With more than 2 million fans around the world, almost everyone knows who these four boys from Australia are. Their rise in popularity increased when they were discovered by One Direction on Youtube. Ashton, Calum, Luke, and Michael are 5 Seconds of Summer. With a fresh break after their Sounds Good Feels Good Tour, they've definitely earned a vacation. Let's talk about a major topic that this genre of music gets mistakenly based on.
Some people don't understand the difference between a boy band and a band of boys who play their own music and write their own songs. 5 Seconds of Summer are constantly being compared to the popular boy band One Direction, I'm not saying that's a bad thing I love both bands, it's just very annoying because 5sos, as the fans call them, don't even share the same genre of music as 1D. Yes, both bands cover songs from different artists, What I Like About You by The Romantics and Eminem's song Lose Yourself for example, but with each cover, they twist the song into their own style. The boys of 5 Seconds of Summer would rather be compared to their brother bands, All Time Low, Green Day or Blink-182.
Let's compare the two bands, One Direction sing high pitches with catchy, cliche teenage girl melting lyrics, like their hit song What Makes You Beautiful, that are added to their music which is prerecorded and played at their concerts while 5 Seconds of Summer perform their own music, a punk rock sound of drums played by Ashton , electric guitars, played by Luke and Michael, and Calum Hood's bass guitar. 5sos usually get a bit too excited and if you look them up on youtube they are heard screaming their lyrics or saying they forgot the words. One Direction, now a four-piece quartet since Zayn left, are more of a mellow band with some funky moves and less screaming from the band during concerts. I do love both bands and each of their unique sounds, don't get me wrong, I just see the differences in each band while the differences that make each band who they are set fangirls around the world into debates.
So in the end, both of these bands are amazing in my opinion, they're all extremely talented and good looking men that I would love to meet. I wish them both all the support in the world. I'd like to hear from you. What do you think of these two bands? Are you a Directioner or part of the 5sos Family?
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