the origin of the term emo came from music itself in the mid 's describing hardcore punk as the music gained in popularity the slang emo was born which is the emotional term you talk about please see above comment by thefunkygibson and emo music and emo slang while i see that you seem to dislike the emo subgenre i am not entirely sure of the relevance to my chemical romance the subgenre for my chemical romance is sourced the community has agreed before to have all subgenres sourced and only alternative rock in the infobox this consensus can be found in talk my chemical romance archive i am not quite sure what this discussion has to do with my chemical romance however are you wanting this subgenre to be removed i would just like your objective clarified user talk contribs