Emos Features

Emo is called a subculture or urban tribe that emerged as a subgenre of hardcore punk, which although it was a genre musical was expanding to various fields such as fashion and an "alternative" social trend as a subculture popular. It first developed as a musical genre in the mid-eighties, later changing to be a collective movement or urban tribe in the late nineties having a boom throughout the decade of the two thousand.

Characteristics of the Emos:

The word Emo originally designated one of the subgenres of Hardcore, the emotive hardcore, this musical style has the peculiarity that its lyrics they talk more about feelings and personal issues, especially in a very emotional tone, and it is precisely from there that the emo movement took this name and ideology emotional.

Music.- Musically melodic and soft sounds are used contrasting them with screams of fury and some strident sounds, seeking to highlight the moods in the same musical piece. The music that members of this subculture preferably listen to, oscillates between the genres pop punk, pop rock, especially between the so-called “emo poser ", being more typical of the" original or true emos "listening to hardcore punk music, being the music with which it began in the 80s this movement.

Pessimistic view of life. Within this urban tribe there is a pessimistic view of life, tending to express a feeling of disagreement with society and with the world in general, alluding to the fact that we currently live in a society decadent.

Extreme thinness.- Within the pessimistic and decadent vision that this subculture idealizes, in many cases they seek to stylize their bodies, in addition to wearing clothes. Tight-fitting such as pants and tight shirts, they tend to follow diets that lower their body mass level, in addition to allowing the appearance of dark circles (or in your case intentionally make up), in order to be in line with the emo style and fashion giving an image of decline.

Ways to dress.- This subculture has borrowed clothing styles from other subcultures, such as 90s indie punk, punk rock, and goth style, making certain combinations in clothing, it is characteristic of the members of this subculture to wear dark colored clothes combined with white, pink and red, as in socks worn by women in which the use of red and white stripes is common, combining them with t-shirts, tube pants (narrow at the bottom) or skirts of black or pink color, as well as sometimes they wear black shirts or t-shirts (in size that are close to the body, that is, measures smaller than the sizes they should wear), with a small tie that contrasts with the color of other clothes and on many occasions with prints of bones, hearts, crying dolls, broken hearts, angels with wings black (taken from the gothic subculture), as well as movie characters in the style of "the corpse of the bride", or "the strange world of Jack", taken as symbols of this movement or subculture.

In the same way, they usually wear bracelets, bracelets, and various ornaments and accessories of black, red and white colors, also with prints and embroidery of hearts, dolls crying or sad, and character prints like those in the movies mentioned above, which complement together with the profuse and continuous use of makeup to mark the characters they personify, characters that denote emotions such as sadness, or disappointment, among others, this makeup and other accessories and paraphernalia such as belts with striking spikes (taken from punk), and are worn by both men and women, largely imitating the clothing and manner used by some "goths", but with marked differences, among which are the bangs that They are used to covering half their faces, although women in addition to bangs also use ungainly hair and it is also sometimes painted red, yellow or white although the black and pink.

Other accessories they use are earrings, rings, bracelets, piercings, earrings, and tattoos on the body, as well as the use of tennis shoes and in some cases mining boots or the type worn by gothics and men. punk.

A certain degree of infantilism. As a means of escaping from the reality in which they live, some choose to have a certain degree of infantilism, in the sense that they shy away from responsibilities that are acquired as they grow older, and they intend to remain in a certain sense as adolescents or children, which is reflected in their clothing by using images of dolls, (teddy bears, rabbits, dolls, etc.), as well as cartoons in which they are seen reflected.

Allusion to suicide. Both in some of the patterns of their clothing, in the lyrics of part of the music of this subgenre, as one of the lines of thought with which they evade reality, they allude to the suicide, as a way to avoid problems and events of daily life and disagreement with life itself, alluding to the fact that their parents, relatives, or acquaintances do them some harm (real or no), trying to avoid the problems of life by isolating themselves from society in general and from the family in preference to joining together with other young people belonging to this movement, as well as through the use of the threat of suicide, being common that they threaten and extort in a certain way their relatives and close friends with which they will commit suicide, in many cases reaching consummate it.

Cuting.- In this regard, a custom that has become popular among this urban tribe stands out, which is cutting the veins or cutting the skin of the wrists, legs or other parts, every time they feel depressed, whether due to a love disappointment, family or school disagreements and even things as trivial as failing a test or not attending a meeting or concert, etc., trying to attract the attention of those around them and in a certain way manipulating their relatives and friends with that behavior self-destructive.

It is also characteristic of this urban tribe that dating couples or groups of friends belonging to this group get together, to perform the so-called cutting, risuka, or self injury, which consists of cutting the skin, using razors or other sharp objects mainly in the arms and wrists, according to them, in this way thus being able to "feel alive", and sometimes as a threat of suicide (sometimes as a means of extorting family members, teachers and close friends), sometimes reaching consummate it.