5 Seconds of Summer Cut Ties With Management and U.S. Label
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Luke Hemmings, Ashton Irwin, Michael Clifford and Calum Hood make the move nine months after they publicly addressed sexual assault allegations against Clifford against their management s advice. Mar 12, 2021
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5 Seconds of Summer have parted ways with their U.S. record label and their long-term management bosses.
Calum Hood have separated from Modest Management bosses after almost a decade, and they ve left Interscope Records - their label since 2019.
The move comes nine months after the bandmates upset their management by addressing sexual assault allegations against Clifford via tweets.
12 March 2021
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Australian rockers 5 Seconds of Summer have reportedly parted ways with their U.S. record label and their long-term management bosses.
Luke Hemmings, Ashton Irwin, Michael Clifford and Calum Hood have separated from Modest Management bosses after almost a decade, and they ve left Interscope Records - their label since 2019 - according to Variety.
The big split from their U.S. label and management isn t the end for the bandmates - they are working on a fifth studio album. We are making a new album, Clifford said during a Twitter live stream, with bandmate Hemmings adding, It sounds like. a step in the right direction.
Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood, and Ashton Irwin of 5 Seconds of Summer attend KISS 108 s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2019 on December 15, 2019, in Boston, Massachusetts (Darren McCollester/Getty Images)
If you re a longtime fan of the band, it is no secret that Hood has a strong distaste toward the song. The band themselves are not particularly fond of the song as well but have recognized its popularity among fans. According to Pressparty, the group opted to leave Heartbreak Girl out of their catalog for their 2016 tour, the Sounds Live Feels Live World Tour .
Some discussions and fan comments online speculate that the reason that 5SOS doesn t favor the song is that they have simply grown up. Heartbreak Girl released in 2014 when the band members were very young and going through teenage angst (with such a resonance in the song), and now they re in their mid-twenties. In short, the song showcases a different vibe to what they re about now in their music.