#cause all we do is bitch about how 5sos are expected to be like 1d too much

[stateofirrelevancy]

Unpopular 5sos/5sos fam opinions

Because I have nothing better to do lol

1. Albums don’t need to be 3285338490 songs long. Like obviously having a lot of music is good in a way cause it means more sos for everybody, but I’d honestly much rather have a 10-12 song album that was perfected, where every song was their absolute best, than a nearly 20 song album where a few are tbh terrible. Like, including deluxe + target edition, sgfg literally had 19 songs total, and that’s not even including the others on the skh ep (like over and out) that came out 2 months begore sgfg. I don’t even know how many songs were on self titled since they had so many bonus track albums for different places, but it was at least 16 songs. Most other bands that I listen to have 10-12 song albums and guess what!! The albums ten to be amazing beginning to end rather than having like 5 amazing songs, some okay songs, and some very clearly not as good songs. 5sos should be valuing quality over quantity. I know they’ve said before that it’s hard to narrow songs down but guess what!! It’s hard for other bands too, but they manage!!

2. This ones more about the 5sos fam than 5sos. Listen, I miss 5sos with my entire heart literally every single day and I’m absolutely dying to hear new music as much as the next person, but for the love of god yall, waiting for new music is not as bad as yall make it sound!! Holy fuck it hasn’t even been two (2) years since sgfg yet. Idk what bands yall follow, or maybe the problem is following a band is new for some of you guys, but 2-3 years between album releases is the norm. I was even seeing people expecting new music just a year after sgfg! Yall gotta be more patient!

3. Going off of #2, it’s so hypocritical to be complaining constantly about the break. Once again, I miss them too, but you can’t be posting nonstop during their tours about how 5sos don’t get enough breaks, and then bitch about how they’re taking too long during breaks. First off, 5sos already tour way more places than a lot of bands do and in a way shorter amount of time. If you look at other bands, a lot of them don’t even do complete world tours. They might do a North American tour, take a break, then a Europe tour, break, then Asia tour (etc). Some don’t even do all of NA. I’ve seen bands do like only one side of the US and call that a “tour”. What 5sos did during slfl was crazy impressive and as much as I miss them, they 100% deserved this nearly year off touring. I know a lot of you are coming from 1D and are used to getting an album every single year (I actually didn’t know they did that my mind is blown rn?? That’s so many??) and tours constantly, but high key that’s how bands break up and resent their work. What 5sos are doing rn with their long break is 100% normal for every other band in the scene. If yall want 5sos to escape the “boy band” label so damn much, let them be like every other band and not overwork them to pieces.

4. Listen up Ashton’s singing voice is beautiful and makes angels cry. You know it, I know it, everyone knows it. Having said that, there’s nothing wrong with never having Ashton sing, nor is there anything wrong with Luke being the band’s frontman. I love 4/4 with my entire heart and always will but it’d be perfectly fine for the focus to be put on Luke considering idk if yall noticed but,, it’s normal for bands to have leads lol. Also, how good they sing shouldn’t in any way shape their overall status as talented musicians. Plus, it’s mf hard to sing while drumming and the poor boy is a puddle of sweat at the end of concerts idk why yall want Ashton to sing so bad??

In conclusion please stop projecting the expectations and level of rigor that 1D were held to onto 5sos because not only are 5sos not 1D, but 1D is literally not like any band out there. Let 5sos act how normal bands act. Let them exist the way other bands do in this scene and other music scenes that 5sos are fans of.

Breaks are normal. Having short and long awaited albums is normal. Not having every single member singing is normal. And since 5sos always cite other rock/pop punk bands as their inspirations, I’d say it’s fair to hold them to the same standards of the bands that they aspire to be like, not the band that they opened for a couple years ago.

[lukefluffandstuff]

youngblood; thoughts

youngblood

fave angsty teen babby

CAUSE I’M JUST A DEAD MAN WALKING TONIGHT

there’s something about luke’s voice that makes me so fml

i think it’s the rasp

like

the rasp

want you back

luke’s falsetto will always get me

tbh this is one of my least faves but it has that repeatability and i fuckin hate myself for replaying this over and over and over

lie to me

;;;;;;; literally no words

everything about it renders me speechless because it itself is an entity, like a timeless queen

it’s so heartbreaking but it’s like they’re trying to hold on and keep themselves together

AND HARMONIES

I COULDN’T HEAR THEM AT THE CONCERT BUT THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL

lie to me is raw and vulnerable and it’s one of those songs where you really need to take a moment to let it sink in because if you let it pass you by you’re doing it dirty

“now i wish we never met” dAMN STRAIGHT BISH IF WE NEVER MET I WOULDN’T BE HAVING ALL THESE UNNECESSARY EMOTIONS

there’s an innocence to it that i can’t place my finger on

valentine

my Gothic Vampire Baby

it took me awhile but it grew on me and now i’m grooving

this takes gothic sexual to a whole new level 

now i want to be a seductress 

talk fast

tEcHNo bEaTS

it’s so disco and shoulder wiggles

calum

cAlum

damn straight i’ll give you second i’ll give you a minute a day a month a year a decade my life

i mean

ahem

during the bridge, luke looked like he was going to lead us to liberation and i was like LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL TAKE ME WITH YOU

moving along

is it bad if you’re naked on your sofa???

calum baby anything’s fine

but this song is so like

it’s filled with so many regrets and guilt

but it’s also really problematic, and i feel that that’s the beauty of it because humans are generally problematic and complex in nature

and it’s natural to be really toxic particularly when it comes to relationships

wOw i’m getting real philosophical up here

if walls could talk

this is like some secret rendezvous and i don’t mind getting down

“not everything is so primitive” luke don’t

lyrically, this song is the most cryptic because i can’t seem to get them down

but it’s mainly revolving around want and longing and lust(?)

OKAY BUT IT’S SUPER GROOVY AND I AM DIGGING THIS

a lot of people say that they prefer sgfg and i somewhat agree because sgfg was a real emotional rollercoaster

but youngblood is actually giving us new and young blood, and it’s really different from their previous albums and i think it’s great that they are a band that explores a multitude of genres

better man

straight up i thought

2013 ed sheeran lyrics with 2017 ed sheeran beat/melody

it’s definitely more poppy and sounds like something 1d would release - NO OFFENSE by the way, i love 1d it’s just a comment

it’s not one of those songs which would make me think or want to hear it once more

more

O K A Y

THE STARTING IS A MOVIE

GETTING INTO YOUR CAR AND REVVING THE ENGINE AND ROLLING OUT OF YOUR DRIVEWAY

ughhhhhh this is so good

i don’t even know how to put this into words 

it’s one of those songs where it rides on the passion and emotions and you really got to f e e l the music to know

sort of like spitting out random words in order convey how you feel about this song

why won’t you love me

this one really hit me

and it’s so direct with its feelings

it doesn’t hide any hidden messages or feelings whatsoever it’s really just coming out and asking why won’t you love me

particularly when the two have gone through so much

and you think you have a connection but the other just leaves and rejects you

and you get stuck in that turmoil and start wondering why

woke up in japan

oh wow this like some acid trip

i’m imagining technicolour backgrounds

and sensual kisses and touch

i want to wake up in japan like this

empty wallets

this already feels emo

UNEXPECTEDLY UPBEAT

SPEND IT ALL ON ME

god make this my anthem what

MICHAEL

HELLO???????

BELIEVE IN ME B

ghost of you

okay you know it’s getting serious when you hear the picking of the strings

the piano!!!!!!

i imagine someone running in a field for some reason

amnesia pt 2 but the cousin who’s more mature and is looking back on memories and tries to suppress it

this doesn’t feel like a breakup, but more of the other passed on without any warning and now they have to deal with it

yeah sure “ghost” but it’s one of those songs where you have to move on simply because nature tells you to do so

monster among men

STARTING WITH MICHAEL YES MY BOI

the beat is weird

it keeps changing and i’m like eh???????

it slows;;;;;;

i am confused

props to ashton for keeping up with these weird beats thoooo

this song wasn’t what i was expecting 

hmmmm it requires a couple of listens before i can really get into it i feel

meet you there

BITCH BODY WORMS FOR DAYS

SOSOSOSOSOSO GOOD

i don’t even know how to classify this kind of rock but it’s so fhaiwuel ahahahahaha kill me

this is so groovy

drumsdrumdrumsdrumsdrums ashton fml

babylon

OH WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

this is sensual body rolls at its finest

CALUM FUCK ME UP

oml i had some expectations for this song and THEY DID NOT DISAPPOINT

(i know the target version has two extra songs) but this is good way to finish this album

vaguely reminds me of tomorrow never dies

THIS IS CALUM’S SONG GUYS

they’re really taking this whole new album thing to a new level

i want to go higher

such good music we’ve been spoilt

yall i love 5sos and now i just want to implode and explode and combine all the pieces to c o m b u s t

this album’s definitely more mature in the sense where the self-titled album was all about teen love and want and youth, sgfg tackling issues that youth faces, but this is matured where it reflects their age, it’s sort of wild in its own way, but it also has that emotional turmoil where you’re left wondering why you’re so alone and why love doesn’t work out