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Originally Posted by ilikeplanets
what about emo???
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Emo, like grunge and "alt RnB" started as its own thing and was eventually commodified, though I think it could be argued that by the time it was codified enough to be marketable, it had changed significantly enough from its origins to be essentially a different thing entirely. I also think it falls in a different category cause it was more of an outlier indie genre that broke mainstream ground over time rather than a "once-in-a-generation-musical-revolution" type situation like the other examples.