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“Old Me” is the third track from 5SOS' fourth studio album, CALM. The song features lead vocals from Luke Hemmings, who sings about his past self and everything he went through to become the man he is today. Both Luke and Ashton co-wrote the song, with the help of several other songwriters.
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[Intro: Luke]
Shout out to the old me and everything you showed me
Glad you didn't listen when the world was trying to slow me
No one could control me, left my lovers lonely
Had to fuck it up before I really got to know me
[Verse 1: Luke]
Never a night alone, anywhere you wanna go
Woke up in the mornin' wearin' someone else's clothes
Pictures in my phone with people I don't know
Woke up in the mornin', how the hell'd I make it home?
[Pre-Chorus: Luke]
And they wondered how long I could keep it up
While I wondered if I'd ever, if I'd ever get enough
And I did some shit I never should've done, eh-eh
I would do it over now, I'd do it over
[Chorus: Luke, Luke & Calum]
Shout out to the old me and everything you showed me
Glad you didn't listen when the world was trying to slow me
No one could control me, left my lovers lonely
Had to fuck it up before I really got to know me, eh-eh
[Post-Chorus: All]
All of the mistakes I made, I made, I made, I made
Whatever the price I paid, I paid, I paid, I paid
Shout out to the old me and everything you showed me
Had to fuck it up before I let you get to know me
[Verse 2: Luke]
Another round, here we go, goin' in blow for blow
Look into the mirror, take the punches that I throw
I'm constantly reminded of all the compromises
By the people from my past who have a hard time letting go, yeah
[Pre-Chorus: Luke]
And they wondered how long I could keep it up
While I wondered if I'd ever, if I'd ever get enough
And I did some shit I never should've done, eh-eh
I would do it over now, I'd do it over
[Chorus: Luke, Luke & Calum]
Shout out to the old me and everything you showed me
Glad you didn't listen when the world was trying to slow me
No one could control me, left my lovers lonely
Had to fuck it up before I really got to know me, eh-eh
[Post-Chorus: All]
All of the mistakes I made, I made, I made, I made
Whatever the price I paid, I paid, I paid, I paid
Shout out to the old me and everything you showed me
Had to fuck it up before I let you get to know me, eh-eh
[Bridge: Luke & Ashton, All]
Devil at my door
Got me knockin', knockin', knockin' on the other side
Ashes on the floor
But I'm walkin', walkin', walkin' outta here alive
[Chorus: Luke, Luke & Calum, Calum]
Shout out to the old me and everything you showed me
Glad you didn't listen when the world was trying to slow me (The world was trying to slow me, yeah)
No one could control me, left my lovers lonely (Lonely)
Had to fuck it up before I really got to know me, eh-eh
[Post-Chorus: All, Calum]
All of the mistakes I made, I made, I made, I made
Whatever the price I paid, I paid, I paid, I paid (Yeah)
Shout out to the old me and everything you showed me (Yeah, the old me)
Had to fuck it up before I let you get to know me, eh-eh
Old Me was written by Brian Lee & Dre Moon & Billy Walsh & Louis Bell & Ali Tamposi & watt & Ashton Irwin & Luke Hemmings.
Old Me was produced by Louis Bell & Dre Moon & watt.
5 Seconds of Summer released Old Me on Fri Feb 21 2020.
That song, lyrically, it’s about owning mistakes and moving forward with your life and understanding that you’re not the person that you were when you were younger, but also you have to do these things and make mistakes to move forward and grow as a person.
On a March 2021 Instagram livestream drummer Ashton Irwin explained:
This song was confusing for us. Andrew Watt had written part of this chorus, it was on electric guitar, but this song was a little more hip-hop for us, and our ambition as a band is to become, like, genrelist, so we just walk into...
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“Old Me” is one of my favourites off of the album. This song, I think, really encapsulates that feeling of understanding who you were in the past, and realizing the things and the moments that happened to you in your life that helped change and define who you are now. We’ve made a music video for th...
“Old Me” peaked at #5 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. It also peaked at #39 in Australia, and at #94 on the UK Download chart.
“Old Me” is certified Gold in Australia and Gold in Canada.
“Old Me” won “Song of the Year” at the 2020 BreakTudo Awards. It was also nominated for “Best Cinematography” at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards.