{"id":24168,"date":"2019-05-23T08:03:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1043844"},"modified":"2019-05-23T08:03:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:03:36","slug":"5-seconds-of-summer-drops-new-video-easier-and-the-internet-cannot-handle-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/music-news\/5-seconds-of-summer-drops-new-video-easier-and-the-internet-cannot-handle-it\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Seconds of Summer Drops New Video &#8220;Easier&#8221; and the Internet Cannot Handle It"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019423\/rs_600x600-190523065152-600-5-Seconds-Of-Summer-iHeart-LT-052319-GettyImages-1135863314.jpg?fit=around|600:467&amp;crop=600:467;center,top&amp;output-quality=90\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"43.753607103219\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"30.437291897891\">\n<p>Even in the dark, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/5_seconds_of_summer\">5 Seconds of Summer<\/a><\/strong> looks so perfect.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/735145\/5-seconds-of-summer-guys-talk-naked-rolling-stone-cover-we-were-so-out-of-shape\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aussie band<\/a>\u2014made up of&nbsp;<span class=\"s1\"><strong>Michael Clifford<\/strong>, <strong>Calum Hood<\/strong>, <strong>Luke Hemmings<\/strong> and&nbsp;<strong>Ashton Irwin<\/strong>\u2014dropped&nbsp;their latest single and music video&nbsp;today and,&nbsp;well, excuse us while we freak out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">In&nbsp;&#8220;Easier,&#8221; the group sings about a toxic relationship. &#8220;Is it easier to stay? It Is easier to go? I don&#8217;t know,&#8221;&nbsp;the foursome muse. &#8220;But I know that I&#8217;m never, ever&nbsp;gonna change and you know you don&#8217;t want it any other way.&#8221; And the nearly three minute video matches the dark mood.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">In the clip, 5SOS have their hands chained to the ceiling of a dark, blue-lit cave. At one point, they are even seen drowning. There&#8217;s fire, drama and&nbsp;gyrating. So, needless to say,&nbsp;fans are absolutely losing their cool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;THEY ARE ALL SO STUNNING I&#8217;M SCREAMING #5SOS #EASIER,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bassisthugs\/status\/1131534053671358470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> one fan. Wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buckysvapor\/status\/1131540700355371008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another<\/a>, &#8220;I&#8217;m not even just saying this; I actually got chills.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"48.810169491525\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"7.3830508474576\">\n<p>Yes, this new jam is definitely playing on repeat around the world. &#8220;EASIER is a BIBBITY F&#8211;KING BOP #5SOS,&#8221; praised a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iAmMasonLevi\/status\/1131531861879074816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter user<\/a>&nbsp;while another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_marizdt\/status\/1131532453791666176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">added<\/a>, &#8220;i have decided to stan harder #5SOS.&#8221; Even <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/charlie_puth\">Charlie Puth<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;was impressed, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charlieputh\/status\/1130917427531853824\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeting&nbsp;out the lyrics<\/a>, &#8220;Is it easier to stay is it easier to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"54.981203007519\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"6.5789473684211\">\n<p>This is the band&#8217;s first song since their 2018 hit &#8220;Youngblood.&#8221; And though they&#8217;ll release their fourth album soon, their focus right now is on their upcoming tour with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/the_chainsmokers\">The Chainsmokers<\/a><\/strong> this September.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full video above! You&#8217;ll&nbsp;experience all the feels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1043844\/5-seconds-of-summer-drops-new-video-easier-and-the-internet-cannot-handle-it?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even in the dark, 5 Seconds of Summer looks so perfect.&nbsp; The Aussie band\u2014made up of&nbsp;Michael Clifford, Calum Hood, Luke Hemmings and&nbsp;Ashton Irwin\u2014dropped&nbsp;their latest single and music video&nbsp;today and,&nbsp;well, excuse us while we freak out. In&nbsp;&#8220;Easier,&#8221; the group sings about a toxic relationship. &#8220;Is it easier to stay? It Is easier to go? I don&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 22:52:56","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}