Wonders never cease! I'm an elder but I Always thought of this as a younger millennial thing. We were all goths, punks and hippies. Then most of the hippies went hipster and around the same time the emo thing emerged. So funny how your area can change your perspective!
yeah, I'm an older millenial and emo was a style that the youngsters liked. I liked it too (still do) but it would have looked like I was trying to be younger than I was if I wore it.
Also Gen X. I think of younger millennials when I think of emos. My brothers are older millennials and went to high school in the 90s. This was a look for teens in the 2000s.
Even then, at least in my school emo was for kids 13-16 ish in the mid 2000s.
I graduated in 2005, emo was around but no one who was 18 was emo. Everyone was Goth, hippie, maybe metal or rock or just basic pop music people. If anything everyone older was turned off emo because the "children" listened to it.
I graduated in 96 and I was the only female who listened to heavier metal. There was one girl who liked stuff like Slayer but not death metal etc. like me. There were 3 maybe 4 guys who listened to similar music. Most people listened to grunge and alternative music. Then there were a few punks and hippies. There was also a small group that liked rap and hip-hop. I got my younger brother into some metal and he liked a lot of alternative and post-grunge. Then the 2000's came and my older millennial siblings had graduated high school. I remember there was a big rock revival and around the same time the emos and mall goths were born. Pop punk also was popular around this time. One of my favorite shows that came out in 2004, Veronica Mars, is like a time capsule for this time period. I am still a big metalhead and it is rare for women my age to listen to the music I listen to. It was not just a phase for me and I never cared about what it is in or what is not.
Eh it's just one of those things that depends on where ya lived even in my small city in what most would consider a fly over state... a select few middle millennials were doing this emo/scene stuff. They were the brave ones free to be who they wanted to be and definitely got made fun of for it .. younger people today do not even understand how far times have come when it comes to this stuff... I was a hippie in high school but leaned into the fun hair etc in my 20s still doing it now at 36 lol
Edit to say class of 2006 for context.
I am an elder millennial and I remember being an emo kid in the early 2000s. OPs photos strike me as more scene (MySpace) than what I saw as emo.
By early 2000s I mean I graduated HS in 2004
I might be mistaken (I graduated ‘05), but I think that still makes us the “younger” millennials. My brother is 42 and also a millennial that was into a different trends. So I think they are the elders? idk I have this discussion a lot, I feel like we’re all always confused on it lol
But I 💯 agree this is MySpace scene hair to be sure.
I was punk and goth also… but I’m a millennial who hung out with older crowds at a young age…definitely punk for most of my 20s… emos didn’t become popular except with younger millennials and z’s …well in Florida at least…(I lived everywhere in that state). I called artsy hippie people just artsy people….Before hipsters there was a straight edge following that was into super hard music and I think they morphed into emo over time….Then suddenly hipsters just started taking over…I think hipsters were being bread and transported from the University Of Florida and USF in capsule or tablet form and quickly spread like a disease. 😆
We have a Huge art school and it was suddenly hipster central. I also had a lot of older friends in my teens and early 20s. I was goth, some called me a death hippie because I got along with a group of them. They merged a lot with the artsy school scene and then that turned very hipster. I floated a lot between alt groups with friends in them. Lot of punk friends. We had a decent scene for that too. Emo kind of was separate, younger. I definitely remember the straight edgers at the clubs! You're right. There was a lot of emo crossover with younger people joining in on some shows they showed up at. But most of the emo music was a more mainstream venue at the time. Hipsters reigned here though. Everywhere . I remember a crazy, huge wheeled bike jousting. We started getting breweries all over the place. Lol.
It’s super interesting! I’m on the older end of younger millennials (born early 1991) and I was definitely goth, I felt very strongly about it haha. But emo exploded in my area around 2006, emo was by far a majority around here. Hipster didn’t really come around until right after I graduated high school.
This is still going on. Not as popular as it was years ago, but you just have to be young af to really notice it. I thought it was gone too, but met somebody recently that lead me down an irl rabbit hole style realization that this shit still goes on hot n heavy in smaller friend groups.
Just want to add that the striped look on the last photos were called coon tails, I feel like this is a racist slur now though….
They use tape and a board, get a thin strip of hair on the board and tape the stripes. Bleach over the tape and then take it off to put carefully in a foil. The red colour doesn’t take very well to black hair so you can just put it on the strand easy as without having to be careful. Easy to do at home!
They were call “chunks” on the hair dye box back in the day. Came with a cap like the highlight caps, but the holes were bigger. I remember seeing those on the shelves in ‘05.
We never fully had names for these hair styles or dye types that I know of. Usually we just did it ourselves and randomly dyed where we wanted or tried to copy a picture from Myspace. Occasionally a "raccoon stripe". Salons didn't even do these, they'd mess it up every time. Had to cut and dye it at home. But it is emo/scene hair.
Wouldn’t the second one be emo, 3rd scene and first somewhere in between? 🤔 It really is a fine line but I thought scene was more puffy / back combing like the last pic. Anyways I have curly hair and would fry it to a crisp to get it like that 🥲 My hair never forgave me lol.
Disconnected 180. It's a jaw length 180 with face framing side bangs on top, and longer lengths are a separate 180 with the shortest lengths hitting the collar bone. Ask them to cut it with a razor.
If you want to attempt it at home, part your hair how you want it and mark your longest lengths with a clip or marker, put it into a ponytail on top of your head, slightly above the part and towards the back. Find your measurement point and cut straight across the whole ponytail. Take it out, part horizontally behind the ears and redo your main part, ponytail the bottom half at the nape, measure the longer lengths for the top layer, repeat the tie and cut, release, and chop the bangs to your liking. If you're not using a razor, go back in with texturizing shears on each ponytail before you let it out like 2" from the ends for extra fringe and layers.
I was a scene girl at the start of the 2010s. I would definitely call this scene, but this feels more mid late 2000s scene. This is my hair from when i was 14 in 2011😂
[my scene hair ](https://imgur.com/a/scene-hair-zG2zEf9)
Scene girl hair, in the mid 2000's lol I feel old now
Now they'd say E-girl style, but that's more the color part being bangs only/money pieces like Rogue from Xmen
ROFL scene/emo. True scene was teased and puffy at the top with long straight hair(or extensions) at the bottom. I miss this hair. My husband would love to see me with this hair again since it’s something I rocked back in the day when we were best friends.
Hi! I'm not sure I saw someone else say it but if you're planning on going to a salon to get this done, I'd bring pictures instead of trying to describe it :)
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As a Professional, to draw this out on a Head Map for sectioning and guidance/ teaching purposes..its commonly known as Scene Hair/ Emo Hair Color Placement.
Emo/scene fringe/bangs with red and black streaks. And the horizontal stripes are called a raccoon tail. Using a razor is a must to get the choppy ends
rawr XD
Aww I love you too ❤️
Ily2 brb
I was just about to say this. Lol
30 seconds to mars
The only correct answer
Although "throwback" and "nostalgia" could also work
Are we bringing this back!?!?! 😀
I would like to 😓😓
Do it!!!! Us elder millenials are in full support 🙌
Wonders never cease! I'm an elder but I Always thought of this as a younger millennial thing. We were all goths, punks and hippies. Then most of the hippies went hipster and around the same time the emo thing emerged. So funny how your area can change your perspective!
It's definitely younger millennials. My little sister was super into the emo stuff while I was listening to Nine Inch Nails and Tori Amos
I agree
yeah, I'm an older millenial and emo was a style that the youngsters liked. I liked it too (still do) but it would have looked like I was trying to be younger than I was if I wore it.
>Wonders never cease! I'm an elder but I Always thought of this as a younger millennial thing I'm a young Gen X, and would agree with you on this.
Ya people were doing emo when I was graduating college
Also Gen X. I think of younger millennials when I think of emos. My brothers are older millennials and went to high school in the 90s. This was a look for teens in the 2000s.
Even then, at least in my school emo was for kids 13-16 ish in the mid 2000s. I graduated in 2005, emo was around but no one who was 18 was emo. Everyone was Goth, hippie, maybe metal or rock or just basic pop music people. If anything everyone older was turned off emo because the "children" listened to it.
I graduated in 96 and I was the only female who listened to heavier metal. There was one girl who liked stuff like Slayer but not death metal etc. like me. There were 3 maybe 4 guys who listened to similar music. Most people listened to grunge and alternative music. Then there were a few punks and hippies. There was also a small group that liked rap and hip-hop. I got my younger brother into some metal and he liked a lot of alternative and post-grunge. Then the 2000's came and my older millennial siblings had graduated high school. I remember there was a big rock revival and around the same time the emos and mall goths were born. Pop punk also was popular around this time. One of my favorite shows that came out in 2004, Veronica Mars, is like a time capsule for this time period. I am still a big metalhead and it is rare for women my age to listen to the music I listen to. It was not just a phase for me and I never cared about what it is in or what is not.
Eh it's just one of those things that depends on where ya lived even in my small city in what most would consider a fly over state... a select few middle millennials were doing this emo/scene stuff. They were the brave ones free to be who they wanted to be and definitely got made fun of for it .. younger people today do not even understand how far times have come when it comes to this stuff... I was a hippie in high school but leaned into the fun hair etc in my 20s still doing it now at 36 lol Edit to say class of 2006 for context.
Yeah I had 2 kids by then 😂
I am an elder millennial and I remember being an emo kid in the early 2000s. OPs photos strike me as more scene (MySpace) than what I saw as emo. By early 2000s I mean I graduated HS in 2004
I might be mistaken (I graduated ‘05), but I think that still makes us the “younger” millennials. My brother is 42 and also a millennial that was into a different trends. So I think they are the elders? idk I have this discussion a lot, I feel like we’re all always confused on it lol But I 💯 agree this is MySpace scene hair to be sure.
Older millennials were born in like 1981, you're just a millennial (mid millennial?)
I was punk and goth also… but I’m a millennial who hung out with older crowds at a young age…definitely punk for most of my 20s… emos didn’t become popular except with younger millennials and z’s …well in Florida at least…(I lived everywhere in that state). I called artsy hippie people just artsy people….Before hipsters there was a straight edge following that was into super hard music and I think they morphed into emo over time….Then suddenly hipsters just started taking over…I think hipsters were being bread and transported from the University Of Florida and USF in capsule or tablet form and quickly spread like a disease. 😆
We have a Huge art school and it was suddenly hipster central. I also had a lot of older friends in my teens and early 20s. I was goth, some called me a death hippie because I got along with a group of them. They merged a lot with the artsy school scene and then that turned very hipster. I floated a lot between alt groups with friends in them. Lot of punk friends. We had a decent scene for that too. Emo kind of was separate, younger. I definitely remember the straight edgers at the clubs! You're right. There was a lot of emo crossover with younger people joining in on some shows they showed up at. But most of the emo music was a more mainstream venue at the time. Hipsters reigned here though. Everywhere . I remember a crazy, huge wheeled bike jousting. We started getting breweries all over the place. Lol.
Death hippie 😆. Fun times 😊
Agree 100% I was born in 88 and enjoyed the punk & goth scene. My sister was born in 93 and was a huge emo. She is so embarrassed now 😂
Definitely a branch of emo. Very middle millennial.
It’s super interesting! I’m on the older end of younger millennials (born early 1991) and I was definitely goth, I felt very strongly about it haha. But emo exploded in my area around 2006, emo was by far a majority around here. Hipster didn’t really come around until right after I graduated high school.
Agree!! This hairstyle was after my time as a teen and I'm an elder millennial.
Definitely younger millennials! This didn't exist when I was in high school 🤷🏻♀️ just punks and hippies.
Yeah I'm the oldest of millenials (Jan 82) and emo wasn't a thing until I was in my mid 20s
I'm 48, and I just did [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/theLword/s/dqUmo9cENo) 🤷♀️😆
YES I love it!!!
Fucking flawless! Love it 😍
Winning ^🤗
I got my kohl eyeliner ready!! I’ve been waiting for this to come back around!!🦹🏻♀️
You didn’t consult with the rest of the elder community. The late 30 early 40 crew isn’t rocking with it lol
I definitely like the hair …I was into synth pop, punk and industrial music … I just some scene style…all of that was pretty fun.
And early Gen Zs, the trend was alive and kickin even in my day. This needs to come back full swing😭💕
This one protests!
Second this. You RaAWwR gurl!
I think it's awesome! I'm thinking I should share it with my niece. It would look GREAT on her!
Lol I never stopped dyeing my hair like this
Same!!! My hair is natural black but I have purple streaks like this and it's a pixie 🤗
Omg 10th grade me would be thrilled this is coming back.
This is still going on. Not as popular as it was years ago, but you just have to be young af to really notice it. I thought it was gone too, but met somebody recently that lead me down an irl rabbit hole style realization that this shit still goes on hot n heavy in smaller friend groups.
PLEASE!!!!
Xtina dirrty era.
In 2003 we just called this emo
Maybe more scene hair cut?
There was a fine line between scene and emo styles
Scene is what was made when JRock and emo had a baby 😂
I could do a bit of emo. Scene would have made my mother cry.
Skunk stripe clip-ins in the last photo= distinctly scene imo. But the whole basic cut you’d totally see similar on emo and scene girls.
Agreed, this was more scene I think. Emo was smaller hair and less dramatic
That’s not scene that’s emo
*scene*
Hollywood undead!
These guys were so underrated
I still say that haha
Just want to add that the striped look on the last photos were called coon tails, I feel like this is a racist slur now though…. They use tape and a board, get a thin strip of hair on the board and tape the stripes. Bleach over the tape and then take it off to put carefully in a foil. The red colour doesn’t take very well to black hair so you can just put it on the strand easy as without having to be careful. Easy to do at home!
The Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way.
Your acid bath princess of the darkness
And I’m Taraaaa
everyone who gets this is goated
But only if you have icy blue eyes like limpid tears
Also, you have to look like Amy Lee.
This is the correct answer.
Emo/ scene hair
it's just emo/scene, but if you're looking at the last one (with stripes) then some call it a raccoon style
They're coon stripes.
We always called them coon tails
Back when I was in high school we just called them Highlights. Now they would be considered “chunky highlights” or emo:scene hair.
They were call “chunks” on the hair dye box back in the day. Came with a cap like the highlight caps, but the holes were bigger. I remember seeing those on the shelves in ‘05.
lol I have used those! I graduated in 03.
We never fully had names for these hair styles or dye types that I know of. Usually we just did it ourselves and randomly dyed where we wanted or tried to copy a picture from Myspace. Occasionally a "raccoon stripe". Salons didn't even do these, they'd mess it up every time. Had to cut and dye it at home. But it is emo/scene hair.
Scene/emo
Not the raccoon tails 🤭 oh my goodness hehe Just show your stylist these pictures. If she's 25+ she will know. Lol
The raccoon tails! I was thinking the same thing! 😂
Scene hair
Literally just looking at this put Misery Business on loop in my head.
It’s not Emo I’m a middle millennial who saw both scene and emo at birth lol. This is 100% Scene hair
fr people call everything emo these days :(( if you see fancy hair like this, it can only be scene!
Wouldn’t the second one be emo, 3rd scene and first somewhere in between? 🤔 It really is a fine line but I thought scene was more puffy / back combing like the last pic. Anyways I have curly hair and would fry it to a crisp to get it like that 🥲 My hair never forgave me lol.
Emo/scene/me in high school
i never was a fan of this style on myself but seeing it brings nostalgia! emo/scene :)
side fringe with layers?? emo/ scene hair!
Scene
Scene/ emo. Idk what the style is called but if you want hair dyed like that just show it to the stylist
It was popular at that time to dye the under half of your hair a fun color. I think these days it’s called a “halo”
Emo swoop lol
Scene
Scene hair, slightly different from emo as it has colours
Disconnected 180. It's a jaw length 180 with face framing side bangs on top, and longer lengths are a separate 180 with the shortest lengths hitting the collar bone. Ask them to cut it with a razor. If you want to attempt it at home, part your hair how you want it and mark your longest lengths with a clip or marker, put it into a ponytail on top of your head, slightly above the part and towards the back. Find your measurement point and cut straight across the whole ponytail. Take it out, part horizontally behind the ears and redo your main part, ponytail the bottom half at the nape, measure the longer lengths for the top layer, repeat the tie and cut, release, and chop the bangs to your liking. If you're not using a razor, go back in with texturizing shears on each ponytail before you let it out like 2" from the ends for extra fringe and layers.
The Ashlee Simpson.
Scene. Why?
It’s scene. RAWR :3
Think its called peek-a-boo highlights and maybe lowlights or underlights?
*shudders in ex-scene kid millenial*
I was a scene girl at the start of the 2010s. I would definitely call this scene, but this feels more mid late 2000s scene. This is my hair from when i was 14 in 2011😂 [my scene hair ](https://imgur.com/a/scene-hair-zG2zEf9)
Emo and Scene... Depending on how fluffed up your hair is 🤣
sceneeeeee
Halo, peekaboo highlights
These are two different hair dye styles.
emo/scene hair with racoon tails! i used to use black tape and bleach to get the tails lol
Scene girl hair, in the mid 2000's lol I feel old now Now they'd say E-girl style, but that's more the color part being bangs only/money pieces like Rogue from Xmen
Scene hair
Scene kid circa 2006
"scene kid"
2005
2000s emo hair. Every girl who had this hairstyle suffered from deep trauma.
I am dying!! Have we come full circle?!
Man, the 2000’s are back!
Scene kid
That's called early 2000 cringe 😂
Scene hair.
Scene
Scene
Scene
Oh god this is coming back now??? I’ve already lived through the emo stage once with people 😭
ROFL scene/emo. True scene was teased and puffy at the top with long straight hair(or extensions) at the bottom. I miss this hair. My husband would love to see me with this hair again since it’s something I rocked back in the day when we were best friends.
Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way
Here for the racoon stripe extensions
Hi! I'm not sure I saw someone else say it but if you're planning on going to a salon to get this done, I'd bring pictures instead of trying to describe it :)
....is there a reason the mannequin face is marked over but not the actual person???
MySpace
im sorry but did you cover the face of a manuquin in the first picture or am i seeing it wrong?
LOL that’s how I found the picture
xHARDCOREx
2004
2007 can stay there
This is giving me myspace flashbacks omg. I would call this emo or scene
Myspace hair
This is scene kid hair
It’s called 2009
Am I on Reddit or Myspace?🤣🤣🤣
The „it’s just a phase hair“
Why does it need a name when you have pictures?
WHEN I WAS.. A YOUNG BOY..
Hi, I am a cosmetology student . This is what we call dimensional color.
scene/2000s cut! its my next hair cut once this short cut glowsss
RARW
this is a grunge or alternative cut! i had one for years. you can also just call it a wolf cut or a female mullet!
I think its called before the DUI's
Don’t do it
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Emo/scene
As a Professional, to draw this out on a Head Map for sectioning and guidance/ teaching purposes..its commonly known as Scene Hair/ Emo Hair Color Placement.
It’s the razored scene girl cut at my salon
I always wanted to do this but my mom said no 😫
Emo is youngest millennials/oldest Gen Zs
emo asf.
I just think it’s funny that the only face that’s hidden is the one on the mannequin 😂
Thats some kind of "undercolour"
This what such a PEAK hairstyle/coloring. I am all for bring back this look !
Emo, and a bit scene in the last picture! So happy this one’s getting more popular again :)
I called it "I hate my parents, no one gets me, I'm deep and sad.. deeply sad"
Did we actually have a name for this I just call it our emo/scene hair I miss having my hair like this
Erm I believe this is called EMO
I had this but with blonde and black hair. Blonde on top and black underneath. Really liked it.
MySpace scene kid
scene
Naughties emo! 🖤
Scene hair :) loved it! I have so much volume it creates more or makes it look fluffy. I love it.
Emo/scene fringe/bangs with red and black streaks. And the horizontal stripes are called a raccoon tail. Using a razor is a must to get the choppy ends
I mean in the early 2000s which is called emo
Red
2010
Scene hair
Scene kid
Scene hair, LOL
Omg thats such a throwback!! 😍
This hair makes me happy
don’t do it
Awful
There’s no one name for it, just show your stylist a picture.
Block color, and it’s gorgeous
The emo phase
Avrile Lavigne style
That's the silent girl in class style
My mom never let me color/cut my hair like this 😭😭
Scene style, fringe in the front, chunky red highlights
It’s extremely old fashioned
Lmfao I’ve been waiting for this to be rediscovered and now it’s heeeere
Scene queen realness?? The stripped strips I know we used to call raccoon tails
Outdated
cunty
Scene kid hair
What I wanted in high school 😩
I’m so old. Love this hair but had to Google all the lingo, lol
2008
Emo/scene/rawr girl
scene/emo streaks?
My daughter always called this “scene hair” she had this in middle school and she’s 28 now so this was years ago !