Teen Gothic

I recently found out that I love goth music. I mostly listen to Corpus delicti, twin tribes, Bragolin, Linea Aspera, Bauhaus.

I had a tendency to dress in black clothes (I know that dressing in black does not makes an outfit gothic) since I was a child.

I do not feel like I should label myself as goth. I am sayingthis bc there is an high probability that after a few months of listening constantly to goth music I will be tired of this tyle of music and I do not want to consider myself goth and then after half an year I won't even listen to this genre.

It happened to me that I listened to a genre for a few months like a crazy amount of time and then, on one day I just stopped listeningto that type of music.

And for some reason I feel unease when I see these gothic outfits that a lot of goth people wear.

So is it ok to just listen to this type of music whitout labeling myself as goth ? And maybe incorporating some ideas from goth outfits into my own style ?

For some reason people around my age ( 19-20 yo ) either call others posers if people just want to listen to goth music whitout other implications posers, or they just sexualize this subculture.

Am I a poser if I listen to goth music without labeling myself as goth ?

A LOT of them just make posts to feed the delusions and fetishes of men.

Others just dance over goth music. I have no problems with dancing but too much is too much. I want to see other type of videos too.

I can tell when someone makes videos related to goth just for views and likes and others that really care.

For example I love diy videos

Some of these videos are so cringe that I want to stab my eyes.

I do not want to be misunderstood I love goth music and style is just that social media makes goth look more like something trendy. Like teenagers saying they are goth just to be cooland then do not even like the music.

I have this problem with instagram where it is full of influemcers dressing "goth". Just type goth in the search bar and see how many true goth outfits and how many sexualized outfits are there.

I want to see quality content, not the same dancing video with the same music in the background made by different influencers….

I've been more entertained by this sub and the other two goth style outfits subs than instagram

new single

RFP usually gets posted around here, they're awesome. Their latest song is only on Bandcamp so maybe many people haven't heard it yet.

Also sharing my collection: https://imgur.com/a/c0lwLVO

Ever since I was a kid I've had likes that until today I never considered I would be goth. I like the standard black, some of my favorite clothes have had skulls, a red & black plaid skirt, I love chokers… the more I say anything I feel like I'm just trying to make myself sound goth, but looking at pics and thinking about myself over the years it seems to make sense.

So, I want to start trying to transition. I'm hoping for some encouragement even though I'm so old to change up my clothes. I have tons of black stuff, but looking at the goth clothes it seems right.

The pic is me, yes that is a Halloween costume, but it's the closest I have to me in anything remotely goth. I'd love some thoughts and suggestions.

https://preview.redd.it/ca0pejt1bte91.jpg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=50e6b1ff2def2eaf3015b90cd7bd3be79be5bd15