Hayley Williams is one voice in what I believe is a growing conversation: what happens when the emo kids grow up?
Hayley Williams and When Emo Music Grows Up


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Hayley Williams is one voice in what I believe is a growing conversation: what happens when the emo kids grow up?

Our heart to those who have personally struggled with suicide is that it is tough right now, there's no denying that. However, it gets better. I think as teenagers and young adult its hard to see just how big the world is. We get so narrow focused on what's right in front of us that we can't even comprehend that we'll ever get past this. But suicide ends the possibility that it'll get better and doesn't allow us to trust the Lord to use us and teach us through those dark times.

On August 24, I walked from my parents' house to a college performing arts center. Skillet's buses and semi were huddled around the back of the building, and a small crowd of concert-goers in emblazoned t-shirts clustered around the front. I checked in at will call for my pass, got my camera's settings in place, [...]

[Content warning: suicide] The of suicide has been painfully present in the news over the span of the past month. A few high profile losses paired with sobering news about the suicide rate from the CDC (in summary: it's going up) have continued to open the window for questions to be asked with increasing urgency. [...]