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What does emo really mean? The story of the genre in 11 songs
Has any word been more misappropriated than emo? It’s been used to describe everything from people to events to films to clothing, but when it comes to encapsulating the specific music that inspired the name, no one can agree what actually constitutes it. So what actually is emo? Read more: Are the 2000s back? How […]
Create a playlist and we’ll give you your emo rapper name
Emo rap is taking over our playlists thanks to artists such as Post Malone, Lil Peep and nothing,nowhere. The fusion genre blends the roots of emo and hardcore with lyrics containing rap-style beats. Thanks to SoundCloud, emo rappers are huge right now, which means you might want to jump in and start creating, too. Almost […]
GARZI finally embraces his emo roots on the ‘STUCK IN THE MIDDLE’ EP
Self-professed Warped Tour apprentice GARZI is reinventing himself. After two productive years under the umbrella of SoundCloud rap, he’s exploring his melodic emo roots. Captured on his new EP, STUCK IN THE MIDDLE, he’s exclusively premiering the release with AltPress. Co-produced by a legendary team of John Feldmann and Travis Barker, the latter even makes […]
Here’s what Lil Nas X would sound like in an emo band
It looks like Lil Nas X has been hard at work creating new music. On Wednesday, the rapper shared a video of him “working” in the studio. The 13-second clip shows Lil Nas X hilariously performing his own version of emo music alongside his friend with an acoustic guitar. Read more: Joker’s ‘The Dark Knight’ […]
From First To Last fulfill emo dreams at first show in two years
From First To Last had their first show in two years at Emo Nite LA in New Orleans Friday night, and it looked as epic as we expected it to be. Back in February, the band announced they’d play the “BUKU Late” set, which served as an after party to the New Orleans’ BUKU Music […]
Lil Xan and Noah Cyrus’ breakup is the most emo thing of 2018—UPDATED
UPDATE: SEPTEMBER 6, 1:30 P.M. EST The drama continues to unravel as Noah Cyrus took to her Instagram stories yet again to offer up her side on her breakup with Lil Xan. As previously reported, Xan claims Cyrus cheated on him while Cyrus claims Xan dumped her over a Charlie Puth-inspired meme and it was […]
From Fall Out Boy to the Wonder Years, emo has its great poets
The quote about poetry that stands out more than any other is by the poet Rita Dove: “Poetry is language at its most distilled, its most powerful.” This, in some ways, is true. What poetry provides, and has provided for centuries, is an introduction to language at its most urgent. In the history of love […]
The Postal Service’s Give Up at 20: a decade-defining emo album that still soars
The Postal Service’s Give Up, the album between Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and producer Jimmy Tamborello, turns 20. Here’s why the album was decade-defining.
An interview with SoundCloud rapper Lil Aaron: “I’ve been emo my whole fucking life”
It’s really easy to hate Lil Aaron. Sure, until a few months ago, the young rapper and songwriter was best known for dropping a well-received EP, Gloing Pain$, and spending his summer touring and collaborating with Blackbear, an artist whose credits include co-writing the Justin Bieber hit “Boyfriend.” He was just another up-and-comer with a dream, […]
Rapper Lil Peep, heralded as “the future of emo,” announces debut album, new song — UPDATED
UPDATE: Friday, August 11, at 4:15 p.m. EDT Lil Peep has moved the release date of his debut album, Come Over When You’re Sober (Part One), to Sept. 1. The record was written by Peep in collaboration with Dylan Mullen, IVIVIVI, Rob Cavallo and Juan Alderete and produced by Smokeasac and IVIVIVI. Since the album’s release, Lil Peep […]
