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sounded the death knell for a musical moment-a harbinger of the trough that would follow Third-Wave emo’s mid-decade crest.Įmo’s mainstream popularity probably peaked in 2006, and two years later, the backlash was in full flight (and fright). In its exuberant, tuneful, retro rejection of expectations for Panic and other unwilling, loosely associated standard-bearers of emo, Pretty. was a shocking sophomore pivot and a direct hit on the popular perception that Panic was (whatever this means) an emo band. Panic at the Disco-and Mathes, who describes himself as “the fifth member of the band for that record”-made Pretty. Mariah Carey, determined to fuse pop with hip-hop and rap, recruited Puffy and ODB for the “Fantasy” remix. Bob Dylan, dissatisfied with being identified as a folk singer, recorded “Like a Rolling Stone.” Janet Jackson, wriggling out from under the thumb of her father and famous siblings, created Control. There’s an artistic upside to imprecise, persistent musical labels: Pigeonholing performers sometimes inspires their best work. Almost 40 years after the nebulous, oft-derided genre’s rise, invoking emo can still piss people off. (Though the answer is “No one knows- Thrasher magazine, maybe?”) The confusion is heartfelt. “‘Emo.’ What the fuck? … Who the hell came up with the title ‘emo’?” “I mean, these labels,” record producer, composer, and arranger Rob Mathes moans. Grab your Telecasters and Manic Panic and join us in the Black Parade. Welcome to Emo Week, where we’ll explore the scene’s roots, its evolution to the modern-day Fifth Wave, and some of the ephemera around the genre. In case you haven’t heard, emo is back, baby! In honor of its return to prominence-plus the 20th anniversary of the first MCR album-The Ringer is following Emo Wendy’s lead and tapping into that nostalgia. My Chemical Romance is touring again, Paramore and Jimmy Eat World are headlining a major festival this fall, and there’s a skinny, tattooed white dude with a guitar dominating the charts.