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Back to black Goth culture has returned from the dead Gen Z is embracing the doom and gloom THEY ARE famously gloomy, but goths have had plenty to smile about of late. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”, a sequel to a hit fantasy-horror film of 1988, arrived in cinemas in September. The macabre visions of its director, Tim Burton, are the subject of a travelling exhibition which just opened at the Design Museum in London. And on November 1st The Cure releases a new album, “Songs of a Lost World”, its first record in 16 years. (The band’s melancholic songs are unlikely to cure a bad mood.) Goth culture—typified by a doomy romanticism, a fascination with the ghoulish and a strong sense of outsider status—is having a moment. Models have moped down catwalks in black veils, crucifixes and lace gloves. Fashion influencers have been spotted wearing “Matrix”-style leather trench coats. (Earlier this year Warner Bros confirmed that work on a fifth film in the franchise is under way.) G
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