The Australian phenomenon that is 5 Seconds of Summer has caused something of a Twitter riot -- by apparently changing its name on the social media service.
The band is now known, according to its Twitter account, as 5 Seconds of Toast. Why? According to the group, nothing more than boredom.
When you bored at home pic.twitter.com/8iLIAEDUHg— 5 Seconds of toast (@5SOS) December 29, 2014
After playing in 27 countries this year, the lads (Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford, Calum Hood and Ashton Irwin) are visiting their hometown -- Sydney -- over the Christmas break. Vegemite toast is no doubt featuring heavily on the menu.
Merry Christmas from Australia ya'll :)— Luke Hemmings (@Luke5SOS) December 25, 2014
Fans went mad over the change of name; then again, they have been known to react strongly when one of the band members wears a straw hat.
Currently pic.twitter.com/ZZyUewmsiB— Luke Hemmings (@Luke5SOS) December 30, 2014
The '5 Seconds of Toast' tweet has already received around 50,000 retweets in 17 hours; the new name became a trending topic, and naturally also copped a stack of memes.
5 seconds of toast nudes got leaked pic.twitter.com/xp4q5NTeS8#weareall5sos #weareall5sosfolllowparty— Ashton Irwin (@plaidshirtashtn) December 29, 2014
My cat was on the 5 seconds of toast thing before any of 5sos.. She started the trend pic.twitter.com/FzZyXKxBRG— bergin,,!! (@ImLegal5SOS) December 30, 2014
what's your favorite band? me: definitely my favorite band is 5SOT (5 seconds of toast), they are so tasty pic.twitter.com/RgQRkgG825— cat (@screwingcth) December 30, 2014
I'm afraid to tell my mom that my idols are called 5 seconds of toast..— please calum,, (@moistcthood) December 29, 2014
Mikey's range of hair colours in '5 seconds of toast' #WeAreAllMichaelClifford pic.twitter.com/G4a1pIwfqz— ASHTON IRWINE (@OfficialDerper) December 29, 2014
Learning how to eat Toast with 5 Seconds of Toast pic.twitter.com/M3n6H8az9S— ♡ Ally ♡ (@5SecsOfCookies) December 29, 2014
Before and after listening to 5 seconds of toast pic.twitter.com/vV9vTwDeAL— pls michael (@woahmgc) December 29, 2014
Why did I fall in love with 5 seconds of toast?— a n a ☠ (@itsayymeezy) December 30, 2014
The eldest member of the band, Ashton, is being blamed for getting the group toasted in the middle of the Aussie summer.
ashton currently bc " 5 seconds of toast " pic.twitter.com/QyrXfbrvS8— rach || pls michael (@grouchymichael) December 29, 2014