Jet Black Heart

**Jet Black Heart** by *5 Seconds of Summer* is featured in Group Hang, the sixty-first chapter of Push to the Limit. It is sung by John, Alex, Sam, and Tyler.

Crystal Army announce that they have chosen Jet Black Heart as their next single and will perform it live during the Teen Choice Awards. During the performance, Santana and others are mad over Twitter drama that ensued, especially when Alex and Julie began to publicly argue. Alex sings with passion as he regrets fighting and the others notice how upset he really is.

## Jet Black Heart

### Writer(s)

Sam Evans | Alex Zimmerman | John Brown | Eva Jones

### Producer(s)

Blaine Anderson | Sebastian Smythe | David Hodges

## Singles Chronology

### Next

Perfect

**Jet Black Heart** is the fourth single from the studio album *Who I've Been* by American pop punk band Crystal Army. It was released as part of the album on December 16, 2022, then as a single on August 4, 2023 along with a music video. A live performance of the song followed on August 6, 2023 during the Teen Choice Awards.

The song is about facing one's fears, or demons, and trying to let someone see inside one's broken soul. It received mostly positive reception due to its strong themes about depression and self-sabotage, as well as its powerful, anti-bullying music video. It was critically acclaimed as one of Crystal Army's most lyrically mature songs.

## Lyrics

**John:**

Everybody's got their demons

Even wide awake or dreaming

I'm the one who ends up leaving

Make it okay

**John with Alex:**

See a war I wanna fight it

See a match I wanna strike it

Every fire I've ignited

Faded to grey

But now that I'm broken

**Alex:**

Now that I'm broken

**John:**

Now that you know it

**Alex:**

Now that you know it

**John:**

Caught up in a moment

Can you see inside?

'Cause I've got a jet black heart.

**Crystal Army:**

And there's a hurricane underneath it

Trying to keep us apart

I write with a poison pen

But these chemicals moving between us

Are the reason to start again

**Sam and Tyler:**

Now I'm holding on for dear life

**John:**

Now I'm holding on for dear life

**Sam and Tyler:**

There's no way that we could rewind

**John:**

There's no way that we could rewind

**Sam and Tyler:**

Maybe there's nothing after midnight.

**Sam and Alex:**

That could make you stay.

**Alex:**

But now that I'm broken

**Sam and Tyler:**

Now that I'm broken

**Alex:**

And now that you know it

**Sam and Tyler:**

Now that you know it

**Alex:**

Caught up in a moment.

**Alex and John:**

Can you see inside?

**Crystal Army:**

'Cause I've got a jet black heart

And there's a hurricane underneath it

Trying to keep us apart

I write with a poison pen

But these chemicals moving between us

Are the reason to start again

**Tyler and John:**

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

**Alex and Sam:**

The blood in my veins (**Tyler and John:** Whoa! Whoa!)

Is made up of mistakes (**Tyler and John:** Whoa! Whoa!)

Let's forget who we are (**Tyler and John:** Whoa! Whoa!)

And dive into the dark (**Tyler and John:** Whoa! Whoa!)

As we burst into color returning to life

**John:**

'Cause I've got a jet black heart.

**Crystal Army:**

And there's a hurricane underneath it

Trying to keep us apart

I write with a poison pen

But these chemicals moving between us

Are the reason to start again

**Tyler:**

The blood in my veins

Is made up of mistakes (**Sam and Alex**: to start again)

Let's forget who we are

And dive into the dark

## Trivia

* This is the highest charting song from Who I've Been (on Billboard Hot 100).