Scene (subculture)

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The '''scene subculture''' is a youth subculture that emerged during the early 2000s in the United States from the pre-existing emo subculture.<ref name="PopMatters" /> The subculture became popular with adolescents from the mid-2000s<ref name="Tab"/> to the early 2010s. Members of the scene subculture are referred to as '''scene kids''', '''trendies,''' or '''scenesters'''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thekindland.com/culture/voices-on-being-scene-even-when-youre-not-a-kid-1576 |title=Voices on being scene even when you're not a kid |work=thekindland.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011194932/http://www.thekindland.com/culture/voices-on-being-scene-even-when-youre-not-a-kid-1576 |archive-date=2019-10-11 }}</ref> Scene fashion consists of skinny jeans, bright-colored clothing, and a signature hairstyle consisting of straightened, often conspicuously dyed hair with long bangs covering the forehead.<ref name="Altpress">{{Cite web|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/things_all_scene_kids_know_to_be_true/|title=12 things all former scene kids know to be true|website=Alternative Press|date=April 3, 2018|access-date=March 22, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322021928/https://www.altpress.com/features/things_all_scene_kids_know_to_be_true/|url-status=live}}</ref> Music genres associated with the scene subculture include metalcore, crunkcore, deathcore, electronic music, and pop punk.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2008387/warped-tour-final-year-scene-report/franchises/sounding-board/|title=A Final Pilgrimage To Warped Tour, As Told By A Former Scene Kid|date=August 2, 2018|access-date=March 22, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322154814/https://www.stereogum.com/2008387/warped-tour-final-year-scene-report/franchises/sounding-board/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.collegefashion.net/inspiration/history-of-subculture-emo-scene/|title=A History of Counterculture: Emo and Scene|date=November 14, 2018|website=College Fashion|access-date=June 6, 2019|archive-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607003152/https://www.collegefashion.net/inspiration/history-of-subculture-emo-scene/|url-status=live}}</ref>

From the mid-2000s to early 2010s, scene fashion gained popularity among teens and the music associated with the subculture achieved commercial success in both the underground and the mainstream. Groups like Bring Me the Horizon, Asking Alexandria, Pierce the Veil, and Metro Station garnered mainstream attention and large audiences while still largely being tied to the scene subculture. In the mid-to-late 2010s, the scene subculture lost popularity; however, since 2019, there have been movements that have given it a revival.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-02|title=Dig out your studded belts and hairspray, it's the RAWRing 20s xD|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/02/dig-studded-belts-hairspray-rawring-20s-xd-11988274/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=Metro|language=en|archive-date=2020-10-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021171557/https://metro.co.uk/2020/01/02/dig-studded-belts-hairspray-rawring-20s-xd-11988274/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Scene Subculture Is Back To Embrace A Different Look|url=https://askandembla.net/blogs/blog/scene-subculture-is-back-to-embrace-a-different-look|website=Ask & Embla|date=11 February 2022|access-date=30 August 2022|archive-date=31 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831124108/https://askandembla.net/blogs/blog/scene-subculture-is-back-to-embrace-a-different-look|url-status=live}}</ref>

==History== ===Origins=== [[File:The Blood Brothers - 07-27-2007 - 1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|The Blood Brothers were influential on the development of scene fashion.]] During the 1990s, many participants in the hardcore punk scene were rebelling against the perceived toxic masculinity of their genre. This resulted in the various androgynous fashion styles of AFI, Poison the Well, American Nightmare and the fashioncore, sass and emo subcultures, all of which were influential upon the origins of scene.<ref name="PopMatters" />

====Sass==== {{main|Sass (music)}} Sass developed from the early emo subculture Spock rock, pushing the style's aesthetic more flamboyant, particularly under the influence of gothic rock and post-punk fashion.<ref name="You Don't Need Maps, 2021">{{cite web |title=THE DEFINITIVE WORD ON SASS [patreon preview] |url=https://youdontneedmaps.substack.com/p/the-definitive-word-on-sass-patreon |website=You Don't Need Maps |access-date=3 February 2026 |date=26 April 2021}}</ref> Sass was the result of a brief subcultural moment that was the intersecting origin point for both the hipster and scene subcultures, at a time when both names were synonymous.<ref name="Pete, 2014">{{cite web |title=What was it like to be a cool person in hardcore 10-15 years ago? – The Historiography of Sass |url=http://www.stuffyouwillhate.com/2014/04/what-was-it-like-to-be-a-cool-person-in-hardcore-10-15-years-ago-the-historiography-of-sass/ |website=Stuff You Will Hate |access-date=3 February 2026 |archive-url=https://tykoblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/18/what-was-it-like-to-be-a-cool-person-in-hardcore-10-15-years-ago-the-historiography-of-sass/ |archive-date=2018-01-18}}</ref> The fashion of many sass musicians, notably Johnny Whitney, lead vocalist for the Blood Brothers, were influential upon the development of scene.<ref name="PopMatters" />

====Fashioncore==== [[File:18 visions--large-msg-11783738126.jpg|thumb|150px|Eighteen Visions' "fashioncore" look was influential upon the development of scene fashion.]] Concurrent to sass, fashioncore was an fashion style originated by Orange County metalcore band Eighteen Visions. It used many aspects that would come to define scene fashion, such as eyeliner, tight jeans, collared shirts, straightened hair and white belts.<ref name="PopMatters" /> According to ''MetalSucks'' writer Finn McKenty, the quintessential scene haircut was invented by Eighteen Visions bassist Javier Van Huss. Huss, himself, had been inspired to create the haircut from seeing a poster of the band Orgy.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McKenty |first1=Finn |title=What is UR Favorite Classic Nu-Metal Band?? |url=https://www.metalsucks.net/2010/09/29/what-is-ur-favorite-classic-nu-metal-band/ |website=Metal Sucks |date=29 September 2010 |access-date=28 February 2021 |archive-date=4 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204143647/https://www.metalsucks.net/2010/09/29/what-is-ur-favorite-classic-nu-metal-band/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In ''Louder Than Hell'' by Katherine Turman and John Wiederhorn, Ryan Downey states "Javier [Van Huss] really led the charge with crazy hairstyles and pink and blond and blue chunks in their hair".<ref>{{cite web |title=HOW EIGHTEEN VISIONS BECAME THE OC METAL BAND KNOWN FOR INVENTING "FASHIONCORE" |url=https://www.ocweekly.com/how-eighteen-visions-became-the-oc-metal-band-known-for-inventing-fashioncore-6569812/ |website=OC Weekly |date=17 July 2013 |access-date=3 June 2021 |archive-date=4 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604141108/https://www.ocweekly.com/how-eighteen-visions-became-the-oc-metal-band-known-for-inventing-fashioncore-6569812/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The style was popularized in the early-2000s through the success of Eighteen Visions, Atreyu and Avenged Sevenfold.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haenfler |first1=Ross |title=Straight Edge: Hardcore Punk, Clean Living Youth, and Social Change |page=17}}</ref><ref name="PopMatters" /> It spread to the West Coast of the United States through A Static Lullaby's 2003 tour. On the tour, A Static Lullaby introduced the openers, Long Island's From Autumn to Ashes and New Jersey's Senses Fail, to straightened hair and skinny jeans<ref>{{cite book |last1=Payne |first1=Chris |title=Where Are Your Boys Tonight? The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 |date=2023 |publisher=Dey Street Books |isbn=9780063251281 |page=219 |quote='''Buddy Nielsen''': I'm pretty sure the girl jeans started in Long Island with bands like From Autumn to Ashes and also Eighteen Visions, they're from Orange County. They started wearing designer girl jeans and then they made these shirts called "fashioncore." They were branding themselves as hardcore bands that were fashionable. Senses Fail didn't wear girl jeans until we toured with A Static Lullaby; they were real into wearing girl jeans and flat-ironing their hair and shit. And they would make fun of us, like, "You look like shit, you need to put on some fucking jeans." We're like, "All right man, this is our first tour, you guys are from California, you guys are cool." So then we all started wearing girl jeans.}}</ref> The term "fashioncore" was then coined by From Autumn to Ashes, when they printed it on merchandise. It was subsequently used to ridicule the style by its critics.<ref>{{Cite web|title=From Autumn To Ashes' Fashion Fight {{!}} Exclaim!|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/from_autumn_to_ashes_fashion_fight|website=exclaim.ca|access-date=2026-02-01|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210518110057/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/from_autumn_to_ashes_fashion_fight|archive-date=2021-05-18|language=en}}</ref> ''OC Weekly'' stated that "fashioncore" was a "subgenre of metalcore".<ref name=":4" /> ''Loudwire'' argued against the designation of "fashioncore" as an actual subgenre, instead saying "it was coined as an insult to hardcore kids who started caring more about how they dyed their hair than the actual music."<ref>{{Cite web|title=10 Scene + Hardcore Subgenres That Need Serious Explaining|url=https://loudwire.com/scene-hardcore-subgenres-explained/|website=Loudwire|date=2023-02-28|access-date=2026-02-01|language=en|first=Taylor MarkarianTaylor|last=Markarian}}</ref>

====Convergence==== Scene originated in the early-2000s across the United States from as the meeting point of these separate but intertwined style. The name began being used around 2002, through the term "scene queen", a derogatory term describing attractive, popular women perceived by older hardcore musicians as only being involved in hardcore for the subculture.<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite web |last1=Stewart |first1=Ethan |title=From Hardcore to Harajuku: the Origins of Scene Subculture |url=https://www.popmatters.com/scene-subculture-origins-hardcore-harajuku |website=PopMatters |date=25 May 2021 |access-date=25 May 2021 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525180042/https://www.popmatters.com/scene-subculture-origins-hardcore-harajuku |url-status=live }}</ref> The New Jersey scene was what ultimately brought the subculture to mainstream attention.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Payne |first1=Chris |title=Where Are Your Boys Tonight? The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 |date=2023 |publisher=Dey Street Books |isbn=9780063251281 |page=13, 201 |quote=This is the era in which the book begins, and within that era, no scene was more vital than New Jersey's. Before My Chemical Romance brought it to the Top of the Rock, emo's explosion began across the Hudson River, in the suburbs just out of view...<br>'''Pete Wentz''': It's weird to think of Jersey as a promised land, right? But for that kind of music, it definitely was.<br>'''Shane Told''': New Jersey felt like the sacred land of emo.<br>'''Alex Saavedra''': I would get calls and emails from bands from all over the place, asking for advice on where to move to in New Jersey. So many times. I would be like, "Dude, you don't have to move your whole band over. Just come play here."<br>'''Adam Siska''': We idolized Jersey. In high school with my friends it was really like, "We're gonna quit school and we’re gonna drive to New Jersey and we're gonna be at Skate and Surf Festival. If only our parents would let us go..."}}</ref>

===Mainstream success=== [[File:Gabe Saporta stage.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Gabe Saporta helped to define scene fashion by taking influence from rave and Harajuku street fashion.]]

Scene entered popular culture following the mainstream exposure of the emo subculture, indie pop, pop punk, and hip hop in the mid 2000s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/inside-the-clash-of-the-teen-subcultures-20080330-gds7cn.html|title=Inside the clash of the teen subcultures|first=Caroline|last=Marcus|date=March 30, 2008|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730021534/https://www.smh.com.au/national/inside-the-clash-of-the-teen-subcultures-20080330-gds7cn.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.easterneronline.com/2.4787/new-haights-scene-kids-ought-to-receive-a-crash-course-on-their-group-1.647922|title=New Haights: Scene kids ought to receive a crash course on their group - Blogs - The Easterner - Eastern Washington University|date=10 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710164149/http://www.easterneronline.com/2.4787/new-haights-scene-kids-ought-to-receive-a-crash-course-on-their-group-1.647922 |accessdate=7 December 2023|archive-date=2011-07-10 }}</ref> The scene subculture is considered by some to have developed directly from the emo subculture and thus the two are often compared.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/174626-11-ways-emo-scene-style-in-the-early-2000s-were-totally-different-photos|title=11 Ways Emo & Scene Styles Were Different|website=Bustle|date=26 July 2016 |access-date=2019-03-22|archive-date=2019-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322030254/https://www.bustle.com/articles/174626-11-ways-emo-scene-style-in-the-early-2000s-were-totally-different-photos|url-status=live}}</ref> During the mid 2000s, members of the British and American scene subculture took inspiration from the deathcore music scene. In a 2005 article by ''Phoenix New Times'', writer Chelsea Mueller described the appearance of the band Job for a Cowboy (a band that was deathcore at the time) by writing that the band "may look like scenesters with shaggy emo haircuts and tight pants, and may mock metal greats, but this death-metal band is for real."<ref name="MoltenRock">{{cite web |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/molten-rock-6399904 |title=Molten Rock |work=Phoenix New Times |last=Mueller |first=Chelsea |date=December 1, 2005 |access-date=July 29, 2018 |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730020950/https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/molten-rock-6399904 |url-status=live }}</ref> Mueller described Job for a Cowboy as "five guys in girls' jeans and tight band tee shirts".<ref name="MoltenRock" /> Another early deathcore group popular among members of the scene subculture is Bring Me the Horizon.<ref name="DrownedinSound">{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/1263353-bring-me-the-horizon--its-just-party-music |title=Bring Me The Horizon: "It's just party music" |work=Drowned in Sound |last=Rauf |first=Raziq |date=November 6, 2006 |access-date=July 29, 2018 |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730021034/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/1263353-bring-me-the-horizon--its-just-party-music |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the following years, the spectrum of scene fashion broadened to include a number of sub-styles taking influence from a wide range of fashion styles. According to PopMatters writer Ethan Stewart, "the most renowned [sub-style of scene] was those who merged the subculture with brightly coloured party fashion", a style he attributed the beginnings of to Cobra Starship vocalist Gabe Saporta and his influence from rave and Harajuku street fashion. He also noted those who took influence from 1980s glam metal fashion, such as the members of Black Veil Brides, Escape the Fate and Falling in Reverse. He attributed the origin of this style to Blessed by a Broken Heart.<ref name="PopMatters" />

Members of the subculture quickly began using MySpace. As the popularity of MySpace grew, the website began to develop some of the earliest internet celebrities, referred to as "scene queens".<ref>{{cite web |last1=MCCARTHY |first1=LAUREN |title=AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE MID-2000S SCENE QUEENS |website=Nylon |date=16 November 2020 |access-date=27 February 2021 |url=https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/oral-history-of-scene-queens-myspace |archive-date=22 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222145613/https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/oral-history-of-scene-queens-myspace |url-status=live }}</ref> Notable MySpace scene queens include Audrey Kitching, Jeffree Star and the members of the Millionaires.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rex |first1=Hatti |title=11 Mid '00s Scene Queens You Loved |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/175700-11-scene-queens-who-influenced-your-alternative-style-in-the-mid-2000s-photos |date=31 July 2016 |access-date=27 February 2021 |archive-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302211627/https://www.bustle.com/articles/175700-11-scene-queens-who-influenced-your-alternative-style-in-the-mid-2000s-photos |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Fionnuala |title=Where are your favourite Myspace scene queens now? |date=20 August 2017 |url=https://www.dailyedge.ie/myspace-3546978-Aug2017/ |access-date=27 February 2021 |archive-date=27 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927091622/https://www.dailyedge.ie/myspace-3546978-Aug2017/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The music festival Warped Tour became popular with members of the scene subculture during the 2000s. Artists associated with the subculture would often play at the festival.<ref name="auto" /> Bands influenced by crunkcore, electropop and electronic dance music gained popularity among scene kids during the mid to late 2000s, including Cobra Starship and 3OH!3. Blood on the Dance Floor became especially popular, after Jayy Von Monroe joined as lead singer in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.inkedmag.com/culture/you-wont-believe-what-this-blood-on-the-dance-floor-singer-does-today|title=You Won't Believe What This Blood on the Dance Floor Singer Does Today!|author=Inked Mag Staff|website=Tattoo Ideas, Artists and Models|date=9 November 2017 |access-date=2019-01-17|archive-date=2019-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121209/https://www.inkedmag.com/culture/you-wont-believe-what-this-blood-on-the-dance-floor-singer-does-today|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studlife.com/cadenza/2009/04/27/in-defense-of-screamo-crunk/|title=In Defense of Screamo crunk|date=28 April 2009|access-date=6 July 2020|archive-date=6 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706231407/https://www.studlife.com/cadenza/2009/04/27/in-defense-of-screamo-crunk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Anchor|Shamate}} thumb|upright|Example of Shamate fashion

During the late 2000s, similar subcultures emerged in Asia and Latin America, including the Shamate in China,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kevintang/meet-shamate-chinas-most-hated-subculture|title=Meet Shamate, China's Most Hated Subculture|website=BuzzFeed News|date=18 December 2013 |access-date=2020-07-04|archive-date=2020-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803100446/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kevintang/meet-shamate-chinas-most-hated-subculture|url-status=live}}</ref> the Floggers in Argentina, the Coloridos of Brazil, and the Pokemón in Chile. Like their American counterparts, these scene kids wore brightly colored clothing, androgynous big hair and eyeliner, and identified with the emo pop, indie rock, hip hop, and EDM scene.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.adolescenciaesaude.com/detalhe_artigo.asp?id=269|title=Adolescência, cultura Emo e saúde: o olhar de adolescentes em Fortaleza-CE|first1=Pedro Mesquita de|last1=Sousa|first2=Adriana|last2=Ferreira|first3=Alissan|last3=Martins|first4=Fabiane|last4=Gubert|first5=Ligia|last5=Scopacasa|first6=Jaislâny|last6=Mesquita|first7=Francisco Sampaio|last7=Filho|first8=Paulo Henrique de|last8=Paula|first9=Neiva|last9=Vieira|first10=Patricia|last10=Pinheiro|date=November 11, 2011|journal=Adolescencia e Saude|volume=8|issue=2|pages=11–17|via=www.adolescenciaesaude.com|access-date=October 13, 2013|archive-date=October 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173405/http://www.adolescenciaesaude.com/detalhe_artigo.asp?id=269|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Decline and revival=== By around 2014, the subculture had seen a decline in popularity,<ref name="Tab">{{Cite web|url=https://thetab.com/uk/2017/07/05/cringe-things-youll-remember-scene-kid-mid-2000s-42342|title=The cringe things you'll remember if you were a scene kid in the mid-2000s|date=July 5, 2017|website=UK|access-date=July 30, 2018|archive-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730021322/https://thetab.com/uk/2017/07/05/cringe-things-youll-remember-scene-kid-mid-2000s-42342|url-status=live}}</ref> while also being influential on the fashion and culture of Tumblr,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ewens |first1=Hannah |title=emo was the last true subculture |url=https://i-d.co/article/emo-was-the-last-true-subculture/ |website=i-D |date=7 July 2015 |access-date=27 February 2021 |archive-date=1 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601035045/https://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/59bwj5/emo-was-the-last-true-subculture |url-status=live }}</ref> a website which would eventually develop a number of its own scene queens, such as Halsey.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Serra |first1=Maria |title=10 DRUM PERFORMANCES THAT PROVE JOSH DUN CAN REALLY PLAY ANYTHING |url=https://www.altpress.com/features/best-josh-dun-performances/ |website=Alternative Press |date=12 February 2021 |access-date=27 February 2021 |archive-date=25 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225111607/https://www.altpress.com/features/best-josh-dun-performances/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Warped Tour had its last show in 2019 after running annually since 1995.

The late 2010s saw the growing popularity of musicians who had begun their careers as members of scene bands, most notably Lil Lotus, Blackbear, Post Malone, Mod Sun and Lil Aaron. Within this movement came the mainstream success of emo rap, itself influenced by scene.<ref name="PopMatters" />

Beginning in 2019, there were several movements promoting the return of the subculture, such as #20ninescene (2019)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2019-01-07|title=People are Bringing Back Scene for 2019|url=https://www.papermag.com/bring-back-emo-in-2019-2625152346.html|access-date=2020-10-19|website=PAPER|language=en|archive-date=2020-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023020128/https://www.papermag.com/bring-back-emo-in-2019-2625152346.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and the "Rawring 20s" (2020s).<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-01-03|title=Welcome to the RAWRing 20s xD|url=https://www.papermag.com/rawring-20s-internet-explorer-2643749415.html|access-date=2020-10-19|website=PAPER|language=en|archive-date=2020-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029205949/https://www.papermag.com/rawring-20s-internet-explorer-2643749415.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Websites like SpaceHey and FriendProject,<ref>{{Cite web|title=FriendProject.net {{!}} Make New Friends, Create Custom Profiles, Photos, Chat|url=https://www.friendproject.net/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.friendproject.net|archive-date=2020-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023215554/https://www.friendproject.net/|url-status=live}}</ref> which retain Myspace's early design, have gained popularity among teenagers,<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Teenager Has Remade Myspace and Everyone Is Loving It|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-teenager-has-remade-myspace-and-everyone-is-loving-it/|access-date=2021-07-08|website=Vice.com|date=8 February 2021 |language=en|archive-date=2021-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614041726/https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx8kp4/a-teenager-has-remade-myspace-and-everyone-is-loving-it|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Merrilees|first=Kristin|date=2020-07-02|title=Teens Are Joining a Myspace Look-Alike Called FriendProject|url=https://medium.com/digital-diplomacy/teens-are-joining-a-myspace-look-alike-called-friendproject-c4cd5c7097cc|access-date=2020-10-19|website=Medium|language=en|archive-date=2020-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020001400/https://medium.com/digital-diplomacy/teens-are-joining-a-myspace-look-alike-called-friendproject-c4cd5c7097cc|url-status=live}}</ref> and social media influencers on Instagram and TikTok have begun adopting scene fashion.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-26|title=Emo Tik Tok Influencers Champion Scene Hair – the New Need to Know Trend Revival|url=https://maneaddicts.com/scene-hair-revival/|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Mane Addicts|archive-date=2021-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124154148/https://maneaddicts.com/scene-hair-revival/|url-status=live}}</ref> Around this time, the subculture was also influential on the development of the e-girls and e-boys subculture,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bassil |first1=Ryan |title=Introducing: The E-Boy |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/what-is-an-e-boy/ |website=Vice Media |date=26 July 2019 |access-date=21 December 2020 |archive-date=15 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115234803/https://www.vice.com/en/article/gy44jj/what-is-an-e-boy |url-status=live }}</ref> and the development of hyperpop.<ref name="PopMatters" /> Scene festivals also returned in 2022 with the When We Were Young festival.

==Music== {{see also|Scene grind|Risecore}} {{Infobox music genre | name = Scene music | other_names = Scenecore, Myspace metalcore, Myspace emo | stylistic_origins = Hardcore punk, emo, pop-punk, indie rock, fashioncore | cultural_origins = Late 1990s, mid-early 2000s | instruments = | derivatives = Crunkcore, neon pop-punk }} '''Scene music''' is an umbrella term that has been used by several publications to describe the styles of musical artists associated with the scene subculture. Scene music originally had its stylistic roots in punk rock and its offshoots, such as hardcore punk, emo, pop-punk and indie rock. By the mid 2000s, these styles of music had become more accessible to outsiders due to the rise of social media sites such as MySpace, and the "scene" variants of these styles became the "dominant" forms. Despite having roots in punk and hardcore, scene music is its own "all-encompassing" genre that is focused on "showcas[ing] the creativity of any artist or band who chose to break from the norm," according to ''Alternative Press.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=20 scene albums from 2007 that are probably still stuck in your head|url=https://www.altpress.com/best-2007-scene-albums/|website=Alternative Press Magazine|access-date=2026-01-30|language=en-US|first=Marian|last=Phillips}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=17 scene albums from 2006 you probably still listen to daily|url=https://www.altpress.com/best-2006-scene-albums/|website=Alternative Press Magazine|access-date=2026-01-30|language=en-US|first=Marian|last=Phillips}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=19 scene albums from 2005 you probably still have on repeat|url=https://www.altpress.com/best-2005-scene-albums/|website=Alternative Press Magazine|access-date=2026-01-30|language=en-US|first=Marian|last=Phillips}}</ref><ref name="loudwire.com">{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/bands-who-got-start-on-myspace/|title=16 Bands Who Got Their Start on MySpace|first=Katy|last=Irizarry|website=Loudwire|access-date=2019-03-22|archive-date=2019-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322165904/https://loudwire.com/bands-who-got-start-on-myspace/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''OC Weekly'' stated that the style originated from metalcore band Eighteen Visions's "fashioncore" style.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=How Eighteen Visions Became The OC Metal Band Known For Inventing “Fashioncore” – OC Weekly|url=https://www.ocweekly.com/how-eighteen-visions-became-the-oc-metal-band-known-for-inventing-fashioncore-6569812/|date=2013-07-17|access-date=2026-02-01|language=en-US}}</ref>

Many musical artists who began promoting their music on Myspace went on to enjoy sustained commercial success, though by 2011, the initial music scene associated with the platform no longer existed.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Whatever happened to the MySpace bands?|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/whatever-happened-to-the-myspace-bands|website=Louder|date=2015-11-27|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en|first=Thea de|last=Gallierpublished}}</ref> ''Loudwire'' stated that bands that continued to produce music past the scene's peak period eventually "ditched the emo combovers and excessive guyliner" later in their careers.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=16 Bands Who Got Their Start on MySpace|url=https://loudwire.com/bands-who-got-start-on-myspace/|website=Loudwire|date=2019-06-20|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en|first=Katy IrizarryKaty|last=Irizarry}}</ref> Most of these bands would ultimately change their sounds as well.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why are so many pop artists borrowing from metal?|url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/pop-artists-finding-inspiration-in-metal|website=Red Bull|date=2020-02-27|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en-us}}</ref> Some acts associated with the scene subculture include Cute Is What We Aim For,<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/songs-you-definitely-had-on-your-myspace|title=34 Songs All Scene Kids Definitely Had On Their Myspace|work=BuzzFeed|last=Penn|first=Farrah|date=June 18, 2016|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-date=September 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908130803/https://www.buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/songs-you-definitely-had-on-your-myspace|url-status=live}}</ref> Blood on the Dance Floor,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/evolution-mw0002337839|title=Evolution – Blood on the Dance Floor|publisher=AllMusic|last=Jeffries|first=David|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-date=July 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707231402/https://www.allmusic.com/album/evolution-mw0002337839|url-status=live}}</ref> Asking Alexandria,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Phillips|first=Marian|date=2020-10-20|title=20 scene albums from 2009 that dominated your iPod playlists|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/2009-scene-albums/|access-date=2021-03-18|website=Alternative Press|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323175335/https://www.altpress.com/features/2009-scene-albums/|url-status=live}}</ref> We Came As Romans,<ref name=":1" /> The Devil Wears Prada,<ref name=":1" /> Paramore,<ref name=":0" /> Breathe Carolina,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> and Taking Back Sunday.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/songs-you-definitely-had-on-your-myspace|title=34 Songs All Scene Kids Definitely Had On Their Myspace|work=BuzzFeed|last=Penn|first=Farrah|date=June 18, 2016|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-date=September 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908130803/https://www.buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/songs-you-definitely-had-on-your-myspace|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/25/emo-pop-tribes-mods-punks|title=From mod to emo: why pop tribes are still making a scene|work=The Guardian|date=February 25, 2010|access-date=July 29, 2018|last=Rogers|first=Jude|archive-date=July 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707230559/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/25/emo-pop-tribes-mods-punks|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Etymology === ''Invisible Oranges'' expressed the opinion that scene music is a distinct musical "subgenre", while using the term "'''''scenecore'''''" to describe metalcore bands such as Attack Attack!;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Attack Attack Was Outsider Art All Along|url=https://www.invisibleoranges.com/attack-attack/|website=Invisible Oranges - The Metal Blog|access-date=2026-01-30|language=en-US|first=Invisible Oranges|last=Staff}}</ref> ''PopMatters'' called this style '''scene metalcore'''.<ref name="PopMatters" /> ''Loudwire'' described "scenecore" as being among the "bizarre metalcore subgenres", along with electronicore and crabcore. The publication stated that these sorts of bands "hyper-saturat[ed]" the metalcore scene midway through the decade in a way similar to the inudation of glam metal bands in the 1980s.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=The Best Album From 11 Legendary Metalcore Bands|url=https://loudwire.com/best-album-metalcore-bands/|website=Loudwire|date=2025-04-30|access-date=2026-01-30|language=en|first=Bryan|last=Rolli}}</ref>

Many bands described as "''scene''" gained popularity through the use of Myspace for promotion, and consequently, many of them may also be considered "'''Myspace bands'''", a term that has been used by publications such as ''Stereogum'', ''Kerrang!'' and ''Metal Hammer.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Final Pilgrimage To Warped Tour, As Told By A Former Scene Kid|url=https://stereogum.com/2008387/warped-tour-final-year-scene-report/columns/sounding-board/|website=stereogum.com|date=2018-08-02|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=20 era-defining MySpace bands: Where are they now?|url=https://www.kerrang.com/20-bands-who-owe-it-all-to-myspace-and-where-they-are-now|website=Kerrang!|date=2019-09-24|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Whatever happened to the MySpace bands?|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/whatever-happened-to-the-myspace-bands|website=Louder|date=2015-11-27|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en|first=Thea de|last=Gallierpublished}}</ref> Writing for Red Bull, Eli Enis used the term "'''Myspace metalcore'''" to refer to artists like Bring Me the Horizon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why are so many pop artists borrowing from metal?|url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/pop-artists-finding-inspiration-in-metal|website=Red Bull|date=2020-02-27|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en-us}}</ref> ''Alternative Press'' also stated that the terms "'''neon punk'''" and "'''Myspace-core'''" have been used interchangeably to label this style.<ref>{{Cite web|title=9 Myspace era songs that are impossible not to sing along with|url=https://www.altpress.com/popular-myspace-songs-mid-2000s/|website=Alternative Press Magazine|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en-US|first=Alternative Press|last=Magazine}}</ref> ''Loudwire'' stated that bands in genres ranging from deathcore to screamo were grouped together under these labels due to their mutual popularity with "the scene kids of MySpace," as well as goers of the Warped Tour and Mayhem Fest music festivals. The publication cited Bullet for My Valentine, Carnifex, From First to Last, Hollywood Undead, Ice Nine Kills, Panic! at the Disco, Protest the Hero and the Black Dahila Murder as examples of bands commonly categorized this way.<ref name=":3" /> In 2007, ''Village Voice Media'' also used the term "'''Myspace emo'''" to describe a purported offshoot of pop-punk characterized by "bratty, charged-up enthusiasm."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hellogoodbye: Emo Doesn't Always Suck|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/hellogoodbye-emo-doesnt-always-suck/|website=The Village Voice|date=2007-02-06|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en-US|first=Tom|last=Breihan}}</ref> ''American Songwriter'', ''Vice'' and ''Paste'' have also used this term.<ref>{{Cite web|title=It’s Not a Phase: 3 Pop Punk/Emo Anthems That I Still Proudly Sing at the Top of My Lungs|url=https://americansongwriter.com/its-not-a-phase-3-pop-punk-emo-anthems-that-i-still-proudly-sing-at-the-top-of-my-lungs/|website=American Songwriter|date=2024-11-27|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en-US|first=Lauren|last=Boisvert}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Revisiting Fall Out Boy's From Under the Cork Tree 20 Years Later|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/fall-out-boy/revisiting-fall-out-boys-from-under-the-cork-tree-20-years-later|website=Paste Magazine|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=‘Jennifer’s Body’ Captured Myspace-Emo Camp in All Its Glory|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/jennifers-body-bisexuality-00s-myspace-emo-essay/|website=VICE|date=2018-11-06|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en-US|first=Hannah|last=Ewens}}</ref> ''Buzzfeed'' used this term to refer to fans of the style themselves.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Only A True MySpace Emo Kid Can Name These Bands: Part II|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/tatianatenreyrowhitlock/name-these-emo-bands-part-ii|work=BuzzFeed|access-date=2026-01-31|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230511203935/https://www.buzzfeed.com/tatianatenreyrowhitlock/name-these-emo-bands-part-ii|archive-date=2023-05-11|language=en}}</ref> These terms were originally pejoritives, intended to mock the use of the suffix "-core", which has been used to describe genres related to the scene subculture.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B8DeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22mallcore%22+%22scene+kids%22&pg=PA20|title=Music at the Extremes: Essays on Sounds Outside the Mainstream|isbn=9780786494507|last1=Wilson|first1=Scott A.|date=2015-05-26|publisher=McFarland|access-date=2020-11-20|archive-date=2022-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831124108/https://books.google.com/books?id=B8DeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22mallcore%22+%22scene+kids%22&pg=PA20|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Ultimate Guitar'' used the term "mallcore" to refer to this style, including bands such as Escape the Fate and Enter Shikari as examples.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 10 Most Important Moments In the Evolution of Metalcore |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/top_10_most_important_moments_in_the_evolution_of_metalcore-107030 |access-date=2026-02-03 |website=www.ultimate-guitar.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Characteristics === According to ''Loudwire'', the Used and My Chemical Romance represent the "vulnerable" side of scene music, while acts like Poison the Well and Alexisonfire "delivered a heavier edge" to the style.<ref>{{Cite web|title=25 Amazing Pop-Punk + Emo Albums With No Weak Songs|url=https://loudwire.com/amazing-pop-punk-emo-albums-no-weak-songs/|website=Loudwire|date=2020-05-27|access-date=2026-01-30|language=en}}</ref>

According to ''Invisible Oranges'', many scene bands ignore conventional song structure and instead "blast through different genres at a neck-breaking pace." Songs that employ this compositional style may borrow various elements from styles like metalcore, pop-punk, pop music, hip-hop and dubstep.<ref name=":2" /> Other elements that may be fused together include electropop, dance music, trance, pop metal and heavy metal. Music journalist Eli Enis stated that modern availability of digital audio workstations like GarageBand made it easier for young musicians to experiment with fusing different styles of music, for example, tracking screams over a dance beat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why are so many pop artists borrowing from metal?|url=https://www.redbull.com/us-en/pop-artists-finding-inspiration-in-metal|website=Red Bull|date=2020-02-27|access-date=2026-01-31|language=en-us}}</ref>

One musical subgenre of scene music is crunkcore,<ref>{{Cite web|title=10 Scene + Hardcore Subgenres That Need Serious Explaining|url=https://loudwire.com/scene-hardcore-subgenres-explained/|website=Loudwire|date=2023-02-28|access-date=2026-02-01|language=en|first=Taylor MarkarianTaylor|last=Markarian}}</ref> characterized by the combination of cultural and musical elements from crunk, screamo, pop, electronic and dance music,<ref name="phoenix">{{cite news|url=http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/86395-scrunk-happens/|title=Scrunk happen: man kids seem to like it|last=Gail|first=Leor|date=14 July 2009|newspaper=Boston Phoenix|access-date=8 October 2009|archive-date=17 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717104734/http://thephoenix.com/boston/music/86395-scrunk-happens/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="about.com">{{cite web|last=Cooper|first=Ryan|title=Crunkcore|url=http://punkmusic.about.com/od/punktionary/g/Crunckore.htm|work=About.com|agency=The New York Times|access-date=July 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111174223/http://punkmusic.about.com/od/punktionary/g/Crunckore.htm|archive-date=November 11, 2012}}</ref> the genre often features screamed vocals, hip hop beats, and sexually provocative lyrics.<ref name="phoenix" /><ref name="about.com" /><ref name="student life">{{cite web|last=Coquillette|first=Cici|title=In Defense of Screamo crunk|url=http://www.studlife.com/cadenza/2009/04/27/in-defense-of-screamo-crunk/|work=Student Life|publisher=Washington University Student Media|access-date=June 19, 2013|date=April 27, 2009|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203000245/http://www.studlife.com/cadenza/2009/04/27/in-defense-of-screamo-crunk/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="badger herald">{{cite web|last=Lampiris|first=Steve|title=Latest music genre unlikely to get many listeners 'crunk'|url=http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2009/04/14/latest_music_genre_u.php|work=The Badger Herald|access-date=June 19, 2013|date=April 14, 2009|archive-date=January 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116200915/http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2009/04/14/latest_music_genre_u.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Notable groups in the genre included Brokencyde, Hollywood Undead,<ref name="PopMatters" /> 3OH!3 and Millionaires.<ref name="phoenix" /> Another style associated with the culture is neon pop-punk, which emerged in the late 2000s as a style that blended elements of power pop and electronic music with the upbeat, catchy sound of pop-punk.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shoemaker|first1=Whitney|title=10 NEON-POP BANDS WHO NEED TO MAKE A COMEBACK|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/best-neon-pop-bands/|website=Alternative Press|date=June 18, 2020|access-date=April 16, 2021|archive-date=May 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507171053/https://www.altpress.com/features/best-neon-pop-bands/|url-status=live}}</ref> Bands in this genre embraced bright, glistening aesthetics and often featured neon colors in their merch and music videos. Notable groups from that era include All Time Low, the Maine, the Cab, Metro Station, We the Kings, Marianas Trench, Boys Like Girls, The Summer Set, Cobra Starship, Hey Monday, the Academy Is... and Forever the Sickest Kids.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hall|first1=Mackenzie|title=10 NEON POP-PUNK SONGS YOU CAN HEADBANG TO|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/10_neon_pop_punk_songs_you_can_headbang_to/|website=Alternative Press|date=September 7, 2016|access-date=April 16, 2021|archive-date=April 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416174455/https://www.altpress.com/features/10_neon_pop_punk_songs_you_can_headbang_to/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="20 NEON POP-PUNK SONGS YOU PROBABLY FORGOT">{{cite web |title=20 NEON POP-PUNK SONGS YOU PROBABLY FORGOT|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/20_neon_pop_punk_songs_you_forgot/|website=Alternative Press|date=September 9, 2017|access-date=April 16, 2021|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914215644/https://www.altpress.com/features/20_neon_pop_punk_songs_you_forgot/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="PopMatters" />

Another apparent hallmark of bands under the scene umbrella is excessively long song titles. ''Alternative Press'' stated that some of these titles "could barely fit on the back covers of CDs." The precise origin of this trend is unknown.<ref>{{Cite web|title=29 scene song titles so long you'll have to stop to take a breath|url=https://www.altpress.com/scene-long-song-titles/|website=Alternative Press Magazine|access-date=2026-01-30|language=en-US|first=Ariana|last=Leo}}</ref>

=== Reception === [[File:BrokeNCYDE.jpg|thumb|upright|Brokencyde was a popular scene band that received widespread criticism for their sound and fashion.]]

Crunkcore has received criticism and the genre has been poorly received by music reviewers. The ''Boston Phoenix'' has mentioned criticism of the style, saying that "the idea that a handful of kids would remix lowest-common-denominator screamo with crunk beats, misappropriated gangsterisms, and the extreme garishness of emo fashion was sure to incite hate-filled diatribes".<ref name="phoenix" /> Deathcore has been criticized by members of the heavy metal community for its use of breakdowns.<ref name="Wilson">{{cite book |title=Music at the Extremes: Essays on Sounds Outside the Mainstream|pages=20–21|last=Wilson|first=Scott A.|publisher=McFarland|year=2015|isbn=9780786494507}}</ref>

Michael Siebert of ''Invisible Oranges'' gave the assessment that the tendency of bands under the scene music umbrella to juxtapose highly dissimilar styles in their songwriting prevented many from achieving critical success: {{blockquote|"The lesson nu-metal should have taught aspiring young musicians is that the combination of disparate genres can be a tricky thing to balance. The best successes of that era found ways to combine their varied interests into moments of rebellious brilliance. What scene music did, though, was go further in a different direction. The often-inspired synthesis of hip-hop and metal from early Slipknot and Korn efforts was traded for extreme variance. Songs blast through different genres at a neck-breaking pace. One moment, it’s pop punk. The next, a breakdown; then, suddenly, dubstep. It rarely ever works, which is why it’s quite difficult to find an album from that era that was met with true critical acclaim."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff|first=Invisible Oranges|title=Attack Attack Was Outsider Art All Along|url=https://www.invisibleoranges.com/attack-attack/|access-date=2025-06-25|website=Invisible Oranges - The Metal Blog|language=en-US}}</ref>}}Despite this, numerous albums considered to be "scene" have achieved platinum-selling status.<ref>{{Cite web|title=10 Scene + Hardcore Subgenres That Need Serious Explaining|url=https://loudwire.com/scene-hardcore-subgenres-explained/|website=Loudwire|date=2023-02-28|access-date=2026-02-01|language=en|first=Taylor MarkarianTaylor|last=Markarian}}</ref>

==Fashion== thumb|right|Example of scene fashion

Scene fashion includes bright-colored clothing, skinny jeans, stretched earlobes, sunglasses, piercings, large belt buckles, wristbands, fingerless gloves, eyeliner, hair extensions, and straight, androgynous flat hair with a long fringe covering the forehead and sometimes one or both eyes. Scene people dye their hair colors like blond, pink, red, green, or bright blue.<ref name="Altpress" /><ref name="Palmer">{{cite web |url=https://thetab.com/uk/2017/07/05/cringe-things-youll-remember-scene-kid-mid-2000s-42342|title=The cringe things you'll remember if you were a scene kid in the mid-2000s|work=The Tab|last=Palmer|first=Bobby|date=July 5, 2017|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730021322/https://thetab.com/uk/2017/07/05/cringe-things-youll-remember-scene-kid-mid-2000s-42342|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Sydney">{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/inside-the-clash-of-the-teen-subcultures-20080330-gds7cn.html|title=Inside the clash of the teen subcultures|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|last=Marcus|first=Caroline|date=March 30, 2008|access-date=July 29, 2018|archive-date=July 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730021534/https://www.smh.com.au/national/inside-the-clash-of-the-teen-subcultures-20080330-gds7cn.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Guardian" /> Members of the scene subculture often shop at Hot Topic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://magazine.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/2009-year-broke-scene/|title=2009: The Year That Broke The Scene|date=March 6, 2019|website=Vinyl Me Please|access-date=April 2, 2020|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808052646/http://magazine.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/2009-year-broke-scene/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to ''The Guardian'', a scene girl named Eve O'Brien described scene people as "happy emos".<ref name="Guardian" />

According to a 2008 article by ''The Sydney Morning Herald'', the scene subculture has been criticized for its perceived derivativeness of emo fashion.<ref name="Sydney" /> ==See also== {{Portal|2000s|Fashion|Society}} * S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival * E-girls and e-boys * Emo subculture * Visual kei * Mall goth * Cybergoth * Clubbing * List of deathcore bands * List of emo pop bands * List of indie rock bands * List of metalcore bands * List of pop-punk bands * List of crunkcore artists * List of post-hardcore bands

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