I can’t believe ROWYSO is actually coming to an end! I still clearly remember being excited out of my mind for the tour to start and now it’s ending and I’m just very emotional right now.
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Broken Pieces
THIS SONG IS SO GOOD. It’s kinda like a feel good song but also it’s the kind of song you’d sing in your room while pretending you’re on a stage in front of 10,000 people. Or something you’d sing while you’re on a mountain top just because (especially the oh oh oh part). It doesn’t leave the same impact as Jet Black Heart but it’s really good all the same. Admittedly the first verse kinda sounds like the epilogue of She Looks So Perfect lol.
Jet Black Heart
Can we please talk about how gut-wrenchingly beautiful Jet Black Heart is????
Literally the first time I ever heard it was just yesterday when Smallzy premiered it, and that first time was enough for me to go “Holy shit, this is it. This is the game-changer.”
Why 5sos Deserved This Award
My sister and I were listening to MCR’s Welcome To The Black Parade one day and she told me “people don’t make music like this anymore” and it just made me sad. Sad because she is unaware that music like that still exists; they’re just not getting the recognition or exposure they deserve. Bands like twenty one pilots, Sleeping With Sirens, State Champs, 5sos, Marianas Trench… so much good music out there, so few people hearing it.
In a world run by politics, fame, and whoever can make the most money, bands like 5sos don’t stand a chance. In a time where dance-y, club music is all that people equate to music these days, songs that have heavy guitar riffs and real, palpable drum beats (and actual meaningful lyrics) just cannot survive on radio. I turn it on and all I hear are songs made up of 80% auto-generated music and just 20% of actual words that half of the time doesn’t even make sense. And everyday it makes me wonder how the world ever went from appreciating great artists like Kurt Cobain to, well, what we have today.
Nowadays, I feel like artists do anything they have to to be appreciated by the masses and if that means creating songs that don’t mean anything but have a really catchy tune, then so be it. It’s just sad to think that music used to be a creative outlet, a place where people can express how they feel and what they think and share it with the world. It gives them a voice. Now, it’s just about whoever can make the song that gets stuck in people’s heads. I feel like most artists these days are aiming to be listened to, not heard.
The world is at that stage where it is refusing to listen to the music that really matters: music that talks about real life problems like not fitting in, being bullied and pressured, dealing with anxiety, growing up, or even songs with political undertones. I mean, I get that most people see music as a way to relax and entertain themselves which is why they prefer happy songs, but I hope they learn to appreciate that there is more to music than just something to dance to. It’s a very powerful medium, and I feel like most people are not fully appreciating it for what it is. There’s so much potential there but it’s not being tapped.
This is why I think 5sos needed to win that award. Worth It might have been the song that everyone was jamming to but I think She’s Kinda Hot deserves to be heard as well. No matter how appalled mainstream people were that a band could even win a VMA, a lot more people are gonna wanna listen to the song. And who knows? Maybe 1 or 2 people are going to actually like what they hear. Maybe a dozen. Maybe a few dozens. Maybe this is what will finally open people up to the possibility that hey, 5sos are a band, bands play guitars, bands can be on the radio too. Maybe this is what’s going to change people’s perspective of music. Maybe this is what’s going to bring us back to the time when people looked to music as a source of inspiration and not just as dance music (because believe me, a LOT of my friends, colleagues, and family look to music that way and I could NOT be more annoyed). And maybe, just maybe, this entire thing right here is what’s going to bring bands back on the radio and dominate the scene once more. Because mainstream doesn’t have to be bad. Getting on the mainstream opens up so many opportunities for bands (that actually mean something) to be heard. And isn’t that why bands are bands in the first place? To be heard?
5sos winning this award is probably going to make a lot of people mad and I get it. But to me it just reignites that hope that bands with guitars can actually make it in today’s industry. Hopefully young bands can get inspired by that, and little by little the pop punk/pop rock/whatever you want to call it/ scene will rise again. When that day comes, it means the world is changing, and my sister won’t have to wonder where all the good music went.
CONGRATS 5SOS
AND “SHE’S KINDA HOT” HAS OFFICIALLY WON THE MTV VMA FOR “SONG OF THE SUMMER” 2015.
We did it fam!!
You guys. I am so proud of you, of 5sos, of all of us. We did such an amazing job with this whole thing. We voted our asses off, literally. Ever since the category came out I have been creating accounts and voting off of them every single fucking day, and I’m sure lots of you guys did that as well. And when the limit got lifted, we worked twice, thrice, multiple times as hard. And you know what? It’s not all for nothing. Because 5sos truly deserves this.
Voting season is a bitch but it really brings the fandom together. 5sos have worked so hard for us and I feel like winning awards for them is our own little way of letting them know we appreciate them. And knowing that we have made them happy with this award really pays off all these back and finger pains I’m feeling right about now lol.
I just can’t accurately express the euphoria I’m feeling. The stress of yesterday and this morning was so intense. 5H are a tough competition and I gotta hand it to them, they worked really hard as well. This probably wouldn’t be as fun if they weren’t such a great competition. But what came out of this was just real teamwork and dedication. It was amazing to come on Twitter and see my entire timeline full of #ShesKindaHotVMA tweets. No, literally, it was all I could see as far as I can scroll! I felt like everyone was just on Twitter voting all day long. I could see people posting the most random shit but then would add the voting hashtag at the end. That’s amazing. Lol. And what made me happier was that no one was talking bad stuff about 5h tbh. We were all just either making fun of 5sos, bringing up memories, tweeting lyrics, or else just encouraging more people to vote. It was beautiful to see, all that teamwork and positivity. And it wasn’t just on Twitter! Fans on Instagram were voting like crazy too. Even 5sos came on to help for a little bit even if Luke got the hashtag wrong TWICE. That’s TWICE. Omg. But everyone was just so determined to win this one for 5sos. Just last night before I went to sleep we were at 19 million votes. When I woke up we were up to 40 million. CRAZY. I love seeing what this fam can achieve when we all come together in support of this band. 🙂
Final Vote Count! (not my screenshot)
And can we talk about the fact that they FINALLY posted 5sos vs Food part 2 AFTER 2 FUCKING YEARS??? OH MY GOD. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I feel like I’ve been waiting for that my entire life and I was just about to give up ever seeing it when 5sos just suddenly dropped it from out of nowhere. And seeing an actual video from 2013 in 2015 was bizarre. It was like going back in time and witnessing 2013 5sos goofing around with giant pizzas. 2013 5sos just sitting there with no clue whatsoever about what’s to come in the future.
I am just so proud and happy today. And what makes it even better was 5sos got the news whilst they were performing on stage at New Jersey! I can just imagine how excited they were at that moment! And them announcing it to the entire arena and everyone going wild – that is a moment I would die to experience.
So just take it all in 5sos fam. Take in that sweet smell of victory in the air, because they might say we’re losers and we’re alright with that, but in the end – who gets the moon man?
Fly Away
OH MY GOD. LET ME JUST GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY FIRST AND SAY THAT THIS SONG IS JUST ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. WOW. I DON’T EVEN. HOW????
The first time I actually heard this song was a crazy story. Smallzy was going to premiere the song at 7PM Sydney time, Thursday. Which, in the Philippines, was 5PM. I literally couldn’t sit still. Actually, I only had to work until 5PM, so I had to tell my co-workers I was going to stay a little bit late. Obviously I told them I needed to get something done but really it’s just to hear the song lol. I also told them like 3 times not to turn the WiFi off when they leave.
Literally 10 minutes before 5PM this job I was applying for called me to tell me some important stuff and I was like FUCKING HELL OK I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS BUT MAN WHY’D YOU HAVE TO CALL AT THIS TIME NEW 5SOS SONG ABOUT TO DROP HELLO ARE U SERIOUS but of course I played it cool while talking to him. When he hung up, I made it back just in time because the song just started!!! GOOD LORD. It started playing and I was going out of my mind because like 10 seconds into the song I was already like WHAT THE FUCK THIS SOUNDS SO GOOD WTF WTF WTF WTF.
AND THEN.
The guy at the job I applied for CALLED AGAIN. DUDE?????? I was only using my phone to listen to the song WHY DO YOU HAVE TO INTERRUPT ME AT THIS MOMENT ARE U SHITTING ME!!? Obviously I had to go out of the room to answer it, talked to him for like a minute and then prayed that the song wasn’t over yet. It was so stressful oh my god. I SWEAR IF I COME BACK AND THE SONG IS OVER I’M GONNA THROW A FIT. But thank heavens because I still got to hear it end and Smallzy played it again right after! GOD BLESS YOU SMALLZY. THE WORLD LOVES YOU.
And just when I was ABOUT to get to the part I missed the first time around, MY FUCKING CO-WORKER TURNED THE WIFI OFF. WHAT THE!!! I LOOKED AT HER LIKE I WAS READY TO MURDER SOMEONE AND SHE WAS JUST LIKE “OMG I TURNED IT OFF”. AND LAUGHED. I have never wanted to throw my chair at someone as much as I did at that moment. By the time she turned it back on THE SONG WAS LONG OVER. FOR FUCK’S SAKE.
If you are not grasping how fucking stressful that was then you’re probably not a fangirl, but if you are, then you can just imagine my frustration!!
But I had no time to be angry because I just couldn’t believe it. I JUST HEARD A NEW 5SOS SONG (INCOMPLETE BUT STILL) AND IT WAS FUCKING BRILLIANT!!!
Okay now time to talk about the song!
It’s absolutely incredible! Right from the start it was just pop-punk goodness! It almost sounded like All Time Low + Forever The Sickest Kids + Good Charlotte but still had that distinct 5sos sound. I MEAN HOW DO THEY DO THAT. Definitely Fly Away is that song I’ve been waiting to hear from 5sos for so long. I knew they were capable of these kinds of songs and they are finally doing it and I am just so pumped for this damn album!!!! OH MY GOD. If She’s Kinda Hot and Fly Away are any indication of what the entire album is gonna sound like and what it’s about, then this album is 100% going to be the best thing that will ever happen to me.
Now on to specifics!
LYRICS
I am absolutely in love with the lyrics! Lots of people can interpret it any way they want but to me it’s about wanting to break away from everything and exploring the world, and finding yourself in the process. And to be honest this is very relevant to me right now because I’m at that time in my life where I’m trying to figure out who I am and where I’m meant to be.
Counting down these seconds, jumping off these fences, find another place to start again.
— These are just the first words of the song and already it speaks to me on a spiritual level. Find another place to start again – this is me wanting to just escape my life right now, go somewhere I’ve never been to before and have that chance to start over, without actually starting over. I want to go to a place where no one knows who I am, where I can be whoever I want to be, even if it was just for a few days.
I won’t waste another day, wishing this would fade away, running we’re not looking back.
— This line inspires me so much and I don’t even know why. I guess I’ve always wanted to just get up and leave and travel the world without looking back. It’s not like I have so many problems, but I am not exactly happy, and I am realizing more and more that I am going nowhere with my life. I’m 22, I’m working at an office I don’t like, I have a job that I don’t like, and I can’t see a future. I feel like if I don’t do something about it I’m gonna be stuck here forever, but also I have no idea what I want to do. It’s just all so confusing. This line tells me that I should do something about it now and not wait until everything is too late.
I want a little bit of California, with a little bit of London sky. I want a little bit of open ocean, with a New York state of mind.
— I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO TRAVEL THE WORLD. There’s nothing else I’d like to do but just go from country to country, embrace their culture, meet lots of new people, make friends, and learn new things. So I feel like this song understands my heart. Hearing it put into a song like that makes me want to take that dream of mine and make it a reality. Now, I’m just determined to do anything and everything to get myself around the world. I don’t care, I’m going to make it happen.
I wanna take my heart to the end of the world, fly away tonight.
— When I listen to the song I feel like I’m flying away to all these places I want to go to, like I’m already escaping my boring little world and finally living my life. And then the song ends and I realize I’m still in my bedroom. Doesn’t matter though. For now, this song is going to get me through until the day I can actually go out and fly away.
A never-ending replay of memories I can’t erase, I see the best of times in front of me
— This line talks about wanting to enjoy the life around us but feeling like you’re being held down by the bad memories that you just can’t seem to forget. It’s like when you’re at a concert or a party and you’re supposed to be having the time of your life but something bad happened the day before and you just can’t shake it off, so you end up just thinking about that bad thing for the rest of the night, and then when it’s over, you realize you just missed out on what was supposed to be a great night, and so you feel bad again. A never-ending replay.
Now I’m off to paradise, to a war I’ll never fight, say goodbye to pain and misery!
— Maybe we just need a break to clear our head, we need an escape. For me, it’s definitely travelling. I went to Australia just recently and I realized that was exactly what I needed. I feel like I was about to explode because I was so unhappy, and going to Australia for 2 weeks and just distancing myself from the pressures of the office and from the people I couldn’t stand, I just felt so alive. Like I was dying, but was given life.
Dreaming of a place to start again
— The fact that the lyric changed from “find another place” to “dreaming of a place” in the bridge makes me think that everything was just a dizzy daydream. But then the guitars and the drums came smashing, and it’s like being woken up. Like it’s waking you up to the fact that you if you WANT something, you have to GO AFTER it. You have to set your mind to it. And if you can dream it, you can have it.
This song is really deep, and it really means something to me, and I’m sure it means a lot to other people to. Music motivates me and pushes me like nothing else could. It has this kind of power over me that when I hear something in a song, I believe it. And hearing this kind of message in a song makes me want to just go out there and do what it is that I want to do.
MUSIC
The music is just as important as the lyrics, I think. If sad lyrics were mixed with happy music, it wouldn’t make much impact. The same goes when happy lyrics are mixed in with sad music. This is why I think the music, or the melody, also plays an important part in properly delivering the song’s message and making the listeners feel what the song is about. Fly Away’s lyrics are really motivational while at the same time daydream-y. I think the music matches it brilliantly.
The tune overall is very catchy and it’s the kind of song you’d dance around to and scream in your bedroom, but one thing I notice when I’m singing it aloud is I actually feel the emotions that came with it and makes me think “holy shit I want to travel the world”. There’s a sort of take-away from it, it makes you feel things after you listen to it, unlike most songs that are just there for entertainment purposes and when it’s over, you’re left with nothing.
The verses are filled with energy and is great to go crazy with, but when it comes to the little pre-chorus it slows down a bit, which allows me to add a bit of dramatic effect to it whilst jamming it out, before the chorus drops and all hell breaks loose. The chorus makes you feel as if you really do want a little bit of California and a little bit of London sky even if you don’t. I think that’s in part because the music in the chorus is tantamount to that feeling of craving for something, and Luke was almost shouting it out in a sort of eager manner, and it just makes me feel hopeful.
And let’s not forget about the guitars. WOW. I am so thrilled because so far the guitars in the 2 studio versions we’ve had from SGFG is less polished than the first one, and it’s closer to how 5sos sound like live, and it sounds amazing!! To be honest, for the first album, I prefer the live versions to the studio versions like 80% of the time but now, I kind of like them the same amount, and that’s saying something! And I like how there are these parts of the song that’s just guitars and drums, it’s really breathtaking to be honest, like they’re letting the music do the talking. I think Fly Away really just sends the message that 5sos are a band and they’re out to start a musical revolution.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Lastly, I LOVE HOW IT SOUNDS SO OLD SCHOOL. Like I said it reminds me of Good Charlotte and FTSK, and all other bands I listened to growing up. I love how 5sos are sticking to just guitars and drums without a whole lot of unnecessary production to grab attention, because honestly what else do you need? If you’ve got great lyrics, a great message, awesome music and natural talent you won’t need a whole lot of production. I love how it sounds like a seasoned band doing a garage session right out of the box. It’s amazing.
Final word? THIS SONG IS BRILLIANT AND I AM SO FUCKING EXCITED FOR SOUNDS GOOD FEELS GOOD TO KICK SOME SNOOTY MUSIC SNOB’S ASS.
❤ linkinluke
Sounds Good Feels Good
I know this is weeks late but … 5SOS HAVE FINALLY DROPPED AN ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT!!!
The Leaders of the Not-Coming-Backs
Every day I’m realizing more and more how 5sos fit in into the music scene – and that’s by not fitting in.
Tired of everyone’s shit
Today started out okay. It was 8:30AM, I was at work, and I just remembered 5sos were doing a tumblr ask thing. So naturally I went and asked them a bunch of questions until the site broke down (typical 5sos, lol) so I went on Twitter and realized the APMAs was ongoing. Few minutes later AP announced that 5sos and the 5sosfam won the Tumblr Fandom award. YAAAAY! It was great because not only did we win an award but literally a few minutes ago 5sos had just crashed Tumblr. Hahaha.
She’s Kinda Hot: Welcome To The New Broken Scene
Unless you’ve been living under a rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for the past few days, then you’ve probably heard about 5sos’ spanking new single, “She’s Kinda Hot”. I doubt anyone reading this post hasn’t heard it yet but if by any chance you haven’t, I suggest you go do that now before you read on. Go on, go on!
IS IT HI OR HEY? 