5SOS5

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".

The album's lead single, "Complete Mess", was released on 2 March 2022.{{cite web|url=https://readdork.com/news/5-seconds-of-summer-complete-mess-wednesday-2-march-5sos/|title=5 Seconds of Summer are back on Wednesday with a new track, 'Complete Mess'|work=Dork|last=Ackroyd|first=Stephen|date=26 February 2022|access-date=12 May 2022}} It reached number 85 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in April 2022.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/5-seconds-of-summer/chart-history/hsi/|title=5 Seconds of Summer Chart History: Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=12 May 2022}}

The second single, "Take My Hand", followed on 1 April 2022,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/5-seconds-of-summer-take-my-hand-1235053399/|title=5 Seconds of Summer Return With 'Take My Hand': Stream It Now|magazine=Billboard|last=Brandle|first=Lars|date=1 April 2022|access-date=12 May 2022}} and charted at number 72 on the Irish Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=5+Seconds+of+Summer|title=Discography 5 Seconds of Summer|website=irish-charts.com|access-date=12 May 2022}}

Third single "Me Myself & I" was released alongside the album announcement on 11 May 2022. It peaked at number 90 on the ARIA Singles Chart.{{cite magazine|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 23 May 2022|magazine=The ARIA Report|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|issue=1681|page=4|date=23 May 2022}}

The fourth single "Blender" was released with no prior announcement on 13 July 2022, after the band had begun performing it live on the Take My Hand tour.

The fifth single "Older" (featuring Sierra Deaton) was released on 7 September 2022, after the band released a snippet of Hemmings singing "Older" on their social media pages the previous day; however, it was not announced the song would be released the next day.{{cite tweet|user=5SOS|number=1567257184807055360|title=Working on new tunes for the Royal Albert Hall livestream|date=6 September 2022|access-date=8 September 2022}} A video of the song, featuring an end-of-the-world scenario, was released on 18 October 2022.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/5-seconds-of-summer-share-apocalyptic-music-video-older-1234613438/|title=5 Seconds of Summer Imagine the End of the World in Apocalyptic 'Older' Video|last=Paul|first=Larisha|date=October 18, 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=October 20, 2022}}

The promotional single "Bad Omens" was released on 23 September 2022. A video of the song, featuring a romance car, was released on 26 September 2022.

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| rev2 = Clash

| rev2score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/5-seconds-of-summer-5sos5/|title=5 Seconds of Summer – 5SOS5 {{!}} Reviews|work=Clash|last=Garner|first=Shannon|date=23 September 2022|access-date=25 September 2022}}

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Matt Collar of AllMusic gave the album a 4 out of 5 stars and wrote that "much of the album brings to mind the Weeknd's distinctive brand of atmospheric pop -- songs shot through with a yearning, after-hours regret and spiritual modern-rock uplift". He praised the songs "Complete Mess", "Me Myself & I", "Take My Hand", and "Bad Omens". Clash called the album 5 Seconds of Summer's "most cohesive and impressive work to date". Cara-Louise Scott from The Indiependent praised it as "a beautifully hand-crafted album, symbolising eleven years of the band's musical experience."{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Cara-Louise |date=2022-09-26 |title=Album Review: 5SOS5 // 5 Seconds of Summer |url=https://www.indiependent.co.uk/album-review-5sos5-5-seconds-of-summer/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=The Indiependent |language=en-GB}}

The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 with 48,000 equivalent album units sold in its first week in the US, including 36,000 in pure album sales.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=2022-10-02 |title=Bad Bunny's 'Un Verano Sin Ti' Back at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart for 12th Week |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/bad-bunny-un-verano-sin-ti-number-one-12th-week-billboard-200-chart-1235148849/ |access-date=2022-10-02 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} The album charted in the top 10 in an additional ten countries, including at number one in the UK and Australia.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-07 |title=5 Seconds of Summer Sneaks to No. 2 In U.S. With '5SOS5' |url=https://themusicnetwork.com/5-seconds-of-summer-no-2-us-5sos5/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=The Music Network}}

{{Track listing

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| title1 = Complete Mess

| writer1 = {{hlist|Luke Hemmings|Ashton Irwin|Calum Hood|Michael Clifford}}

| extra1 = Clifford

| length1 = 3:26

| title2 = Easy for You to Say

| writer2 = {{hlist|Hemmings|Irwin|Hood|Clifford}}

| extra2 = Clifford

| length2 = 4:00

| title3 = Bad Omens

| writer3 = {{hlist|Hemmings|Irwin|James Abrahart|Sarah Hudson|Jason Evigan}}

| extra3 = Evigan

| length3 = 3:35

| title4 = Me Myself & I

| writer4 = {{hlist|Hemmings|Irwin|Hood|Clifford|Mick Coogan|Jon Bellion|Evigan|Pete Nappi}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Bellion|Evigan|Nappi}}

| length4 = 2:57

| title5 = Take My Hand

| writer5 = Hemmings

| extra5 = Clifford

| length5 = 4:57

| note5 = Joshua Tree version

| title6 = Carousel

| writer6 = {{hlist|Hemmings|Irwin|Hood|Clifford| Sierra Deaton}}

| extra6 = Clifford

| length6 = 3:56

| title7 = Older

| note7 = featuring Sierra Deaton

| writer7 = {{hlist|Hemmings|Clifford|Deaton|Michael Pollack}}

| extra7 = Clifford

| length7 = 3:17

| title8 = Haze

| writer8 = {{hlist|Hemmings|Irwin|Hood|Clifford}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|5 Seconds of Summer|Matthew Pauling}}

| length8 = 3:33

| title9 = You Don't Go to Parties

| writer9 = {{hlist|Irwin|Hood|Colin Brittain|Elijah Noll}}

| extra9 = Colin Brittain

| length9 = 3:15

| title10 = Blender

| writer10 = {{hlist|Hemmings|Irwin|Hood|Jacob Torrey|Peter Thomas}}

| extra10 = Thomas

| length10 = 2:27

| title11 = Caramel

| writer11 = {{hlist|Hemmings|Irwin|Hood|John Feldmann}}

| extra11 = Feldmann

| length11 = 3:10

| title12 = Best Friends

| writer12 = {{hlist|Hemmings|Irwin|Hood|Clifford}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Feldmann|Clifford}}

| length12 = 3:11

| title13 = Bleach

| writer13 = {{hlist|Hemmings|Irwin|Hood|Clifford}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Wylie Hopkins|Clifford}}

| length13 = 3:01

| title14 = Red Line

| writer14 = {{hlist|Hemmings|Irwin|Hood|Clifford}}

| extra14 = Clifford

| length14 = 3:23

| total_length = 48:08

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{{Track listing

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| title15 = Moodswings

| writer15 = {{hlist|Hemmings|Irwin|Hood|Clifford| Sarah Aarons}}

| extra15 = Clifford

| length15 = 2:34

| title16 = Flatline

| writer16 = {{hlist|Hemmings|Irwin|Brian Lee|Rami Yacoub|Sylvester Sivertsen}}

| extra16 = {{hlist|Sly|Yacoub}}

| length16 = 3:03

| title17 = Emotions

| writer17 = {{hlist|Hood|Clifford|Nick Long}}

| extra17 = Clifford

| length17 = 3:18

| title18 = Bloodhound

| writer18 = {{hlist|Hemmings|Irwin|Hood|Clifford|Mike Score|Ali Score|Franais Maudsley|Paul Reynolds}}

| extra18 = Clifford

| length18 = 3:22

| title19 = Tears!

| writer19 = {{hlist|Irwin|Brittain|Noll}}

| extra19 = Brittain

| length19 = 3:27

| total_length = 63:52

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{{Track listing

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| title20 = Complete Mess

| note20 = acoustic version

| length20 = 2:52

| total_length = 66:44

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Notes

• "Complete Mess", "Carousel", "Haze", "Blender", and "Tears!" are stylized in all caps.
• The album version of "Take My Hand" is fifty eight seconds longer than the original; it contains a voice memo from Luke Hemmings, recorded in Joshua Tree National Park.
• On vinyl, "Carousel" and "Blender" are switched places.

5 Seconds of Summer

• Luke Hemmings – guitar, lead vocals (tracks 1–8, 10–16, 18), keyboards (tracks 1–6, 8, 10–13, 15–19), backing vocals (tracks 1–6, 8–15, 17–19), producer (track 8{{Efn|name=note8|Credited as 5 Seconds of Summer}}), instrumentation (tracks 5, 8{{Efn|name=note8}}), programmer (tracks 5, 8{{Efn|name=note8}})
• Michael Clifford – guitar (tracks 1–2, 4–19), lead vocals (tracks 1–2, 10, 12–13, 15, 17–18), keyboards (tracks 1–6, 8, 10–13, 15–19), backing vocals (tracks 1–6, 8–19), producer (tracks 1–2, 5–8,{{Efn|name=note8}} 12–15, 17–18), instrumentation (tracks 1–2, 5–8,{{Efn|name=note8}} 12, 14–15, 17–18), programmer (tracks 1–2, 5–8,{{Efn|name=note8}} 12–15, 17–18), vocal producer (track 4)
• Calum Hood – bass guitar, lead vocals (tracks 1, 6, 8–10, 13, 15, 18), guitar (track 11), keyboards (all tracks), backing vocals (tracks 1–6, 8–19), producer (track 8{{Efn|name=note8}}), instrumentation (track 8{{Efn|name=note8}}), programmer (track 8{{Efn|name=note8}})
• Ashton Irwin – drums, lead vocals (tracks 8–9, 11, 19), keyboards (tracks 1–6, 8–13, 15–19), backing vocals (tracks 1–6, 8–19), producer (track 8{{Efn|name=note8}}), instrumentation (track 8{{Efn|name=note8}}), programmer (track 8{{Efn|name=note8}})

Additional musicians

• James Abrahart – background vocals (track 3)
• Colin "Doc" Brittain – keyboards (track 9)
• Sierra Deaton – lead vocals (track 7)
• Jason Evigan – guitar (track 3), synthesizer (tracks 3–4)
• Elijah Noll – backing vocals (track 19)
• Michael Pollack – keyboards (track 7)
• Jacob Scesney – saxophone (track 10)
• Sly – keyboards (track 16)
• Mark Schick – guitar (track 3)
• Peter Thomas – keyboards (track 10), background vocals (track 10)

Technical personnel

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• Neal Avron – engineer (tracks 1, 5–6)
• Courtney Ballard – engineer (track 2)
• Jon Bellion – producer (track 4)
• Chris Bennion – assistant mix engineer (track 2)
• Michael Bono – engineer (track 11)
• Bryce Bordone – assistant mixer (tracks 4, 16)
• Colin "Doc" Brittain – producer (tracks 9, 19), instrumentation (tracks 9, 19), programmer (tracks 9, 19), vocal producer (tracks 9, 19)
• Zander Caruso – additional production (tracks 6–7), instrumentation (track 7), programmer (track 7), additional programmer (track 17), drum programmer (tracks 15, 17)
• Lionel Crasta – engineer (tracks 3–4), vocal producer (tracks 3–4)
• Tommy Dietrick – engineer
• Jason Evigan – producer (tracks 3–4), drum programmer (tracks 3–4), vocal producer (track 3)
• Rafael Fadul – engineer (tracks 3–4)
• John Feldmann – producer (tracks 11–12), instrumentation (track 11), programmer (track 11)
• Michael Freeman – engineer (tracks 8, 12, 15, 17, 19)
• Chris Gehringer – engineer (tracks 1–19)
• Serban Ghenea – engineer (tracks 4, 16)
• Eli Heisler – assistant mixer (track 7)
• Cameron Hogan – engineer (tracks 3–4)
• Wylie Hopkins – producer (track 13), instrumentation (track 13), programmer (track 13)
• Andy Inadomi – engineer (tracks 7, 15)
• Chris Kasych – engineer (tracks 2, 4–6, 8, 12–14)
• James Krausse – engineer (track 2)
• Rob Kinelski – engineer (track 7)
• Kevin McCombs – engineer (track 9, 19), additional production (tracks 9, 19)
• Dylan McLean – engineer (tracks 11–12)
• Jacob Munk – engineer (tracks 1–2, 6, 18–19)
• Pete Nappi – producer (track 4)
• Tim Nelson – additional production (track 1)
• Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – vocal producer (track 1)
• Matthew Pauling – producer (track 8), engineer (tracks 2–6, 8, 10, 15–16), instrumentation (track 8), programmer (track 8), vocal producer (track 6)
• Jackson Rau – engineer (tracks 3–4)
• Scott Skrzynski – assistant mixer (tracks 1, 5–6)
• Tyler Spry – additional production (tracks 2, 18)
• Sly – producer (track 16), engineer (track 16), instrumentation (track 16), programmer (track 16)
• Spike Stent – engineer (tracks 2–3, 9–11, 13–14, 18)
• Scott Stewart – engineer (tracks 11–12)
• Peter Thomas – producer (track 10), engineer (track 10), drum programmer (track 10)
• Josh Thornberry – engineer (tracks 11–12)
• Jake Torrey – additional production (track 10)
• Matt Wolach – assistant mixer (tracks 2–3, 9–11, 13–14, 18)
• Rami Yacoub – producer (track 16), engineer (track 16), instrumentation (track 16), programmer (track 16)

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