A very broad range of musical genres all clumped together and Called "emo" but actually completely different genres.
Bands like black veil brides or sleeping with sirens or any other generic scene-looking bands are called emo; generic Pop bands like paramore are called emo; generic Pop Punk bands like mcr or fall out boy are called Emo.
Real emo bands are from the early 80s and dont really look like anything. Also see "punk" and "alternative".
Real Emo:
get up kids
jawbox
jawbreaker
jets to brazil
mineral
samiam
smashing pumpkins
sunny day real estate

texas is the reason
moss icon
embrace
rites of spring
sker

Fake emo/not emo:
pierce the veil
paramore
alesana
sleeping with sirens
blink 182

green day
black veil brides
my chemical romance
chiodos
(Basically any band that shows men with makeup on)
xxxxxxxxxxemoxxxxxxxxx: I love MCR they are so emo
real emo person: no Jawbreaker is emo. Thou shalt go to youtube and look up Jawbreaker - Lawn else you will die.
xxxxxxxxxxemoxxxxxxxxx I have listened to the Jawbreaker king of all bands and t'is delicious. i hate new emo.
by TheMisunderstood May 25, 2012
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The current emo kids that aren’t actually emo. They obsess over 21 pilots, FAB, Lil peep. They claim to be sad with Billie Eilish being their starter pack. They’re usually younger and less cool then the traditional emo kids from 2000 to 2012. Most then likely, they’ll have a shitty taste in music and are not that big into bands. Even then, they claim to be edgy when they’re the Cheap version. As for their physical appearance, they don’t look emo at all unless they show a hint such as a crazy hair color.
Person 1: Does she like rock bands at all? I can’t tell.

Person 2: She has a 21 pilots shirt on. She must be from the new wave emo era.
by ☆ Royal Shyness ☆ April 2, 2019
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