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Kaicore is a personal aesthetic coined by user CharacterKai (Aka Charcater_Kai) that originally appeared on Pinterest. The style takes major influence from 90s grunge, crust punk, midwest emo, and folk punk subcultures.

Visuals[]

Kaicore mainly consists of muted colors and earth tones, both in fashion and general imagery. Interiors should be cluttered and dimly lit.

  • Densely wooded areas
  • Fog and/or rain
  • Abandoned and decaying structures
  • Low quality camera footage
  • Dusty CDs
  • Handmade items
  • Campy horror
  • Lens flares
  • Lonely gas stations
  • Old glow in the dark stars

Fashion[]

  • Flannels and graphic tees
  • Baggy cargo pants
  • Crust pants / battle jackets
  • Handmade jewelry
  • Wired earbuds
  • Patches
  • National parks merchandise
  • Visual mending
  • Leather boots
  • Crossbody bags
  • Fingerless gloves
  • Touques

Activities[]

  • Hiking
  • Canoeing
  • Swimming
  • Urbex
  • Sewing
  • Writing
  • Foraging
  • Filming
  • Writing music
  • Listening to music
  • Collecting rocks
  • Collecting bones
  • Collecting knives
  • Camping
  • Volunteering at animal rehabs
  • Wandering

Media[]

Music[]

  • A Poem - AJJ
  • Meat Bag - Harley Poe
  • i want dancing i want hunger - Blue Foster
  • Big Words for a 21 Year Old - Daddy and The Long Legs
  • Chocolate Milk (Like from Spiderman) - Hospital Bracelet
  • Now I'm Sad (Boo Hoo) - Crywank
  • Better Go - Mal Blum
  • Dogs - Nouns
  • The Boy Who Wished for Wings - Foxpaw

Television[]

  • Gravity Falls
  • Inside Job
  • The Walking Dead
  • The Last of Us

Movies[]

  • Spiderman
  • House of Wax
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
  • The Blair Witch Project

Internet Series[]

  • Marble Hornets
  • EverymanHYBRID
  • MLAndersen0
  • Tales from the Gas Station
  • Accounts from a Lonely Broadcast Station

Video Games[]

  • Night in the Woods
  • Firewatch
  • Sally Face
  • Resident Evil 7
  • Resident Evil 8
  • Slender: The Arrival
  • What Remains of Edith Finch
  • The Last of Us
  • Fallout New Vegas
  • Fallout 4

Books[]

  • House of Leaves
  • The Graveyard Book
  • The Sandman
  • The Marble Hornets Comics

Gallery[]

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