5SOS5

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5SOS5
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Studio album by
5 Seconds of Summer
Released23 September 2022 (2022-09-23)
Recorded2020–2022
Studio Joshua Tree National Park
Length48:08
Label BMG
Producer
5 Seconds of Summer chronology
Calm
(2020)		5SOS5
(2022)		 The Feeling of Falling Upwards
(2023)
Singles from 5SOS5
  1. "Complete Mess"
    Released: 2 March 2022
  2. "Take My Hand"
    Released: 1 April 2022
  3. "Me Myself & I"
    Released: 11 May 2022
  4. "Blender"
    Released: 14 July 2022
  5. "Older"
    Released: 7 September 2022

5SOS5 is the fifth studio album by Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer, released on 23 September 2022 through BMG Rights Management. [1] It was preceded by the release of the singles "Complete Mess", "Take My Hand", "Me Myself & I", "Blender" and "Older" (featuring Vietnamese-American singer Sierra Deaton, partner of band member Luke Hemmings). The track list was revealed on 10 May 2022, [2] while the album was announced alongside the release of "Me Myself & I" on 11 May 2022. [3]

Contents

The band promoted the album whilst on the Take My Hand World Tour, which officially began in Dublin on 3 April 2022. [4] "Easy for You to Say" and "Blender" were first performed live on the tour. It will be further promoted with The 5 Seconds of Summer Show Tour, beginning in South America in July 2023.

Background

5 Seconds of Summer spent two years working on the album, beginning after the release of Calm in 2020. Luke Hemmings called the lyrical content written for the album "extremely introspective". The band wrote and produced most of the album themselves, including the first two singles, "Complete Mess" and "Take My Hand". [3] [4]

Singles

The album's lead single, "Complete Mess", was released on 2 March 2022. [5] It reached number 85 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in April 2022. [6]

The second single, "Take My Hand", followed on 1 April 2022, [7] and charted at number 72 on the Irish Singles Chart. [8]

Third single "Me Myself & I" was released alongside the album announcement on 11 May 2022. [3] It peaked at number 90 on the ARIA Singles Chart. [9]

The fourth single "Blender" was released with no prior announcement on 13 July 2022, after the band had begun performing it live on the Take My Hand tour.

The fifth single "Older" (featuring Sierra Deaton) was released on 7 September 2022, after the band released a snippet of Hemmings singing "Older" on their social media pages the previous day; however, it was not announced the song would be released the next day. [10] A video of the song, featuring an end-of-the-world scenario, was released on 18 October 2022. [11]

The promotional single "Bad Omens" was released on 23 September 2022. A video of the song, featuring a romance car, was released on 26 September 2022.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Clash 8/10 [13]
The Line of Best Fit 8/10 [14]

Matt Collar of AllMusic gave the album a 4 out of 5 stars and wrote that "much of the album brings to mind the Weeknd's distinctive brand of atmospheric pop -- songs shot through with a yearning, after-hours regret and spiritual modern-rock uplift". He praised the songs "Complete Mess", "Me Myself & I", "Take My Hand", and "Bad Omens". [12] Clash called the album 5 Seconds of Summer's "most cohesive and impressive work to date". [13] Cara-Louise Scott from The Indiependent praised it as "a beautifully hand-crafted album, symbolising eleven years of the band’s musical experience." [15]

The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 48,000 equivalent album units sold in its first week in the US, including 36,000 in pure album sales. [16] The album charted in the top 10 in an additional ten countries, including at number one in the UK and Australia. [17]

Track listing

5SOS5 track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Complete Mess"
Clifford3:26
2."Easy for You to Say"
  • Hemmings
  • Irwin
  • Hood
  • Clifford
Clifford4:00
3."Bad Omens"
Evigan3:35
4."Me Myself & I"
  • Bellion
  • Evigan
  • Nappi
2:57
5."Take My Hand" (Joshua Tree version)HemmingsClifford4:57
6."Carousel"
Clifford3:56
7."Older" (featuring Sierra Deaton)
Clifford3:17
8."Haze"
  • Hemmings
  • Irwin
  • Hood
  • Clifford
  • 5 Seconds of Summer
  • Matthew Pauling
3:33
9."You Don't Go to Parties"
Colin Brittain3:15
10."Blender"
Thomas2:27
11."Caramel"
Feldmann3:10
12."Best Friends"
  • Hemmings
  • Irwin
  • Hood
  • Clifford
  • Feldmann
  • Clifford
3:11
13."Bleach"
  • Hemmings
  • Irwin
  • Hood
  • Clifford
  • Wylie Hopkins
  • Clifford
3:01
14."Red Line"
  • Hemmings
  • Irwin
  • Hood
  • Clifford
Clifford3:23
Total length:48:08
Deluxe edition bonus tracks [18]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Moodswings"
Clifford2:34
16."Flatline"
3:03
17."Emotions"
Clifford3:18
18."Bloodhound"
Clifford3:22
19."Tears!"
  • Irwin
  • Brittain
  • Noll
Brittain3:27
Total length:63:52
Japanese edition bonus track [4]
No.TitleLength
20."Complete Mess" (acoustic version)2:52
Total length:66:44

Notes

Personnel

5 Seconds of Summer

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for 5SOS5
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [19] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [20] 9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [21] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [22] 13
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [23] 3
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [24] 32
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [25] 1
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [26] 33
French Albums (SNEP) [27] 56
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [28] 5
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [29] 38
Irish Albums (OCC) [30] 12
Italian Albums (FIMI) [31] 28
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [32] 3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [33] 15
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [34] 6
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [35] 14
Scottish Albums (OCC) [36] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [37] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [38] 16
UK Albums (OCC) [39] 1
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [40] 1
US Billboard 200 [41] 2

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for 5SOS5
Chart (2022)Position
Australian Artist (ARIA) [42] 35

Release history

Release formats and history for 5SOS5
RegionDateFormat(s)Edition(s)LabelRef.
Various23 September 2022Standard BMG [43] [44] [45] [46] [47]
CDDeluxe [48]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Credited as 5 Seconds of Summer

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