Troye Has Had A Big Year, We Know He Feels The Rush!
Troye Sivan is one of the biggest artists this year. His new album Something To Give Each Other was preceded by three big hits Rush, Got Me Started and One Of Your Girls.
Troye has scooped up four major awards at the ARIAs, he’s been named GQ’s Man Of The Year and he’s been nominated for two Grammys. We love to see that a gay kid from Perth followed his dreams and worked his way to the top of the music industry on the back of his talent, hard work and passion.
We’re giving you your flowers Troye!
Longtime fans of Troye know how far the pop star has come. He begun his career in acting, finding his big break on Wolverine Origins alongside Hugh Jackman. When he transitioned over to YouTube, Troye used his platform to come out and build a loyal fanbase before releasing his first studio album Blue Neighbourhood.
He’s come a long way from singing about being a closeted suburban teenager. Something To Give Each Other is bold and loud and profoundly queer. There’s not one hint of shame in his new musical era as demonstrated by his Rush music video or the subject of One Of Your Girls.
Troye singing about poppers and being a tool for exploration for straight/curious men would seem a far cry from his early work. But artists like Troye understand something very important about their audience and they know how to speak to them authentically.
In the same way that Lorde produces albums that reflect her eras of growth and maturity in lock-step with her audience, and Troye’s discography reflects a journey through queerness towards self-realisation. It has struck a chord with his LGBTQIA+ audience and mainstream listeners alike.
At the Australian ARIA Awards, Troye won Song Of The Year, Best Solo Artist and his Rush video picked up Best Produced Release and Best Engineered Release. The 2023 Grammy Awards have Troye nominated for Best Pop Dance Recording and Best Music Video. In accepting the GQ Australia Man Of The Year, Troye spoke about finding it ironic to be nominated for Man Of The Year the first year that he tried drag.
“It’s not lost on me the irony of me winning ‘man’ of the year when I did drag for the first time this year. I feel more in touch with my femininity than ever, and I think it speaks to a point I’d really like to make, which is that my relationship with masculinity has been very strange my entire life,” he says.
“Unlearning and de-programming all of that has taken so many years and lots of people… And the biggest thing for me has been the queer people in my life that I’ve met along the way. These are people I look to for self love first and foremost, and for love of each other and love of community.”
Troye is a quintessential pop star of this milieu, defining culture as he experiences it himself and his accolades are well-earned. Here’s hoping for an equally tumultuous 2024, Troye!
