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calum recently <3 !!

omg yes!!! thank you! I am a half māori also and it is so incredibly true that I feel more hope in pursuing a music career because I have people like Calum and Mali to look up to. Even 5sos just being from "down under" and making it so big after growing up in a smaller town inspires me because if they can do it, then I could as well.

I really hope we see a push in young indigenous artists in the future because I'd love for our cultures to be shared through our music to a lot more people.

while we’re seeing people discovering in real time the bands they listen to are exclusively white, go give calum some love. not just because we as a fandom look better because of him. he’s not a token poc so we can check off a box because he’s half Māori. but give him some love because the music industry is so full of obstacles it’s hard enough if you’re white and—nearly every successful australian musician is. because he’s so talented we should be appreciating him, because now that 5sos has done it so many other talented aussies and kiwis of colour feel hopeful that they can make it too. and give mali some love too. you know how proud I am of the hood siblings?? smashing glass ceilings which shouldn’t exist but they do and we can’t not acknowledge that. I hope we see a lot more talented indigenous artists getting the recognition that they deserve. I hope we see a trend that makes a dent in the genres we know. but for now?? we really gotta appreciate the ones we have