using "high-pitched melodies , rhythmic guitars, and lyrics concerning adolescence , relationships, and ...
Gyaru (ギャル) pronounced [ɡʲa̠ꜜɾɯ̟ᵝ], is a Japanese fashion subculture for young women, often associated with gaudy fashion styles and dyed hair. [1] The term gyaru is a Japanese transliteration of the English slang word gal.
Breakcore is a style of electronic dance music that emerged from jungle, hardcore, and drum and bass in the mid-to-late 1990s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is characterized by very complex and intricate breakbeats and a wide palette of sampling sources played at high tempos.
Emo, whose participants are called emo kids or emos, is a subculture which began in the United States in the 1990s. [1] Based around emo music, the subculture formed in the genre's mid-1990s San Diego scene, where participants were derisively called Spock rock due to their distinctive straight, black haircuts.
It is an evolution of emo, scene and mall goth fashion combined with Japanese and Korean street fashion. [4] [5] Videos by e-girls and e-boys tend to be flirtatious and, many times, overtly sexual. [6] [7] Eye-rolling and protruding tongues (a facial expression known as ahegao, imitating climaxing) are common. [8]
The term 'Cybergoth' was coined in 1988 by Games Workshop, for their roleplaying game Dark Future, [2] the fashion style did not emerge until the following decade. Valerie Steele quotes Julia Borden, who defines cybergoth as combining elements of industrial aesthetics with a style associated with "Gravers" (Gothic ravers). [3]