Scene (subculture)

American scene kids, mid to late-2000s

The scene subculture is a contemporary subculture which has been common in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America from the mid 2000s until the early 2010s. People (most often in their teens to 20s) involved in this style are called "scene people," "scene kids," "trendies" or sometimes "scenesters"[1] in the United States, "moshers," "chavmos," "chemos", or "alternateens" in the UK,[2] "coloridos" in Latin America, and "shamate" in China.[3]

History

Origins (late 1990s and early 2000s)

The scene subculture began in United Kingdom during the late 1990s and early 2000s when some members of the chav[4] subculture began to experiment with alternative fashion,[5] and took fashionable characteristics of indie pop, emo, rave music, and punk fashions.[6] The fashion originally included typical pop punk and skater clothing like tripp pants, stripes, tartan, spiky hair, Chucks, Vans, and trucker hats derived from grunge and skate punk fashion. Older punks, goths and skaters, however, looked down on these young trendies (as they were then called) for their inauthenticity[7] and inability to skate.[8]

Due to the internet, especially fashion, hair and makeup tutorials on YouTube and MySpace, scene fashion had spread to America and Australia by the mid-2000s.[9] Notable trendsetters included singer Jeffrey Star,[10] Kiki Kannibal[11] from Florida,[12] and Arizona resident Corey Pattakos.[13] Typical clothing of this period included miniskirts, striped tights, hoodies, androgynous hairstyles and skinny jeans. Before 2005, these outfits were in predominantly darker colors like black or grey, but accented with the occasional brightly colored garment.[5]

The name was originally derived from "scene queen", a derogatory term within the 1970s glam rock scene for any heterosexual musician who pretended to be gay and later applied to poseurs within the UK goth, heavy metal and punk subcultures.[14] By the 2000s, this term was replaced with "scene kid", later shortened to "scene." It was widely used by members of the American skater subculture to put down younger hangers-on viewed as being more interested in alternative or designer clothes than skateboarding.[15] Later, "scene queen" itself was adopted by leading female members of the modern subculture who were unaware of its original meaning, like supermodel Audrey Kitching.[16]

Evolution (2008–2012)

By 2008, the scene subculture had become a common sight in Britain and the United States, superseding the earlier emos, goths, skater subculture, and Moshers.[17][18] Users from Social Network site MySpace started to upload selfie photos showing hairstyles with dyed hair and spikes, black skinny jeans, heavy silver necklaces, bright pink or turquoise plastic bangles, heavy makeup, and multicolored or black T-shirts with a flashy, intricate graphic design.[19] At this time, the fashion took on anime influences[3] and evolved into androgynous, matted, flat and straight hair sometimes dyed bright colors, drainpipe jeans,[20] cartoon print hoodies, shutter shades, promise rings,[21] checked shirts, and lots of very bright colors.[1] Scene girls often wear thick eyeliner,[1] brightly colored hair clips, and children's jewelery featuring 80s and 90s cartoon characters like the Care Bears, Pokemon, Transformers, or My Little Pony.[22] At first this new trend was attributed to singer and fashion designer Jeffree Star, being considered something original. However, the style was still considered "unique" and influenced music groups like Brokencyde and Blood on the Dance Floor.

In Europe and some parts of the United States, in particular California, scene kids incorporated elements of hip-hop, emo, preppy, and indie[23] fashion. During the early 2010s, popular clothings included skinny jeans, trucker hats, Nike shoes, mismatched neon green, fluorescent yellow or hot pink socks worn with sneakers or Sperry Top-Siders boat shoes, 2fer and layered shirts, tees and polos, Vans, Levi's 501 jeans,[24] Dickies shorts, pocket watches,[25] flannel shirts, thin ties, Chucks, Keds, vintage tees,[26] plain tees with contrasting edging, and Vans.[27] Shirts and hoodies with messages such as "cool story bro" or the logos of music such as Blood on the Dance Floor, Brokencyde and Jeffree Star became popular among scene kids in the early 2010s.

Decline and offshoots (2013–present)

By 2012, many scene kids had abandoned the cartoon print hoodies, skinny jeans and studded belts in favor of a more hardcore/skate punk look with wifebeaters, plain hoodies, combat boots, Vans, tapered jeans, and stretched earlobe piercings, except in parts of Latin America, like Fortaleza, where late-2000s scene and emo fashion remained common.[28] Others became sneakerheads and incorporated designer sportswear into their wardrobe, especially backwards baseball caps, chunky 1980s inspired running shoes,[29] and bright Aztec or cosmic print[30] T-shirts. Short hair replaced the androgynous styles of the late 2000s, with many scene kids opting for messy cropped hair with colors dyed in, or adopting the Hitler Youth haircut associated with indie kids and the contemporary skater subculture.

Seapunk, an offshoot of scene,[31] electronic dance music and hipster culture, originated as an online internet meme before becoming a niche street fashion in Germany, Brazil, Australia,[32] and America.[33][34] This movement influenced several mainstream pop and hip-hop artists during the mid 2010s, most notably Azealia Banks and Rihanna.[35] Seapunks often combined brightly dyed androgynous hairstyles[36] with nautical themes such as mermaids or dolphins, plastic Ray Ban wayfarers, undercut hairstyles, shell jewelery, feathers, tartan overshirts associated with the surfer subculture, yin-yang T-shirts, baseball caps, tie dye, transparent plastic jackets,[37] lots of green, blue, turquoise, cyan or aquamarine clothing, smiley motifs, and red and blue 3-Dimensional images.[38]

Latin American variants

From the mid 2000s until the early 2010s, similar subcultures appeared in Latin America, including the Coloridos of Brazil, the Pokemon of Chile, and the Floggers of Argentina.[39] These teenagers all had a common interest in techno music, indie pop and neon 80s inspired glam fashions, and were identifiable by their tight jeans and androgynous straightened hair.

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Flogger

Group of floggers outside the Abasto Shopping.

The teenage flogger subculture originated in Argentina in 2004 and was closely related to Fotolog, a photoblog web site.[40] The style is principally composed of tight trousers on males and females alike, broad V-neck T-shirts, fluorescent colors, canvas sneakers or skate shoes, blonde or black hair, long fringe brushed to one side of the face or over one eye, straight hair and horn-rimmed glasses.[41][42]

This fashion has also developed a particular way of dancing to electro house, electro clash and techno music, called Electro - although this term already had the same meaning it has in English in reference to the electronic music in general. The moves, related to the French tecktonik, Belgian jumpstyle and the Australian shuffle, consist of rapidly spreading one leg, hitting the floor with the heel, and drawing the other leg backwards, and then quickly changing the position of the legs (spreading the other leg, and shifting backwards the one that was spread).[43]

Pokemón

The Chilean equivalent of scene kids were nicknamed Pokemón during the mid 2000s due to their bright, angular and pressed hairstyles,[44] reminiscent of characters from the Japanese media franchise Pokémon.[45][46][47][48] Pokemones were usually from the Chilean middle and lower class and were frequently juxtaposed against another group, the so-called peloláis, well-to-do girls with long, straight fairer hair from private, Catholic schools.[49] Pokemones dressed similarly to other urban tribes, such as otaku and emo, but they were not followers of anime like the former, nor did they share the musical tastes of the latter.[50] Apart from borrowing the sideswept bangs of the emo subculture, the Pokemones also shared some aspects typical to the punk and the local "hardcore" subculture. During parties they danced to reggaeton music, while kissing and groping with as many people (male or female) as they could, which they called poncear.[44] They made extensive use of the Internet, trading photos of themselves on image-sharing site Fotolog and communicating through MSN Messenger.[44][50] The subculture was common from 2005-2009, but by 2012, it was considered extinct.[51][52][53]

Coloridos

In other Latin American countries, especially Brazil, scene clothing and androgynous hairstyles were often worn by teenage fans of bubblegum pop groups like Restart.[54] In response to the (sometimes violent) backlash against emo kids, especially in Mexico, teenagers of both genders began wearing bright colors and cartoon prints, rather than black.[55] From the late 2000s until the mid 2010s these fans, known as Coloridos,[56] were a common sight in northern Brazilian cities like Fortaleza.[57][58] By 2015, however, bands and fans alike had moved away from the bright colors in favor of a darker look inspired by 1990s grunge and the 2010s hipster subculture.[59]

Controversy and criticism

Scene has often been confused with emo.[1][60] Many people involved in the emo style have accused scene of ripping off emo.[1][60] Music associated with the scene subculture, including Brokencyde and Blood on the Dance Floor,[61][62] received a lot of criticism and was subject to major controversies in 2009 and the 2010s. For example, Brokencyde is generally panned by critics. Cracked.com contributor Michael Swaim said the band sounded like "a Slipknot-Cher duet".[63] British comic book writer Warren Ellis considered Brokencyde's "FreaXXX" music video "a near-perfect snapshot of everything that's shit about this point in the culture".[64] A writer for the Warsaw Business Journal attempted to describe their music: "Imagine an impassioned triceratops mating with a steam turbine, while off to the side Daft Punk and the Bee Gees beat each other to death with skillets and spatulas. Imagine the sound that would make. Just try. BrokeNCYDE is kind of like that, except it also makes you want to jab your thumbs into your eyeballs and gargle acid."[65]

The New Musical Express stated in a review of I'm Not a Fan, But the Kids Like It!, that "even if I caught Prince Harry and Gary Glitter adorned in Nazi regalia defecating through my grandmother's letterbox I would still consider making them listen to this album too severe a punishment."[66]

August Brown of the Los Angeles Times writes:

"This 'Albucrazy'-based band has done for Myspace emo what some think Soulja Boy did for hip-hop: turn their career into a kind of macro-performance art that exists so far beyond the tropes of irony and sincerity that to ask 'are they kidding?' is like trying to peel an onion to get to a perceived central core that, in the end, does not exist and renders all attempts to reassemble the pieces futile."[67]

Backlash

During the early 2010s, several governments have proposed banning scene and emo fashion as antisocial, and a corrupting foreign influence over the youth.[68] Some Middle Eastern Islamists believe the tight, brightly colored scene clothing is immodest and, when worn by men, a sign of homosexuality. In Gaza, teenage boys who were wearing skinny jeans have been arrested and beaten by the police, and forced to have their hair cut.[69] Scene and emo girls have also been threatened with jail, because their brightly dyed hair flouts Islamic female dress codes.[70]

In January 2008, Internet messages surfaced urging violence against the Chilean equivalent of the Trendies for borrowing aspects from other subcultures, such as emo hair, hip-hop clothes, and for using the c-walk. People belonging to the Pokemon subculture increasingly began to be attacked outside discos and pubs.[71] In response, a joint anti-violence campaign called "Foundation for a Better Future" was organized by the Chilean government and Santiago's main student leaders.[72] [73]

Music

Often the scene subculture has been associated with emo, electronicore, post-hardcore, metalcore, deathcore,[74] electronica, pop punk, dubstep, electronic dance music,[75] rave music, crunkcore, skate punk, indie pop, and indie rock. Some groups and artists in music associated with the scene subculture include X Blake Freeman X, Jeyzeus, Never Shout Never!, K-oZZ, TCR, Nitrah Neon, Metro Station, Brokencyde [76] Blood on the Dance Floor,[77] Dot Dot Curve,[78] 3OH!3, Scene Kidz, Breathe Carolina,[79][80] Jeffree Star, Millionaires, and Design the Skyline.

In other media

See also

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