After over a decade on the world stage with 5 Seconds of Summer, Calum Hood makes his long-anticipated solo debut with ORDER chaos ORDER — out now via Capitol Records. The album arrives alongside the official video for “Sunsetter,” a swirling, sun-drenched track that distills the warm ache of memory into four hypnotic minutes.
With ORDER chaos ORDER, Hood doesn’t just go solo — he goes inward. This is the sound of a musician peeling back layers, not to reinvent, but to rediscover. Co-produced primarily with Day Wave’s Jackson Phillips, the nine-track record is a quiet triumph of tone, atmosphere, and lyrical vulnerability. Far from a breakaway moment, it feels more like a homecoming.
From the hushed intensity of “Don’t Forget You Love Me” — praised by Rolling Stone as a “Song You Need To Know” — to the twilight shimmer of “All My Affection,” Hood navigates emotional terrain with precision and grace. There’s no sense of posturing here; ORDER chaos ORDER is about presence, not performance.
At 29, Hood isn’t chasing pop glory — he’s carving out a new creative space where chaos and clarity coexist. ORDER chaos ORDER is not the start of something new, but the culmination of something long-brewing. With this debut, Calum Hood proves he’s not just stepping out of the shadows — he’s illuminating them.
