Guest blogger: Jill 1

The Australian born band, 5 Seconds of Summer, also known as 5SOS, are a group of 4 guys who started a band back in 2011, just because they loved music. The band consists of Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood, and Ashton Irwin. They started off covering and uploading various types of music and different bands and artist they looked up to on Youtube, consisting of Blink 182, Ed Sheeran, Kings of Leon, and also a few of their own songs they wrote. They’ve grown musically since then and their current type of music they write and record would be classified as “pop-punk” as many critics would say. According to Jason Lipshutz, in the article 5 Seconds of Summer Scores With Debut Album: Track-By-Track Review, “5 Seconds of Summer is a hybrid of the two musical ideas, a pop-punk act where the ‘pop’ greatly outweighs the ‘punk’”. Their debut album, 5 Seconds of Summer, is a roller coaster of emotions, starting with their hit single, She Looks So Perfect, which is a very catchy and dance tune, to their closer song, Amnesia, which is a slow, heartbreaking song about moving on from a bad breakup. Many people would say that their song, Mrs. All American, is the modern day, Stacy’s Mom, and also, their song, Tomorrow Never Dies, has a very Fall Out Boy feel to it. We’ll never be as young as we are now, the chorus in their song Never Be, is memorable because with the way the song lays out, with the strong vocals and lyrics, and slow guitar riffs and beating drums makes you just want to throw your hands in the air, take a road trip, and forget about the real world for a while. Many critics think 5SOS are just another “boy band”, when in fact, they are far from the boy band title. According to Caryn Ganz, “5SOS actually have a lot more One Direction than Green Day in their DNA”, which I would have to say is 100% wrong. 5SOS aren’t trying to be the next 1D or Green Day, they are trying to be the next 5 Seconds of Summer, and with their strong vocals and harmonies and music that can appeal to anyone, they are doing just that.