Right now I am sporting bright pink nails, short blonde hair and watching an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Now to you that might just sound like any other typical girl, but it's a million miles away from who I was 4 or 5 years ago! Basically I used to be emo af (or at least I thought I was.) I never really think about it any more until a few weeks ago when I found myself in a twitter thread with a number of other girls, reminiscing about going to My Passion gigs and getting pictures with Yashin. Then, a few days ago, My Chemical Romance released that video and so many memories and feelings came back to me (even if their video did end up being very disappointing...we need a reunion!) I feel like if you were a teenager any time after 2005 then you probably had an emo phase, so I thought I'd do a little confessional blog post and see how many of you can relate!
1) My bedroom wall was absolutely covered in band posters.
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A real life photo of part of my bedroom wall circa 2012 |
2) I watched every youtube video ever of how to get the perfect "scene hair"
3) Fall Out Boy was my soundtrack to Year 7.
4) If you were a band member I probably loved you.
5) I had this picture of Alex Evans in my locker.
6) Me and my best friend at the time made a BVB make up tutorial
7) I thought I was so cool when I got a photo with band members who were literally not famous at all.
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These guys were from a band called The Headstart and they were actually really good and super sweet guys. |
8) Hayley Williams was my Queen.
9) I was really upset that they didn't have Warped Tour in the UK
10) I watched every Bryan Stars interview ever
11) My whole wardrobe was just basically band shirts.
If I didn't wear a band shirt then how was the world supposed to know about my superior music taste?12) I really wanted snake bites but I was never allowed them.
13) All I really knew about make up was that you need to wear a lot of eye liner.
14) I feel sorry when I see 14/15 year olds now who look really emo because they missed out on all the best bands actually still being together.
15) I still get a bit emotional if I hear anything by MCR, Sleeping With Sirens or Paramore.
Thank's for reading! I hope this post wasn't as cringey to read as it was to write! Can you relate to any of these confessions? Let me know in the comments below!
See you soon,