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====Emo pop==== {{Main|Emo pop}} Emo pop (or emo pop punk) is a subgenre of emo known for its [[pop music]] influences, more concise songs and [[Hook (music)|hook]]-filled [[chorus (song)|chorus]]es.<ref name=Allmusic/> [[AllMusic]] describes emo pop as blending "youthful [[angst]]" with "slick production" and mainstream appeal, using "high-pitched [[Melody|melodie]]s, [[rhythm]]ic guitars, and lyrics concerning [[adolescence]], relationships, and heartbreak."<ref name="Allmusic">{{Cite web |title=Emo-Pop |url=https://www.allmusic.com/style/emo-pop-ma0000012243 |access-date=June 10, 2011 |website=[[AllMusic]] |archive-date=June 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605042317/http://www.allmusic.com/style/emo-pop-ma0000012243 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described emo pop as a cross between "saccharine [[boy-band]] pop" and emo.<ref name="Guardian">{{Cite web |last=Lester |first=Paul |date=December 8, 2008 |title=New band of the day β No 445: Metro Station |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/08/new-band-metro-station |access-date=June 10, 2011 |website=[[The Guardian]] |quote=They peddle "emo-pop", a sort of cross between saccharine boy-band pop and whatever it is that bands like Panic! at the Disco and Fall Out Boy do β emo, let's be frank. |archive-date=September 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235541/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/08/new-band-metro-station |url-status=live }}</ref> Emo pop developed during the 1990s. Bands like Jawbreaker and [[Samiam]] are known for formulating the emo pop punk style.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Catucci |first=Nick |date=September 26, 2000 |title=Emotional Rescue |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2000/09/26/emotional-rescue/ |access-date=December 7, 2017 |website=[[The Village Voice]] |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208122424/https://www.villagevoice.com/2000/09/26/emotional-rescue/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Nicole Keiper of [[CMJ New Music Monthly]], [[Sense Field]]'s ''Building'' (1996) pushed the band "into the emo-pop camp with the likes of the Get Up Kids and Jejune".<ref name="CMJ">{{Cite web |last=Kieper |first=Nicole |date=October 2001 |title=Sense Field: Tonight and Forever β Nettwerk America |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCoEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22emo+pop%22+techniques&pg=PA103 |access-date=June 10, 2011 |website=[[CMJ New Music Monthly]] |publisher=CMJ Network}}</ref> As emo became commercially successful in the early 2000s, emo pop became popular with Jimmy Eat World's 2001 album ''[[Bleed American]]'' and the success of its single "The Middle".<ref name=Allmusic /> Jimmy Eat World,<ref name=Allmusic /> the Get Up Kids<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/News/get_up_kids_prep_vinyl_reissues_of_eudora_on_wire |title=The Get Up Kids Prep Vinyl Reissues of 'Eudora' and 'On a Wire'}}</ref> and [[the Promise Ring]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 12, 2001 |title=Promise Ring swears by bouncy, power pop |url=http://www.michigandaily.com/content/promise-ring-swears-bouncy-power-pop |access-date=December 7, 2017 |website=[[The Michigan Daily]] |archive-date=December 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230032409/https://www.michigandaily.com/content/promise-ring-swears-bouncy-power-pop |url-status=live }}</ref> also are early emo pop bands. The emo pop style of Jimmy Eat World's album, ''[[Clarity (Jimmy Eat World album)|Clarity]]''<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Jimmy Eat World β Clarity β Review |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/jimmy-eat-world/clarity.htm |magazine=Stylus Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503053050/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/jimmy-eat-world/clarity.htm |archive-date=May 3, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> influenced later emo.<ref name="Stylus">{{Cite web |last=Merwin, Charles |date=August 9, 2007 |title=Jimmy Eat World > Clarity > Capitol |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/jimmy-eat-world/clarity.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503053050/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/jimmy-eat-world/clarity.htm |archive-date=May 3, 2010 |access-date=May 16, 2010 |website=[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]}}</ref> The emo band Braid's 1998 album ''[[Frame & Canvas]]'' has been described as emo pop by Blake Butler of [[AllMusic]], who gave the Braid album four out of five stars and wrote that ''Frame & Canvas'' "proves to be one of Braid's best efforts".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Brian |title=Frame & Canvas β Braid |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/frame-canvas-mw0000262680 |access-date=August 14, 2018 |website=[[AllMusic]] |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815024309/https://www.allmusic.com/album/frame-canvas-mw0000262680 |url-status=live }}</ref> Emo pop became successful during the late 1990s, with its popularity increasing in the early 2000s. The Get Up Kids sold over 15,000 copies of their debut album, ''[[Four Minute Mile]]'' (1997), before signing with Vagrant Records. The label promoted them, sending them on tours to [[Opening act|open]] for [[Green Day]] and [[Weezer]].{{sfn|Greenwald|2003|pp=77β78}} Their 1999 album, ''[[Something to Write Home About]]'', reached number 31 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''{{'s}} [[Top Heatseekers]] chart.<ref name="billboard.com" /> As of May 2, 2002, ''Something to Write Home About'' sold 134,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. As emo pop coalesced, the [[Fueled by Ramen]] label became a center of the movement and signed [[Fall Out Boy]], [[Panic! at the Disco]], and [[Paramore]] (all of whom had been successful).<ref name=Allmusic /> Two regional scenes developed. The [[Florida]] scene was created by Fueled by Ramen; [[Midwestern United States|midwest]] emo-pop was promoted by Pete Wentz, whose Fall Out Boy rose to the forefront of the style during the mid-2000s.<ref name=Allmusic /><ref name="Fall out boy">{{Cite web |last=Loftus |first=Johnny |title=Fall Out Boy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fall-out-boy-p533936 |access-date=June 10, 2011 |website=[[AllMusic]] |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527171111/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/fall-out-boy-p533936 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Futterman |first=Erica |title=Fall Out Boy Biography |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/fall-out-boy/biography |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=June 10, 2011 |archive-date=March 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302230339/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/fall-out-boy/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Cash Cash]] released ''[[Take It to the Floor]]'' (2008); according to AllMusic, it could be "the definitive statement of airheaded, glittery, and {{nowrap|content-free}} {{nowrap|emo-pop<ref name="Cash">{{Cite web |last=Sendra |first=Tim |title=Take It to the Floor |url=https://allmusic.com/album/take-it-to-the-floor-r1471616/review |access-date=June 11, 2011 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>}} ... the transformation of emo from the expression of intensely felt, ripped-from-the-throat feelings played by bands directly influenced by post-punk and hardcore to mall-friendly [[Day-Glo]] pop played by kids who look about as authentic as the "punks" on an old episode of ''[[Quincy, M.E.|Quincy]]'' did back in the '70s was made pretty much complete".<ref name=Cash /> [[You Me at Six]] released their 2008 debut album, ''[[Take Off Your Colours]]'', described by AllMusic's Jon O'Brien as "follow[ing] the 'emo-pop for dummies' handbook word-for-word."<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Brien, Jon |title=Take Off Your Colours β You Me at Six {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/take-off-your-colours-mw0000821192 |access-date=December 3, 2015 |website=AllMusic |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208135337/http://www.allmusic.com/album/take-off-your-colours-mw0000821192 |url-status=live }}</ref> The album was certified gold in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Certified Awards |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625075145/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |archive-date=June 25, 2014 |access-date=August 29, 2016}}</ref>
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