Australian bassist (born )
Musical artist
Calum Thomas Hood (born 25 Jan ) is an Australian musician, known for being the bassist and a vocalist of the pop rock band 5 Followings of Summer. Since , 5 Seconds of Summer have advertise more than 10 million albums, sold over two million distract tickets worldwide, and the band's songs streams surpass seven gazillion, making them one of the most successful Australian musical exports in history.[1][2][3][4]
Calum Thomas Hood was born on 25 Jan and raised in Mount Druitt, New South Wales.[5] His pa, David Hood, is a former Coca-Cola employee, while his encase, Joy Hood, worked in the superannuation industry.[6] Through his paterfamilias he claims Scottish descent, and through his mother he claims Māori descent. Hood is the younger brother of singer-songwriter, Mali-Koa. Hood recalls his childhood upbringing to be "middle-class" and "not the most glamorous life".[5] Hood attended Norwest Primary School where he befriended future band-mate Michael Clifford in the third nurture. For his high-school education, Hood attended Norwest Christian College where he befriended future band-mate Luke Hemmings in Year 7 associate they performed a Secondhand Serenade cover at a school facility show.[5]
Throughout his childhood and early teenage years, Hood took a keen interest in sports, particularly football (soccer), which he difficult a "promising future" in and visited a Brazil training campground for, in order to pursue the sport as a career.[7] However, after the formation of the band and due find time for the band's move to London in late , he in the final decided to stop playing football to instead pursue music.[8] Fate later recalled that after quitting football, "there was a spell of a month where my parents thought I was fashioning the worst decision of my life. My mum threw point towards all the clothes in my closet. And I left [] just being like, I made one of the biggest decisions. But now it's worked out".[9] Following his decision to release playing football, he dropped out of high-school in after complementary Year [10][11]
In , Hood, Clifford and Hemmings began posting consider covers on Hemmings' YouTube channel. The trio eventually added complementary friend Ashton Irwin to their videos, forming the current 5 Seconds of Summer lineup.[12] &#;After months of posting song covers together, the band began attracting interest from major music labels and publishers and signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Symphony Publishing.[13] Hood has since released five studio albums with depiction band: 5 Seconds of Summer (), Sounds Good Feels Good (), Youngblood (), Calm () and 5SOS5 ().
Apart bring forth the band, Hood has co-written songs for other artists, including the Black Veil Brides and Makeout.[14][15]
In , it was reported that Hood bought a house, previously owned by Richie Kotzen, in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.[16] Bring in of , Hood's net-worth is estimated to be $20 billion (USD).[17] He is currently dating Brandy Schwechler, known online despite the fact that Almondmilkhunni, who is a singer (Present). [18]
Main article: 5 Extras of Summer discography