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## Scene

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### Key colours

Black, neon colors

Scene, also known as scenester and/or trendie, is a subculture of hardcore that started in the early 2000s featuring bright colors, unique patterns, and hardcore displays of wholesome or cute characters such as those from the Sanrio branding. Scene is often characterized with androgyny and most individuals in the community identify underneath the LGBTQIA+.

Scene fashion consists of skinny jeans, bright colored clothing, a signature hairstyle consisting of straight, flat hair with long fringes covering the forehead, and bright colored hair dye. Music genres associated with the scene subculture include metalcore, crunkcore, deathcore, electronic music, and pop punk.

From the mid 2000s to early 2010s, scene fashion gained popularity among teens and the music associated with the subculture achieved commercial success in both the underground and the mainstream. Groups like Bring Me the Horizon, Asking Alexandria, Pierce the Veil, and Metro Station garnered mainstream attention and large audiences while still largely being tied to the scene subculture. In the mid-to-late 2010s, the scene subculture lost popularity; however, since 2019, there have been movements that have given it a revival.

## Visuals

* Diamonds
* Various patterns (checkers, polka dots, stripes, zebra stripes, plaid and leopard prints)
* Dinosaurs
* Rainbows (gradient or non-gradient)
* Skulls
* Neon or bright colors
* Glitter or gems
* Mustaches

## Fashion

Scene fashion changed through the years and will continue to depending on what's popular at the moment. In the mid-2000s scene kids would wear clothing that wasn't popular at the time, and as scene became more mainstream, the fashion became more exaggerated. Scene boys would wear clothing that was considered feminine, such as tight clothing and eyeliner, and girls would wear clothing that was not seen as popular at the time. The clothing was commonly very striking with bright neon colors contrasting with solid black.

Scene fashion includes bright colored clothing, skinny jeans, stretched earlobes, sunglasses, piercings, large belt buckles, wristbands, fingerless gloves, eyeliner, hair extensions, and straight, androgynous flat hair with a long fringe covering the forehead and sometimes one or both eyes. Scene people dye their hair colors like blond, pink, red, green, or bright blue. Members of the scene subculture often shop at Hot Topic. According to *The Guardian*, a scene girl named Eve O'Brien described scene people as "happy emos".

Popular items among scene kids include:

* Bright, patterned clothing
* Converse, Vans, DC, and Osiris sneakers
* Tight clothing
* Hair bows
* Franchises and characters that were popular when scene was at its peak (for example, *Gloomy Bear, Hello Kitty, Domo*, *Invader Zim, and Skelanimals*)
* Striped raccoon tails
* Plastic pearl necklaces
* Oversized and nerd sunglasses
* Shutter shades
* Skinny jeans
* Studded belts
* Bandana scarves
* Band t-shirts and bracelets
	+ Or just band merchandise in general
* Jewellery made out of Kandi
* Tutus and tiaras
* Fingerless gloves
* Jelly bracelets
* Diamond necklaces
* Tattoos and piercings
* Fake mustaches

### Hair and Make-up

* Chunky neon highlights
* Black eyeliner
* Big side bangs
* Smokey eyes
* Raccoon-eye eyeliner
* Flat ironed, teased or spiked hair (mostly dyed black or blonde)

## Interests/associations

This section describes the media that Scene Kids interact with, rather than there being this type of aesthetic within the media.

### TV Shows

* Adventure Time (2010-2018)
* Fanboy and ChumChum (2009-2014)
* Gloomy the Naughty Grizzly (2021)
* Happy Tree Friends (1999-2016; 2023-present)
* Invader Zim (2001-2006)
* My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (2010-2019)
* Naruto (2002-2007)
* Ruby Gloom (2006)
* SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-present)

### Comics and Books

Scene and emo kids were associated with the fan bases of media that had color and humor in it, rather than the typical edgy series, although some of it did have macabre elements.

For example, *Homestuck* was originally intended for adult male gamers who played RPGs like *Ultima* and *Final Fantasy* in their youths as a parody, but when it became more serious, scene subculture members came into the fanbase. *Homestuck* always had weird, macabre elements, even when it was a comedy, such as the character *Jade Harley*, who had death symbolism, but was primarily humorous in nature before her arcs started.

* Fillerbunny (2005)
* Homestuck (2009-2016)
* I Feel Sick (1999-2000)
* Johnny the Homicidal Maniac (1995-1997)
* Pon and Zi (2004-present)
* Squee! (1997-1998)
* Warriors (2003-present)

### Video Games

* Animal Jam (2010-present)
* Angry Birds (2009-present)
* Doll Eye (2020-present)
* Five Nights At Freddy's (2014-present)
* Gaia Online (2003-present)
* IMVU (2004-present)
* LittleBigPlanet (2008-present)
* MapleStory (2003-present)
* Minecraft (2009-present)
* MovieStarPlanet (2009-present)
* Neopets (1999-present)
* Pokémon (1996-present)
* Sonic the Hedgehog series (1991-present)
* Splatoon (2015-present)
* The Sims Franchise, especially with the use of Custom Content (2000-present)
* Undertale (2015)
* Webkinz (2005-present)

### Characters

* GIR (Invader Zim)
* Any character (Splatoon)

### Brands

* Bloody Bunny
* Care Bears
* Domo
* David & Goliath
* Gloomy Bear
* Happy Bunny
* Hello Kitty
* Monster High
* My Little Pony
* Nyan Cat and Tac Nayn
* Sanrio
* Skelanimals
* tokidoki
* VOCALOID

### Magazines

* Alternative Press
* Kerrang!

### Female Influencers

The following list contains influencers (referred to as "scene queens") that were popular with people in the Scene subculture.\*Audrey Kitching

* Boxxy (aka Catherine Wayne)
* Clawed Beauty
* Creepy Chan (aka Allison Harvard)
* Hanna Beth
* Hannah Minx (aka Hannah Wagner)
* Hilary Haywire
* Jac Vanek
* Kat Von D
* Kiki Kannibal
* Lexi Lush
* Magibon (aka Margaret Lilian Adams)
* Ms. Hollywood XTC (aka Dalena Nguyen)
* Vanna Venom
* Zui Suicide

## Music

Like the fashion, scene music changed through the years as well. Scene music takes a lot of inspiration from screamo and second wave emo of the 90s. Bands like Orchid expanded on the more laid-back post-hardcore of the 70s and 80s with explosive instruments and vocals. In the early 2000s to around 2005, scene kids would listen to pop-punk and emo-pop. Acts like Fall Out Boy saw critical success in the early to mid 2000s under these genres. The success of releases from bands around the same time like Saosin who merged post-hardcore and metalcore skyrocketed the popularity of post-hardcore music, and in 2003 to 2007 scene kids listened to hardcore, metalcore, deathcore and post-hardcore. In 2008, electronic music became popular within the subculture and a genre called crunkcore increased in popularity. Around this time, many emo-pop and post-hardcore scene artists began incorporating electronics into their music and began popularizing trancecore and easycore, including bands like I See Stars, Sleeping With Sirens, and Jamie's Elsewhere among many others. Nintendocore and chiptune acts such as Shirobon, Karate High School, Sabrepulse and Horse the Band were also popular.

Progressive post-hardcore began to pick up steam near the 2010s with bands like Of Machines and Broadway incorporating trance and electronics into the emo-pop and post-hardcore compositions. In the early 2010s pop-punk and emo-pop had a small revival, and electronic post-hardcore became very popular with bands like Bring Me the Horizon seeing massive success. Scene music would see a gradual decline through the 2010s as it became less popular in the mainstream, but bands like Hands Like Houses still saw moderate success while expanding on the progressive post-hardcore sound.

In recent years, coming to a head in around 2019, electronic scene music made a revival in the form of hyperpop and indietronica. Inspired by older scene bands, artists like 100 gecs and Underscores popularized an abrasive internetcore style of hyperpop that bent the cutesy and feminine aesthetic of mid-2010s hyperpop into the emo scene.

### Musical Artists

Some bands and artists popular within Scene include:

* 1-800-Zombie!
* 2504
* 3OH!3
* 6arelyhuman
* A Day To Remember
* AFI
* All Time Low
* Asking Alexandria
* Attack Attack!
* Atreyu
* Avril Lavigne
* Black Veil Brides
* Blood on the Dance Floor
* Boys Like Girls
* Boy Talks Trash (aka Garrett Ecstacy, former BOTDF member)
* Breathe Carolina
* Breathe Electric
* Bring Me the Horizon
* BrokenCYDE
* Bubblegum Octopus
* Button Masher
* Cash Cash
* Crazy Crazy Awesome Awesome
* crochetcatpause
* Cobra Starship
* Cute Is What We Aim For
* Design the Skyline
* Dropping a Popped Locket
* Dot Dot Curve :)
* Escape the Fate
* EATMEWHILEIMHOT!
* Enter Shikari
* Fall Out Boy
* Family Force 5
* femtanyl
* Fizzy Dino Pop
* Forever the Sickest Kids
* Fucking Werewolf Asso
* Ghost Town
* Go! with Fourteen O
* Hands Like Houses
* Hawthorne Heights (formerly A Day in the Life)
* Hello, Astronaut
* Hellogoodbye
* HeyHiHello!
* Hollywood Undead
* Horse the Band
* I See Stars
* I Set My Friends on Fire
* Jamie's Elsewhere
* J Bigga
* Jordan Sweeto
* JJ Demon
* Job for a Cowboy
* Karate High School
* Kill Paradise
* Lights
* Mayday Parade
* Metro Station
* Millionaires
* Mindless Self Indulgence
* My Chemical Romance
* Nevershoutnever
* Nickasaur
* Owl City
* OMFG
* Panic! At the Disco
* Paramore
* Pierce The Veil
* Prima Donna
* Raggedy Angry
* S3RL
* Sabrepulse
* Saosin
* Scotty Vanity
* Shiny Toy Guns
* Shirobon
* Sleeping With Sirens
* Skrillex
* Sonny Moore
* Suicide Silence
* Subscene
* The All-American Rejects
* The Cab
* The Maine
* The Millionaires
* The Medic Droid
* Til Death Do We Part
* Toxic Lipstick
* Uncle Outrage
* Unicorns Killed My Girlfriend
* Vyncent Flaw
* We Came As Romans
* Whitechapel

Along with other acts that were incredibly popular in the MySpace era of social media.

### Songs

* Little Kandi Raver by S3RL ft. Sara
* Cherrypop by S3RL ft. Gl!tch
* Caramelldansen by Caramella Girls
* The Gummy Bear Song by Gummibär
* ANTONYMPH - 2009 N3WGR0UNDZ V3RS1ON! >3< by Vylet Pony
* Pika Girl by S3RL
* Neko Nation Anthem (Radio Edit) [S3RL Remix] by S3RL ft. Noc V
* XOXO (Kisses Hugs) by 6arelyhuman
* KATAMARI by femtanyl
* Shut Up (And Sleep With Me) by Sin With Sebastian (Nightcore ver.)
* broken soul by 2504
* Evening Wear by Mindless Self Indulgence
* Monster by Dev
* Я люблю хардкор by Xdree
* Hello by OMFG
* Hands Up! by 6arelyhuman
* Dinosaurs Go Rawr by Amy Can Flyy
* Take Your Shirt Off by Millionaires
* Kiss Me by Vampyx

### Record Labels

* Fueled by Ramen
* Eyeball Records

### Events

* Warped Tour
* When We Were Young

## Food & drinks

### Food

* Tacos
* Cookies & cupcakes
* Pocky
* Berries or berry-flavored foods
* Sour Patch Kids
* Pop-Tarts
* Waffles
* Doritos
* Trolli

### Drinks

* Monster Energy
* Sprite
* PRIME
* Cranberry juice
* Kool-Aid
* Slushies (e.g. ICEE)
* Mountain Dew (Mtn. Dew)

## Subgenres

### Scenecore

**Scenecore** is a subgenre of Hyperpop that draws inspiration from the Scene subculture, but is actually separate from true Scene music and fashion. Scenecore became popular in social media in the early 2020s as a modern take and revival of Scene culture. Fashion styles like 2020 Alt are the most prominent inside the Scenecore community, and the visuals often incorporate elements of Glitchcore and Animecore.

Scenecore songs are usually pitched up and use "nostalgic" melodies, along with samples relating to popular video games and anime shows. Scenecore could also be considered remarkably edgier than typical Scene songs, because in fact a lot of songs focus on things like gore, drugs and the unknown.

However, Scenecore is a relatively new phenomenon and its style and influence is still evolving. For example, in mid-2023, many Scenecore musical artists started sampling old Pop and Eurodance songs from the 2000s. Other musical genres that are adjacent to this subgenre are Krushclub and Sigilkore, sometimes getting mixed up with Scenecore.

### Musical Artists

Some notable Scenecore musical artists include:

* 6arelyhuman
* BOY FANTASY
* KANEDA7
* KidSnorlax
* Rebzyyx
* SUICIDAL-IDOL
* SyKo
* Vampyx
* d3r
* horrormovies
* hoshie star
* kets4eki
* p4rkr (a.k.a osquinn/quinn)
* punkinloveee

### Songs

* i deserve this by Rebzyyx ft. Selfress Homage
* so 0bscene by Punkinloveee
* ecstasy by SUICIDAL-IDOL
* I H3ART YOU by BOY FANTASY
* TOXIC by KANEDA7
* all I want is you by Rebzyyx
* jealousy is a bitch. i hate her by p4rkr
* ✞︎Bloodycorpsemassacre✞︎ by Vampyx
* party addict by kets4eki
* LOST MY DS STYLUS by KidSnorlax
* Hands Up! by 6arelyhuman
* brooklynbloodpop! by Syko
* Kiss Me by Vampyx

## Slang

The following list contains slang terms (known as "scene lingo") that were popular with people in the Scene subculture.

* Abbreviations derived from internet lingo (eg: LOL, STFU, IDGAF, OMG, and WTF)
* BR00T4L (Brutal but the u and a are replaced with 0 and 4)
* Betch (Mispelling of "bitch")
* Eff yuu (Supposed to sound like "fuck you")
* Emoticons (such as XD, :3, etc)
* hXc (Hardcore)
* Rad and Fly (Both are slang terms for "cool")
* Rawr (sometimes said as "'Rawr' means 'I love you" in dinosaur")
* sXe (Straightedge)
* the sx! (Sexy)

## Resources

External links to help get a better understanding of this aesthetic.

### Communities

* MySpace (formerly)
* Spacehey
* Reddit

### Vendors

* Babycakes
* Claire's
* Cupcake Cult
* Drop Dead
* Glamour Kills
* Hell Bunny
* Hot Topic
* tokidoki
* Sourpuss Clothing
* Spencer's
* Whatever 21

### YouTubers

* The Cozy Representative
* Clawed\_Beauty101 (Also found on TikTok, Instagram and Twitch)

### Playlists

* 💥scene💥 revival please and thank you by DR3AM1NG\_LUD0V1C
* scene music for actual scene kids (ORIGINAL) by 💊
* N0WTH4T5WH4T1C4LLCRUNKCORE
* scene kid shenanigans !! by casper 🪶
* ObscureSceneStuf!

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fandom user (24 July 2019) Scene. FANDOM Wiki: Aesthetics Wiki.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "12 things all former scene kids know to be true". *Alternative Press*. April 3, 2018.
3. ↑ "A Final Pilgrimage To Warped Tour, As Told By A Former Scene Kid". August 2, 2018.
4. ↑ "A History of Counterculture: Emo and Scene". *College Fashion*. November 14, 2018. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
5. ↑ "Dig out your studded belts and hairspray, it's the RAWRing 20s xD". *Metro*. 2020-01-02. Archived from the original on 2020-10-21.
6. ↑ "Scene Subculture Is Back To Embrace A Different Look". *Ask & Embla*. 11 February 2022. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
7. ↑ Palmer, Bobby (July 5, 2017). "The cringe things you'll remember if you were a scene kid in the mid-2000s". *The Tab*. Archived from the original on July 30, 2018.
8. ↑ Marcus, Caroline (March 30, 2008). "Inside the clash of the teen subcultures". *The Sydney Morning Herald*.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Rogers, Jude (February 25, 2010). "From mod to emo: why pop tribes are still making a scene". *The Guardian*.