Michael Clifford Biography

Michael met Luke and Calum at school. Since their common interest was music, they would hang out a lot together, and slowly began composing music. Luke created a YouTube channel, and the trio would post their covers of famous artists such as Chris Brown and Mike Posner to the channel. Soon they started receiving thousands of views and then a million views for their videos. It was in 2011 that the band was finally formed, with the inclusion of Irwin. Irwin was a drummer, and with him around their band was now complete with three guitarists and a drummer. They began creating music videos and promoted them on Twitter and Facebook. When Louis Tomlinson of One Direction chanced upon their music video, he liked the band and shared a link of their video on social media. This made them world famous; they developed their music and lyrics by working with top composers and songwriters, and even signed a contract with Sony ATV Music Publishing. Soon their songs were placed in the top 20 music charts in Australia and New Zealand. They performed in the opening act of One Direction’s tour in 2013, later going on to release their single She Looks So Perfect. In 2014, they released their self-titled debut album that received fabulous reviews and boosted the career of the young band, winning them an award from the UK-based Kerrang magazine.

Green eyed, funky and flirtatious –precisely describes this band member of 5SOS. Known to dye his hair with bizarre colors, he is adventurous and attractive. Michael has his way with women, he loves flirting and is most of the time garnering female attention with his effortless charm. Since music is his passion and his first love is his guitar, he spends most of his time creating music. He has a soulful voice that isn’t raspy nor too soft. Though he might seem as one who loves constant glitz, but in reality it isn’t so, and he loves taking long quiet walks on the beach and prefers tranquility.

Beyond all the paparazzi, Michael is like any other ordinary boy who loves munching on his favorite food (mostly pizza) and playing video games. He is also fond of movies, his favorite being Forest Gump. He shares a wonderful rapport with his band members and works hard to create new tunes, mainly focusing on improving his music skills. He takes inspiration from the band All Time Low. He believes that he can achieve anything he wants and hence got the words “To the Moon” tattooed on his arm. He has mentioned that he may have minor OCD as he can’t do without tying a double knot on his shoelaces and washes his hands around 20 times a day. He is so obsessed with food that he loves wearing food printed boxers, and considers it his signature style.

He was born in Sydney, Australia, to Karen and Daryl. He is the only child of his parents. Though he is Australian, he has English, German, Irish, and Scottish ancestors. He attended Norwest Christian College but dropped out to embark on his career. Both his parents have been supportive of his career choice and his decision to discontinue schooling. Michael has mentioned in an interview, that he considers his fans as family. He has had quite a few romantic flings in the past; his ex- girlfriend Geordie Gray is still his good friend. After his relationship with Geordie came to an end, he dated the gorgeous actress Abigail Breslin but the couple didn’t last long together. He started dating Crystal Leigh in 2015 and got married to her in January 2021.