Venturing deeper into the dark sonic territory explored on their summer hit, ‘Easier’, 5SOS have released new single ‘Teeth’ ft. Tom Morello.
Speaking of the track, lead vocalist Luke Hemmings said: “’Teeth’ came about after a month or two long blur of writing and pushing ourselves to go a step further than Youngblood. It was a tumultuous time in my life and the lyrics in the song definitely reflect that. It speaks lyrically about a trying time in my current relationship. Musically it’s another step forward from ‘Easier’ and really embraces industrial sounds and rhythms. Collaborating with Ryan Tedder was incredible as was Andrew Watt, Ali Tamposi & Lou Bell. ‘Teeth’ captures the soul of 5 Seconds of Summer and I truly believe it is a unique song to us as a band and doesn’t sound like anything out at the moment. It’s my favourite song we’ve released ever and I can’t wait for people to hear it.”
Directed by Thibaut Duverneix (Elton John, Tierra Whack), the video for ‘Teeth’ sees 5SOS become subjects in a consciousness-altering experiment, triggering harrowing hallucinations.