Editing Emo (section)

===2010–present: Decline and emo revival===
By 2010, emo's popularity began to decline. Many emo bands lost popularity or had changed genres;<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 19, 2011 |title=My Chemical Romance Shed Their Emo Roots |work=Dallas Observer}}</ref> [[My Chemical Romance]]'s album, ''[[Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys]]'', featured a traditional [[pop punk]] style.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 18, 2010 |title=My Chemical Romance: Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/nov/18/my-chemical-romance-danger-days-review |website=The Guardian}}</ref> [[Paramore]] and [[Fall Out Boy]] both abandoned the emo genre with their 2013 albums, ''[[Paramore (album)|Paramore]]'' and ''[[Save Rock and Roll]]'', respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rolli |first=Bryan |date=January 22, 2018 |title=Fall Out Boy's 'MANIA' Proves The Value Of Authenticity |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrolli/2018/01/22/fall-out-boy-mania-review/ |access-date=July 21, 2018 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Anderson |first=Kyle |date=April 10, 2013 |title=Paramore |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/05/09/paramore/ |access-date=July 21, 2018 |archive-date=October 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025055435/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20690042,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ben Rayner |date=April 8, 2013 |title=Paramore's glossy a bid for superstardom: album review &#124; Toronto Star |work=[[Toronto Star]] |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2013/04/08/paramores_glossy_a_bid_for_superstardom_album_review.html |access-date=July 21, 2018}}</ref> Paramore moved to a [[new wave music|new wave]]-influenced style.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collar |first=Matt |title=After Laughter - Paramore |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/after-laughter-mw0003039874 |access-date=July 21, 2018 |website=AllMusic}}</ref> [[Panic! at the Disco]] also abandoned the [[emo pop]] genre to a [[synth-pop]] style on ''[[Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die!]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! – Panic! at the Disco |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/too-weird-to-live-too-rare-to-die!-mw0002565550 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Many emo bands, including [[My Chemical Romance]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2013/03/mcr_split_gerard_confirms_brea.html |title=Kerrang! MCR Split: Gerard Way Confirms Break Up |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328081831/http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2013/03/mcr_split_gerard_confirms_brea.html |archive-date=March 28, 2013 |work=Kerrang.com |access-date=December 12, 2013}}</ref> [[Alexisonfire]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Sarah |date=August 9, 2012 |title=Alexisonfire Reveal 10 Year Anniversary Farewell Tour |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/alexisonfire_reveal_final_farewell_tour |access-date=August 9, 2012 |website=[[Exclaim!]]}}</ref> and [[Thursday (band)|Thursday]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenbaum |first=Jason |date=December 2, 2011 |title=A Hole in the World: Thursday Calls it Quits |url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/musicblog/2011/12/02/a-hole-in-the-world-thursday-calls-it-quits |access-date=July 21, 2018 |website=[[Riverfront Times]] |archive-date=July 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721221731/https://www.riverfronttimes.com/musicblog/2011/12/02/a-hole-in-the-world-thursday-calls-it-quits |url-status=dead }}</ref> disbanded, raising concerns about the genre's viability.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 24, 2013 |title=What Happened to Emo? |url=http://www.mtvhive.com/2013/04/24/what-happened-to-emo/ |website=[[MTV Hive]] |access-date=December 13, 2013 |archive-date=September 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905003738/http://www.mtvhive.com/2013/04/24/what-happened-to-emo |url-status=dead }}</ref> Andrew Sacher of Brooklyn Vegan explains, "The popularity led to backlash, and a rapidly-changing music industry eventually turned its attention away from punk-adjacent bands in the mainstream, leaving the genre stigmatized by the end of the 2000s, and eventually — as far as the mainstream was concerned — dead."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sacher |first=Andrew |title=The Year That Emo Broke: The 20 Best Emo Albums of 2001 |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/the-year-that-emo-broke-the-20-best-emo-albums-of-2001/ |access-date=2025-04-21 |website=BrooklynVegan |language=en-US}}</ref>

During the latter 2010s, a mainly underground [[emo revival]] emerged,<ref name="12 bands">{{Cite web |last=DeVille |first=Chris |date=October 2013 |title=12 Bands To Know From The Emo Revival |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1503252/ |access-date=November 28, 2013 |website=[[Stereogum]] |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203032701/http://www.stereogum.com/1503252/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Ducker">{{Cite news |last=Ducker |first=Eric |title=A Rational Conversation: Is Emo Back? |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/11/18/245954581/a-rational-conversation-is-emo-back |access-date=November 28, 2013 |newspaper=[[NPR]] |date=November 18, 2013 |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127204036/http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/11/18/245954581/a-rational-conversation-is-emo-back |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Your New Favorite Emo Bands">{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Ian |title=Your New Favorite Emo Bands: The Best of Topshelf Records' 2013 Sampler |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/86-topshelf-2013-sampler/ |access-date=November 28, 2013 |website=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]] |archive-date=December 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207142144/http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/86-topshelf-2013-sampler/ |url-status=live }}</ref> drawing on the sound and aesthetic of 1990s emo. Artists associated with this movement include Modern Baseball,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharp |first=Tyler |date=January 7, 2015 |title=Modern Baseball keep the emo revival alive with "Alpha Kappa Fall Of Troy The Movie Part Deax" |url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/modern_baseball_keep_the_emo_revival_alive_with_alpha_kappa_fall_of_troy_th |website=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |access-date=August 29, 2017 |archive-date=August 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829082519/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/modern_baseball_keep_the_emo_revival_alive_with_alpha_kappa_fall_of_troy_th |url-status=live }}</ref> [[the World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die]],<ref name="12 bands" /><ref name="Your New Favorite Emo Bands" /><ref name="Handicapping">{{Cite web |last=Gormelly |first=Ian |title=Handicapping the Emo Revival: Who's Most Likely to Pierce the Stigma? |url=http://www.chartattack.com/features/2013/11/27/handicapping-emo-revival/ |access-date=November 28, 2013 |website=[[Chart Attack]] |archive-date=January 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102183815/http://www.chartattack.com/features/2013/11/27/handicapping-emo-revival/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref> [[A Great Big Pile of Leaves]],<ref name="12 bands" /> [[Pianos Become the Teeth]],<ref name="Your New Favorite Emo Bands" /> [[Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)]],<ref name="12 bands" /> [[Touché Amoré]],<ref name="12 bands" /><ref name="Handicapping" /> [[Into It. Over It.]],<ref name="12 bands" /><ref name="Handicapping" /> and [[the Hotelier]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chatterjee |first=Kika |date=July 29, 2017 |title=18 bands leading the emo revival |url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/18_bands_leading_the_emo_revival |website=Alternative Press |access-date=August 29, 2017 |archive-date=August 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829082510/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/18_bands_leading_the_emo_revival |url-status=live }}</ref> While many 2010s emo bands draw on the sound and aesthetic of 1990s emo, hardcore punk elements are consistently used by 2010s emo bands such as [[Title Fight]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heaney |first=Gregory |title=Title Fight |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/title-fight-mn0002137032/biography |access-date=December 12, 2013 |website=[[AllMusic]] |archive-date=September 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907041331/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/title-fight-mn0002137032/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Small Brown Bike]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zac Johnson |title=The River Bed – Small Brown Bike – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards – AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-river-bed-mw0000323827 |website=AllMusic |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731015039/https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-river-bed-mw0000323827 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 2020s, emo's impact on mainstream music of the [[2010s in music|2010s]], as well as a revival of the genre itself, was noted in media outlets.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=March 20, 2020 |title=How the emo genre bounced back from the brink |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/emo-music-my-chemical-romance-paramore-hayley-williams-green-day-a9412056.html |access-date=May 27, 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> The [[BBC]] observed in 2018 "beyond guitar-based bands, the influence of emo can be seen in much of modern music, both in style and lyrical content" and "addressing [[mental health issues]] has become increasingly more common in pop".<ref name=":1" />