The Future of Emo is Black.
Even if its past was anything but. How do we reconcile that disparity?
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6 min readFeb 22, 2023
When the lineup for When We Were Young festival was revealed, elder emos around the world rejoiced. (At that time we didn’t know that Day 1 of the festival would be canceled due to inclement weather, sparking outrage almost on par with that of Fyre Fest...)