4th wave emo is just 2nd wave emo with better recording quality https://twitter.com/BrittSabo/status/1307740345975877632

1st wave emo is hardcore for people whose mom's said "Why do you gotta yell so much, you have such a beautiful singing voice"

2nd wave emo comes in both Mild and Spicy but always requires wearing a cardigan

3rd wave emo is for people who wanted something more out of pop punk

Screamo is 1st wave emo for people who like 2nd wave emo but refuse to wear a comfortable cardigan opting for a dirty t-shirt

Post-hardcore is Screamo for people who need to take a break from moshing to grab some water and a sit down

you're not legally allowed to listen to I Hate Myself or Circle Takes The Square if you've just bathed

If you put every American Football, Cap'n Jazz, Owls, Joan of Arc, and Owen album into a pentagram on a cool, autumn Saturday night, you'll summon a secret Kinsella brother who only exists between planes

is this doing anything for anyone

if it's after midnight anywhere in the midwest and you write the name "Matt Pryor" backwards on a mirror over a bowl where you've burned a thrift store sweater to ashes

When you awake in the morning, you'll have a personalized Get Up Kids song about you on a burned CD-R

if you're a white girl who still hasn't quite gotten over her biggest teenage breakup and has more flannel in the back of her closet than she'd like to admit

my DMs are open and I've got Pity Sex queued up on my computer

In conclusion, My Chemical Romance has more in common with 80s rock like Queen and 80s punk and music genres have meaning and are important because if you're looking for a band that sounds like another band, it's nice to have some kind of classification