The chorus of this song is about as emo as it gets. While Williams has now retired this song from playing it live due to not supporting its overall message anymore, we can’t pretend like we didn’t dance around our bedrooms to it growing up.ġ4. There weren’t many female-fronted bands that broke through the ’00s emo wave, but Paramore and fearless lead singer Hayley Williams made sure they broke through with a vengeance.

Catchy AF, but leaves your head as instantly as it arrives. This was some cheesy, easy listening emo/pop punk at its finest. ‘The Curse of Curves’ – Cute Is What We Aim For While a lot of emo nostalgia lists focus on your MCR’s and FOB’s, let’s pour one out for Welsh band Funeral For A Friend. Trust me when I say now you’ve been reminded of this song, it’ll be in your head for weeks. TBH I was never a Simple Plan fan, but you don’t get much more emo than this.ġ0. Still releasing music to this day, ‘I Caught Fire’ was one of those tracks that proved they could do emo really well, but they could do pop punk just as good.

If you didn’t angrily blast the chorus of this song while thinking of someone who made your life a living hell in high school, were you even a true emo? Sure we all get so used to associating Panic’s biggest track as ‘I Write Sins, Not Tragedies’ but this has actually got to be the best song on their debut album. ‘Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off’ – Panic! At The Disco Red Jumpsuit Apparatus released this song about a toxic abusive relationship in 2006 and the message still resonates to this day.Ħ. Before Jared Leto got super weird and started a cult, 30 Seconds To Mars did an emo pivot on their second album and it was good shit.

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