@alwkw3783

Worked there in 2002! It was cold, dark and smelled of patent leather and metal. Good times!!

@kkonstantine_0

hot topic is basically whatever is popular! the emo aesthetic was big in the early 90s/2000s, nowadays its cutsie things,, it still has its edgy chokers, chains, pants, and band shirts though

@cliffbonds1472

I remember Hot Topic's stores looking exactly like that.... Every single one was identical. HT and Spencers was the go too store for burnouts, potheads, delinquents, and emo teens. Thanks for that shot of nostalgia!!!

@susantimmermann3114

I was born in the seventies so the eighties and nineties were my childhood. Hot Topic and gadzooks were the two stores I always hit up. Spencer's too.

@Crabby_Mudcrab

Beige... and Hello Kitty... wow. I remember the goth and Korn shirts. πŸ˜…

@Eeveelicious133

It’s called hot topic for a reason, the store sells whatever is the hot topic at the time. Bluey is very popular

@stariecaylor9777

Please bring back the 90s 😭!

@ISEEKSPACE

Hot Topic was amazing when it first opened.  Buying posters there was epic.

@nicholasapodaca8061

I miss 90s hot topic 😒

@lilredjellybean

As an elder emo, this makes me so sad. πŸ˜₯

@PeterMain-g6s

Remember in 98 going to hot topiic for the first time.wow.seems so long ago.loved that store.also loved Spencer's.

@justinfothe2199

I miss the 90's Hot Topic!!

@girqueen36

I miss the 90's big time

@myawolves2262

I miss the old Hot Topic😒.

@nutzabout3

Bring back the 70's and 80's... PLEASE. 🀘😎🀘

@Audrey_ink_domon_octoling

Shes right I will never experience it, it looked to much awesome then now 😭

@David-id2ks

The Hot Topic by me regularly had Norwegian Death Metal playing and you were lucky if the girl at the register who had 00 guages in and enough metal on her face to cause metal detectors to go off miles around says more than 2 words to you. And dammit, we loved it. They've gone soft!

@mrgroosumthasandman8046

That's what it smelled like! Holy sh!t! Spot on!
Now Spencer's carries that same smell! Wow, i never thought about that until now......

@shanesanders2255

I remember our hot topic was dark. And played metal

@ninja1676

The world got humbled in the worst way possible