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Did calum just confirm kaykay and ashton or what?

PS: at calum5sos are you alright, bud?? No need to go off like this lol

I’m making a post when I get home but I wanted to know your thoughts on this.

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I thought it was kinda weird how Luke laughed when Calum said he had a girlfriend.

Okay so I went back to watch it and decided to see everyone’s reaction and honestly, if anyone knows about body language please let me know. I’ll just work with my perceptions and opinions so take it as that (as always). Basically here’s the clip (x) (around 0:42 -0:57) (sorry for not being able to insert it here since tumblr only allows one video by post)

There’s nothing really weird until you start to look at them individually.

Here’s Calum saying “actually he’s got a girlfriend so”:

He looks unimpressed in my opinion. Kinda tired maybe. Maybe ironic.

Here’s Luke:

He scratches his neck when Calum says the word girlfriend and then he tries to laugh it off. In my opinion, he looked nervous and then if you look at this gif, he actually laughs and keeps the smile but it’s like the one a naughty kid would have, like when you laugh in an inappropriate situation.

Here’s Michael:

He looks at Calum like “what are you going to say” and after he hears what he says, he jokes right after about Luke being bing.

And here’s Ashton. It’s not a gif because when I watched it I noticed he said something:

I feel like his body language is really expressive. He’s laughing at the google joke and as soon as Calum mentions the word girlfriend he stops smiling, and if I’m not wrong, he says “baby back up” (which is really interesting in my opinion!) and then looks to the side like he’s done with everything.

Honestly after watching this (again) I felt like he [Ashton] got pissed after the boys joked with the cashmere candle and then this happened, which may explain why he’s so irritated during the whole thing.

After this I feel like there’s something definitely happening. Now I can’t help but consider the idea that Luke is being asked/pushed to mention her for reasons I can’t figure out (and probably won’t figure out). I feel like calum was like “got you bro” and said it himself so Luke wouldn’t have to.

I’d like to think he mentions her organically but after seeing this I have even more doubts about it.

It’s just weird, that’s all I can say. Keep in mind these are opinions and I’m not a body language expert so don’t take it as facts.

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Praising the girlfriends ≠ real fans

Honestly, I’ve been wanting to do this post for a while and given the recent events going within the fandom, I’d like to say some things.

I’m tired of this mentality that implies that if you don’t like or praise the boys’s girlfriends (and it doesn’t stop there, I’d also add to that list friends or coworkers, even [Andy, for example]), you’re not a real fan, or a good fan.

I’m here for the band. 

While I understand that some people like shipping or gushing over couples and I don’t condemn them for that, I think that there’s some toxic stuff I’ve seen going around and I’d like to address it:

If you don’t like their girlfriend, you aren’t supporting their happiness: the only thing I have to say for this, are you? You don’t know what’s up behind the scenes. Maybe they’re both having the worst time of their lives and you’re here hyping it up. We don’t know what people is going through so affirmations like this make me kind of go “???”. But also, while you remain respectful if you have a different opinion, I don’t see why or how it would affect them.

Turning your SM account to one dedicated to the girl: I have no problem if you actually like the girl and she has something for you to be a fan for (probably her job) but if you’re making fan accounts (or sometimes is fanart) of rumored girlfriends, hookups or stuff like that... that’s creepy. Also, please do so if you truly are a fan. I read this “fan” account dedicated to certain girlfriend admitting that if the girlfriend wasn’t dating one of the boys, she wouldn’t have a fan account dedicated to that girlfriend. That’s just sad. I don’t even have to explain why.

Giving more attention to the girls than the actual band: I’ve seen this happen so many times, especially when it comes to milestones for the band. A single is out, but the majority of the fandom is freaking out about x or y drama happening with a couple. It also has happened with coworkers. Take Andy for example. 

This kind of links with the point I made before, but praising the girlfriend over the band member, especially when it erases his effort for an achievement: the biggest example is the whole fandom treating Sierra like an angel and pretending Luke didn’t have to pick himself up after what happened. Of course, she might have helped, just like Ashton, Calum, Michael and his family probably did. But just don’t pretend the girlfriends came in and fixed all their problems, especially when it’s related to mental health stuff. It’s dismissive for them and it sends the wrong message for young people.

And this might be speculation, but I’m pretty sure their management sees the way the majority of the fandom reacts and that’s why we get so much drama related to the couples. Because it stirs things. And maybe this is why their image has been so linked to their love-life. So many bands go through their careers without their love life being so relevant on their media presence.

Attacking other fans because their opinion differs or they just don’t like the girl/couple (while the ones that don’t like the girl or couple remain respectful, it should be okay for them to think in that way; and even if they were mean, we should educate, not act in the same way they do).

I might be forgetting stuff or might have not seen some stuff, so feel free to add or tell me.

I invite you to stop pretending that everyone that’s near the guys now belongs to the band and we owe them stuff.

You don’t need to praise. You don’t need to do fan accounts. You don’t need to turn your Twitter into one dedicated to the girl. You don’t need to do fanart. You also don’t need to hate. You don’t need to send fucked up comments. You don’t need to bring up their names every time something band related happens (like a single, album or music video release, for example).

Just be respectful.

In my eyes, is way more respectful to let the couples be and not expect them to post photos or videos (or whatever), or push them to do stuff (example: marriage because you guys are so cute and have been together for so long!!). We should treat them like people, not a circus.

Honestly, just be real and respectful. If you like the couple, cool. If you like her because she does something that resonates with you, go ahead. But don’t push people to feel the same as you. Don’t push yourself to hype up someone you feel nothing about. 

At the end of the day, praising the girlfriends doesn’t equal being a real fan. Support your band and help them reach their goals makes you a real fan.

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5sos + interscope records

So I just saw they signed up with them and went to look up the artists they work with and there are some really interesting ones (Lana del Rey, Billie Eilish, the 1975). It made me wonder if this means that the sound might go back to lean towards rock again or be more alternative.

I thought about this especially after seeing the songs they registered and seeing that andy biersack (who plays in a metal band) helped them with a song

(photo not mine so thanks to whoever that posted)

I feel like they might go for a more mature sounds good feels good? but then again I think about the country influences they’ve had lately so I’m here just waiting to see what’s going on. 

Thoughts? Comments?

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New single coming soon? 👀 New era beginning?

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If we look back at everything that led to Sierra being involved with 5sos, I still think there’s something fishy about the way she seemed to be close to Ashton before even starting to be around Luke. When they became a couple Ashton distanced himself a lot from her, even though she claimed to be best friends? I still think she used Ashton as a stepping stone to Luke and he never let that go cause he always seems to make a weird face or comment whenever Luke mentions her.

I get where you’re coming from. I think that it wouldn’t be weird for us to look back and see she got along really well with Ashton (because it seemed like she got along with Calum too and I think once I saw a picture of Michael at her birthday or something) if he didn’t seem to react towards her in the way he has when she has been brought up in interviews.

I feel like the most obvious one was this one I discussed here, but he’s always doing faces and also he has called her a baked potato so, I don’t know about you but in my opinion it feels like he’s annoyed at her. 

I don’t know if he’s actually mad at her and feels betrayed or maybe he feels like she’s making something wrong with Luke, or if he’s annoyed at the fact that Luke brings it up in interviews because maybe he wants to be more serious and about music in them rather than sharing their personal lives. Maybe it’s a mix of the two. Maybe it’s none of them. I wouldn’t be able to tell, but I totally see your point. Thanks for sharing. 

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Just saw the heat world video and I thought it was kinda awkward just giving them tweets to read instead of questions, but there were some funny ones. Thought I have to say that Ashton’s attitude really threw me off the jokes the other boys were saying because, yes, he’s sassy but in this he was... mean. Hopefully it was a situational thing. The other boys were pretty mature and respectful towards the whole thing overall. And calum teasing Luke about his gf was really sassy (and funny) in my opinion.

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Easier (opinion)

So, let me state that I liked the song, but it wasn’t what I was expecting.

It really shows that Charlie puth collaborated because the song is really flat in sound. I was waiting for the beat to drop and pick up at some point but it didn’t happen. Really, this is a Charlie puth sound with Luke’s voice. If you listen to attention or we don’t talk anymore it’s the same thing: it goes the same way all the time and there aren’t big changes in the sound. I kind of missed that because 5sos does it a lot (I mean, you can listen to any song but babylon’s build up is flawless).

I’m also surprised they still sound pop-ish. I thought that they were going for rock, especially after this:

But again, Charlie’s presence in the song is really noticeable and I feel like it took over.

And I don’t know if I didn’t listen to it right but I think Luke is the only one singing?? Correct me if I’m wrong.

Leaving that aside, I liked the aesthetic of the video, and you can understand why they’re drowning, in chains and their portraits are burning. I also really loved the fact that we got to hear luke singing in a really high note because we always had like small moments to hear it but this is a full song sang in a really high note, so it was cool and I’m proud of him. His voice is really unique and I’m glad he keeps on evolving it. And also I liked the lyrics.

I think they chose this song to be the single so they can show they keep on trying new styles but also because I feel like it really will go up in the charts since it’s really catchy. I feel like this song tries to be want you back little sister but she can’t be her, you know? lol.

Can’t wait to see the rest of this new era and if what they’re building up to with those symbols since they’re putting so much emphasis on them.

Thoughts? Opinions on it?

PS: if you feel bad because you don’t love it like everyone else, don’t feel that way. We have a whole new album upcoming so maybe you don’t like this one but you’ll like the other songs. Don’t feel guilty or anything. It’s fine to have a different opinion, and if you want to rant or talk, my inbox and messages are open.