The month of August is hallowed to the goth community. From the celebration of Yorkshire Day on the 1st, acknowledging Goths’ Own County, through debut single releases from bands like Siouxsie and the Banshees to Bauhaus, whose anthemic Bela Lugosi’s Dead has become a goth music touchstone for generations. Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division was released as a 12” on 15 August, Lovesong by The Cure on 21 August, and we lost icons like Tony Wilson of Factory Records, Sophie Lancaster and Olli Wisdom of the Batcave and Specimen.
But all of these key dates were eclipsed by the avalanche into my inbox of articles breathlessly reporting on a goth content creator who won an online dating show, after being picked ahead of 20 competitors by one of the world’s best-selling rappers.
The Blogging Goth 