WATCH: 5 Seconds of Summer perform, and the girls go wild
The Aussie boy band creates a frenzy on Rock Plaza for ‘Today’
Luke! Luke! If that cry doesn't set your heart pounding, you're probably not a 14-year-old girl. Or a fan of 5 Seconds of Summer – which seems to be the same thing.
The Aussie boy band (Luke Hemming is the lead singer) played a set outside the studio of NBC's Today this morning. Matt Lauer said the fans started camping out last Thursday, and by yesterday, the line extended ten blocks – all the way up to Central Park.
Quick history for the uninitiated: The group formed in Sydney in 2011 and gained popularity by putting up covers of hit songs on YouTube. They share management with One Direction, and have opened for 1D on tour. Their first single "She Looks So Perfect" was the first song by an Aussie artist to hit number one in the U.K. in 14 years. Their eponymous debut album comes out..why, it comes out today. What a coincidence.
Here they are singing "Amnesia" and creating a hormonal frenzy. Of course, if you'd been waiting for six days on a sidewalk to hear two sings, you'd be pretty keyed up too.
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