Donald Trump’s tweets turned into whiny-ass mall emo

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In the early 2000s, emo transcended its roots in punk and indie rock, boiling over into the mainstream while retaining the whiny, petulant tone for which the genre had been pigeonholed. Bands like Good Charlotte and My Chemical Romance sounded as aggrieved as their predecessors but lacked the songwriting chops of early Jimmy Eat World or the earthy intimacy of Sunny Day Real Estate. Millennial mall emo did a great job of tapping into the shitty, self-important “depressed boyfriend” vibe of those earlier bands. A comparison between bad third-wave emo and the presidency of Donald Trump has not been made previously, but they’re a strangely natural fit, as this whiny-as-hell rendition of many of his tweets confirms.