You May as Well Get Used to 5 Seconds of Summer, the New One Direction. Here’s a Primer.
SlatePhoto by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM 5SOS formed in 2011 while three of the group’s members, lead singer Luke Hemmings, bassist Calum Hood, and guitarist Michael Clifford, attended Sydney’s Northwest Christian College together. 3 on Australia’s iTunes chart, but it received a considerable boost when One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson tweeted a link to 5S0S’s performance of the song. Later that year, One Direction’s Niall Horan did the same for “Out of My Limit,” a song from 5SOS’s second EP, Somewhere New, and the video has racked up more than 5 million views to date. In terms of record sales, though, 5SOS are following right in 1D’s footsteps: Their debut album actually had a better first week than One Direction’s debut, Up All Night, which also went right to No.
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