5 Seconds of Summer guitarist, Michael Clifford, has responded to the claims that the Australian boy-band's latest single sounds remarkably similar to a My Chemical Romance tune.
Speaking to Billboard, Clifford explained why their track 'She's Kinda Hot' sounds so similar to My Chemical Romance's 2006 track, 'Teenagers'.
'She's Kinda Hot' was released last month and has since drawn comparisons by both fans of 5SOS and MCR.
Clifford was quick to explain why they sounds as similar as they do: “That’s just because of the 12-bar blues,” Clifford explains: “I think it might be in the same key as well. People were like, ‘You guys should sound more like My Chemical Romance.’ Then we do sound like My Chemical Romance and people are like, ‘Why the fuck do you sound like My Chemical Romance?’ Ugh!”
Have a listen to both the songs below and hear the similIarities for yourself
This wouldn't be the first time 5SOS have brushed shoulders with the wider pop-punk world recently. Fall Out Boy have recently expressed plans to collaborate with the Australian quartet.
