Calum Hood

Background

Calum Thomas Hood was born on January 25, 1996, in Mount Druitt, New South Wales. His father, David, is of Scottish descent and a retired Coca-Cola employee, while his mother, Joy, is of Mori origin and worked in the superannuation business. Hood’s elder sister is Mali-Koa, a singer-songwriter. In third grade, Hood met future bandmate Michael Clifford at Norwest Primary School. Hood went to Norwest Christian College, where he met future bandmate Luke Hemmings in Year Seven after performing a Secondhand Serenade performance at a school talent event.

Through his infancy and early adolescence, Hood was fascinated with sports, notably soccer, in which he saw a promising future and attended a Brazil training camp to pursue the sport as a profession. Moreover, following the formation of the band and its relocation to London in late 2012, he eventually decided to give up football to pursue music. Hood once said that after leaving sports, his parents didn’t likely embrace his choice to pursue a career in music for a month. He stood up for himself and followed through on his decision to stop playing football, which resulted in his dropping out of high school in 2012 after finishing Year 11.

Hood and his bandmates Clifford, Hemmings, and Ashton began uploading song covers on Hemmings’ YouTube channel, which led to the formation of the current 5 Seconds of Summer. After months of uploading a few cover songs online, they began to receive interest from several music labels and publishers, and they signed a publishing contract with Sony/A.T.V. Music Publishing. Hood and his band have recorded four albums, each of which has been a worldwide hit. Their successful albums include “5 Seconds of Summer,” “Sounds Good Feels Good,” “Youngblood,” and “Calm.” Hood has written the majority of the songs for his band, and he has also co-authored songs for other musicians.