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Forbes
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Calum Hood Joins His 5 Seconds Of Summer Bandmate With A Hit Album In America
Calum Hood's Order Chaos Order debuts at No. 179 on the Billboard 200 and enters the top 10 on both ... More Vinyl Albums and Top Album Sales charts, marking his first solo win. BURBANK, CA - MARCH 10: Calum Hood of 5 Seconds of Summer performs during the iHeartRadio Music Awards Fan Army celebration presented by Taco Bell with 5 Seconds Of Summer at the iHeartRadio Theater on March 10, 2018 in Burbank, California. (Photo byfor iHeartMedia) 5 Seconds of Summer is on a bit of a break at the moment, though not an official one. The pop-rock group, which has now been together for more than a decade, hasn't released a new full-length for almost three years. In the meantime, three of the four members have dropped solo projects, and the fourth is expected to do so very soon. This week in the United States, Calum Hood scores his first success under his own name, showing that his fanbase is strong, just like the group's. Order Chaos Order Debuts on Three Billboard Charts Hood's first solo release Order Chaos Order debuts on a trio of Billboard rankings this frame. It opens inside the top 10 on two of them, launching at No. 5 on the Vinyl Albums list and No. 8 on the Top Album Sales tally. The Australian singer-songwriter's first full-length under his own name was purchased by 8,300 people in the U.S. in just its first seven days of availability (per Luminate). Calum Hood's Modest Performance on the Billboard 200 Order Chaos Order doesn't perform nearly as well on the Billboard 200 as on the sales-focused lists, as it opens at No. 179 on that all-encompassing tally. Looking at total consumption, the full-length moved 9,100 equivalent units, with almost all of those being purchases, as the title didn't make much of an impact on streaming platforms. The Second 5SOS Member to Hit the Billboard 200 Hood is just the second member of 5 Seconds of Summer to land on the Billboard 200. The group's lead vocalist Luke Hemmings became the first to do so when his project When Facing the Things We Turn Away From reached No. 124 on the all-encompassing roster. He doubled up on the tally in April of last year, when his EP Boy brought him to the upper half of the Billboard 200 for the first time. Ashton Irwin, the band's drummer, has delivered two solo albums — Superbloom and Blood on the Drums — but neither made much of an impact in the U.S. Next month, Michael Clifford, the lead guitarist from the pop-punk outfit, will drop Side Quest, his first offering on his own, and he may join his bandmates on the Billboard 200 later this summer.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
5 Seconds of Summer's Calum Hood Gives in to Heartbreak on Solo Debut ‘Don't Forget You Love Me'
5 Seconds of Summer bassist Calum Hood steps into the spotlight alone on his solo debut 'Don't Forget You Love Me,' an enthralling introduction that finds him walking a tightrope between self-reflective (and at times self-destructive) despair and relieving reconciliation. The record will appear on his debut album Order Chaos Order, out June 13, which emerged from a kindred dichotomy. 'This album was made in a tumble dryer of knowing and not knowing. I started out with a vision — order — but quickly became overwhelmed by the process — chaos. Eventually, I learned to embrace both,and that balance became the heart of the record,' Hood shared in a statement. More from Rolling Stone 5 Seconds of Summer's Michael Clifford Blasts to the Past With Solo Debut 'Cool' Luke Hemmings Gets Lost in Translation in Cinematic 'Shakes' Video Luke Hemmings Is a Fountain of Existentialism on His New Single - And He Doesn't Want to Turn It Off Embracing hard truths doesn't come as easily for Hood on 'Don't Forget You Love Me,' but the effort he puts into doing so is evident in the grit of his emotional pleas across the single. 'And I know that it's hard to see/Every version of me/But it's not the same as everything you ever thought/I ever could/But never would be,' he sings. 'But I've tried enough to call you/and I'm scared that you'll pick up/cause I know that I don't want you to/cause baby I would have to own up/To everything oh everything I've done to you/and all I did to us.' Hood has served as a primary songwriter in 5SOS since their earliest records, the Unplugged and Somewhere New EPs released in 2012. But until now, he hasn't sought to break away from the band. The closest he came to a solo release was the one-off demo 'Bad Dreams' that he posted and swiftly deleted on X (then Twitter) in the dead of the night back in 2013, presumed to be a scrapped 5SOS album cut. Hood's collaborators on the 10-track album include Day Wave's Jackson Phillips, David Burris, and TMS (Lewis Capaldi, Niall Horan). Jack LaFrantz, who was a primary songwriter on Benson Boone's Fireworks & Rollerblades, is a co-writer on 'Don't Forget You Love Me.' Order Chaos Order, will check the final box on 5SOS solo projects. Earlier this month, guitarist Michael Clifford launched his debut solo album Sidequest with the pop punk-influenced single 'Cool.' Drummer Ashton Irwin was the first to go solo in 2020 with Superbloom, which he followed up with Blood on the Drums in 2024. Frontman Luke Hemmings followed in 2021 with When Facing the Things We Turn Away From and in 2024 with Boy. Hemmings — who has previously expressed that Hood was the first person in his personal life to inspire him as a songwriter — told Rolling Stone last year that each member being allowed to explore musical journeys on their own is key to keeping 5SOS alive. 'I know solo projects can be scary for fans of bands, but for me it's the way that the band can live on forever,' he said. 'In my eyes, that's the way I see it.' It's a type of catharsis. In a statement, Hood shared: 'There are things I've never been able to sing about in the band — my upbringing, my family, the places life has taken me. This album is about laying those things to rest and allowing listeners to connect in their own way.' Track List'Don't Forget You Love Me''Call Me When You Know Better''Sweetdreams''I Wanted To Stay''Sunsetter''All My Affection''Endless Ways''Streetwise''Dark Circles''Three Of Swords' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
