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20 Emo Kid Glow-Ups That We Clearly Don’t Deserve

Everyone went through an emo/scene phase at one point in their life. Whether it was Taking Back Sunday, or those choppy cover-the-eye bangs—we all went through those few years where we edited all of our pictures with skulls and sad quotes and used way too much eyeliner for our liking. But, we all know, emo kids grow up to be bad-ass, chic rockstars. Therefore, to make you all feel better about your own emo pictures you hide in your closet, BuzzFeed users are sharing their “glow-ups” to show that we’ve all been there.

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