5 Seconds of Summer’s new album, EVERYONE’S A STAR!, is undoubtedly the Australian band’s most bold effort to date – and they wouldn’t have it any other way.
Appearing on the Rolling Stone Uncut podcast, the Sydney-formed outfit discussed taking inspirations from many bands no casual fan would expect from 5SOS, such as The Prodigy and Gorillaz. As guitarist Michael Clifford explained, that was key.
“It’s always gotta be fun and exciting and uncomfortable a little bit, I think, in order to just continue to wanna do it, you know?” Clifford said.
“Because we’re just not the type of band who makes the same song over and over again, or wants to make a sound that’s just that one thing. They’re already there for a reason. If you wanna listen to something like that, you can just go listen to it.”
Frontman Luke Hemmings agreed, noting that since their third album, 2018’s Youngblood, they have wanted to try new sounds, rather then stick to what they’ve already done.
“It’s like, what does the band need to sound like now? It’s been fun trying to experiment,” he said.
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“Since Youngblood and all of that, we were like, ‘Oh OK, we can sort of try something new and it can do really well’. We just keep riding that wave… even on the fifth album [2022’s 5SOS5] that was very introspective and wide and expansive. Just to be able to flip that on its head and do something that’s a bit shocking, was really fun.”
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