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Emo began off as a style of post-hardcore in early-1980s Washington, D.C.. Rites of Spring developed a style with melodic guitars, varied rhythms, and deeply personal, impassioned lyrics. In the early 1990s, several new bands reinvented the emo style and carried its core characteristic, the intimacy between bands and fans, into the new decade., such as Jawbreaker and Sunny Day Real Estate. In the mid-1990s, many of the new emo bands originated from the Midwestern and Central United States. The Promise Ring exemplified the new emo style, which was slower, smoother, and more pop punk-influenced. Beginning in the late 1990s, emo had a surge of popularity as a number of notable acts and record labels experienced successes. Emo broke into the mainstream media in the summer of 2002 with Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American album going platinum and New Found Glory's album Sticks and Stones charting at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. Also, The Get Up Kids' 2002 release On a Wire had a lot of mainstream success . During the success made by emo music at this time, many purists of emo music didn't accept bands such as The Get Up Kids, Jimmy Eat World, The Promise Ring and Dashboard Confessional as emo, often referring to them as "mall emo". In the wake of this success, many emo bands were signed to major record labels and the style became a marketable product. By the late 2000s, emo's popularity began to decrease. Some bands moved away from their emo roots and some bands also disbanded.

The "emo revival" emerged in the 2010s, with bands drawing on the sounds and aesthetics of emo of the 1990s and early 2000s. Offshoot genres emerged such as "emo pop," "screamo" a dissonant style of emo, and Emoviolence is a style of screamo and powerviolence. Emo is tied to both music and fashion as well as the emo subculture. Emo has been associated with a stereotype that includes being particularly emotional, sensitive, shy, introverted, or angst-ridden. It has also been associated with stereotypes like depression, self-injury, and suicide.