Wedding music, much like wedding food, is often forgettable. Whether it’s herbed chicken and “Cha-Cha Slide” or barbecue and “Uptown Funk,” it can become a little difficult to remember which perfectly-fine choices you encountered at which wedding.
You can’t really blame anyone for this; in the case of dance music, especially, the standbys are popular for a reason. Still, as millennials and Gen Z-ers work to personalize their special days, imbuing each layer of the celebration with their own specific tastes, it’s no surprise that some of them are switching up their music choices. Take a quick look on Reddit, for example, and you’ll find no shortage of suggestions for wedding-friendly emo and pop punk songs.
Don’t get me wrong; some songs in these genres are certainly popular in their own right. New Found Glory’s cover of “Kiss Me,” “Your Guardian Angel” by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, and “First Day Of My Life” by Bright Eyes show up a lot, as do high-tempo hits like blink-182’s “First Date.” But the real beauty of these stories is often less about the song choices themselves, and more about how meaningful they are for the couples involved. For proof, look no further than the eight couples who shared their wedding stories with The Fringe — plus, a pair of sisters who planned the Warped Tour-themed bachelorette party of their dreams.
