Teen Gothic

What was/were the song/s that got you into the whole culture and made you explore it deeper and dive in it

Hear me out. Somebody Else by the 1975. I've been listening to it a lot recently and I feel like the lyrics and mood of the song would fit in with goth music if it were made into a goth cover.

We all know the well known bands that everyone thinks are goth but AREN'T. Typeo Negative, Marilyn Manson, NIN, Depeche Mode, etc…

Well I'm curious, how many well known bands are out there that many people don't realize are actually goth?

I’m writing an article on this subject and wanted some voices from the goth community to weigh in on it.

Specifically from those who were there while it was happening.

It was glorious and just wanted to share with y’all. Happy Gothing to everyone this holiday season! 💀

I (22F) LOVE watching 70s-80s horror movies. A common trope I've noticed in these older movies is that its always the punk kids bullying the "nerdy" kids. This never made sense to me bc in my personal experience, it was always those kids who were bullied. I cannot count the amount of times people picked on me and called me a "future school shooter". And besides that, Alt subcultures and fandom culture seem to pretty much go hand in hand as most of us alt kids were also the nerdy ones(and ofc we were bullied for that too lol). To any elder goths on here I have a question: Was it common for alt kids to be bullies in the older generations or is this just some bullshit the movies made up?

just saw a post on a non-goth related subreddit that happened to feature a goth woman, and so many people in the comments were implying or outright saying that she's only dressing goth to be "unique" or to feel superior. and i wonder what are your thoughts on this mindset?

i personally just don't understand this train of thought at all. just because dark fashion came into the mainstream a couple years ago doesn't mean everyone who's goth is only doing it because they wanna stand out. the woman in the post wasn't even the trendy sort of goth! i legitimately love this subculture and it honestly makes me a bit mad.

of course there were also snarky comments about how she dresses that way to feel unique but dresses like every other goth 🙄 like yes, that's sort of an aspect of nearly any subculture, you guessed it! fashion is still a thing in subcultures and it doesn't discredit someone's gothness just because they dress similar to other goths.

one time i got a comment on one of my own selfies saying i should make sure i actually like being alternative instead of only liking it because it's different. still irritates me to this day tbh. why make such a hefty assumption about a stranger? i don't dress how i do just to stand out, i dress how i do because i love it! it makes me feel like myself and increases my confidence.

btw i'm not implying that goth is merely looks, this issue is just fashion-centric. anyway, rant over lmao