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14 Feb, 2013

Take Me Home tour

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5 Seconds of Summer announces they will open for One Direction on the Take Me Home tour:

None of this has sunk in for us; it’s surreal to think we will be on the same bill as a band who are on such a world-wide scale.

21 Feb, 2014

She Looks So Perfect

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5SOS_She_Looks_So_Perfect5 Second of Summer release their debut single She Looks So Perfect. The track is a writing collaboration between all band members and producer Jake Sinclair.

Luke Hemmings on mentioning American Apparel underwear in the song:

No one at the company (American Apparel) has even sent us an email. They’re playing hard to get.

24 Feb, 2014

She Looks So Perfect video

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5 Seconds of Summer release the music video for their single She Looks So Perfect. The video features the band performing their single and people stripping off their clothes down to their underwear. Ashton Irwin:

I think we’ve never wanted anything more than for people to get nude in a video of ours. I don’t know — the director, Frank Borin, came to us with the idea and we’re like, “That’s absolutely perfect.” He’s like, “Yeah, the song should put people in a craze and make them want to take their clothes off.” And I was like, “Sounds good.”

5 Seconds of Summer - She Looks So Perfect

19 May, 2014

Don’t Stop video

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5 Seconds of Summer releases their music video for the single Don’t Stop. In the video the band poses as superheroes trying to save the day. Calum:

I don’t have any super powers. I’m gonna put it out there. I’m the worst superhero ever.

5 Seconds of Summer - Don't Stop (Official Video)

27 Jun, 2014

5 Seconds of Summer

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5SOS_album_cover5 Seconds of Summer release their debut album. The record is self-titled and features 16 tracks including singles Don’t Stop and She Looks So Perfect. The album is a writing collaboration between the band and producer Jake Sinclair. Ashton Irwin:

Me and Michael went to a session in LA for songwriting, and it was with a dude called Jake Sinclair. He showed us it and said ‘this is what I’ve got, this is the idea’, and we thought it was really cute and sort of expanded on it, wrote it together.

5 Seconds Of Summer interview

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Seacrest interviews 5 Seconds Of Summer during On Air With Ryan Seacrest and questions them about how the band got together. Irwin:

The hardest point was early days. I finished school before these guys and the hardest part was getting them out of school to be in a band. Like I had to go steal them from school in my car willingly.

Target prank

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5 Seconds of Summer poses as Target employees to promote their debut self-titled album. Ashton Irwin:

We’re going to be pretty much trying to sell our album to middle-aged men.

5 Seconds of Summer - Target Prank (#5sosTargetEmployeesOfTheMonth)