Oct 19, 2006 • 1 min read

Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie says band isn't emo

Panic! At The Disco singer Brendon Urie has told NME that the band are not emo, calling the stereotype ignorant and arguing their songs lack its tone.

No-one wants to be emo, do they? Perhaps we ought to abolish the genre altogether, as it seems to be something of a term of abuse these days. Anyway Panic! At The Disco singer Brendon Urie has said that his band isn't emo, okay?

Urie told NME: "It's ignorant! The stereotype is guys that are weak and have failing relationships write about how sad they are. If you listen to our songs, not one of them has that tone. Emo is bullshit! If people want to take it for the literal sense of the word, yes we're an emotional band, we put a lot of thought into what we do. People always try to stereotype us, but we don't fit the emo stereotype."

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