𝘼 𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙢 𝙃𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙨 *☆¸¸.•*¨*•

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗲: Calum has stated that his horseshoe tattoo is meant to bring him “constant good luck.”

𝗗𝗦𝗛 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗞𝗛: These letters represent, David Hood, his dad and Joy Hood, his mom.

𝗔 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗶-𝗞𝗼𝗮: This tattoo is dedicated to Calum’s sister, Mali-Koa Hood. “It’s my sister’s name. She’s my best friend, and no one else gets me like she does. I go to her for everything,” he said in an interview with Capital FM.

"𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗶 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿 '𝟭𝟲" 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥: Calum got this tattoo after the rest of the band left him in Bali, Indonesia after their vacation in 2016. During the same 2016 trip Calum and his friend Roy got each other’s initials tattooed. He lost his passport.

𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘: Calum has never explicitly said the meaning of this tattoo, but once in an interview he revealed that he used to own a necklace from the brand The Giving Keys which said “alive.”

𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗳: Calum admitted that this tattoo was initially supposed to be a silver fern leaf to represent New Zealand, where his mom is from, but it ended up looking more like a feather.

𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟮 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝘀: Represents the year 5SOS became a band — when he was 16 years old. Both Calum and Michael got tattoos while they were in Los Angeles and because they were underage at the time, Liam Payne paid for it.

𝗔 𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿: Calum got this dagger in June 2019 while the band was on tour in London. It matches Ashton’s serpent tattoo and represents their friendship. *not confirmed*

𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀: This is the only one of Calum’s tattoos that doesn’t have a deeper meaning. It was, as he has said, “purely just for art.” “My tattoo artist in London sent me this…and I fell in love with it,” he told GQ in June 2018.

𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲: Calum got this tattoo because his dad is Scottish, but it actually has a much deeper meaning. The legend of the Scottish thistle says that the plant represents bravery, courage, and loyalty when faced with danger or hard times.

𝗦𝗸𝘆𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀: In an interview with GQ, Calum said that this tattoo actually says “skywards.” He revealed that no one has ever been able to read it before.

𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀: Represents the band. Ashton and Luke have similar tattoos.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗼: Calum has previously stated that The Used is one of his favorite bands. This tattoo seemingly represents the Utah-based rock group’s second studio album In Love and Death.

“𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲”: “For those who are wondering the tattoo relates to a movie called Trainspotting. One of the first movies I watched with my father,” he wrote. “I recently fell back in love with it for many other reasons. The tattoo symbolizes reflection and perspective!”