Invisible By 5 Seconds Of Summer: Song Analysis

The song “Invisible” was created by the Australian band, 5 Seconds of Summer, but is sung by bassist, Calum Hood. The band's members are, Ashton Irwin (drummer), Michael Clifford (lead guitarist), Calum Hood (bassist), and Luke Hemmings (lead singer). The song was released with their second album, Sounds Good Feels Good, on October 23, 2015 by Capitol Records, who signed the band two years earlier. Capitol Records is known for signing artist with different backgrounds and different styles of music, they have signed artists such as Halsey, Bastille, Charles Lloyd, Hey Violet and many more. Other well known hits by 5 Seconds of Summer are “She Looks so Perfect,” “Amnesia,” “She’s Kinda Hot” and “Girls Talk Boys” which was in the new Ghostbusters movie that was released this year. “Invisible” was released in 2015 by Capitol Records when the band started to become really well known. Around this time topics like depression, anxiety, suicide
In verse 2, Calum sings “Wasted days, dreaming of the times I know I can't get back, Seems I just lost track”, he’s sulking his regrets of the past and he failed to fix the troubles he knew he had and walked away hoping his dreams would come true. A lot of people believe that if their dreams come true they’ll be happy, but that’s not necessarily true, the past comes back and haunts everyone no matter who they are. One of the details that really stand out is the song is written as a suicide letter, which unfortunately happens a lot today. At the beginning of “Invisible” you hear the sound of a typewriter and the voices of friends saying “Wait, what’s this?” and then the song begins. Then, in the outro Calum sings “ Another day, the walls are built to keep me safe I can’t escape, it’s too late”, the walls hide how lonely he really is and at this point he can’t change anything, it’s too