
Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. ^ "Meet 5 Seconds Of Summer, Your Hosts For This Evenings Entertainment".Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. "The songs may change but the story of a hit remains the same". ^ "5SOS on leaving school to pursue music: 'We had to prove to our parents it was worth it' ".Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. "21 Things We Learned Hanging Out With 5 Seconds of Summer". ^ "5SOS's Calum Hood: 'My life could have been so different because I had another passion' ".^ "Why 5SOS are finally feeling the love in Australia".^ "Australia's Annual Music Exports Worth $137M: Report".As of 2020, Hood's net-worth is estimated to be $25 million ( USD). In 2017, it was reported that Hood bought a house, previously owned by Richie Kotzen, in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. Hood has since released five studio albums with the band: 5 Seconds of Summer (2014), Sounds Good Feels Good (2015), Youngblood (2018), Calm (2020) and 5SOS5 (2022).Īpart from the band, Hood has co-written songs for other artists, including the Black Veil Brides and Makeout.

After months of posting song covers together, the band began attracting interest from major music labels and publishers and signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. The trio eventually added mutual friend Ashton Irwin to their videos, forming the current 5 Seconds of Summer lineup. In 2011, Hood, Clifford and Hemmings began posting song covers on Hemmings' YouTube channel. Following his decision to quit playing football, he dropped out of high-school in 2012 after completing Year 11. And I left just being like, I made one of the biggest decisions. My mum threw out all the clothes in my closet. Hood later recalled that after quitting football, "there was a period of a month where my parents thought I was making the worst decision of my life.

However, after the formation of the band and due to the band's move to London in late 2012, he ultimately decided to stop playing football to instead pursue music.

Throughout his childhood and early teenage years, Hood took a keen interest in sports, particularly football (soccer), which he had a "promising future" in and visited a Brazil training camp for, in order to pursue the sport as a career. For his high-school education, Hood attended Norwest Christian College where he befriended future band-mate Luke Hemmings in Year 7 after they performed a Secondhand Serenade cover at a school talent show. Hood attended Norwest Primary School where he befriended future band-mate Michael Clifford in the third grade. Hood recalls his childhood upbringing to be "middle-class" and "not the most glamorous life". Hood is the younger brother of singer-songwriter, Mali-Koa. Through his father he claims Scottish descent, and through his mother he claims Cook Island Māori descent. His father, David Hood, is a former Coca-Cola employee, while his mother, Joy Hood, worked in the superannuation industry. Early life Ĭalum Thomas Hood was born on 25 January 1996 and raised in Mount Druitt, New South Wales. 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 streams surpass seven billion, making them one of the most successful Australian musical exports in history. Related videos below and for more great content featuring your favorite artists, sign up for Fuse+ to access all our videos.Calum Thomas Hood (born 25 January 1996) is an Australian musician, known for being the bassist and a vocalist of the pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer. Listen to it above and keep your fingers crossed that the forthcoming Good Charlotte/One Direction collaboration has a little more kick to it. Least come up with better lyrics than "Because I'm not fine at all" Of heartbreak and get back to delivering insanely catchy punk-pop anthems. Tweenage heartstring, we can't help but wish the boys would drop the pretense Precedent on "Amnesia." Although the lyrics are sure to tug at many a Instead of bursting with the youthful energy of a GoodĬharlotte classic or a typical 5 Seconds of Summer jam, acoustic guitar takes

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