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Wildflower (5 Seconds of Summer song)

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| type = single

| artist = 5 Seconds of Summer

| album = Calm

| released = 27 March 2020

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| genre = *New wave

*soft rock

| length = 3:40

| label = * Interscope

* Polydor

| writer = * Calum Hood

* Ashton Irwin

* Michael Clifford

* Geoff Warburton

* Oscar Gorres

* Rami Yacoub

| producer = Oscar Gorres

| prev_title = Old Me

| prev_year = 2020

| next_title = 2011

| next_year = 2021

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"'Wildflower'" is a song by Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer, released on 25 March 2020 as the second promotional single from their fourth studio album 'Calm', before being released as the album's fifth single to radio on 17 April 2020.

Background



Breaking the precedent set by previous 5 Seconds of Summer albums, Wildflower is the only track from 'Calm' to feature bassist Calum Hood (or any member other than Luke Hemmings) on lead vocals. Talking about the song, Hood said, "We wanted to make the chorus kind of a choose-your-own-adventure, where some words are left out and then accentuated by these big stabs of synth. It lets everyone come up with their own interpretation, and fill in whatever they think those missing lyrics might be."

Reception



Chris Payne of 'Billboard' said, "The fifth single off 'Calm' takes root in the flashy '80s touches that have served the Aussie quartet well in the past. Booming drumbeats, psychedelic harmonies, and synthy karate chops abound."

In a review of the album, David from 'auspOp' said "'Wildflower' is the most pop-centric these boys sound on the album... it's an addictively good song."

Lyric and music videos



A lyric video was released along with the release of the single on 25 March 2020. The video was made by the band's creative director Andy DeLuca and Sarah Eiseman and features a circle of moving flowers with the song lyrics in the centre. The video was made with stop-motion animation, using 358 different photos.

The band had originally planned a big-budget music video, but the shoot was cancelled last minute due to the stay-at-home order issued in California to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, each band member filmed themselves in front of a green screen which was passed around from house to house. According to DeLuca, who directed the video, he and assistant director Eiseman then, "quickly learned animation and drew up several blooming flowers, and also created the trippy colored backgrounds using milk and food dye. I then spent the next couple of days/nights editing nonstop until my eyes bled and the video was completed."

The resulting video was released on 16 April 2020. It was described by 'Rolling Stone' as "trippy" and "psychedelic" and DeLuca said of the concept behind the video, "Since the song has a pretty distinct 80s/90s tone, I came up with the idea of making an 80's/90's MTV-style music video. A 'music-video-themed music video'. The stuff I grew up on and loved."

Personnel



Credits adapted from Tidal.

* Oscar Gorres producer, composer, lyricist, associated performer, background vocalist, programmer

* Ashton Irwin composer, lyricist, associated performer, background vocalist, drums

* Calum Hood composer, lyricist, associated performer, background vocalist, bass guitar, lead vocals

* Geoff Warburton composer, lyricist, associated performer, background vocalist

* Michael Clifford composer, lyricist, associated performer, background vocalist, guitar

* Rami Yacoub composer, lyricist

* Matt Wolach assistant mixer, studio personnel

* Luke Hemmings associated performer, background vocalist

* Dave Kutch mastering engineer, studio personnel

* Mike "Spike" Stent mixer, studio personnel

Charts



Release history



Notes



References



Category:2020 singles

Category:2020 songs

Category:5 Seconds of Summer songs

Category:Australian soft rock songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Oscar Grres

Category:Songs written by Ashton Irwin

Category:Songs written by Calum Hood

Category:Songs written by Geoff Warburton

Category:Songs written by Michael Clifford (musician)

Category:Songs written by Oscar Grres

Category:Songs written by Rami Yacoub

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