Teen Gothic

I tend to look for songs with either powerful vocals or powerful instrumentals. An immediate turn off for me is when the vocals are completely overshadowed by the instrumentals.

I know a lot of the music I will place here to show what I mean will likely not be goth, since I'm still learning about the Goth scene. But all suggestions are good suggestions imo. Also if any of them are Goth inform me. I want to make a goth playlist on my Spotify and knowing is half the battle. Plus I want to be able to learn to have a better ear to tell what genres are what.

Ice Queen – Within Temptation

Jazmine Bean – Piggie

Jack Off Jill – Vivica

Neoni (Ft. Savage Ga$ p) – Knives

Darling Violetta – A Smaller God

Pierce the Veil – Disasterology

Paramore – Ignorance

My Chemical Romance – I'm Not Okay (I Promise)

Chase Petra – Monet Issues

Tony22 – Earth Boy

Halsey – Control

AViVA – The Saint and The Sinner

I go to goth concerts quite frequently, and something I noticed is I don’t recall ever hearing DJs playing songs by The Cure in between bands.

Obviously, there’s a massive selection of music to play from, so it could have just been my luck, but I was wondering, just in case, if it’s a thing to avoid playing them at goth clubs? I thought maybe it has to be due to their wide popularity, but I don’t know.

Also, is it inappropriate to ask DJs if they can play a certain song? I noticed a woman did that before, but it seems rare anyone approaches the DJ based on my experience, and I don’t know if she was successful.