50 Best Emo Songs for IG Reels & Stories
Best Emo Songs for Instagram Reels and Stories
There’s a strange comfort in hearing a track that feels heavier than the room you’re in. Emo songs work like that. You might be scrolling at midnight or sitting in traffic, and then one of those opening riffs hits like a reminder that not everything smooths out. The best ones carry that ache in their chords, the kind of thing that can turn even a random Story clip into something that lingers longer than it should. They don’t chase perfection, they lean into the mess.
The thing with emo is that it doesn’t have to spell itself out to fit the mood. A lyric that stumbles around regret, a chorus that comes in louder than you expect, even a track from pop, rock, country, and R&B songs can slide into the emo headspace. Some tracks were never written with that tag in mind but still carry the weight in a way that feels right when paired with shaky video or dimly lit snapshots. What ties them together is less the label and more the rawness that bleeds through.
These picks aren’t polished montages. They sit in the cracks where things feel restless and off-balance, which is exactly where the best Reels and Stories live. Some are classics, some curve toward newer sounds, and some may not be literally tied to emo but still land there in feeling. Here are the best emo songs for Instagram reels and stories.
Top 10 Emo Instagram Songs
1. 'I'm Not Okay (I Promise)' by My Chemical Romance
2. 'Misery Business' by Paramore
3. 'Sugar, We're Goin Down' by Fall Out Boy
4. 'The Middle' by Jimmy Eat World
5. 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies' by Panic! at the Disco
6. 'Cute Without the 'E' (Cut From the Team)' by Taking Back Sunday
7. 'Welcome to the Black Parade' by My Chemical Romance
8. 'Face Down' by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
9. 'Dirty Little Secret' by The All-American Rejects
10. 'Helena' by My Chemical Romance
Essential Emo Songs #11 to 20
11. 'Ohio Is for Lovers' by Hawthorne Heights
12. 'The Kill' by Thirty Seconds to Mars
13. 'Until the Day I Die' by Story of the Year
14. 'The Taste of Ink' by The Used
15. 'Hands Down' by Dashboard Confessional
16. 'Check Yes, Juliet' by We the Kings
17. 'Stolen' by Dashboard Confessional
18. 'All the Small Things' by Blink-182
19. 'The Anthem' by Good Charlotte
20. 'Swing, Swing' by The All-American Rejects
Finding New Emo Songs #21 to 30
21. 'Vindicated' by Dashboard Confessional
22. 'Beating Heart Baby' by Head Automatica
23. 'Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy' by Fall Out Boy
24. 'Jamie All Over' by Mayday Parade
25. 'A Lack of Color' by Death Cab for Cutie
26. 'Feeling This' by Blink-182
27. 'Konstantine' by Something Corporate
28. 'Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades' by Brand New
29. 'I Miss You' by Blink-182
30. 'Decode' by Paramore
Popular Emo Songs #31 to 40
31. 'The Best of Me' by The Starting Line
32. 'Ocean Avenue' by Yellowcard
33. 'My Friends Over You' by New Found Glory
34. 'The Leaving Song Pt. II' by AFI
35. 'Lying Is the Most Fun a Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off' by Panic! at the Disco
36. 'A Favor House Atlantic' by Coheed and Cambria
37. 'Tell Me I'm a Wreck' by Every Avenue
38. 'King for a Day' by Pierce the Veil
39. 'Famous Last Words' by My Chemical Romance
40. 'The Drug in Me Is You' by Falling in Reverse
Emo Songs for Reels and Stories #41 to 50
41. 'Everything I Ask For' by The Maine
42. 'MakeDamnSure' by Taking Back Sunday
43. 'Thnks fr th Mmrs' by Fall Out Boy
44. 'If It Means a Lot to You' by A Day to Remember
45. 'The Take Over, the Breaks Over' by Fall Out Boy
46. 'Hey There Delilah' by Plain White T's
47. 'Where Is Your Boy' by Fall Out Boy
48. 'Just a Dream' by Carrie Underwood
49. 'The Only Exception' by Paramore
50. 'I'm Just a Ghost' by The Used
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