Calum Thomas Hood (born 25 January 1996) is an Australian musician, known for being the bassist and the backup vocalist of the

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band 5 Seconds of Summer. Since 2014, 5 Seconds of Summer have sold more than 10 million albums, sold over two million concert tickets worldwide, and the band's songs streams surpass seven billion, making them one of the most successful Australian musical exports in history.

Early life

Calum Thomas Hood was born on 25 January 1996 and raised in

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. His father, David Hood, is a former

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employee, while his mother, Joy Hood, worked in the superannuation industry. Through his father he claims Scottish descent, and through his mother he claims

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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". Hood attended Norwest Primary School where he befriended future band-mate Michael Clifford in the third grade. For his high-school education, Hood attended Norwest Christian College where he befriended future band-mate

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after they performed a

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cover at a school talent show. Throughout his childhood and early teenage years, Hood took a keen interest in sports, particularly football (soccer), which he had a "promising future" in and visited a

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training camp for, in order to pursue the sport as a career. However, after the formation of the band and due to the band's move to

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in late 2012, he ultimately decided to stop playing football to instead pursue music. Hood later recalled that after quitting football, "there was a period of a month where my parents thought I was making the worst decision of my life. My mum threw out 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". Following his decision to quit playing football, he dropped out of high-school in 2012 after completing

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Career

In 2011, Hood, Clifford and Hemmings began posting song covers on Hemmings'

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. The trio eventually added mutual friend

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to their videos, forming the current 5 Seconds of Summer lineup. After months of posting song covers together, the band began attracting interest from major music labels and publishers and signed a publishing deal with

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. Hood has since released five studio albums with the band: '' 5 Seconds of Summer'' (2014), ''

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'' (2015), '' Youngblood'' (2018), '' Calm'' (2020) and '' 5SOS5'' (2022). Apart from the band, Hood has co-written songs for other artists, including the Black Veil Brides and

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Personal life

In 2017, it was reported that Hood bought a house, previously owned by

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, in the

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neighborhood of

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. As of 2020, Hood's net-worth is estimated to be $25 million (

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Discography

Song credits

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hood, Calum 1996 births Living people Australian rock bass guitarists Male bass guitarists Australian people of Scottish descent Australian people of Māori descent Australian male singer-songwriters