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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 10 November 2018
With 'Youngblood,' 5 Seconds of Summer reach new heights

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. Good." The band's self-ti-
Associated Press tled debut was released in
LOS ANGELES (AP) — 5 Sec- 2014.
onds of Summer were al- "You write different songs
ready in shock when their when you're 16 or 17 to
album beat out Beyonce when you're 22 or 23," said
and Jay-Z for the top spot Hemmings, who sings and
on the Billboard 200 chart plays guitar. "I think our
this summer. But having fans were the same age
their single "Youngblood" as us when we came out. I
reach the No. 1 spot on think they grew up with us.
the pop songs chart and I think, in a way, we have
become an international similar tastes. We were try-
smash hit has the band in ing to find something that
awe. would define ourselves as
"We really didn't expect men like in our 20s. I think
this," said singer-guitarist Mi- people have responded to
chael Clifford of the Austra- that."
lian rock-pop band, which Each band member was
includes Luke Hemmings, a solo artist before they
Calum Hood and Ashton formed the group in 2011.
Irwin. The foursome posted vid-
"Youngblood" recently eos on YouTube of them-
spent five weeks at No. 1 In this Oct. 18, 2018 photo, members of the band 5 Seconds of Summer, from left, Calum Hood, selves covering songs by
on the pop songs charts, Ashton Irwin, Luke Hemmings and Michael Clifford pose at Capitol Records in Los Angeles to pro- Ed Sheeran, Blink-182 and
which tracks Top 40 radio mote their third album "Youngblood." Chris Brown, garnering mil-
airplay. The track is spend- Associated Press lions of views.
ing its seventh week in the Their successful grass-
Top 10 on the all-genre Hot can only hope," he added. album as a surprise a day They followed the success roots movement afforded
100 chart, where rap songs The band's impressive year after 5SOS' album. with an extensive tour — them an opportunity to
have heavily dominated in kicked off when "Young- "It was incredibly scary for which wraps on Nov. 19 in tour with One Direction in
the last year. blood," also the title of us," Clifford said. "But our Madrid — playing "Young- 2013, which gave them
Clifford calls the hit song their latest album, outsold fans really rallied behind us. blood" to thousands of fans their first claim to fame. At
"authentically us" and said Beyonce and Jay-Z's "Ev- They knew what it meant to as the song continued to the time, the group said it
it allows fans to "see the real erything Is Love," giving us. We've always been kind climb the charts. was a "huge risk" by leaving
version of ourselves and our the band their third No. 1 of underdogs. But we were 5SOS initially planned to the comforts of Australia,
music in a very bold way album on Billboard's 200 al- able to show on a large release an album last year where they had already
than what we've delivered bums chart. scale, a large platform that but held off to "perfect" a built a good support base.
in other songs." Clifford admits the band we can perform. We also new sound. "Youngblood" But Clifford adds that the
"You can never predict the was worried when the su- showed that 5 Seconds of comes three years after band always knew they
success of a song — you perstar duo released their Summer mean business." 2015's "Sounds Good Feels would make it.q
Adriana Lima thanks crowd at final Victoria's Secret show

By ALICIA RANCILIO a downtown Manhattan Press as stylists worked on
Associated Press venue as 60 models strut- her long dark hair. "No, I still
NEW YORK (AP) — An emo- ted, including sisters Bella get nervous, just like at my
tional Adriana Lima bowed and Gigi Hadid, Kendall first Victoria's Secret show."
her head in thanks and Jenner and Winnie Harlow. Another angel mom,
crossed her hands over her Ora briefly walked hand- 30-year-old Namibian
heart as she made her 18th in-hand with one of the blonde Behati Prinsloo,
and final runway walk in angels during her perfor- smiled wide as she primped
the annual holiday Victo- mance and a stage hand backstage. Prinsloo, who is
ria's Secret Fashion Show, later fetched a piece of married to Adam Levine,
her long white feather "an- her gold jewelry that fell to has been an angel since
gel wings" gently blowing the runway. Mendes was 2009 but this was her return
as the crowd cheered. dressed in black and slung to the show after two years
A tribute video played his acoustic guitar on his Adriana Lima appears backstage during hair and makeup at off, just eight months after
Thursday during taping of back as he sang while Gigi the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show at Pier 94 on Thursday, the birth of their second
the extravaganza, declar- Hadid managed a huge Nov. 8, 2018, in New York. daughter.
ing Lima "the greatest an- parachute-like set of floral Associated Press "It's such an honor to just
gel of all time" while Fatboy wings that caught the air be part of it yet again after
Slim's "Praise You" played. like a massive windsock. He matched plaid train and black robes bedazzled having kids," she said.
The show will be broadcast sang "Lost in Japan." bra as she smiled. Harlow, with gold stars. They spoke Giving birth gave her extra
Dec. 2 on ABC and in 190 Jenner took to the runway a newcomer to the show, to journalists while sitting confidence, Prinsloo said.
countries around the world. in a black and silver bikini walked in sparkly silver with at makeup stations and "It made me work a little
The Struts, Shawn Mendes, look and a set of stiff black pink feather adornment. lounging on couches. harder," she said. "It made
The Chainsmokers, Rita feathers adorned with glitzy Backstage before the "I thought over the years I me appreciate my body so
Ora, Bebe Rexha, Kelsea stars. For another round on show, the 37-year-old Lima, would get more relaxed," much, what it can do, cre-
Ballerini and Halsey per- the catwalk, she donned a a mother of two, and other the blue-eyed Brazilian ate life and then, honestly,
formed on the runway at tiny plaid kilt skirt with a mis- models lounged in short beauty told The Associated get back and do this."q