The “Emo Revival”…
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2023
- Is the emo revival just a nostalgia-fueled cash grab? I react to the Neopunk FM boys discussing the emo revival.
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I know of someone who flew to disney to take pregnancy announcement photos. what the actual fuck is wrong with someone who would think that's logical?
I live in Japan, the Disney adults here are so common, it’s crazy.
When I tell them I’ve never been to Disneyland after living here for nearly 10 years they are shocked and a bit offended
Gen Xers carry the most nonmortgage debt, on average, of any generation. The average nonmortgage debt among Gen Xers ($45,781) is more than double that of Gen Zers. But hey I guess I'm just a spoiled millennial living in the past with my mortgage and no kids and welding career. Meanwhile gen x are the main purchaser's of overpriced toys like Harley Davidson's and new trucks they dont even haul anything with.
So dos the Ed McMahon guy just sit there? Does he ever talk❤❤❤😂😂
Let’s not act like boomers and gen xers don’t engage in collectibles. They were the generations that geeked out for Star Wars and Star Trek.
Came down to the comments to say this. Finn said Millenials love collecting Star Wars and comic books but that was literally his generation. The original Star Wars movies came out between 1977 and 1984, those were the Gen X kids, the same Gen X kids that shit on the Prequels for being "childish" even though Star Wars is a children's franchise. The same middle-aged Gen X that bitched about the Disney Star Wars movies being too similar to the original trilogy. They love their priceless in-the-box Star Wars Christmas Special Boba Fett action figures and their vintage Marvel comics.
Please let's not forget the Kiss memorabilia. 🤣
@@ProjectGRIDLOKTexactlyyyyy
He forgets to mention Phish fans or Dead Heads...every generation has this type of stuff. The music you are into when you are 14 will always have a special place for EVRYONE regardless of generation
I agree but gen z will be doing the same shit with things like fortnite skins. Im not sure if any generation will ever be unique from that
40ish-year-old Finn calling himself gen-Z is the funniest thing I've heard him say in a while. How do you do, fellow kid Finn?
Oldest 22-year-old on UA-cam.
More like 45ish.
@@jgh1214Finn would like to think of himself that way maybe but he acts his age plenty
Gen Xers are generally known as the parents of Zillennials (the Millennial-Gen Z cusp) and Gen Z so there’s a lot of crossover and similarities between the two in terms of ideals and attitudes. I find a lot of Gen Xers have a very easy time understanding what kids these days are into since being weird is cool again.
Right lmao how you older than man and in the generation after mine 😂
As a 35 year old millennial, I knew it was out time to shine when I saw Nelly on a honey nut cheerios commercial. The consumerist market is catering to us now. But don't worry, in 15 years, gen z will be bombarded with commercials featuring Olivia Rodrigo and whatever else other artists and bands you liked. The machine keeps churning.
Exactly. It's a cycle.
Minecraft and Shrek cruises...
Who tf paying 2k to see these bands??? Am a cusper at 27 and I have never paid more than 80 dollars for a ticket to a show or festival and am so confused how someone would enjoy these massive shows
@@C.S.ArgudoRich people exist. I'm 33 and also have never paid more than 80 bucks for a show. Most expensive show I saw was Avenged Sevenfold back in 2011 for their Buried Alive Tour. Ticket prices are ridiculously expensive now. Twenty One Pilots was almost $200 back in 2019, and now MCR floor tickets go for over $400. Fuck that.
They’re not paying $2,000 to see artists. They’re paying $300 for admission to the festival (which is pretty standard), and the remainder goes to flights, lodging, transportation, food, etc. They’re basically just planning a vacation around this festival. I’ve already been to Vegas 2 times; not really interested in going there just for the sake of going there, but I would absolutely go there for an event like this.
These zoomers haven't lived long enough for the nostalgia bug to hit them. Give it 10 years and these kids will understand
idk man, i don't think the $120 (total) i spent for my and my fiancé's tickets to see Bring Me the Horizon and Fall Out Boy 45min from our apartment is what's keeping us from affording to buy a house. They punch up at Millennials now, but they're destined to be in the same boat, just with a different genre of music as their nostalgia trap.
Yeah not much of a stretch to take a vacation to Vegas and use one day to go to a festival.
Apparently it's the avocado toast that is slowing down the house purchasing? At least in Australia and New Zealand that seems to be the right wing consensus.
I think there is a general sense of unease as to the way the world is going amongst everyone and having fun things to look forward to is extremely valuable, even if it's just one night of nostalgic fun. I live in Maryland right now and frequently peruse Zillow. I see literal decrepit, dilapidated borderline-shack homes go up for sale for like $100k+ here. I don't think going out on occasion and buying overpriced coffee is necessarily the problem here.
Considering the economy we are all fucked I'm in a small town and cant get a two bed one bath apt for less than 1200
@@okpresence01 compared to greater Boston, that's a steal. A shack in the woods with half an outhouse in the back starts at $300k. It's beyond ridiculous.
"32 year olds with an office job that want to sing along to their favorite song and go back to work on Monday" - I feel personally attacked 😂
i don't understand this statement. do you need to live in your parents basement or under the bringe to enjoy some kind of music? wtf is even mean?
@@svalkacontentyou may not understand it because he used the word "attacked". It's not an attack, though, is more like a description. Thing is, even people in they early 20s, who works at an office do the same 🤷🏻♂️
@@MiMenteOnLine i mean i see nothing wrong to work at an office and listening any kind of music even something rebelious like punk rock or hardcore. no matter how old are you. even if you're in your 40s
And the teeagers need to go back to school and homework, not sure it’s actually better (not from this pov at least)
Real
“No one had the money years ago”.
Okay true, but everything was cheaper. 90cents a gallon of gas,70k houses, the usual. Now, my run down 2 bedroom apartment is the cheapest I can afford and is still $1k in a crap neighborhood and requires nearly half my income
As a 34 year old elder emo millenial who absolutely still loves listening to the music of my youth and going to concerts, I can agree that some people take it too far. There is nothing wrong with nostalgia but there is a point when it is too much. This goes double when your obsession with a culture takes precedent over your adult responsibilities. I am married, do own a house, and work a normal 8-5 job and those things are my highest priority. I suppose if you can swing 2k to fly across the country to see some bands then there's no harm (I wouldn't do it personally) as long as it doesn't affect you negatively from a financial or health perspective. There's definitely a fine line between enjoyment of nostalgia and obsession with nostalgia.
I agree. I am a lover of nostalgia but when you take it too far it’s a problem. Now don’t get me wrong I love going to shows but I’m not paying $2000 to go to a festival or a cruise.
Agreed. We all listen to the music of our youth, but there is absolutely a point where it becomes childish. I personally won't be going to an "emo night" any time soon.
@@thomashunt6000 Im going to Emo Nite Brooklyn Saturday the 12th it will be my first one
You nailed it. It's the obsession that's the problem. To me it also feels like it's less about the music and more about the money/lifestyle. They should spend a year or 2 organizing the cruise so they can get the best bands possible. But they want a quick cash grab I guess
the problem is, kids that wore abercrombie and fitch in 2006 all of a sudden identify as "emo" today.
Millennials saw the price of housing increase 200% over the last 15 years and said "Well i guess ill use my savings on Funko dolls since I'll never afford a house of my own"
Sad but true. Im a millenial...and somehow own a house (*pure dumb luck primarily) but I never really vibed with my age cohort. Despite a myraid of weird cultural things I dont understand...I really am impressed by the Z babies (*as I lovingly call Gen Z).
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@@TexasVexes . No? Ive had pleasent experiences with Gen Z...Ive never really liked Millenials...as our host says, they have a lot in common with boomers (*ironically).
It honestly blows my mind how much of an “avocado toast” take Finn has about all this.
@@rosemorningstar5368 . Hmm...maybe we're both wrong in our assessments
I was never really an emo (I was "too badass" and listened to nu metal instead, lmfao), but I'm 32 so I fall right into the millennial cohort.
And I gotta say, I think there's a reason why nostalgia baiting resonates better with us than probably any other generation before or since. Millennials were the generation of "both worlds," if that makes sense. Like Gen Xers, I remember playing outside in the woods as a child, and buying CDs at a record store. At the same time, I also remember the RAPID shift in technology and our culture transitioning further into the instant gratification model...right as my friends and I were coming of age.
When Boomers and Xers were becoming adults, they were still using phones plugged into a wall -- just like they did when they were kids. As Zoomers get older, the technological world they were born into is only going to get more streamlined. In other words, the world they came of age in was just a slightly updated version of the one they were born in. This isn't the case with millennials. Everything changed during our adolescence -- and it changed VERY quickly. It's pretty jarring when you think about it, and probably explains why we have such a strange yearning for the past.
Perfectly worded.
This is legit
I'm 31 and I agree 100%. In 4th grade I listened to a Sony discman. By middle/high school it was mp3 players. In 8th grade, I got my first flip phone. Once I graduated high school, smart phones started coming out.
We all watched/are watching our parents work to death for societies idea of a life. Own a home, have kids, go on a humble vacation maybe once a year. We also missed the social media boom where it’s normal to have a career in social media at 18, instead of being pressured to go to college for who knows what. Leading us to have mediocre ass jobs. And when we finally could afford a house, family, etc. the pandemic hit and everything tripled in price. So yeah, we spend our money however we want, reliving the days that made us happy. Cause life is short. F*** it✌🏼
Fuck yeah! Couldn't have said it better myself.
I'm 31, married have no kids and have a mortgage and have never vacationed further than a few hours away from my cornfield ridden state and drove a vehicle that was one year younger than me for almost 8 years but i guess I'm just a spoiled irresponsible consumerist millennial in Finn's eyes since he's just going to generaliz millions of people.
I'm 37, happily married, got a son with my ex girlfriend. Me and my wife bought a house two years ago. Took a long ass time because we had to build up credit and kept looking when someone else would grab the homes before we could, that or our offers had been rejected. Got a big yard so when he comes to visit we can throw that football.
@@MichaelCummings-di5bvIt's trendy to make broad generalizations. I was raised by a single mother and couldn't get all the name brand shit. I saw my mom stress over bills and my 20s were rough financially. I feel like they really ain't talking to us. I like how they hate on us but aren't old enough to know what that existential crisis be like or living paycheck to paycheck. I'm just saying . lol
Just because these kids are aware of it, doesn't mean that they're not going to do the same thing.
In this world, nothing is certain except death, taxes, and becoming the butt of the joke of the next generation. Embrace the cringe.
This is just like "80's Night" stuff you'd see at bars and clubs, just the next generation.
That’s why I don’t understand what’s so wrong with it. Businesses and bars still host 80’s nights etc. What’s the issue?? Young and dumb guys make video about live music fun/concepts they don’t understand
I'm a HipHop DJ & i promote my spotify playlists to my audience all the time... but somehow my most popular playlist by far is called "2000 Skaters" one that i made completely from memory of my skater phase as a kid lol i made it for myself to listen to not really thinking anything of it and i have never promoted it to anyone, i went back to listen to it a few weeks ago and saw it blew up out of nowhere!
Oh no way dude i follow that playlist haha
@@GamingOverGirls Pahaha what are the chances!
(Speaking only for myself here)
As a millennial (29 years old), this stuff really isn't "nostalgic" for me. I never stopped listening to these bands, I still actively go to shows - shit, my wardrobe is like 80% band merch lol. So when I see these "nostalgia" tours/fests, to me they're just regular tours with kick ass lineups!!
Right it’s not even nostalgia it’s just the music we’ve been listening to since it came out. Continuously lol
Legit, I keep listening to all of the same shit cuz new gen z stuff is garbage. Mumble crap about doing drugs . Don't get me wrong I jam some of it but lyrically garbage.
I've found as I've gotten older, the jocks and cheerleaders were closet emo fans. I go to shows to get a night away from real life for 3 hours. It's not about reliving my adolescence. It's about escapism.
May we all grow old enough to become the cringe that cringed us
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I get the feeling from Millennials my age dont really feel positive about their future and retirement and debt etc. They are starting to not have kids and buy houses. I think many of us, buy these things so much because they would rather spend their money on life experiences rather than save for a rainy day. Also, many of us are finally getting to a point where we feel the opposite, we do have disposable income now in our 30's and are buying the things we couldnt afford when we were younger.
I totally agree.
Nothing like dumping on people for doing the things that put a smile on their faces and harms absolutely no one 😉
💯 Finn should be embarrassed about this video. His wife is a millennial.
sure but how else do we get approval from 20 year olds?
right? I usually agree with him but like wtf, i hope this is just satire
Yeah I don't get it either. I never had a chance to see all those bands live when I was a teenager and now when I'm adult and have money - why wouldn't I do it (I meant I wont, but if I lived in USA I probably would)? And what's wrong with nostalgia?
He literally said that he doesn't find it wrong to do these things but as a 96 millennial I agree that this is nonsense giving cash freely to people that milk your nostalgic memories as a teen.
I would absolutely never go on a cruise paying over a 1000 like that even if I was an emo as a teen and am a millennial.
It's really sad how they actually make money out of this it really shouldn't be that easy for them.
To be fair to Matt Cutshall, his END videos are hilarious, he’s done a lot to keep the scene alive and constantly features the bands themselves in his videos, and his own band Your Broken Hero puts out consistently good music. His former band It Boys! actually put out some catchy 3OH!3-esque songs too
Not wanting to grow up and holding on to the best/idealised parts of childhood, is often a trauma response. It's especially common in people who had crappy childhoods. I don't think every one of the elder emos had terrible childhoods, but I wonder if hiding in nostalgia it is in part a response to the wider state of the world? It's certainly something I used to do.
Also got to wonder how the "its cool to be sad/depressed/suicidal" Emo crowd plays out in adulthood. It's not surprising people want to relive it at all costs when they couldn't enjoy it the first time around.
I also think boomers invented modern nostalgia culture. They've grown out of it at this point. Generations before the boomers never had nostalgia over their youth since their youth involved a depression and world wars.
Yeah it all started with the Columbine shooting then 9/11 and it was just tragedy after tragedy ever since. Bush Jr magnifying the homophobia that already existed, school/mass shootings happening like clockwork to this day, the recession and housing bubble bursting, the overt racism of the tea party movement after Obama got elected, trump and now Covid to name a few. It’s no wonder many of us have regressed a bit or remained stagnant in some way shape or form.
Oh gosh
While true, I also think it's pearl clutchy here.
It takes a 55k/yr to get a mortgage for a fixer-upper in a bad part of town, why not live w/ your parents and put that cash towards fun events instead?
Why did my dad go see the Eagles in concert in like 2005....same shit. Overall, people make their choices with their money. I honestly got continuously angrier and these dudes.
Damn. That video was kinda brutal.. lol, not gonna lie. I felt personally attacked, but it's ok. You keep doing nostalgia videos, Finn, and I'll keep watching them 2-3 times over 😅
Finn called millennials the most consumerist generation when gen x has the most non mortgage debt followed by baby boomers.
I think the way we consume media falls makes being nostalgic super easy. Everything is at our finger tips. Everyone's favourite childhood/teenage albums can easily be put into a Spotify playlist, and accessed whenever we want them to be.
Understood “bully fetish” is a joke, but the nostalgia for this music is clearly not to return to the bad times, but return to the tunes that helped us get through those bad times.
Whenever I was young my dad would take my toys and books away from me to make me go play outside or go play sports. Which I did because I thought that was the 'right thing to do'. My mom would tell me how evil Pokémon/harry potter/anything not related to Jesus, and how the ONLY book I needed was the HOLY BIBLE.
Now that I'm older and I have disposable income I can buy the comics and books that I was never allowed to touch and I'm able to have hobbies(Like Warhammer, D&D) without being shamed by my family. So maybe I am sucker feeding some GRAND MACHINE, but at least I'm having the fun I've always wanted.
I relate to this so much. Another reason I dislike all the generalizing of people from all over
This is scarily relatable.
Great roast. Would watch again! 🤘🖤
As an honorary millennial. We're consumerist because our boomer and gen x parents gave us self righteous speeches about money and how they had to eat dirt and walk barefoot to school every time we asked them for a bag of chips from the store. So, now we have our own money to catch up on all those bags of chips
we used to make fun of the 40 year old moms that still rocked the same hairdo they did in 1986 as they go see motley crue wheeled out on stage in wheelchairs and dentures to play their hits from 20 years prior
that is us now
Finn, as you favourite toxic elder emo in chat, I salute you for the hard work you do generating content for burnt out 30 something's who live in nice suburbs and drive SUVs with car seats in the back. You are truly doing god's work.
Thanks for showing us this channel! They’re hilarious 😂
That is the truth 2nd generation Gen-Xers definitely grew up in the action figures Era that we were tricked into consumerism because those cartoons like Masters Of The Universe & Thunder cats were just half an hour ads for us to buy the toys.
From paying 15 to 20 bucks to see these bands back in the day to pushing hundreds for these festivals. It's a wild time.
“You either die a hero, or you love long enough to become the villain.”
Bonus shirt idea, the classic Supreme shirt (white shirt, red rectangle that says "supreme") but instead now says "supremo". You make that and I'll buy it in a heartbeat.
I was in two cliques in high school: emo/scene kids, & hyphy kids. Chiodos by day, Mac Dre by night. When I wasn't coding my MySpace layout with self-taught HTML skills on my Dell Inspiron laptop while listening to pirated music off Limewire, I was in someone's garage, six press tabs deep, doing the thizzle dance. It was truly the best of times.
There is a third option that doesn't involve 1. being corny/cheesy, or 2. being a dishonest and manipulative cash-grab:
Maybe this is all being done in good faith and in good fun.
I hate how right you are. Thankfully I've got a lifetime of self depreciation that causes me to be OK with how right you are.
The Supreme brick was a great analogy 😂😂
As a gen x who barely missed being a boomer, this reminds me of the boomer Elvis fans and their pilgrimages to Graceland
"Tonight will be the night that I will emo cruise". That's top notch content right there. I love those boys.
I'm a 50 year old, white, Hip Hop head and I'm going to go see De La Soul (RIP Trugoy), Nas and WuTang (RIP ODB) in October. It's on a Tuesday night so I cannot drink too much lite beer nor partake in any ganja. It's also at a stadium so I can sit down if I get tired. Am I old and lame? Of course, but fuck it, it brings me joy in an otherwise shitty, dying world full of hate and despair. You go you crazy Emo kids.
I’m 48. You’re lame? Definitely not. We’ve reached the age where we sincerely unapologetically embrace our youth and are mature enough to appreciate what the younger generations are in to without judgement. We’ve lived through enough and have had enough friends die to gain the perspective that life really is too short and not just a lame saying on a bumper sticker. Have fun at your show but I don’t have to tell you that 😊
@@MsTravelsoul Well said! Thank you!
These are my peers I think your take is right on.
They're as self absorbed as boomers but without the confidence or economy to back it up.
I absolutely agree about the part of consumerism regarding millenials. I was born in 1990 and remember watching Nickoledeon and seeing all the toy commercials. Everything always seemed so epic. I remember the commercial for the game Crossfire, it seemed epic at the time. As an adult i don't think I have ever played the game or known anyone that has ever played that game, but I bet a lot of people remember the comercial and the jingle. I think about this now as an adult whenever a new product or thing comes out. It's like you never heard of this before but it will change your life.
Also my generation has seen technology just explode in our lifetimes. When I was a kid cell phones were made of brick and only drug dealers or super rich people used them. Today the first generation iPhone is rediculously obsolete. It still blows my mind how far we have come.
This is amazing but has happened for every generation. I remember my parents in their 30s going to see duran duran and depeche mode in the early/mid 2000s to revisit that nostalgia at least 10 times haha..
Damn I didn't know The Emo Band was on that cruise. They came to my area a couple times (Louisville area) & it was so dope. I got to cover an underoath song with a live band doing the instruments. Highly recommend if they're doing an event near you & you're into emo
I used to often go to emo club nights when I was an alcoholic. I look back now and realise that all I did was reminisce on my "better" teenage years, but in my teenage years I listened to emo and dreamt of a better life once school finished. In an ironic way it made me realise how I never lived in the present 😂I still listen to emo/pop-punk but man these emo nights make me cringe so much now, there are a million better things you could be doing in my opinion
Broski.. damn man, so true! Keep it rockin 🎸
I think part of the millennial consumerism is trying to fill a hole that was once filled by home ownership and having kids. My most consumerist friends all live in tiny apartments with their collections and maybe a cat. I also think we don't give enough credit to nostalgia of other generations bc we weren't there. Old silent generation men who spent their spare time watching Westerns were definitely motivated by nostalgia. So much of advertisement of the 90s was pure boomer nostalgia. The 50 year old with a model train set in their garage was the old version of a millennial with a room filled with Funk Pops. On some level millennial consumerism only feels unique because part of the ethos of gen x was rejecting consumerism, but most of the generations before that were motivated by nostalgic consumerism.
I mean, back in the early 2000s when symphonic metal (even female fronted) as well as new metal i knew plenty of late 20s and early 30s individuals that traveled hours for concerts across state lines. Even knew a lady who traveled all the way to the uk from chicago for HIM's last concert tour. Every generation had their die hard fans lol.
The best part? As millenials we overlapped with other generations as young adults and there were no divides in music. All of us moved together and appreciated music all the same. Merch simply carried off the hobby after the events were over lol
I think in order for emo to be a true revival the actual culture needs to return. Not cruises, not commercialized mugs and shirts. And not your entire personality. I'm talking about good music immersed with the popular culture organically. When you can turn on the radio and you hear an emo song, between a rap and R&B song. It's sad how it's become this way. Sadly, these folks are correct.
Why are they so mad about a fun cruise
I feel like alot of it also comes from the recession , alot of us teens during that time couldn't get jobs cause nobody would hire us or our parents couldnt help us because they were busy working so now rhat we have a job were making up for time lost
I'm getting a Jack Skellington tattoo next month, but it's because my four year old loves Nightmare Before Christmas and it's part of a sleeve honoring my son as he grows. Jack will also be riding a dinosaur too...
The Abe Simpson "it will happen to youuuuuu" meme was going through my head the entire time those two kids were talking.
What's funny to me is that just yesterday I was thinking about how Finns made the same video about Nu Metal like 5 times now or Limp Bizkit at least twice and was wondering to myself: Man how is he not tired of that yet? But now it all makes sense lol
Oh I’m tired of it lol
The music was the escape from our crappy childhoods. That's the nostalgia we long for.
35 year old elder emo here, I like going to my local emo night on occasion, but I don't really listen to music from my youth, I definitely have a soft spot for it, but I don't like the idea of being that older dude that still blast the stuff they were listening to in highschool, I still listen to emo music, mostly on the rap side, and a lot of it is modern, that said, I find a lot of big emo events to just be cash grabs/nostalgia bait and honestly a bit cheesy, so I have no interest in doing anything outside of the occasional emo night, since it's a low effort event 10 minutes from my house lol
It's a weird phenomenon with both millennials and zoomers in which there's this feeling that no matter how hard we try, we won't be able to ever live in the same stability that our parents might have had, so we might as well just spend. As a kid working on his (second) music degree who also would like to have a family someday, it's tough to figure out what to do, and it's easy to fall into this mindset.
As a Gen Z emo I’d say the genre is in a weird transition phase rn. Give it a few years when all of us start making music, there’s bound to be someone who brings new life into the genre more than just Nostalgia. If you look at a lot of the newer Emo/pop punk bands and artists they’re growing quite a bit, and pretty fast at that. TX2, Set It Off, etc. There’s definitely more interest in the genre now than there has been since the early 2000’s. And the thing with us Gen Z kids is that this is like the music from when we were very young, from when we were born to like late elementary school. Thinking back of all the stuff that played on the radio when I was that young I always loved shit from like Panic at the Disco! And Fall Out Boy the best. It’s only a matter of time. My biggest worry is we won’t have that place for new artists to rise without a warped tour equivalent, but given the modern internet it’s not a huge issue. Point is, it’s up to my generation to revitalize it lol
I agree with what you're saying, but instead of recreating music from 20 years ago, you're generation should evolve rock and metal, not play the same style of music. The alternative genre is stagnant (which was actually what Finn's most recent main channel video was about.)
Oh yeah definitely, not just the same thing, A different take on the genre, some new influences from our generation of music or stuff outside the classic “alternative” genre. That’s what I meant about revitalizing. New people with new influences and new takes on the sound.
I was 14 in 2001 and got into emo back then VERY heavily, but I grew out of it once I started listening to and discovering 90s death metal.
It’s okay to like all of it 😐
Finn as a 31 year old Millennial I agree with everything that was said in this video in regards the nostalgia market. As I’ve said in another comment I’m not paying $2000 for a festival or a cruise. But I can also understand why Millenials like myself are nostalgic is because of the current state of the world. But I try to not let nostalgia take over my life too much. When I was in my mid twenties I did not pay attention to music too much because I was focused on school and starting my career in the field that I wanted to be in at the time. I am going to Emo Nite though at House of Blues in Anaheim just because I never went to one when it was in LA and because it was $15 that’s besides the point. The point I’m making here is that balance is key. I too believe that in ten years Gen Z are going to be in the nostalgia market too.
Hell yeah brother! Sick affliction shirt 🤘🏻please tell me you have the matching jeans with the bedazzled cross on the back pockets to match
Sick affliction tee bro. Takes me back.
When they are 30 they will get it. It comes down to doing what makes you happy, and if you aren’t down with that, then you’re going to live a sad ass life.
I’m gonna go start the gravy now for the roast I just got.
Simple Plan announced a tour with Mayday Parade and State Champs in Europe/UK and it got me hella excited haha
I actually saw this coming 4 years ago and started putting a cover band together to cash in. Covid really delayed things, and we pivoted to also make our own music, but that band is successfully gigging in our market. Okay, Boomhauer 4Lyfe
FINN IMPORTANT QUESTION! what path in growing up makes you more of a failure?
-Grown up Disney adult
-Metalcore dad/mom
-Rockabilly
Rockabilly, no question
Obviously Rockabilly dad leads to financial success
You admitting to talk about the same thing over and over, while I always complain about that in my head when I see your videos of nu metal and Fred Durst is like a slap to me, but here I am and most probably here I will continue to be.
Fuck you Finn, I love you man.
I would prefer to talk about new music but my audience won’t watch those videos
"I cut my wrist because I'm Emo, and would you look at that; I'm bleeding cash."
That was a good line from that kid
I love the idea of an emo cruise
"We're going down, down" (ship sinking)
It's not a phase, mom!
😂
Not me spraining my right foot 2 stepping at the falling in reverse show last saturday
real talk: Parrot-heads are some of the chillest older people to hang out around. The best thing about being in the headspace of Jimmy Buffet is that he is a hella' positive person.
due to the amount of people interested there will be money involved, im here for the music and will pay to see certain artists live, that's as far as i go with it, the point of people not being able to afford certain things but buying expensive tickets to these shows and festival's is true though, not claiming that they would have enough money to say buy a house if they didn't but it would not look as unrealistic to do so if they were not paying for all this other stuff, people remember the positive stuff in the past rather than the negative which is why people '''want the past'' back when in reality want just the positive parts.
iv spent money to see MCR live in 2022 and whilst i genuinely believe they wanted to come back for the enjoyment rather than just the money it is clear many bands and business are going to get what money they can from it, and who can blame them, if you're in a business your goal is to create a positive cash flow, at the end of they day regardless if this is popular or not im just happy to listen to the music
Same. I couldn't afford to go to those concerts as a college kid, when many of these bands peaked. So I'm going now. But not I'm not breaking the bank.
This isn't just Nu Metal or Emo. Sick New World & When We Were Young have a sister fest promoted by Usher that's all 90s-00s R&B & hip-hop.
It's all the same big corporate labels behind the curtain.
I'll be 43 next month and, even though I don't really wear band shirts anymore, I'm still basically a kid. Even though I was a little before the eyeliner emo crews and never participated in that, this made me feel dumb.
Not gonna lie... This one hurt my feelings.
I have no hope for retirement, so I'm just gonna spend on experiences while I'm alive. 🤘🏻
That cruise reminds of that 70K Tons of Metal event
NGL that " A Skylit Drive onesie " joke made my day
I’m 24, I live with my parents, I went to about 6 concerts before I was 22. I went to college, focused on my education and job prospects plus my dog. I got lucky I got a really good job following graduation & I had less then $6K of debt. I realize I’m lucky and I’ve gone to 20ish shows since august of 2021. I got more for the rest of the year too. I’m taking advantage of the fact I live at home and worked SUPER hard to secure a great job. I’m healing my inner child since I missed out on some much as a kid. I feel like there’s more that can sorta relate to my situation plus living at home is a privilege I am taking advantage of. I’m focusing on saving $$$, my investments and having fun because once I move out, I won’t be able to do as much.
It’s the people who do the MOST with little income and have to see the same artist 10+ times within the same tour or something or constantly fly across the country for shows. It’s like that’s your money who am I to say anything but the stories I’ve heard in the GA line are a little drastic and more common then I would’ve thought.
I don’t wanna grow up. The early 2000s was the best time. Id rather spend my money on bands and travelling to festivals than own a house or have a family
It’s okay. Once I turned 30 I also relived my emo past bc I’m an full adult but still felt angst like that feelings supposed to go away once we’re grown up 😂 I went to a few shows then quickly learned some things are better in the past and that’s where they should stay.
I just dont think we realized how fast time goes.
While many off us do not have the time or cash to do things like this, the ones that do are many and growing.
Gen z will be like this, but much faster i think as tiktok wont be cool but something else in 5 years and they wont understand either...
Enjoy it while its here kids because it goes fast, and so much faster than one can predict.
Dear Finn, I'd love to watch more videos about what's going in in the rock or music world right now. Be my guide, you're a fun guy and you always have good opinions on the stuff you're commenting and it's great to learn about culture from you. Initially you got me with a Nu Metal video I guess, but I'd prefer to know what's going in the world these days. I don't need another video about how Blink 182 ruled in 1999. I've heard you saying things like "as long as they watch I'll make videos about the 2000s" pretty often now. In my opinion, you can stop making such videos, but I understand that this is how you get people to watch and pay you. Greetings from Germany where we don't have an emo revival as far as I can see (at least not in my village), a 38 years old Millennial named Peter.
Thank you for the support!
@@FinnMckentyPRMBADo not listen to this goof, we want more Blink-182 ruled 1999 videos bro!
This is genius. How can I become a financial fem dom this weekend? Is there a seminar or…?
The cruise really shows us going down the boomer path, fast.
16:38 is the time I noticed Finn wearing an affliction shirt.
Also emonite is the new 80’s night.
I'm a millennial, can definitely confirm I'm a consumerist. The nostalgia trap has been there forever though, 60s,70s,80s,90s, and yeah even gen z will do the same thing as you said. Its not uniquely this emo situation haha, other than we do spend more overall
I remember stumbling into a local emo night and I could barely move in the bar because there was sooooo many people there! 👀
Gotta say, I’d actually go on the Parahoy! cruise because I looked at the setlists from when they did it maybe five years ago, and it seems to be the only place where Paramore will acknowledge their first album, which is my favorite one. All We Know Is Falling is a near cover-to-cover classic for my money, and they seem to want to act like it never happened. I just don’t get it.
a skylit drive onesie is now available in the shop
I wonder how many people in their 30s going to see the bands they loved as teenagers or young adults couldn't afford the expenses of tickets and travel when they were younger.
In 2003 I met a Greek Cypriot girl in London, UK, while studying for an MA, who had just graduated from an American University with a BA.
She admitted being a fan of Marilyn Manson, and even travelling around the US to attend his shows, to the point that he came to recognize her and gave her a gift (what, I don't know!).
As she would have been about the age of 18 - 22 it must have been funded by her family; but the point I'm getting to is that I doubt she would go to any of these nostalgia-driven events in her 30s.
An Emo-themed cruise sounds absurd. It sounds fascinating and horrific.
I have a serious question: is it wrong for someone to pursue joy/happiness when life is so short and potentially difficult ESPECIALLY if it hurts absolutely no one?
I say elder emos - buy those tickets
Disney adults - buy those tickets
The end of life will happen quickly why worry about these social media critiques?
Finn, as a 41 year old father of 2, you're fast becoming my North star.
I feel like the primary demographic of Emo Revival are the millenials who were at Hot Topic in middle school but by 10th grade they started experimenting with Hollister, Abercrombie, and Aeropostale then realized it was a phase. Gen Z brought the emo aesthetics back with none of the culture and millenials got hurt and tried to reclaim in, and now they're an economy.
Signed, a 0% emo millenial
I full on dusted off all my left over Hot Topic gear and had a blast at an MCR show. Which was cool for a night.
I probably wouldve bought tickets to the emo cruise if i had someone to go with. I look at it as a cool vacation/cruise/show with some bands that i still actively listen to. I feel like they were hating on it a little too much but i get where their coming from. This was my first time hearing about emo night.
I did just go to the Colorado is for Lovers festival and it made me sad tbh. loved TSSF and FYS' sets but the activities they had and the constant refrains of " we've been doing this for 20 years and lets all stay emo forever!!!!!!" from Hawthorne Heights and Red Jumpsuit was just so cringey.
I own my house, look good at my age and have kids. Still an emo 🖤 I go to concerts with my kids 😅just tshirts MCR.