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\u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star!\u2019 is the 6th studio album from 5 Seconds of Summer. <\/p>\nStaff Writer Caitl\u00edn McNamee examines the organic sound, refreshing authenticity, and artistic collaboration that form the heart of 5 Seconds of Summer\u2019s triumphant 6th studio album: \u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star!\u2019<\/p>\n
Formed in 2011 in Sydney, Australia, 5 Seconds of Summer is a band composed of high school friends Luke Hemmings (rhythm guitar, lead vocals), Michael Clifford (lead guitar), Calum Hood (bass) and Ashton Irwin (drums). \u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star!\u2019 is their 6th full length album and their first under Republic Records. It\u2019s half nostalgic and half unexpected\u2013retaining the magnetism of \u2018Sounds Good, Feels Good\u2019 and \u2018Youngblood\u2019 all while experimenting with a new sound.<\/p>\n
One of the most notable aspects of this album is, uniquely, the structure. The energetic, heavily rhythmic instrumentals of the first half of the album (\u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star!\u2019, \u2018NOT OK!\u2019, \u2018Telephone Busy\u2019) are exciting but don\u2019t overshadow the introspective tone of the second third. It\u2019s an encouragement to indulge chronologically, and it\u2019s immensely narrative. \u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star!\u2019 tells a story of a band coming down from the high of success into a sobering reality. \u2018NOT OK!\u2019 dials both vulnerability and energy up to 100. The final song, \u2018Jawbreaker\u2019, smoothly rounds the album out: the energetic backbeat behind the relaxed vocals epitomises the range of the album. It\u2019s a curious love song; a writing collaboration between Hemmings and his wife, Sierra, which solidifies 5 Seconds of Summer\u2019s progression, not just as artists, but as individuals. <\/p>\n
\u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star!\u2019 is the 6th studio album from 5 Seconds of Summer. <\/p>\n
Stand-out tracks include \u2018Boyband\u2019, a tongue-in-cheek response to the \u2018controversy\u2019 that\u2019s followed them their whole career: \u2018irritated metal-heads\u2019 asserting that they don\u2019t deserve their self-imposed \u2018pop-punk\u2019 label. Satiric, but vulnerable: \u2018Boyband\u2019 includes poignant lyrics like \u201cI only feel alive when you\u2019re looking at me\u201d and cleverly examines the impossible demands of stardom (\u201cMake that monkey dance\u201d). \u2018Istillfeelthesame\u2019 demonstrates the aforementioned individual artistic maturity that the members of the band achieved during their solo careers: it highlights Clifford\u2019s astonishing vocal ability, reminiscent of early 2000\u2019s My Chemical Romance, and his prowess on guitar. \u2018Evolve\u2019 is the older, more complex sibling to their 2014 song \u201818\u2019\u2013an ode to both naivety and growth. Despite this growth, \u2018The Rocks\u2019 borrows from their oldest, 2010\u2019s sound: though still experimental, it\u2019s the most faithful track to their sonic roots.<\/p>\n
Musically, \u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star!\u2019 is very impressive: the band borrows basslines and synthesizer riffs from the latter half of the 80s (sort of Stone Roses-y in their grungier moments), especially in \u2018istillfeelthesame\u2019 and \u2018No. 1 Obsession\u2019. It\u2019s arguably the best arrangement of any album of 2025: the compelling element is specifically the immediacy of the album. \u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star\u2019 has its finger on the pulse of the ennui of our time: we\u2019re sick of staying inside, on our phones. Fashionably ironic and very danceable, the album provokes the listener to go out. In this, 5SOS succeeds where others fail. While a riff in \u2018No. 1 Obsession\u2019 has a peculiar similarity to Benson Boone\u2019s viral \u2018Mystical Magical\u2019, the song achieves the fun, post-covid sound that Boone didn\u2019t quite nail. Unlike some popular songs, the band doesn\u2019t neglect lyricism for the energy of their songs: the interesting wordplay on \u2018No. 1 Obsession foils \u2018Boyband\u2019 \u2013while the latter pokes fun at obsessive fans and their conditional admiration (\u2018love me when I\u2019m skinny and we never ever age\u2019), \u2018No. 1 Obsession\u2019 concedes that they crave the attention that they ridicule (\u2018I\u2019m dying for a little bit of your affection I\u2019d do anything to be the only one that you think of\u2019).<\/p>\n
While 5 Seconds of Summer have accepted that their music is primarily pop, the difference between 5 Seconds of Summer and their pop peers is incredibly evident. \u201cYou can\u2019t find a new big rock band\u201d<\/a>, complained Kiss\u2019 Gene Simmons earlier this year. But while 5SOS aren\u2019t \u2018rock\u2019, they recall why bands are so popular; the album has an organic feel that comes from the musical ability of the band. Unlike other \u2018pop\u2019 stars of today, every member of 5 Seconds of Summer can play as well as sing, and there\u2019s something very refreshing about an album that can be mostly played entirely live. Their technical musical ability shines through their work, as well as the magnetic force of their band chemistry. Their friendship, history and humour are evident: they\u2019ve outlasted their peers\u2013notably One Direction, whom they opened for in 2013<\/a>\u2013and this album is by no means their last. <\/p>\n \u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star!\u2019 is playful and exciting, retaining emotional depth with impressive musicality. Having written and played their own music for over 14 years, their ever-developing technical skills are eloquent in this album. Their lyricism has also evolved, with ironic songs such as \u2018NOT OK!\u2019 and the insightful introspection of \u2018I\u2019m Scared I\u2019ll Never Sleep Again\u2019. <\/p>\n \u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star!\u2019 is a valuable addition to their discography. In a pop music world flushed with \u2018industry plants\u2019: groups formed by management companies with electronic, disingenuous production, 5 Seconds of Summer provides an escape through authenticity. Sonically heavier than their old sound (\u2018She Looks So Perfect\u2019 and \u2018Don\u2019t Stop\u2019), the individuality of each of the members is evident. However, their old sound shines through on occasion- \u2018The Rocks\u2019 feels as if it could be from their 2014 self-titled debut album, but maintains the matured individuality of their post-solo work.<\/p>\n Ultimately, the album is incredibly self-assured, wry and sincere in equal measure. Each piece is either bold, exciting and humorous, or poignant and thought provoking (sometimes both! See \u2018Sick of Myself\u2019). Their individual growth following their solo albums is incredibly evident and the closeness of their friendship is clear through their vulnerability. \u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star!\u2019 is perhaps their most honest full-group album: it\u2019s authentic, which is rare for pop groups. It\u2019s clear that the group intended to re-work their sound while retaining the attraction of their earlier work. The influence from their solo albums is evident in their collaborative process: every single song is credited to at least two of the members, making the album\u2019s heart the magic of artistic concert. Their growth as a band, and as individuals, is palpable in \u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star!\u2019, an album that stands out among its peers for it\u2019s refreshing vitality\u2013above all, for its authenticity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Staff Writer Caitl\u00edn McNamee examines the organic sound, refreshing authenticity, and artistic collaboration that form the heart of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-262254","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Members](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/5SOS-STAR_FRONT-COVER-1024x1024.jpg\")
\u2018Everyone\u2019s A Star!\u2019 is a refreshing combination of technical prowess and compelling lyricism.<\/p>\n