Who is Luke Hemmings? If you are asking yourself this, there is a good chance that you are not a teenage girl or have one as a child. Luke Hemmings is the lead singer for the popular group, 5 Seconds of Summer, or 5SOS for short. He is the face of the band for sure and will certainly be treated like the new Justin Bieber out on the airwaves. The band is from Australia and has been rocking pretty hard over the last few years.
Forming the band officially, back in 2011, Luke Hemmings was on YouTube singing songs when the group became quite the hit with fans. The group would cover songs that many people knew and it was shortly after 2011 that it was time to big time when One Direction invited them on tour with them. It did not take long after that invite that 5SOS was on its way to stardom.
Starting out as a YouTube sensation is one thing, but according to Luke Hemmings, he never thought that he and his group would be come rock stars. There was always that thought in the back of their minds, but all they had was instruments and faith. The group has been called a “boy band” by the media, but Luke Hemmings has been denying that accusation from the first day. The bands first hit was “She Looks So Perfect” and it was released worldwide in 2014.
The song quickly topped the charts in more than just the home country and from that point, the rock star status just came along with the success. Since then they have been playing all over the world, including Japan. Luke Hemmings claims that the widespread popularity and success is still a shock even though they have been pop punk stars their whole lives. They started out playing shows in front of a handful of family and friends, then the call came from One Direction.
That is when the entire lifestyle of Luke Hemmings and his band mates changed. He claimed that it was such an experience to play arenas and stadiums that he claimed his band would be back to play those types of places as the headliner. Now that is happening and it has only been a few short years for the band. Going from shows that supported just 30 people to tens of thousands, has been quite a change for the band, but they have become used to it.