You know, when you attach your whole life and your whole personality to this incredible music act, which I say in a positive way because I honestly wouldn’t change any part of it, but you know you attach yourself to it emotionally, there’s not really time to figure that out. That’s kind of the personal journey that I’ve been on over the last couple of years. Was it hard to figure out who you were as an individual? You’ve been in this band and had all these eyes on you since you were a kid. The album started as just sort of writing at home obviously, I had a lot of free time and wasn’t on the road, and I finally had time to reflect on everything. I’m very lucky that I could stay at home and reflect on the last 10 years - start to understand it more and have time to really let it marinate. It was a nice change of pace, but it’s hard to put it in a positive manner because it’s obviously such a horrific thing. In 5SOS, we were just going for such a long time from such a young age. When you’ve spent the past 10 years of your life without stopping to take a breath, what was it like to be thrust into this period of introspection? It’s a wise reflection on a life spent in the fast lane, and it shows a musical maturity that proves he’s learned a lot from his time in the spotlight. Over the past year, Hemmings used the downtime for introspection and crafted his debut solo album, When Facing the Things We Turn Away From, released in August. Their upbeat, explosive energy quickly established them as one of the most popular Australian musical acts in history, and Hemmings hasn’t slowed down since. Their pop-rock convictions offered a slightly edgier alternative to the One Direction zeitgeist (when I was in middle school, you were either a 1D girl or a 5SOS girl - no in-between). His band, 5 Seconds of Summer, blew up during the boy-band craze of the early 2010s he and his bandmates went from friends posting covers on YouTube to international heartthrobs virtually overnight. At 16, Australian singer Luke Hemmings was already well on his way to becoming one of the most famous teenagers in the world.
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