>>515481730
As an elder emo it's kind of interesting how after 2012 subcultures in general seemed to take a more background position, which is a backlash to a heavy upheaval of alt subculture around 2008. Emo's and scene kids gradually transformed into hxc people or slowly growing up. When smartphones became ingrained in culture these cultures became more performative and online focused as experience was for 'clout' instead of experience. This basically culminated into the 'e-girl/boy' by 2016. This incorporated a lot of cultural indicators from different subculture but made in more accessible/sex focused and online based. As of 2023 and covid we slowly saw a surge of these older cultures mainly due to tiktok/instagram gaining a foothold with gen z/alpha. Right now emo is actuallt quite big but you can see the obvious differences such as being more fast fashion focused, performative and choosing subculture as class they pick from a videogame. Basically emo's still exist but the post 2000 emo's definitly carry it in a different way. It's kinda funny seeing as I've personally never left the style/music/subculture and still look rather similar as to i did in 2007, but i find it vert difficult to connect to other 'emo' people due to formentioned barriers