- 2025-05-23
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MUSIC
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5 Seconds of Summer's Michael Clifford Announces Debut Solo Album “SIDEQUEST”, Shares New Song “give me a break!” featuring Waterparks
Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer's guitarist Michael Clifford has announced his debut solo album SIDEQUEST” will be released on July 25, 2025.
The album comprises 10 tracks, featuring guest appearances from porter robinson, waterparks, and Waterparks.
From the album, he unveiled the second single called “give me a break!” along with a music video on May 22, 2025.
The song is the follow-up to “cool”, which was released last month.
On the track, he joined forces with American pop rock band Waterparks.
It was written by Adrian Lyles, Awsten Knight, Cedric de Saint-Rome, JT Daly, Michael Clifford, Mikky Ekko, Noah Luke Nockels, Stefan Pajaro-Van De Stadt, and Zeph Park. Produced by Michael Clifford and JT Daly.
Michael Clifford said of the song in a statement, “I'd been really wanting to create something unique with Awsten and Waterparks. Awsten became my person that I would vent to about different things in life and I think that that's the kind of the energy that this song has. It's very authentic to us.”- Waterparks' frontman Awsten Knight said, “I've been a fan of his for so long and hearing he was doing a solo album instantly got my brain spinning. Writing with him was fun because we pushed every line to the limit. It's been really sick to watch him grow this album from the early stages and can't wait to see how much people love it.”
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The accompanying video was Inspired by Death Note and was directed by Luke Orlando.
Michael Clifford said of the video, “I wanted to make sure that we glorified fan fiction and how beautiful it is that people write these incredible farfetched stories about their favourite artists and publish them for the world to see. It's a celebration of the dedication of the people who love us and how unorthodox their support can be sometimes.” - source : Apple Music
