Emos and scenes relive their teenage years in the noughties
BBC World Service
Black hair, covered with smoky eyes, the music of the Green Day band may be the way most people remember EMO sub -culture in the early 2000s.
A exhibition called “I am not good”: The EMO review exhibition has become one of the most visited exhibitions in the Babel music library. More than 35,000 people pass through the door to remember this era.
Difficulty performances, frank background moments and intimate portraits of EMO youth are fixed on the black wall of the building.
The show also provided EMOS with the opportunity to re -establish contact with others and share their opportunities to remember time.
AJ Turner is a 32 -year -old musician.
“EMO sub -culture is not just a teenager scene in my teenager.
“This is the lifeline when I experience severe depression, loneliness and bullying behavior.
AJ told the Broadcasting Corporation World Service: “My life is full of participating in EMO concerts, where I feel part of the understanding and supporting community.”
The visitors recognized AJ from the image, and they found that the sense of community was still hovering.
AJ still defines themselves as EMO, because the music they created was seriously affected by that period.
They said: “I used to wear ‘MCR (my chemical romantic history) to save my life T -shirt for the performance, which is correct for me.”
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The exhibition has in -depth research on identity, anxiety and venting themes. These theme marks the search for the foundation and self -expression of a generation.
The band called EMO’s band’s lyrics sometimes includes the concept of self -injury, which causes artists to try to separate from this type, which eventually leads to obviously falling down in mainstream media.
AJ said: “Although subcultures are polluted in the media, it has made many EMO children spend our most challenging times.”
Jamie Brett is the creative director and curator of the Youth Cultural Museum.
He said: “We are studying young people in the mid -2000s.”
“At that time, the public psychology depicts a bleak life for young people, and their dressing methods responded.
“EMO is the only way we see the future.”
“lifeline”
According to Jamie, EMO originated in Washington, DC.
Then, it expanded from the mid -2000s to the late period, creating another sub -culturalization called scene.
The scene is defined by its bright fashion sense, large, fancy, dyed hairstyle and layered clothes.
Social networks such as MySpace, BuzzNet, and HI5 allow young people to share their style online.
Jamie said: “This is the first time that young people use the Internet to express themselves-this is the first digital subculture.”
“Nostalgic”
Opposite the memory wall, the visitors covered the space on the notes and print screenshots of the old MySpace account, and the three women talked eagerly about the display.
They said, “This is really cool, very interesting, really cute, just make you smile.”
Maddie, Seren and Molly are students who specially visited SEEN birthday exhibitions.
Molly said: “I am glad to see people’s personal emotional stages.”
Sellen said, “I am deep in my heart.” “I grew up around with older brothers and sisters, so this is a nostalgic thing.”
The first concert she participated in was the popular EMO Band Fall Out Boy. After seeing MCR last year, she was part of the new generation EMO and continued her inheritance.
All these images were sent to the museum by the public.
The museum requires any EMOS or scenes with photos or memory is related to the era of NoughTies.
The free exhibition at the Barbikin Center is a cooperation between the Youth Cultural Museum and the Babel Kelly Music Library until February 7.