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I’m no longer a kid but my life’s still kinda a nightmare?
I told my mom, I said, IT ISNT A PHASE MOM. And I was right. Once an emo Kid, always an emo kid. Having said that, I’d like to add that I’m multifaceted. I’m not just an emo kid. My taste in music Is all across the board and it’s been that way all my life: this playlist, which I will now only refer to as ‘WOW! That’s what I call Teen Angst!Vol 1‘ (you know, like the NOW! CDs that used to come out?) is a little sporadic, a little basic, and if I’m being honest quite Vulgar; I had no business knowing some of these songs so well at 14. But it is what it is.
By Mystery Magic Gurl 5 years ago in Beat
Pardon Me
One word defines my youth: Incubus. To be clear, I’m referring to the band Incubus and not the male demon that has sexual intercourse with sleeping women. But as a hormonal teenager at the time, in a metaphorical sense, it’s kind of the same thing.
By Rikki Wickman5 years ago in Beat
My Teenage Angst Doesn't Have a Body Count
Long before I was the nerdy, bookish girl with her head buried in a story and her spare time spent writing fanfiction and buying books with her own money, I was a nerdy, bookish girl with her head buried in a story and her spare time spent writing fanfiction and begging her parents to buy books for her. I guess you can say not much has changed! My music taste is also included in this statement. I grew up as the target of much bullying, thanks to being poor and overweight in a school with mostly affluent peers who hit some kind of genetic lottery I wasn’t privy to. While I have no hard feelings now and hope all my bullies grew up to be lovely people, I was not so okay with it during the time. Enter my teenage angst: in soundtrack form. Yes, in case you were curious, I did actually make mixtapes on CDs that looked like vinyl! Now, without further ado, some of the songs that shaped who I am today.
By Talia Hazelton5 years ago in Beat
Confessions of An Emo Kid. Top Story - May 2021.
"I'm outside of your window, with my radio!" I sang, blasting Hawthorne Heights's song "Niki FM". After the song finished, I skipped my CD player to track eight, "Ohio Is For Lovers", of their album The Silence in Black and White. I had an hour and fifteen minute bus ride to go, and I was hoping we were picking up the Sutton twins on the way to school this morning. Their grandma is probably taking them today I thought to myself, but still held out hope that our bus was going to snake its way up their tiny road. I made my trusty trombone case as obtuse as possible to discourage other passengers from sitting next to me just in case. Maybe Jared would let me listen to his iPod this morning, and I would get a chance to see if he was riding the bus home again today. The struggle was real.
By E.L. Martin5 years ago in Beat
Playlist of My Life
So before I go in and tell you about what songs I listened to religiously as a teen (and maybe occasionally still till this day), you must know that I've probably gone through teen angst at least 3 times. "How?" You ask. Well I'm technically the middle child amongst 6 sisters; 3 oldest, ME, and then my 2 younger sisters. So naturally as siblings we look up to one another and observe each other. Although we never fully understand what they were going through, their moods, looks/styles, and actions were very influential. So whatever songs we were listening to were played over and over until it soothed our angst souls. It was literally phases that we had to live through with each other and now I share them with you on how it impacted me.
By Karen Nguyen5 years ago in Beat
Click Play
I curl my legs under myself, reaching over the nightstand to pick up my earbuds. I tuck them into my ears and the plug clicks into the socket. Then I click play.
By L. J. Knight 5 years ago in Beat
Say Hello to My Friends Angst & Anxiety
At this point in my life, I know Angst and Anxiety pretty well. Constantly following me around, I've learned about their cues enough now to know when they are going to show up and what they are going to say to me. "What if you're not good enough?", "What if they hate you?", "Do you actually deserve to be here?". Ever the toxic friends, they never really leave you alone and constantly convince you to put yourself down. If you're dealing with the same issues, check out these 26 songs below and see if they help drive A & A away. This is somewhat of a cafeteria line of songs where there are five in each separate genre, so feel free to mix and match what songs make you feel the best.
By Madi5 years ago in Beat
My Chicago Music Scene Fad
Senior year of high school was the beginning of a brand new music phase. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to my "Mac DeMarco era."
By K L5 years ago in Beat
Synaptic Snap
I am always bewildered by one of the most common questions I have been asked in my life. "What kind of music do you like?" I think I would be suspicious of someone who actually did have a definitive answer to that question.
By Juliette McCoy Riitters5 years ago in Beat
These Are The Tunes Of My Teenage Days
Music is my therapy, my escape, and my way of being understood when I couldn't explain my pain. I'm sure others mention some of the same songs I'll be reminiscing about. These songs helped others out like they helped me get through troubling times. But the stories I have for these songs are different, I'll never forget what these songs did for me, how I found them, and the routines I had when I would escape into the world these songs immersed me into.
By Samantha Parrish5 years ago in Beat
The Ultimate PTV Rewind
Like every other Mexican scene kid in 2013, the members of Pierce the Veil were my idols. Pierce the Veil was IT for those outcast scene teens of music. It was dark and energetic, filled with rock that incorporated the perfect mix of rebellious lyricism. PTV's image catered to anti-societal norms, and was loaded with typical angst aesthetic of their time. Their sound can be placed into "emo rock" or alternative genres of music, but it's honestly pretty unique to me. There isn't really a specific genre that comes to mind, because PTV is its own form of rock and screamo. But for all the Warped Tour teens of the early 2010's, this band was essential to anyone's playlist.
By K L5 years ago in Beat
A MEANINGFUL JOURNEY
Growing up, weekend band practice and working for my Italian fathers' Autocar business didn't sit well alongside each other. The expectation for me was that I and my brothers helped my Dad and supported the family when I wasn't at school. I wasn't interested in cars, I was only interested in music and often had to fight to get out of the house, carrying my guitar and amp several miles on foot just to make it to rehearsal on a Saturday morning. I was heavily into classic rock music - Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, AC/DC and it stands to reason that these would inevitably be the kind of bands and sounds that I would try to emulate.
By Paolo Giuseppe Sergio Morena5 years ago in Beat