- 2025-09-25
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MUSIC
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5 Seconds of Summer Announces New Album “EVERYONE'S A STAR!”, Shares New Song “NOT OK”
Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer, consisting of Luke Hemmings (vocals/rhythm guitar), Michael Clifford (guitar), Calum Hood (bass) and Ashton Irwin (drums), is back. The band has announced their upcoming sixth studio album “EVERYONE'S A STAR!” will be released on November 14, 2025.
This marks their first album in three years since the 2022 album “5SOS5”. Also it is the first release under their new label Republic Records.
From the album, the band released the first single called “NOT OK” on September 24, 2025.
The track draws electronic elements together with that classic energy.
It was written by Ashton Irwin, Calum Hood, Jason Evigan, JHart, Luke Hemmings, Mark Schick, and Sarah Hudson. Produced by Jason Evigan and Mark Schick.
The band frontman Luke Hemmings said of the song, “It has the older 5 Seconds of Summer energy, but it’s different-which is the whole M.O. of this chapter. Lyrically, it’s about letting out the darker side of yourself and embracing it. The song is also a nod to the band itself. We pull those sides out of each other.”- The new album comprises 12 tracks, which the band recorded across 2024 and 2025 in Los Angeles and Nashville.
Luke Hemmings said of the album, “This band is made of four people who could all have their own solo albums where they do it all, sing it all, and write it all. Everyone's A Star! embodies all of that. We were teenagers at the beginning of 5 Seconds of Summer. We were writing with more naivete, but we said what we were thinking. As time goes on, you tend to get a bit more cautious about what you say, but I think this record has more of our original spirit – but with 15 years of wisdom and a dash of reckless abandon.” -
Photo by Brian Ziff - source : Apple Music
