Album Info

EVERYONE'S A STAR! (Fully Evolved)

Pop - 2025

Released just months after the debut solo albums from members Michael Clifford and Calum Hood, this sixth studio album sees... more

Tracklist

1

Everyone’s A Star!

3:15 min
2

NOT OK

3:26 min
3

Telephone Busy

3:15 min
4

Boyband

2:57 min
5

No. 1 Obsession

3:05 min
6

I'm Scared I’ll Never Sleep Again

2:49 min
7

istillfeelthesame

2:30 min
8

Ghost

3:48 min
9

Sick of Myself

2:27 min
10

Evolve

3:22 min
11

The Rocks

3:19 min
12

Jawbreaker

2:09 min
13

Start Over

3:11 min
14

Wishful Dreaming

3:05 min
15

Chest

3:20 min
16

I'll Find You

3:32 min

About EVERYONE'S A STAR! (Fully Evolved)

Released just months after the debut solo albums from members Michael Clifford and Calum Hood, this sixth studio album sees 5 Seconds of Summer reflect on recurring themes of loneliness and change. It also flirts with edgy, anthemic electronics inspired by Gorillaz, N.E.R.D, and The Prodigy, from the title track’s baggy throwback beat to the moody alt-pop of “Telephone Busy” and “No. 1 Obsession.” As broadcast by the shout-along refrain of lead single “NOT OK”—“Hey, I’m not OK/I like the darker side of me”—the album spends considerable time exploring downbeat lyrical concerns. “Ghost” and “Sick of Myself” are back-to-back portraits of co-dependency (with some chemical dependency in there too), while “The Rocks” drops a pointed parallel to the band’s homeland of Australia over spiky pop punk: “Don’t you get sick of it?/Living in isolation/Cut off like an island nation.” On “Boyband,” 5SOS hit back at that term’s crowd-pleasing connotations, likening themselves to monkeys dancing on command. Even the more polished balladry on EVERYONE’S A STAR! betrays an undercurrent of anxiety, as on “I’m Scared I’ll Never Sleep Again.” That’s not to say the four band members sound at a loss for answers, though. If anything, these songs embrace the careening chaos of messy life transitions and the smirking fun of partying out of pure desperation. And on the album’s expanded edition, four new songs continue this open-hearted immediacy, including the hectic rocker “Chest,” the folk-tinged “Wishful Dreaming,” and a pair of pleading ballads.