Why is everyone screaming 5 Seconds of Summer lyrics during Harry Styles concerts?
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What started as a fan remix on TikTok has become a feature on Styles’ massive world tour
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started → start → tour
Picture this: You've managed to score seats to Harry Styles' Together, Together tour, and you're jamming along in the stands when suddenly, everyone around you starts screaming the lyrics to not only a different song, but one by an entirely different artist.
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everyone → picture → artist
But while fans singing along to his songs is par for the course, a new viral trend is seeing fans chanting the lyrics to Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer's Telephone Busy during the instrumental break of Styles' song Ready, Steady, Go — and they're getting louder and louder every night as the trend picks up steam.
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So how did we get here?
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It started with a fan remix on TikTok.
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User @millsberry75 posted a video in March mashing up the two songs, with 5 Seconds of Summer's drummer Ashton Irwin talk-singing the intro of Telephone Busy, over top of Ready, Steady, Go.
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The band took notice.
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In August, 5 Seconds of Summer incorporated the remix into a popular DJ set they performed at Salt Shed Chicago during the Lollapalooza festival.
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Now, fans are bringing it to the physical stage of Styles' tour.
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A flood of videos on social media show fans jumping in on the trend.
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In earlier Madison Square Garden sets in September, the 5 Seconds of Summer lyrics being chanted by the audience is barely audible.
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But in newer videos from shows this week, it's become a veritable roar.
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"Nothing makes me happier than knowing the harry x 5sos propaganda is spreading," TikTok user @tehedorothytehe wrote earlier this week in her concert video.
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Part of the excitement behind it comes from the history between One Direction, the English-Irish band where Styles first found fame, and 5 Seconds of Summer (affectionately known as 5SOS by fans).
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In 2012, when One Direction was just starting to take over the world, 5SOS was still four teenage boys making YouTube videos in Sydney, Australia, with only one EP to their name.
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Then, One Direction member Louis Tomlinson shared one of their songs online, opening them up to a whole new audience.
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The band was tapped to serve as opener for One Direction's worldwide Take Me Home tour in 2013, and later joined the boyband as a supporting act on their 2014 Where We Are tour.
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In the age of manufactured trends, it's exciting to see a "natural" trend evolve from fans just celebrating a catchy tune, user @mariamontour said in an Oct. 6 TikTok.
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"This fan chant that just started happening and progressively started getting louder is proof that the internet really can translate things into real-life trends, especially within fandoms" she said.
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5SOS responds
5 Seconds of Summer is well aware of the excitement around the two songs.
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"I appreciate yall lol," Irwin commented in September on one fan's TikTok sharing her screaming the Telephone Busy lyrics at a Styles set.
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her → appreciate → set
The band has also reposted multiple fan videos of Styles' crowds chanting the song in the last week.
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Styles himself hasn't directly acknowledged the trend yet, but if the volume keeps climbing, the odds get higher.
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Harry Styles performs Aperture on stage during The BRIT Awards 2026 on Feb. 28 in Manchester, England.
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As for how loud it could get?
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Styles will be performing four shows in May at Rogers Stadium, so if the trend continues, we could see those bleachers shaking.
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"Everyone pls memorize this for toronto n2," user @bethanyannne wrote in a TikTok lipsyncing to the remix.
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@bethanyannne → memorize → remix
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