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    Princess Nokia Goes Full Emo

    The Nuyorican rapper, best known for her relentless flow and urban bruja vibe, pens a love letter to the emo and pop-punk she loved growing up on her new mixtape, A Girl Cried Red.
    by Stefanie Fernández Apr 13, 2018 2 minutes
    Source: YouTube

    "Everyone I love leaves me when I need them most / My little heart is broken and the world will pay the cost / Smash my heart in pieces / It looks so good on the floor," laments on "Your Eyes Are Bleeding," as if reading that bands like Blink-182, The Promise Ring, New Found Glory, Panic! At The Disco and Saves The Day codified into a suite of (barely differentiated) sub-genres. Replace this song's lush acoustic guitar beat loop with electric guitars — heavy on the gain and at thrice the speed — and you've got the conflicted fuel needed to scribble those lyrics in black Sharpie all over your high-top Chucks.

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