Word: emo
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...Take That didn't take to the stage to try to justify their best live act win. The artists who did were many things - thrilling, confusing, off-key - but never boring. With help from Klaxons (whose wardrobe could only be described as futuristic Navajo) Rihanna performed a dark, brooding emo-dance version of her hit Umbrella. On the opposite end of the pop spectrum, Kylie's rendition of her latest single Wow was all bright and shiny, totally making up for the unfortunate Joan Rivers-esque hairstyle and a dress so slinky the only dancing she could manage...
...lack of originality begins early, with teens appearing to be the prime culprits in word-stealing (though a less cynical man might hope that literary-minded young lovers just want to quote Elizabeth Barrett Browning to their sweethearts). Other teen love poem searches include: "love poems for MySpace," and "emo love poems" (referring to "emotional hardcore," a variant of punk rock), like these lines in the aptly named poem "ugh" submitted by a user by the name of colormebroken on the website GreatestJournal.com...
...Finally, giggling as she strode through the doors, came model Anne E. Austin ’10. Wearing a lacy black and white dress, adorned with a train of like-colored flowers, Austin evoked the image of a flower girl... gone slightly emo...
Artists who never jumped on the gangsta bandwagon point the finger at the boardroom. They accuse major labels of strip-mining the music, playing up its sensationalist aspects for easy sales. "In rock you have metal, alternative, emo, soft rock, pop-rock, you have all these different strains," says Q-Tip, front man for the defunct A Tribe Called Quest. "And there are different strains of hip-hop, but record companies aren't set up to sell these different strains. They aren't set up to do anything more of a mature sort...
...Smartypants, The Princess Knight) for parents who'd rather their daughters dream of soccer balls than royal balls. As for the boys? Jocks have a rough time of it (a handsome prince is the villain of Shrek the Third and the buffoon in N'Ever After), supplanted by gangly emo types--fairyland Adam Brodys. "Charming" is redefined rather than repealed--Justin Timberlake voices Third's cute-boy hero Arthur--but at least that's some progress...