emo

noun

ˈē-(ˌ)mō

: a style of rock music influenced by punk rock and featuring introspective and emotionally fraught lyrics

In emo, the heart forever hurts, and the ultra-introspective songwriter pines for beautiful death.—

Robert Sullivan

emo adjective

The film is sensitively directed, full of emo songs and quiet little character moments. —

Kyle Smith

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This week: A number of up-and-coming rappers featured on the late year’s biggest rap release get bumps for their own catalogs, an old emo song becomes a seasonal-sadness singalong and much more. —

Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 5 Dec. 2024 For his portrayal of the Caped Crusader, Pattinson abandoned the usual Bruce Wayne playboy persona, opting for a more off-kilter, emo version of the character when out of his bat suit. —

Shania Russell, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2024 My Chemical Romance has broken its silence on the death of its former drummer Bob Bryar, who performed with the emo group from 2004 to 2010. —

Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024 Briggs spoke about the new album, motherhood, Halloween, her emo music roots and much more. —

Steve Baltin, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for emo