Honestly, I feel 'emo' isn't dying, its evolved a lot. I kinda have always argued "emo" isn't a genre of music, its a style of clothing, and an additude. I personally dress emo/ gothic, what with my band tees, tripps, dark makeup, and purple hair over my eye. Some people would say I listen to "emo" music too, because some of the stuff I listen to can be rather depressing lyric wize, but I don't really know if I agree.
"Emo" is just short for emotional, and isn't that all music? What classifies as a good song for myself is if it can make me think, or I can relate to it. One of my favorite songs, most people would hear the title or the one line of the song and be like "OMG, you're so emo for listening to this." Emotions are part of humanity, and lyrics are just feelings or thoughts poured out from whoever wrote them. I've always said lyrics are like a window to a songwriter's soul. You can find out a lot about someone from their lyrics.
I digress though, to answer your question, I defentily do not think its died. Its just changed and become more accepted. Also, something that bugs me is people assume that anyone who listens to music with darker lyrics, or dresses in dark clothing is automatically depressed. That isn't always the case. I know a lot of people who dress it -much like myself- but are some of the most cheerful people you know. Like myself for example, I'm a happy person, I don't look it on the outside because of my attire, but I am. People know when something is wrong with me, and get concerned then.
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