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Emo pop (alternatively typeset with a hyphen, also known as emo pop-punk and pop-emo) is a fusion genre combining emo with pop-punk, pop music, or both. Emo pop features a musical style with more concise composition and hook-filled choruses.
- I’m Not Okay (I Promise)’ – My Chemical Romance. Maybe an obvious shout, but there is nothing that encapsulates mid-00s emo more than this song, Gerard Way’s ‘Revenge’-era make-up, and the vaguely Heathers inspired music video.
- Lover I Don’t Have to Love’ – Bright Eyes. All of Conor Oberst’s back catalogue is created purely to cry to, but ‘Lover I Don’t Have to Love’ wins for its breathy, overwrought storytelling and an iconic feature on The O.C.
- A Little Less Sixteen Candles – A Little More “Touch Me”‘, Fall Out Boy. It’s hard choosing a top 10 Fall Out Boy track, but ‘Sixteen Candles’ has all the tongue-in-cheek bitterness and an ambitious vampire-themed music video while going very hard.
- Emily’ – From First to Last. Unusually mellow for From First to Last, ‘Emily’ is a melodramatic, acoustic rumination on love and one that 90% of emo boys sent to girls who were not called Emily in the mid-00s.
Emo pop (or emo pop punk) is a subgenre of emo known for its pop music influences, more concise songs and hook-filled choruses. AllMusic describes emo pop as blending "youthful angst" with "slick production" and mainstream appeal, using "high-pitched melodies, rhythmic guitars, and lyrics concerning adolescence, relationships, and heartbreak."
- American Football — “Never Meant” Close your eyes and let “Never Meant’s” melodic guitar line transport you to a quiet Midwestern town where the fall leaves crunch beneath your Doc Martens and no one quite understands you.
- Blink-182 — “I Miss You” The mall punk trio went emo for this heart-wrenching ballad. The all-acoustic, melancholy song — inspired by the Cure’s “The Lovecats”— was a change of pace for the band best known for its irreverent humor.
- Brand New — "Sic Transit Gloria ... Glory Fades” Although the now-defunct band is mostly canceled thanks to dark allegations made against lead singer Jesse Lacey, Brand New’s influence on the scene is undeniable.
- Coheed and Cambria — “A Favor House Atlantic” Long-time Coheed and Cambria listeners know the band infamously doubles their albums as installations in a science fiction saga called “The Amory Wars,” a few of which have even been adapted into graphic novels by lead singer Claudio Sanchez.
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Emo-pop is a more radio friendly form of emo that emerged around the late 90's or early 2000's. They typically take cues from bands like The Get Up Kids, Jimmy Eat World and The Promise Ring to create a more upbeat sound that is closer to pop-punk than hardcore.
