Scene (subculture)

The scene subculture is a youth subculture that emerged during the early 2000s in the United States from the pre-existing emo subculture. The subculture became popular with adolescents from the mid-2000s to the early 2010s. Members of the scene subculture are referred to as scene kids, trendies, or scenesters. Scene fashion consists of skinny jeans, bright-colored clothing, and a signature hairstyle consisting of straightened, often conspicuously dyed hair with long bangs covering the forehead. Music genres associated with the scene subculture include metalcore, crunkcore, deathcore, electronic music, and pop punk.

From the mid-2000s to early 2010s, scene fashion gained popularity among teens and the music associated with the subculture achieved commercial success in both the underground and the mainstream. Groups like Bring Me the Horizon, Asking Alexandria, Pierce the Veil, and Metro Station garnered mainstream attention and large audiences while still largely being tied to the scene subculture. In the mid-to-late 2010s, the scene subculture lost popularity; however, since 2019, there have been movements that have given it a revival.

History

Origins

During the 1990s, many participants in the hardcore punk scene were rebelling against the perceived toxic masculinity of their genre. This resulted in the various androgynous fashion styles of AFI, Poison the Well, American Nightmare and the fashioncore, sass and emo subcultures, all of which were influential upon the origins of scene.