The side bangs might have grown out, and the black eyeliners faded, but the heart of the "emo kid" doesn’t just die away.
Our emo phase may have just receded into the darkness – as was how today's millennials were known to exaggerate during their teenage years – to make room for more important stuff like "adulting."
But with 2020 coming as a year for comeback tours of hard, emo, and punk rock icons like My Chemical Romance, Green Day, and Avril Lavigne, these tucked-away hearts are ready to scream to melancholic lyrics and angsty guitar riffs and drum beats once more.
And us? Well, we’re here to help you relive these days.
So this National Emo Day, go ahead and slap on some of that eyeliner, dress up in that all-black, spiked, and checkered wardrobe, and get ready to cry your eyes out to Emo Era, a playlist of all your emo and punk rock classics curated by Rappler.
Which songs did you ugly cry to during your emo phase? Did we miss any of your favorites? Go ahead and follow the playlist so you can add them in there! – Rappler.com.