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“You only hear the music when your heart begins to break.” 🕷
I explore the nostalgic world of the mid-2000s emo culture – and the impact that bands like My Chemical Romance, Paramore, and Fall Out Boy had on the mental health and life experiences of the beaten and the broken.
Mental health support/resources in Australia:
mhaustralia.org/need-help
Mental health support/resources in the US:
nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help
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🕥TIMESTAMPS:🕜
0:00 – Intro
1:04 – Finding “emo”
7:00 – The birth of emo
9:55 – Genre controversy
13:12 – Romanticizing sadness?/The emo moral panic
16:21 – A voice for the youth (The real impact of the emo music scene)
23:33 – The pitfalls of emo culture
29:45 – Scapegoating “emo” & the importance of mental health discourse
32:06 – “Emo” as a social stigma
36:05 – The “emos “ today
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Welcome to the Black Parade (My Chemical Romance) Orchestral cover by Alex Williams 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=AIW8ywSXU90
“The Daily Mail Song” by dananddanfilms 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI
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✨ FOLLOW ME ON MY SOCIALS AND STUFF ✨
Instagram: bit.ly/34hT1I7
Facebook: bit.ly/2NktVSe
DeviantArt: bit.ly/2WtTKmX
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Australian copyright law on “Fair Dealing”: https://www.copyright.org.au/acc_prod/acc/Information_Sheets/Fair_Dealing__What_Can_I_Use_Without_Permission.aspx
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📚SOURCES:📚
“Emo cult warning for parents” – Daily Mail UK
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-400953/EMO-cult-warning-parents.html
“Why no child is safe from the sinister cult of emo” – Daily Mail UK
dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-566481/Why-child-safe-sinister-cult-emo.html
“The Representation of Self Injury and Su*c*de on Emo Social Networking Groups” by Carla Zdanow and Bianca Wright [African Sociological Review, Vol. 16, No. 2 (2012), pp. 81-101 (21 pages)]
jstor.org/stable/afrisocirevi.16.2.81
“Understanding death, su*c*de and self-injury among adherents of the emo youth subculture: A qualitative study” by Radek Trnka, Martin Kuška, Karel Balcar & Peter Tavel [Death Studies, Volume 42, 2018 - Issue 6]
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07481187.2017.1340066?journalCode=udst20
“The Cyber Worlds of Self-Injurers: Deviant Communities, Relationships, and Selves” by Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler [Symbolic Interaction, Volume 31, Issue 1, Winter 2008, Pages 33-56]
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1525/si.2008.31.1.33
“Emo saved my life: challenging the mainstream discourse of mental illness around My Chemical Romance”, Dr. Rosemary Lucy Hill [Can I Play With Madness? Metal, Dissonance, Madness and Alienation 2011, pp. 143-153]
scribd.com/document/87151111/Emo-Saved-My-Life-RLHill
“Sad music and depression: does it help?” - The Conversation, 2016
theconversation.com/sad-music-and-depression-does-it-help-66123
“’I’M NOT OKAY’ : SELF-HARM IN EMO CULTURE” by Sasha Carney, Broad Recognition, 2021
broadsatyale.com/im-not-okay-self-harm-in-emo-culture
“Russia wages war on emo kids” – The Guardian, 2008
theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/22/russian.emo
“Mexico's Emo-Bashing Problem” – TIME, 2008
content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1725839,00.html
“Emo kids attacked in Mexico and Chile” – NME, 2008
nme.com/news/music/various-artists-4970-1327241
“Anti-Emo Violence Plagues Mexico as Attacks Increase” – Rolling Stone, 2008
rollingstone.com/music/music-news/anti-emo-violence-plagues-mexico-as-attacks-increase-80654
“Emos getting harassed in Mexico” by Ioan Grillo
youtube.com/watch?v=6L8sFgHF33M&ab_channel=IoanGrillo
“The Therapeutic Value of Emo Music” by Beatriz Vasques, Artefact Magazine, 2019
artefactmagazine.com/2019/02/25/therapeutic-value-emo-music
“How Mainstream Emo Made Us Talk About Mental Health” – VICE, 2016
vice.com/en/article/rgp7wb/how-mainstream-emo-made-us-talk-about-mental-health
“We Are Not A Cult: Remembering the war on emo” – Kerrang!, 2019
kerrang.com/features/we-are-not-a-cult-remembering-the-war-on-emo
“How being sad, depressed, and anxious online became trendy” – Mashable, 2019
mashable.com/article/anxiety-depression-social-media-sad-online
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#emo #mychemicalromance #mentalhealth #emomusic #paramore #falloutboy
“You only hear the music when your heart begins to break.” 🕷
I explore the nostalgic world of the mid-2000s emo culture – and the impact that bands like My Chemical Romance, Paramore, and Fall Out Boy had on the mental health and life experiences of the beaten and the broken.
Mental health support/resources in Australia:
mhaustralia.org/need-help
Mental health support/resources in the US:
nimh.nih.gov/health/find-help
-
🕥TIMESTAMPS:🕜
0:00 – Intro
1:04 – Finding “emo”
7:00 – The birth of emo
9:55 – Genre controversy
13:12 – Romanticizing sadness?/The emo moral panic
16:21 – A voice for the youth (The real impact of the emo music scene)
23:33 – The pitfalls of emo culture
29:45 – Scapegoating “emo” & the importance of mental health discourse
32:06 – “Emo” as a social stigma
36:05 – The “emos “ today
-
Welcome to the Black Parade (My Chemical Romance) Orchestral cover by Alex Williams 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=AIW8ywSXU90
“The Daily Mail Song” by dananddanfilms 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=5eBT6OSr1TI
-
✨ FOLLOW ME ON MY SOCIALS AND STUFF ✨
Instagram: bit.ly/34hT1I7
Facebook: bit.ly/2NktVSe
DeviantArt: bit.ly/2WtTKmX
-
All third-party clips and images are Fair Use/Fair Dealing under copyright law (transformative under criticism/review/commentary/news reporting).
Australian copyright law on “Fair Dealing”: https://www.copyright.org.au/acc_prod/acc/Information_Sheets/Fair_Dealing__What_Can_I_Use_Without_Permission.aspx
US copyright law on "Fair Use": copyright.gov/fair-use/more-info.html
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📚SOURCES:📚
“Emo cult warning for parents” – Daily Mail UK
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-400953/EMO-cult-warning-parents.html
“Why no child is safe from the sinister cult of emo” – Daily Mail UK
dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-566481/Why-child-safe-sinister-cult-emo.html
“The Representation of Self Injury and Su*c*de on Emo Social Networking Groups” by Carla Zdanow and Bianca Wright [African Sociological Review, Vol. 16, No. 2 (2012), pp. 81-101 (21 pages)]
jstor.org/stable/afrisocirevi.16.2.81
“Understanding death, su*c*de and self-injury among adherents of the emo youth subculture: A qualitative study” by Radek Trnka, Martin Kuška, Karel Balcar & Peter Tavel [Death Studies, Volume 42, 2018 - Issue 6]
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07481187.2017.1340066?journalCode=udst20
“The Cyber Worlds of Self-Injurers: Deviant Communities, Relationships, and Selves” by Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler [Symbolic Interaction, Volume 31, Issue 1, Winter 2008, Pages 33-56]
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1525/si.2008.31.1.33
“Emo saved my life: challenging the mainstream discourse of mental illness around My Chemical Romance”, Dr. Rosemary Lucy Hill [Can I Play With Madness? Metal, Dissonance, Madness and Alienation 2011, pp. 143-153]
scribd.com/document/87151111/Emo-Saved-My-Life-RLHill
“Sad music and depression: does it help?” - The Conversation, 2016
theconversation.com/sad-music-and-depression-does-it-help-66123
“’I’M NOT OKAY’ : SELF-HARM IN EMO CULTURE” by Sasha Carney, Broad Recognition, 2021
broadsatyale.com/im-not-okay-self-harm-in-emo-culture
“Russia wages war on emo kids” – The Guardian, 2008
theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/22/russian.emo
“Mexico's Emo-Bashing Problem” – TIME, 2008
content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1725839,00.html
“Emo kids attacked in Mexico and Chile” – NME, 2008
nme.com/news/music/various-artists-4970-1327241
“Anti-Emo Violence Plagues Mexico as Attacks Increase” – Rolling Stone, 2008
rollingstone.com/music/music-news/anti-emo-violence-plagues-mexico-as-attacks-increase-80654
“Emos getting harassed in Mexico” by Ioan Grillo
youtube.com/watch?v=6L8sFgHF33M&ab_channel=IoanGrillo
“The Therapeutic Value of Emo Music” by Beatriz Vasques, Artefact Magazine, 2019
artefactmagazine.com/2019/02/25/therapeutic-value-emo-music
“How Mainstream Emo Made Us Talk About Mental Health” – VICE, 2016
vice.com/en/article/rgp7wb/how-mainstream-emo-made-us-talk-about-mental-health
“We Are Not A Cult: Remembering the war on emo” – Kerrang!, 2019
kerrang.com/features/we-are-not-a-cult-remembering-the-war-on-emo
“How being sad, depressed, and anxious online became trendy” – Mashable, 2019
mashable.com/article/anxiety-depression-social-media-sad-online
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#emo #mychemicalromance #mentalhealth #emomusic #paramore #falloutboy
