Aussie Heartthrob Unrecognizable at Low-Key LA Lunch

He’s the Sydney-born drummer who helped launch one of Australia’s most successful pop-rock acts into global superstardom.

As one quarter of a chart-topping boy band, he became a household name during his early 20s and idolised for his hunky looks and magnetic stage presence.

But over the weekend, the now-30-year-old cut a far more understated figure while enjoying a quiet lunch at a café in Los Angeles – looking almost unrecognisable from his stadium-filling days.

The mystery rocker blended in effortlessly with the LA crowd, dressed in a black Led Zeppelin singlet that showed off his signature tattoos.

He teamed the look with black trousers and black boots. 

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He’s the Sydney-born drummer who helped launch one of Australia’s most successful pop-rock acts into global superstardom 

Ashton Irwin cut a far more understated figure while enjoying a quiet lunch at a café in Los Angeles – looking almost unrecognisable from his stadium-filling days

So have you guessed who it is? That’s right, it is Ashton Irwin – the longtime drummer of 5 Seconds of Summer.

Adding a touch of old-school cool, Ashton accessorised his off-duty look with aviator sunglasses along with white wired headphones. 

His fluffy hair and five o’clock shadow was world’s away from his heavily gelled quiff and clean-shaven look he was known for in the 2010s during the heights of his boy band fame.

Seated outdoors under the California sun, Ashton looked relaxed and content as he sipped an iced drink.

Though he may no longer dominate teen magazine covers, Ashton still had his trademark beaming smile.

Ashton and his fellow 5SOS bandmates Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford and Calum Hood burst onto the music scene as teenagers in 2012. 

The band has since released five studio albums and sold millions of records around the world.

Their first three albums topped the US Billboard 200, making them the first Australian act to have three No. 1 albums in the United States.  

The rocker blended in effortlessly with the LA crowd, dressed in a black Led Zeppelin singlet that showed off his signature tattoos

Ashton (far right) and his fellow 5SOS bandmates Luke Hemmings, Michael Clifford and Calum Hood burst onto the music scene as teenagers in 2012

In October 2020, Ashton released his first solo album Superblooom, which featured songs inspired by his childhood, depression, alcoholism and body dysmorphia.  

‘The overarching narrative is support system, healing, recovery, strength and focus on true self. I felt like I had a lot to write about,’ he told Daily Mail Australia ahead of the album release.   

‘I had to reach a certain level of lyrical maturity in order to write about something I actually cared about.

‘I think it’s always important as an artist to have a mission statement.

‘Like, ‘Why do you make music? Why do you write the lyrics you write?”