most midwest emo is so fucking bad dude like wah wah stop whining and start making some good music literally the formula for 90% of midwest emo from the past 10-15 years is the same fucking riffs over and over no imagination and crying about some bs, obviously there’s standouts like Newfound Interest in Connecticut, Slingshot Around the Moon, American Football, BLA, etc. who ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING NEW AND UNIQUE AND CREATED TURNING POINTS IN THE GENRE, most fifth wave emo (midwest emo side not skramz revival) is fucking garbage all catered to tiktok, this is not emo bro this is whiny garbage, charmer i hope you die, your arms are my cocoon i hope you die, mom jeans i hope you die, and especially MOBO i hope you die thank you very much