Dont worry Sam, im 18 and im confused with it too. I always just thought it was a style of music. Quite nice music too
I don't like the way most emo kids act. Like the whole "My boy/girlfriend broke up with me. We were so in love. Those were the best 2 weeks of my life. I'm going to go cut myself and write a song about it." That's what gets on my nerves. I'm alright with the style. It looks really good on some people. Fun Fact: A kid in my grade who is emo flips his hair every 12 seconds. Two times on one side to get it out of his face and then once on the other side to get it back in his face.
Emo is somewhat like a goth but still wears colour, usually fluro colours that look really terrorble, I only noticed the term Emo quite recently. I call it a bad imitation of goth, someone who cant descide whether they are goth or not
correction, hannah, that is the longest that he's gone without flipping it. his average is about 4 to 5 seconds. oh and i agree with the rest of what you said.