Goth Wasn't Meant for This: Subculture in the Age of Online Cruelty

Song: Past Self - Yaksok Imagine you fell asleep in 1999. The music was loud, the nights were long, and connection meant real conversation. Now imagine waking up in 2025. You search for the goth scene you knew, only to find two worlds: One is a cold, pixelated echo where goth is just a costume, a search term, a battleground for cruelty and performative anger. The other - a living, breathing community, almost unchanged, still anchored in music, art, and genuine souls who remember what it means to belong. Let's have a wander between two versions of goth and what’s been lost in the space between. Which one do you choose?