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- zackgilbert0
to give a little clearification (and im certainly not an expert, but have wondered this very question myself and done some research), emo actually comes from hardcore music in the later 80s. it was a branch from the typical hardcore toward something softer and more melodic. after that happened, it became a derogatory word for those "pussy" kids that tried to be hardcore but were seen as not so hard.
now, it just seems that it's a bandwagon that the industry has jumped on to get insecure teens to buy music. "hey, you're sad? well there's a bunch more people that are too! buy this music and you can all be disfunctional together!."
hope that helps a little.