emo
noun
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Definition of emo
: a style of rock music influenced by punk rock and featuring introspective and emotionally fraught lyrics
In emo, the heart forever hurts, and the ultra-introspective songwriter pines for beautiful death.— Robert Sullivan
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For any emo teens who were listening to punk music and finding their way as creatives, her bedroom was aspirational. — Ilana Kaplan, Curbed, "Why we’re obsessed with the TV teen bedroom," 14 Aug. 2019 The band’s sound is a departure for Taylor, who previously was in local emo-rock band Madison East. — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland.com, "Cleveland folk-rock band The Morning Bird releases debut EP: Listen," 10 July 2019 In recent years the band has mixed dashes of hip-hop vocal phrasing and big howling emo choruses into the equation. — John Adamian, courant.com, "Blink-182, on 20th anniversary tour, with Lil Wayne at Xfinity," 21 June 2019 Aside from a few polite greetings to the crowd, front man Ben Gibbard was more likely to sway than bounce – often fulfilling the emo shoe-gazing cliche. — Erik Ernst, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The Killers pulled a Milwaukee fan on stage to play bass at sensational Summerfest show," 6 July 2019 But my next-door neighbor Randy keeps on playing emo country at high volume deep into the night. — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "Lug Nuts, Fried Bologna, and the Loudest Thrill in Sports," 7 June 2019 And the best reason for showing up on Day Two of Warped would have to be this highly influential emo/punk act, which is back in action after more than 20 years apart. — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, "Vans Warped Tour 2019: Top 11 acts to catch at only West Coast stop," 9 July 2019 The Rockstar Energy Disrupt Festival brought a flair of emo with a tinge of modern rock to the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion on Sunday in the festival's first go-around. — Houston Chronicle, "Disrupt Festival brings high energy, emo back to Houston," 27 June 2019 The 17-year-old emo-pop singer took a selfie with a fan while wearing a tank top, and someone was fast to call her, well, not skinny. — Marianne Garvey, CNN, "Billie Eilish fans shut down trolls who bodyshamed her," 24 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'emo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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