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The band revealed they were inspired by industrial music whilst working on the album, allowing them to establish the "rhythm side" of the album's production. Drummer Ashton Irwin further explained: "As far as sonic inspirations go, [the band] always [tries to] incorporate some of what everyone is actually listening to so it's a more genuine and influenced record that [the band] can speak on".
5 Seconds of Summer spent two years working on the album, beginning after the release of Calm in 2020. Luke Hemmings called the lyrical content written for the album "extremely introspective". The band wrote and produced most of the album themselves, including the first two singles, "Complete Mess" and "Take My Hand".
Luke Robert Hemmings (born 16 July 1996) is an Australian singer and musician, best known for being the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and a founding member of the pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer. Since 2014, 5 Seconds of Summer have sold more than 10 million albums, sold over two million concert tickets worldwide, and the band's songs ...
The album cover was designed by Richard Andrews, who created the album cover for 5 Seconds of Summer's last two projects – 5 Seconds of Summer and LiveSOS. Annie Zaleski of The A.V. Club described Sounds Good Feels Good ' s cover as " a clear precedent of the early-’00s pop-punk boom".
"'Lighter' is a special song because the creative momentum between myself, David and 5SOS aligned so well – we let the collaboration flow into a piece of music that feels emotional and timeless. Michael [Clifford] is such a music lover very much like me, and working closely with him on producing the live elements like strings, guitar and ...
"Older" is a sentimental-pop ballad and a duet between lead singer Luke Hemmings and his fiancée Sierra Deaton.The song deals with the themes of desire to be forever with a partner, knowing that they will be broken if the partner leaves, and not wanting to grow older and one step closer to a demise of yourself or a loved one.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, "Youngblood" won the ARIA Award for Song of the Year [4] [5] and is the most streamed Australian song of all time on Apple Music. [6] "Youngblood" sold over five million adjusted copies worldwide within six months of release, [7] [8] [9] the eleventh best-selling single of all time in Australia.
"Blender" was met with generally positive reviews by music critics. Grace Powers of Music Daily called the track a "quick pace" song with a catchy chorus. She also stated, "Its blunt and honest songwriting mixed with punchy drums and guitar makes me even more excited to see what's in store on 5SOS5 . [ 6 ]