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Troye Sivan Mellet is a South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and YouTuber.

As an actor, he played young James Howlett in the X-Men film "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", and most recently has starred as the titular character in the Spud film trilogy. Sivan used to upload video blogs regularly and, as of 2016, has over 4 million subscribers and over 241 million total views. In 2018, he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Song for "Revelation", from the film Boy Erased, in which he also had a supporting acting role.

On 15 August 2014, Sivan released his first major-label EP, entitled TRXYE, which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200. The lead single from the EP, "Happy Little Pill", reached number 10 in the Australian charts. On 4 September 2015, Sivan released his second major-label EP, WILD. His debut studio album was announced on 14 October with a release date of 4 December. The album is called Blue Neighbourhood. On May 2018, he announced that his second studio album is titled Bloom, while accompanying Taylor Swift as a guest performer at her concert in Pasadena during her Reputation Stadium Tour. The album was released on 31 August 2018.

Early Life[]

Troye Sivan was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of homemaker and former model Laurelle Mellet and entrepreneur and real estate agent Shaun Mellet. Sivan grew up with his parents and three siblings in Perth, Western Australia. He grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family, though he is not religious—his father was born into a Jewish family of Lithuanian-Jewish descent, and his mother converted to Judaism. Sivan went to Carmel School, a private Modern Orthodox school, until 2009, when he began distance learning.

Personal Life[]

On August 7, 2013, Sivan came out publicly as gay in a YouTube video, three years after coming out to his family. He has a mild form of Marfan syndrome.

Career[]

Music[]

Sivan's musical career began when he performed at the Channel Seven Perth Telethon in 2006, 2007, and 2008. His 2006 performance included a duet with Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian. Sivan made it to the StarSearch 2007 finals. He released "For Them" in 2009 to raise awareness and funds for homeless children. Dare to Dream, his debut EP, was released in June 2007. Sivan debuted "We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube Edition)" in February 2010, a collaborative music charity video produced by Lisa Lavie to help raise funds for the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Sivan was signed to EMI Australia, a Universal Music Australia label, on June 5, 2013, but the news was not made public until a year later. TRXYE, a five-song EP released on August 15, 2014, was led by its first single "Happy Little Pill," which was released on July 25, 2014. TRXYE debuted at number one on iTunes in more than 55 countries. The following week, the EP debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200, giving Sivan his first Top 10 album. "Happy Little Pill" reached number ten on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments in excess of 35,000 copies. On September 4, 2015, Sivan released his second major-label EP, Wild. The EP was accompanied by a music video trilogy titled Blue Neighbourhood, which included the three songs "Wild," "Fools," and "Talk Me Down" and was released between September and December 2015. The EP also served as a precursor to his debut studio album Blue Neighbourhood, which was released on December 4, 2015. "Youth" peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. Sivan's first tour, Troye Sivan Live, in 2015, supported Blue Neighbourhood and Wild. He further supported Blue Neighbourhood with 2016's Blue Neighbourhood Tour and Suburbia Tour. On 26 May 2017, Troye collaborated with Martin Garrix to produce the song "There for You".

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Troye with Ariana Grande on the music video shoot of "Dance to This"

Sivan released the single "My My My!" along with a music video on January 10, 2018. Sivan debuted the song live for the first time as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live on January 20. Sivan later confirmed that "Dance to This," a collaboration with long-time friend Ariana Grande, would be included on his new album. On May 2, 2018, "Bloom" was released as the third single, following "The Good Side." That month, he announced the title of his second studio album, Bloom, while performing as a guest performer with Taylor Swift at a concert in Pasadena, California, as part of her Reputation Stadium Tour. On August 31, 2018, the album was released. "Animal," the album's final pre-release track, was released on August 9, 2018.

That same year, Sivan was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for "Revelation," a song he recorded and co-wrote for the film Boy Erased. For the song, he was also nominated for an Academy Award. Sivan collaborated with British singer-songwriter Charli XCX on the single "1999" in October 2018. A follow-up collaboration, titled "2099," debuted on June 6, 2019, at the two artists' LA Pride event "Go West Fest," and was released as a promotional single from Charli XCX's album Charli on September 10, 2019. In January 2019, Sivan released the single "I'm So Tired..." with American singer-songwriter Lauv. On 6 December 2019, Sivan and Canadian singer-songwriter Allie X released a song called "Love Me Wrong".

On February 16, 2020, it was announced that the South Korean band BTS's album Map of the Soul: 7 would include a song co-written by Sivan, "Louder Than Bombs."

Sivan released "Take Yourself Home," his first single from his fifth EP In a Dream, on April 1. To create the visual art for his single, Sivan collaborated with freelance artists in need of work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The artists, whom Sivan met on Instagram, also designed t-shirts for the single, with all net proceeds going to the WHO COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund and Spotify's COVID-19 Music Relief Project.

Sivan released the single "Easy" on July 15th, along with the announcement of the EP In a Dream. The EP was released on August 21, 2020.

Sivan announced his single "Angel Baby" on August 27, 2021, which was later released on September 10, 2021.

Sivan announced on February 2, 2022, that he had written two original songs for the film Three Months, which was released on February 23, 2022.

Acting[]

In 2007, Sivan starred as Oliver Twist in a production of Oliver! at the Regal Theatre. In 2008, Sivan was cast in a West Australian short film, Betrand the Terrible. In February 2008, Sivan was cast as young James Howlett in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Sivan got the part after videos of his telethon performance were posted on YouTube, catching the attention of a Hollywood agent who contacted Sivan and asked him to send in an audition tape. Though Kodi Smit-McPhee was already cast for this role, he was unable to be a part of the film, due to his other film, The Road. In July 2009, he auditioned successfully for the lead role in Spud, a film adaptation of the 2005 novel by South African author John van de Ruit. Filming took place in South Africa from early March to mid-April 2010. The film was released in South Africa on 3 December 2010 and was later nominated for six SAFTAs, including a Best Lead Actor in a Feature Film nomination for Sivan.

Troye in spud 3

Troye in Spud 3: Learning to Fly

Sivan appeared in the West Australian season of Samuel Beckett's absurdist play Waiting for Godot which opened on 28 May 2010. Sivan shared the role of "Boy" with Craig Hyde-Smith, alternating nights. In June 2012, Sivan returned to South Africa to film Spud 2: The Madness Continues, which was released in South Africa on 21 June 2013. Sivan also starred in the third film in the series, Spud 3: Learning to Fly, released on 28 November 2014.

Sivan appeared in the 2018 film Boy Erased, opposite Lucas Hedges, Xavier Dolan, and Nicole Kidman.

YouTube[]

Sivan began creating video blogs on the video sharing site YouTube in September 2012, after only singing on the site since 2007. Sivan had amassed 27,000 subscribers in the five years since joining YouTube on October 1, 2007, at the time of posting his first vlog. Sivan has over 4 million subscribers and over 243 million total views on his YouTube videos as of April 2016. After HowToBasic and Planet Dolan, his YouTube channel has the third most subscribers in Australia.

On YouTube, one of Sivan's most notable works is a video he created with fellow YouTuber Tyler Oakley. The video, titled "The 'Boyfriend' Tag," earned them a Teen Choice Award in the category of "Choice Web Collaboration."

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine Young James Howlett
2010 Betrand the Terrible Ace Short film
2010 Spud John "Spud" Milton
2013 Spud 2: The Madness Continues
2014 Spud 3: Learning to Fly
2018 Boy Erased Gary
2022 Three Months Caleb Khan

Television[]

Year Title Notes
2006–08 Channel Seven Perth Telethon Opening act
2007 Star Search Finalist
2015 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Musical guest
2016 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Musical guest on Ellen's birthday special
The Late Late Show with James Corden Musical guest
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon Musical guest
2018 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Musical guest and interview
Saturday Night Live Musical guest
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race Season 11 guest judge
The Kacey Musgraves Christmas Show Musical guest
2021 Drag Race Down Under Musical guest
The Idol

Theatre[]

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Oliver! Oliver Twist Regal Theatre
2010 Waiting for Godot Boy His Majesty's Theatre

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Title Release details Certifications
Blue Neighbourhood
  • Release date: 4 December 2015
  • Label: EMI, Capitol Records
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
  • ARIA: Platinum
  • BPI: Gold
  • GLF: Gold
  • IFPI DEN: Gold
  • RIAA: Platinum
Bloom
  • Release date: 31 August 2018
  • Label: EMI, Capitol
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
  • ARIA: Gold
Something to Give Each Other
  • Released: 13 October 2023
  • Label: EMI, Capitol
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
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Extended plays[]

List of EPs, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Release details Sales
Dare to Dream
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: Digital download
June Haverly
  • Released: 22 June 2012[1]
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: Digital download
TRXYE
  • Released: 15 August 2014
  • Label: EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download
WILD
  • Released: 4 September 2015
  • Label: EMI, Capitol
  • Formats: CD, digital download
In a Dream


  • Released: 21 August 2020
  • Label: EMI, Capitol
  • Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl


"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles[]

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
Song Year Certifications Album
Happy Little Pill 2014 ARIA: Gold TRXYE
WILD 2015 ARIA: Platinum[4] Wild and Blue Neighborhood
YOUTH ARIA: Platinum[5]

IFPI SWE: Gold[6]

RIAA: Gold[7]

RMNZ: Platinum

Blue Neighborhood
TALK ME DOWN 2016 ARIA: Gold
WILD

(featuring Alessia Cara)

HEAVEN

(featuring Betty Who)

There For You

(with Martin Garrix)

2017 ARIA: Platinum

BPI: Silver

BVMI: Gold

GLF: Gold

IFPI DEN: Gold

MC: Platinum

RIAA: Gold

RMNZ: Gold

My My My! 2018 ARIA: 2× Platinum

BPI: Silver

MC: Gold

RIAA: Gold

Bloom
The Good Side
Strawberries & Cigarettes Love, Simon
Bloom ARIA: Platinum Bloom
Dance to This

(featuring Ariana Grande)

ARIA: Platinum

RIAA: Gold

Animal
1999

(with Charli XCX)

ARIA: 2× Platinum

BPI: Gold

IFPI DEN: Gold

Charli
Revelation Boy Erased
Somebody to Love
I'm so tired...

(with Lauv)

2019 ARIA: 3× Platinum

BPI: Platinum

BVMI: Gold

IFPI DEN: Gold

MC: Platinum

RIAA: Platinum

RMNZ: Platinum

How I'm Feeling
Take Yourself Home 2020 In A Dream
Easy ARIA: Gold
Rager Teenager!
Easy

(with Kacey Musgraves featuring Mark Ronson)

You

(with Regard and Tate McRae)

2021 RIAA: Gold
Could Cry Just Thinkin About You In A Dream
Angel Baby
Trouble

(with Jay Som)

2022 Three Months
Wait

(featuring Gordi)

Rush 2023 Something to Give Each Other
Got Me Started
One of Your Girls
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As featured artist[]

Song Year Album
Papercut

(Zedd featuring Troye Sivan)

2015 True Colors
Hands

(with various artists)

Love Me Wrong

(with Allie X)

Cape God

Promotional singles[]

Song Year Album
"The Fault in Our Stars"[8] 2013 TRXYE
2099

(Charli XCX featuring Troye Sivan)

2019 Charli

Other charted songs[]

Song Year Peak
chart
positions
Album
ARIA Charts (AUS)
[9]
IRE NZ Hot
"Fools" 2015 85 Wild/Blue Neighbourhood
"Seventeen" 2018 14 Bloom
"Postcard" (ft. Gordi) 22
"Plum" 92 11
"could cry just thinking about you" 2020 36 In A Dream
"STUD" 35
"IN A DREAM" 10

Trivia[]

  • Troye is 5'8".
  • Sivan, his surname derived from his middle name, is a Hebrew calendar month.
  • Mac and cheese is one of Troye's favorite foods.
  • Troye moved from South Africa to Australia when he was two, and he began his YouTube channel at the age of 12.
  • He has a dog named Jagga.
  • He recorded his own charity single that was inspired by the film The Fault In Our Stars.
  • He has over 4.4 million subscribers on YouTube.
  • He played a young Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
  • Troye signed to EMI Australia in 2013 but kept it a secret at the time.
  • Troye came out in a YouTube video four years ago, which has accumulated 7.6 million views.
  • Tyler and Troye's video collab The Boyfriend Tag won an actual Teen Choice Award.

Gallery[]

The image gallery for Troye Sivan may be viewed here.

References[]

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