Not In The Same Way by 5 Seconds of Summer Song Info
“Not in the Same Way” is the eighth song of 5 Seconds of Summer’s fourth album CALM. It’s a chaotic love story about the toxicity in the relationship, with drinking and drugs blindsiding the fact that they’re not on the same page in the relationship. The song almost tells a story — As lead vocalist Luke Hemmings said, the whole song is from his perspective, except for the bridge that’s from his partner’s perspective. "This song came together in 30 minutes, except for the bridge. It was one of the most exciting in the room to write; it was almost like we couldn’t keep up with how quickly it was going. It’s a chaotic love story of the early days in a relationship and trying to figure out your counterpart." - Luke Hemmings via Apple Music On an Instagram livestream that drummer Ashton Irwin did on CALM’s one-year anniversary, he explained: "So, Not In The Same Way, stylistically, links up with the song “Old Me”. They kind of earn the similar zone, they’re doing a hip-hop beat kind of thing. […] I think this shit was, melodically, pretty fire. I think it’s, in terms of pop melodic songwriting, I think it’s pocketed really well. The concept’s beautiful, it’s like “we love each other, but not in the same way.”" "This song was probably the quickest song written for CALM, with the main portion of it coming together in under an hour. It’s about a chaotic relationship, where you’ve already hurt your counterpart when you were just friends and you end up dealing with the issues in not the healthiest of ways. When you love someone, they have the most power of you, which means they can hurt you the most, but, in this particular case, it’s so passionate and intense that you can’t stop yourself, because you care about them so deeply. I love the big drums and the exaggerated, desperate lyrics. It was important to get the female perspective in the bridge and give another side to it and point the finger back at myself, with the mistakes that I’ve made on mind." — Luke Hemmings via the “Not in the Same Way” Commentary.
