5 Seconds of Summer

"There’s going to be other videos along with it. It’s all tied in together," the musician recently told Rolling Stone about his forthcoming EP Boy The melancholic tone of Luke Hemmings‘ latest solo single “Shakes” culminates in an emotional downpour in the song’s newly-released music video. Directed by George Gallardo, the “Shakes” video was filmed in Bogota, Colombia with cinematic influences at the core of the shoot. Like when Hemmings recreates moments of solitude from Sofia Coppola’s Lost…

It’s not often that Luke Hemmings finds himself on his own. For the better part of the past 12 years, the 27-year-old singer and songwriter has shared the stage with his three bandmates in 5 Seconds of Summer. The Australian pop-rock band has built its career around being a relentless touring act, playing to thousands-deep audiences on nearly back-to-back runs in support of five studio albums. Four years ago, when that cycle was interrupted for the first time, Hemmings retreated into himself.  His first solo…

The best song Christian Karlsson has ever made could be sitting on a hard drive somewhere, unfinished and completely forgotten by the producer and DJ who performs as Galantis. It’s been four years since his last album, Church, and in that time he’s picked up and put down hundreds of raw demos that he has crafted on a near daily basis. “There’s so much music all the time. I mean, I write songs every day and so many people that are in my team write songs every day,” Galantis tells Rolling Stone over Zoom. “On top of…

Fans of Universal Music Group’s artists, including Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, and Olivia Rodrigo, are not pleased that the record label group has ceased to license its music to TikTok. The day after UMG threatened to stop licensing its music to the social media platform amid a breakdown in deal negotiations, songs from UMG‘s unparalleled stable of artists began vanishing from the social media platform. The removals started gradually late Wednesday evening as official versions of UMG-owned recordings, such as …

Earlier this year, during each night on their tour, The 5 Seconds of Summer Show, 5SOS offered an earnest refrain to their audience. “Memories I hold to keep safe, and I live for that look on your face,” all four members sang into their mics during “Best Friends,” from their latest album 5SOS5. The tour — complete with elaborate skits, copious amounts of confetti, and fan-favorite deep cuts — was a celebration not only of their 10th anniversary as a band, but also of the fanbase they’ve cultivated during that time.…