'' emo '' has never been anything Punk to those who grew up with Punk *LMAO* really cute how you are all rewriting cultures that you had nothing to do with in the first place
My buddy and I actually run an emo rescue for emos who would have been slaughtered under the intensive emo-farming system. Like most farmed emos (and the majority of wild-caught emos) they must be kept away from sunlight, but seeing them wiggling around in that cute way that they do in the amphetamine barn to Sisters of Mercy on repeat makes me do a little face leak.
@@SeaUrchinFilms I'm imagining that famous Henry Ford line to describe what they're wearing: "You can have them in any colour so long as it's black..."
What I find hilarious is that I almost never see emos out during the daytime but if I'm out at night I'll run in to at least 2, it's like they fused with the goths or something
They have actually! I went to a metal/punk show and there was like 1 punk, 5 metalheads, 6 goths, and 30 or so emos for some reason. It's all just kind of a blob now and emo is sort of like an overarching title that a lot of them get put into because they're kind of everything at once.
I love the whole style and presentation of your Cultural Observation videos dude, it's like your accidentally watching something from early UA-cam days mixed with todays quality. Keep it up 👍💯,
I think there should be a cultural re-enrichment scheme which offers Belfast goths a travel and Monster stipend to come loiter outside the Central Bank.
Haha scene kids are indeed rare these days. I can see you had trouble finding any guys with fringes left. Still a few females kicking about here and there. Got to admit I used to be a scene kid, but about 4 years ago I just grew my hair out and became a metalhead that mostly dons trackies. You definitely missed a good Funeral for a Friend reference. They were my favourites along with Silverstein, Aiden, Senses Fail and A Static Lullaby (all early stuff, of course *does hipster pose*).
Haha cool. Yes, I was a FFAF fan, went to lots of gigs in the 00s, good times. I was already in my 20s then so couldn't really adopt the full emo style - just the fringe hair style, without dye. I do miss the music and scenes of the 00s. It was the last time, it seems, they really existed, together with a strong rock music scene.
Senses fail and FFAF were very good indeed. My favourite emo bands were Underoath, Escape the Fate but especially Brand New, who don't have anything to do with the scene style, so I guess they guided me out of emo into being more of an alternative doomer. But you never forget your roots. *sips monster *
@@HomerS95 Nice dude. I saw Brand New at Give it a Name festival in London 2007, was a great festival. One band I forgot to mention were Alesana, found them on Demonoid (a torrent site which seemed to dig metal and post-hardcore mostly) just after they released On Frail Wings in 2006, that is still an absolutely amazing album IMO.
@@leod-sigefast Did you catch the Last Chance to Dance tour where they played Casually Dressed and Hours in full? Had a standing ticket for Casually Dressed, it was fantastic.
As a 39 year old OG emo, I gotta say, it's strange to see this trend is holding strong. But, kinda heartening at the same time? I dunno, I like listening to vtuber anime girls sing these days. Life is fucking weird.
were still kicking. musically, a lot of the emo scene shifted towards modern trap metal/trap core stuff. if youre curious, i recommend you check out zillakami, killstation or kxllswxtch :)
@@z_t636 I'd also say a lot went onto metalcore and then prog metalcore (August Burns Red/Killswitch Engage > After the Burial/Periphery) as well. That's what I did around 2006/7 and then 2008/9 but still rocked the fringe for many years after.
@@JayFFAFAlesanaES Agreed. Emo fractured, it never went away. I'd say there's still the heart of emo in bands like Dwellings, Eidola, Hail The Sun, Dance Gavin Dance to some extent.
@@Cobalt985 I haven't heard Dwellings, will check them out. The other 3, yeah, DGD were around when the trend was still big. Swancore bands are all heavily post-hardcore influenced. Did you ever check out Eidola's old stuff? Veeeeeery different! Saw them and DGD in London in January, was a fantastic show.
When I was a young boy, my father... would've gone ape if I'd come home dressed like that! Now, older and (not) wiser, I wish I had. Instead I spent my time worrying what others would think of me but now I don't care about that. Actually bought a Black Parade t-shirt recently.
Same. I'm 18 now and I'm like damn. I never rebelled and I was so worried about fitting in I didn't do anything interesting. Now it's too late to be a real punk or emo or goth and there's nothing I can do I guess.
As a current emo from Germany, i've got to add that yes, it's a small scene nowadays, but A LOT of it has shifted towards trap metal/trapcore/emo trap, artists like ghostofblu, suicideboys, grim salvo, gorejit and bvdlvd are pretty popular here, along with the more mainstream stuff like ghostemane and suicideboys This video was very entertaining btw, also really love the newer ones on punk and metalheads, as all of those scenes kind of almost blend where i live. i consider myself a bit of everything and your videos where very relatable
I can confirm that I ditched the long side fringe because I started getting headaches because it was extremely hard to see through. When I look back at the style I swore by as a late teen, I die inside, and then I remember dying my hair black every few weeks to cover my ginger roots, and then I die again inside.
i don't think my emo phase was that big, maybe only a year and i just listened to the music i still dressed the same lol and i still listen to that music but not that often, mcr still has a special place on my playlists
as an 18 year old emo thank you for the documentary we are a dying breed you forgot one thing though emos will typically rock a fall out boy tattoo which they will want lazered off at 30
"Real Emo" only consists of the dc Emotional Hardcore scene and the late 90's Screamo scene. What is known by "Midwest Emo" is nothing but Alternative Rock with questionable real emo influence. When people try to argue that bands like My Chemical Romance are not real emo, while saying that Sunny Day Real Estate is, I can't help not to cringe because they are just as fake emo as My Chemical Romance (plus the pretentiousness). Real emo sounds ENERGETIC, POWERFUL and somewhat HATEFUL. Fake emo is weak, self pity and a failed attempt to direct energy and emotion into music. Some examples of REAL EMO are Pg 99, Rites of Spring, Cap n Jazz (the only real emo band from the midwest scene) and Loma Prieta. Some examples of FAKE EMO are American Football, My Chemical Romance and Mineral EMO BELONGS TO HARDCORE NOT TO INDIE, POP PUNK, ALT ROCK OR ANY OTHER MAINSTREAM GENRE
Modern Tom Green Confirmed - They say at the end of the rainbow you either find God or an Angry Irish Man - Much to the county I have found comedic gold!
You are objectively too old to have been an emo. You were a new romantic at the appropriate age, then sought a second youth, amidst a bunch of people way too young for you to be hanging out with.
@@iii___iii Because emo was an adolescent fashion fad and musical aesthetic that was popular about 5 years, when you were about 20. At the time I was a metal head, and liked some of the emo music, but by god the angst, the glorification of depression. It was very much intrinsically adolescent.
I just gotta wonder if he intentionally used the phrase "give up the ghost of Blink 182" to refer to the hardcore band Give Up the Ghost (a.k.a. American Nightmare). Because Fall Out Boy plagiarized their lyrics and quietly settled it out of court.
Nice and true video, thanks! 😄 But I think the logical subcultural evolution is: Emos -> Goths - Black Metal. Harder music and even more nihilistic and somber.
An emo in denial hits hard for me. I would never admit to being emo at the peak of my emo phase. I still kinda look the part I guess but only in the cold seasons. Way too hot in summer to wear black.
The closure of the central bank was devastating for the emo population, that was their main habitat. You should have come to the punk picnic on Saturday, Frankie
Yeah Panic!at the Disco and Fallout boy definitely have a presence in the emo community, but they are NOT part of the emo trinity. Unless it's like. Pop Emo or something. Does Falling in Reverse, Black Viel Brides, Pierce the Veil, and Get Scared mean nothing to? Smh
I love that the emos are too complacent or lazy to chase him
No one chases him cos they know they can’t catch him
There is nothing in this world worth chasing remember
@@disklamer😂 holy REAL
Emo’s final form is depressed punk.
This chemical romance will transcend into a chemical dependance.
Accurate, informative and hilarious.
Semi. Most Emo's that evolve survive on a diet of Death Doom, Funeral Doom and Anime Outros. So Weeby Metalheads with depression.
Emo has always been depressed punk
'' emo '' has never been anything Punk to those who grew up with Punk
*LMAO*
really cute how you are all rewriting cultures that you had nothing to do with in the first place
@@underscore4505
80s fans had depressing electronica and industrial to feed the old school emos.
@@theghostofmaximumvolume3414 goth, not emo
My buddy and I actually run an emo rescue for emos who would have been slaughtered under the intensive emo-farming system. Like most farmed emos (and the majority of wild-caught emos) they must be kept away from sunlight, but seeing them wiggling around in that cute way that they do in the amphetamine barn to Sisters of Mercy on repeat makes me do a little face leak.
@@SeaUrchinFilms I'm imagining that famous Henry Ford line to describe what they're wearing: "You can have them in any colour so long as it's black..."
@@iana6713 uh what?? Emo kids are white as napkins
Sisters of Mercy... Wow. Try Rites of Spring.
i can imagine in-between takes them all having a giggle then being like "no no lets go again we cant laugh its serious"
petition for blooper reels
@@Goatythemeowhell to the yes
@@Goatythemeow1 Million Sub Special... we can only dream.
"somewhere along the gerard way" jfc i bust a gut laughing
:3
Congratulation, you did the comment i was seeking. 🎉
Gerard Way is Joe Rogan's cousin.
@@sheogorathprinceofmadness2223 no wonder gerard is emo then, i'd wanna kill myself too if i was related to rogan
"floating between the never again and the not yet"
Shit man, that's some profound shit right there.
Namaste.
Ambition is gauche!
Yur runnin has improved Frankie
You are the second person who said this (first was cameraman)
he's clearly faster and doesn't need to speed up the camera anymore
How'd your man not crack at that Sunny Day Real Estate line. Kids these days
Emos don’t crack
Most people in the UK don't know about them.
@@LorcaLoca Ireland isn't in the UK
@@catface101 Sure, I'm guessing it's the same for Ireland though. Sunny day real estate didn't get big outside the states.
@@meditationsfortheanxiousmindEmos do crack
Awkwardly dance at math rock concerts is what finally got me
these are hilarious
Can confirm as someone who went from Paramore/PATD/MCR to like DGD and Hail The Sun lmao
What I find hilarious is that I almost never see emos out during the daytime but if I'm out at night I'll run in to at least 2, it's like they fused with the goths or something
it’s when all the teenage friend groups are sleeping
@@mikaylacveta interesting 🤔
we indeed have. where im from, its all kind of fused into a big ass goth/punk/emo trap-metal scene. its pretty interesting.
They have actually! I went to a metal/punk show and there was like 1 punk, 5 metalheads, 6 goths, and 30 or so emos for some reason. It's all just kind of a blob now and emo is sort of like an overarching title that a lot of them get put into because they're kind of everything at once.
As a recovering 30 yo emo kid I approve this message
There's no recovering bro. Just embrace the fact that our taste in music is impeccable
@@TheSpartan_G metal people of all kinds are the best people 🤟✌️
@@Muffinpurplegurk you're still there bro. It's about the fringe that's in your heart, not on your head
It was good, but most of the bands mentioned are baby's first emo band. Where my Chiodos and Saosin fans? 😢
Recovering?
I love how at 1:34 you can see all the other Alts in the reflection waiting for their turn 💀💀
I love the whole style and presentation of your Cultural Observation videos dude, it's like your accidentally watching something from early UA-cam days mixed with todays quality. Keep it up 👍💯,
I think there should be a cultural re-enrichment scheme which offers Belfast goths a travel and Monster stipend to come loiter outside the Central Bank.
When looking for an emo, head to your local CeX.
I wonder when you'll finally make an observation about me that shatters my sense of individuality
"Somewhere along the Gerard Way..." hahaha
2:58 That was humorous, it actually made me smile a little.
"Somewhere along the Gerard Way." Brilliant.
Haha scene kids are indeed rare these days. I can see you had trouble finding any guys with fringes left. Still a few females kicking about here and there. Got to admit I used to be a scene kid, but about 4 years ago I just grew my hair out and became a metalhead that mostly dons trackies. You definitely missed a good Funeral for a Friend reference. They were my favourites along with Silverstein, Aiden, Senses Fail and A Static Lullaby (all early stuff, of course *does hipster pose*).
Haha cool. Yes, I was a FFAF fan, went to lots of gigs in the 00s, good times. I was already in my 20s then so couldn't really adopt the full emo style - just the fringe hair style, without dye. I do miss the music and scenes of the 00s. It was the last time, it seems, they really existed, together with a strong rock music scene.
Senses fail and FFAF were very good indeed. My favourite emo bands were Underoath, Escape the Fate but especially Brand New, who don't have anything to do with the scene style, so I guess they guided me out of emo into being more of an alternative doomer. But you never forget your roots. *sips monster *
@@HomerS95 Nice dude. I saw Brand New at Give it a Name festival in London 2007, was a great festival. One band I forgot to mention were Alesana, found them on Demonoid (a torrent site which seemed to dig metal and post-hardcore mostly) just after they released On Frail Wings in 2006, that is still an absolutely amazing album IMO.
@@leod-sigefast Did you catch the Last Chance to Dance tour where they played Casually Dressed and Hours in full? Had a standing ticket for Casually Dressed, it was fantastic.
Please stop calling women females it's very cringe
As a 39 year old OG emo, I gotta say, it's strange to see this trend is holding strong. But, kinda heartening at the same time? I dunno, I like listening to vtuber anime girls sing these days. Life is fucking weird.
were still kicking. musically, a lot of the emo scene shifted towards modern trap metal/trap core stuff. if youre curious, i recommend you check out zillakami, killstation or kxllswxtch :)
@@z_t636 I'd also say a lot went onto metalcore and then prog metalcore (August Burns Red/Killswitch Engage > After the Burial/Periphery) as well. That's what I did around 2006/7 and then 2008/9 but still rocked the fringe for many years after.
@@JayFFAFAlesanaES Agreed. Emo fractured, it never went away. I'd say there's still the heart of emo in bands like Dwellings, Eidola, Hail The Sun, Dance Gavin Dance to some extent.
@@Cobalt985 I haven't heard Dwellings, will check them out. The other 3, yeah, DGD were around when the trend was still big. Swancore bands are all heavily post-hardcore influenced. Did you ever check out Eidola's old stuff? Veeeeeery different! Saw them and DGD in London in January, was a fantastic show.
Kringe.
the emo trinity was scarily spot on
The emo's didn't chase Frankie away at the end because they just dont care
When I was a young boy, my father... would've gone ape if I'd come home dressed like that! Now, older and (not) wiser, I wish I had. Instead I spent my time worrying what others would think of me but now I don't care about that. Actually bought a Black Parade t-shirt recently.
Hey I'm 53. Never too old to make the transition.
@@wayfaring_stranger1413 Neat!
Same. I'm 18 now and I'm like damn. I never rebelled and I was so worried about fitting in I didn't do anything interesting. Now it's too late to be a real punk or emo or goth and there's nothing I can do I guess.
That Sunny Dale real estate joke was good.
i have never been so personally attacked by a frankie vid before
to all my emo brothers it is indeed NOT a phase
I thought it was the most phasey phase that ever phased
As a current emo from Germany, i've got to add that yes, it's a small scene nowadays, but A LOT of it has shifted towards trap metal/trapcore/emo trap, artists like ghostofblu, suicideboys, grim salvo, gorejit and bvdlvd are pretty popular here, along with the more mainstream stuff like ghostemane and suicideboys
This video was very entertaining btw, also really love the newer ones on punk and metalheads, as all of those scenes kind of almost blend where i live. i consider myself a bit of everything and your videos where very relatable
I can confirm that I ditched the long side fringe because I started getting headaches because it was extremely hard to see through. When I look back at the style I swore by as a late teen, I die inside, and then I remember dying my hair black every few weeks to cover my ginger roots, and then I die again inside.
Wow I never knew I'd had such an effect on modern culture before, but here we are
partially blind from fringe in their eye that got me hahaa
lost it at “somewhere along the gerard way”
a job in sunny day real estate
Thumbs up for Sunny day real estate 👍
"Somewhere along the Gerard Way"
*LOL*
i don't think my emo phase was that big, maybe only a year and i just listened to the music i still dressed the same lol
and i still listen to that music but not that often, mcr still has a special place on my playlists
Unique character you got there, fun to watch if you don't want comedians screaming in your face while being edgy.
as an 18 year old emo thank you for the documentary we are a dying breed
you forgot one thing though emos will typically rock a fall out boy tattoo which they will want lazered off at 30
Dude your deadpan delivery of your lines is killing me.
True this should be a play about a deadpan look at Dublin no music no props just a man and his thoughts 😂
As a former emo who's teaching pupils its the manga artstyle and boots that I look out for first
I’m so glad I stumbled on this channel
"Real Emo" only consists of the dc Emotional Hardcore scene and the late 90's Screamo scene. What is known by "Midwest Emo" is nothing but Alternative Rock with questionable real emo influence. When people try to argue that bands like My Chemical Romance are not real emo, while saying that Sunny Day Real Estate is, I can't help not to cringe because they are just as fake emo as My Chemical Romance (plus the pretentiousness).
Real emo sounds ENERGETIC, POWERFUL and somewhat HATEFUL. Fake emo is weak, self pity and a failed attempt to direct energy and emotion into music.
Some examples of REAL EMO are Pg 99, Rites of Spring, Cap n Jazz (the only real emo band from the midwest scene) and Loma Prieta.
Some examples of FAKE EMO are American Football, My Chemical Romance and Mineral
EMO BELONGS TO HARDCORE
NOT TO INDIE, POP PUNK, ALT ROCK OR ANY OTHER MAINSTREAM GENRE
2007 time machine outfits going crazy
Hahahaha oh jaysus that's. A good one 😂
Can't even remember why I used this site before I found this channel
Wait, there’s a Tower Records still in business?!?!
Modern Tom Green Confirmed - They say at the end of the rainbow you either find God or an Angry Irish Man - Much to the county I have found comedic gold!
Have just fell in love with your channel
2:30 Alpha-Emo enters the scene.
1:32 Real 😂. Emos were depressed but at least they still cared about music
I love these vids so much. spot on.
most emos migrated into their late 30s
This was an emo tional rollercoaster
As a 53 year old emo, I can confirm this to be true.
You are objectively too old to have been an emo. You were a new romantic at the appropriate age, then sought a second youth, amidst a bunch of people way too young for you to be hanging out with.
@@iii___iii Nah, you were just a bit too old to be an emo when you were one. Lots of people were.
@@iii___iii Because emo was an adolescent fashion fad and musical aesthetic that was popular about 5 years, when you were about 20. At the time I was a metal head, and liked some of the emo music, but by god the angst, the glorification of depression. It was very much intrinsically adolescent.
emo came to be in the 80s. if they are 53, they were born in 1980 cca @@MrDaraghkinch
Another day another banger nice one lad
Finding Emo? I’m reminded of that flash animation from a decade ago.
I don't know why this came up, but I loved it.
Very informative lad, good to know
i miss myspace and the motorola RAZR and the ability to enjoy brand new TT_TT
Guarantee you none of these posers even listen to Rites of Spring or Sunny Day Real Estate but based Frankie defo does.
based asf
I just gotta wonder if he intentionally used the phrase "give up the ghost of Blink 182" to refer to the hardcore band Give Up the Ghost (a.k.a. American Nightmare). Because Fall Out Boy plagiarized their lyrics and quietly settled it out of court.
i am not sure what i just watched but some how it seems accurate
Nice and true video, thanks! 😄 But I think the logical subcultural evolution is: Emos -> Goths - Black Metal. Harder music and even more nihilistic and somber.
YEAH BABY ITS ABOUT TIME
definitely read that as "finding elmo" and I still clicked
Cool video. Needs more ‘modern baseball’
Rip Mobo :')
Captions are translating emo as email
Hilarious 😆
Do the Juggalos
oh yea I'd love to see this episode
The girl with red hair looks like third way emo meets siouxsie sioux, the gown is very early goth.
Just found this channel and I love the content. I hope to see more
Those were good looking guys. They look like they're in a band.
I love myself a lad who makes videos that fit my ipads screenratio perfectly
3:05 You shoulda said "break the habit" to put a Linkin Park reference in there. Other then that, great and accurate video.
-sincerely, an emo
why when linkin park isnt an emo band lol
im here before this dude blows up
Sunny Day Real Estate was a fantastic subpop emo band back in the day
Lol Green Day are definitely the best emo band xD
Your videos are very funny.
Thanks for the goth babes Frankie.
did frankie just timetravel to 2007?
Fuckin love you mate
Consequently none of the bands referenced are Emo, The Wrongs Of Spring, kids today... Get off my lawn! 😏
Im recovered now but i still smoke cigarettes and listen to mineral....
Frankie you should try out a style or two!
I once saw him in maynooth university and he was wearing that exact outfit, maybe he wore it so many times it just became a part of him.
So most of my spotify list was mentioned.
I'd still be emo but I went bald by 23 so I no longer have the required fringe
I was expecting to see Steo but Emos will do.
Run Frankie run.
By the way you need to be a comedy writer here in Los Angeles. Your good kid.
Only if you get me the interview
I read the title as finding Nemo
Msn... blast from the past. Hopefully social media will have the same fate as that and become a distant memory
The man the myth the legend❤😂❤❤😊
Emo is here to stay. Face it bois. Something about Emo culture speaks to many people to this day.
>awkwardly dancing at math rock concerts
how does he know????
An emo in denial hits hard for me. I would never admit to being emo at the peak of my emo phase. I still kinda look the part I guess but only in the cold seasons. Way too hot in summer to wear black.
They are all still, hella mad cute~ 😏
very good
XD yes!!
The closure of the central bank was devastating for the emo population, that was their main habitat. You should have come to the punk picnic on Saturday, Frankie
Emos so fine
Yeah Panic!at the Disco and Fallout boy definitely have a presence in the emo community, but they are NOT part of the emo trinity. Unless it's like. Pop Emo or something. Does Falling in Reverse, Black Viel Brides, Pierce the Veil, and Get Scared mean nothing to? Smh
you are listing scene pop-metalcore bands..
Lol the creepypastas, how did you find all these emo statues around Dublin??
Where is Frankie’s accent from? Greetings from USA
From ireland 🇮🇪