Teen Gothic

Okay so I live in a urban area so I have always been the "emo girl" in my neighborhood. My family is hispanic/black so I grew up with a lot of them telling me "you just want to be into that white people s***"

So when I went to college and finally met another goth girl I was ecstatic. She came up to me and we hit it off and actually didn't talk about music taste deeply till a few days later.

So the mitski concert happened and I went to it because I like her. My friend had saw that post and texted me that she thought I was goth. I told her I was, but I like other music artist to.

Then she started asking if I've gone to a goth concert or a goth club and I said no. I'm like 19 my mom would never let me go to a club. Also I thought you couldn't go to a club under the age of 21. I'm so confused. Plus apparently since I've gone to other concerts for my other music taste that I'm not serious about being goth.

Anyway she told me that I should stick to calling myself alternative and not lying to people about me being goth.

So I'll be honest goth music is not my top genre atm. It's in my top 5 though. I listen to punk,metal,rock, indie AND goth music.

Can I not listen to other music and go to non-goth concerts?

Like I would go to a goth concert, but twin tribes isn't coming to my state nor city. Which is most likely the only goth artist who I like who can come over to my city.

Idk I guess I'm just looking for some advice and maybe some validation.

I really wanted to make a friend who didn't listen to rap/hip-hop/pop. I have nothing against those genres but I just wanted a friend who could listen to some similar music to me and go to concerts. Maybe even show me some more music.

Also I guess I kind of understand where she is coming from because now we have things like "clean goth" (idek) and people just marketing off the goth style now without listening to the music.

Though I'm not one of them. I'm just feeling like a poser right now, also kind of sad.

this album is really good

CANT BELIEVE I GET TO SEE THE CHAMELEONS OMG 😱 🤩

I’ve been wanting to get into the goth scene for a while but due to controlling parents I wasn’t able to until I recently moved out. That being said how would y’all recommend someone from a smaller town find the local goth community?

I’m trying to get into goth music but a bunch of artists have albums that are hours long and they have like 20 albums, I fear I’ll be called a poser if I don’t listen to an artists whole discography or something or freeze up when someone asks me to list a song. Popular or obscure I’m fine with, idc. Lately I’ve been listening to twin tribes and molchat doma and Cocteau twins

I do enjoy how melodramatic Nosferatu is, but sometimes it just doesn’t work for me. I can’t really decide if I love it or hate it. Also the production/mixing really drags.

For the handful of people in the worldwide goth community who still don't know there is currently an error on Spotify that concerns goth/punk/post punk music fans.

When you access Siouxsie and the Banshees on Spotify, a picture of The Isley Brothers pops up instead. It is unknown if this a real error or done on purpose for black history month. Someone else noticed Corpus Delicti's Twilight had the wrong album cover on it, unsure if this is related or not.

We have removed at least 5 posts about this so far posting a screencap. If you must talk about it then do it here.

If you want to make jokes about it, someone posted it in r/gothmemes and you can do it there too – https://www.reddit.com/r/gothmemes/comments/1ah8h37/favourite_member/

like….not from hate to love or love to hate….both at the same time yk

I’m what people call a “closeted goth” I do not look/dress the part but I love the music, the history and all around aesthetic of Goth culture, I feel right at home here. I've had times where I'd be in a goth club and at first they'd think I'm some lost dude only to be pleasantly surprised when I start talking about some of my favorite bands and or artists.

Have any of yall run into someone who shocked you finding out they're goth at heart they just don't physically show it?