DAY FOUR OF 5SOS WEEK: THE GHOST OF AN OLDER 5SOS

Hello stars, and welcome to Day Four of 5SOS Week! Today, we’re going over such a changing time in 5SOS’s career. From Youngblood, an album marking a comeback from a hiatus, to the Meet You There Tour both representing where 5SOS changed directions from that teenage sound to a darker and more emotional sound. Youngblood is an identity crisis put to a beat. 

Youngblood (Deluxe)

5SOS came back from Sounds Live Feels Live  with a message that 2016 was “over” for 5SOS, and they would be taking a break. During this break, they decided to work on their sound. So when they announced a new single titled Want You Back in February 2018, Fans were ready for new music!

This was a brand-new territory for their sound, and they absolutely crushed it. They completely transformed their music. Following The release of Want You Back was three more single releases and an album announcement for Youngblood. If any album could represent a beer and a lonely heart it’d be this one. This album delves into deeper territory about the adult version of heartbreak. This album communicates what it’s like to be stuck in a loop of yearning and brokenness, and through Luke’s whiny vocals, synths, and a steady rhythm between all their instruments, they accurately represented those emotions. This album really showed 5SOS growing up, as well as their fans. A lot of more mature themes are heard here, with lyrics like “Is it weird that I’m drunk and on my sofa?” and “It don’t matter, be combative or be sweet cherry pie// It don't matter just as long as I get all you tonight” 5SOS strayed away from who they had been before this album, and embraced the new look and maturity.

Songs like Want You Back, Lie To Me, Ghost Of You, and Why Won’t You Love Me, are firm representations of that yearning mentioned previously. 5SOS really shows how the mind misses someone after they leave (even if they weren’t great for you). The emphasis on heartbreak in these songs is visible and heard.

Songs like More, Empty Wallets, and Babylon sound like revenge, with their guitars and steady drumbeat they make you want to go find someone who wronged you, but the lyrics to both of these songs are deeper, and so much more emotional then you think.

Youngblood is a whole part itself, this song was created to be a shuffle, it makes you want to dance, it’s so different but also fits perfectly on this album. This song won many awards such as ARIA’s song of the year of 2018, one of ASCAP’s pop music awards, and many more. This song as of July 2025 reached two billion streams on Spotify!

Songs like Better Man, Talk Fast, If Walls Could Talk, Meet You There, and Moving Along, are made to be ear-worms, these songs stick in your head and never leave (not that anyone complains about it).

Songs like Woke Up In Japan and Monster Among Men have different themes, but share one common thought of missing something that's gone. Which is something anyone can relate to.

Valentine (or Valentyne according to Calum Hood) uses many synths to communicate the feeling of wanting to appreciate your partner everyday you’re together, instead of buying into Valentine’s day.

Meet You There

Also in the year of 2018 for 5SOS was the Meet You There Tour. This tour was a World tour for Youngblood starting in Japan and ending in Spain.

The leather jackets, the neon lights, and drums that could re-route your nervous system, that’s what this tour was. The Meet You There Tour wasn’t just about music, it was about the transformation. The band finding themselves, and the fans growing up with them. This tour was so stand-out because we got to really see their chemistry. They had ambition and were being taken seriously. This tour wasn’t just a bridge between eras, it was when 5SOS really stepped fully into their sound.

Later on in 2018, the live recording from this tour was released under the name Meet You There Tour Live.

That’s been your Daily Dose of the Sauce. Come back tomorrow for Day Five of 5SOS Week, we’re so excited!