Troye Sivan

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Troye Sivan Mellet ( TROY sih- VAHN TRXYE (2014), which peaked at number 5 on US Billboard 200. The main single, "Happy Little Pill", reached number 10 on the Australian music charts. In 2015, he released his second long drama Wild followed by his debut album Blue Neighborhood , leading the single "Youth" to Sivan's first single to enter the top 40 Billboard Graph 100 hot, peaking at number 23.

As an actor, Sivan plays a younger version of the titular character in the X-Men 2009 X-Men Origins: Wolverine and starred as the title character in the movie Spud trilogy. As a YouTube personality, Sivan is used to upload video blogs regularly and, by 2016, has over 4 million subscribers and over 241 million views. The video, "The 'Boyfriend' Tag", with peer vlogger Tyler Oakley gave them a Teen Choice Award in the "Web Choice Collaboration" category. In October 2014, Time named Sivan as one of "The 25 Most Affected Teenagers of 2014".

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Personal life

Sivan was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, son of Laurelle and Shaun Mellet. Her family moved to Australia when she was two years old due to the increasing crime in South Africa. Sivan grew up in Perth, Western Australia with his parents and three siblings Steele, Tyde and Sage. His father is a real estate agent and his mother is a housewife. He is a Jew; his father was born from a Jewish family and his mother moved to Judaism. Sivan attended Carmel School, a private private Orthodox school, until 2009 when he started his distance education. Troye's middle name is "Sivan" and he embraced her as his stage name.

Sivan is openly gay. He was out in public through a YouTube video on August 7, 2013. He came out to his family three years before his video was released. She lives with mild Marfan syndrome. Sivan is in a relationship with Jacob Bixenman's model. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Careers

Music

Sivan's music career began when he sang on the 2006 Telethon Channel, 2007 and 2008. His 2006 appearances included a duet with Australian Idol winner Guy Sebastian. Sivan made it to the final of StarSearch 2007. Her debut EP, Dare to Dream , was released in June 2007. In February 2010, Sivan opened "We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube Edition) ", a collaborative music charity video produced by Lisa Lavie to help raise money for Haiti earthquake victims in 2010. Her recent hit" Youth, "from her Blue Neighbors album, 2015 reached number 23 in top 40 Billboard.

On June 5, 2013, Sivan signed with EMI Australia, the Universal Music Australia label, but kept it a secret for a year later. On August 15, 2014 he released an EP with five songs titled TRXYE , led by his first single "Happy Little Pill", which was released on July 25, 2014. TRXYE debuted at No. 1 in iTunes in over 55 countries. The album debuted at No. 5 on Billboard the next 200 weeks, scored his first Top 10 Sivan album. "Happy Little Pill" peaked at number 10 on the ARIA Singles Chart and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for shipments exceeding 35,000 copies. Sivan released its second major-label EP, Wild , on September 4, 2015. The EP is supported by a music video trilogy titled Blue Neighborhood , composed of three songs "Wild", " Fools "and" Talk Me Down "and released from September 2015 to December 2015. In addition, the EP is presented as an introduction to the Blue Neighborhood album, which was released on December 4, 2015. Sivan supported his debut studio album Blue Life. and his EP Wild with his first tour, 2015's Troye Sivan Live. Sivan further supports his debut album with Blue Neighborhood Tour and Suburbia Tour 2016. On May 26, 2017, Troye collaborated with Martin Garrix to produce a song titled Ada untuk Anda.

On January 10, 2018, Sivan released the single "My My My!", Along with the accompanying music video. He confirmed that his new sophomore album was inspired by his girlfriend, an American model named Jacob Bixenman. This song contrasts with his previous work, with Pitchfork commenting on his vowel "sure" and NPR Music describing it as "a celebration of infectious sexual desires". NPR Music also notes the significance of music songs and videos that showcase the belief in Sivan's sexuality, writing "[i] not every day you see a young, skinny, weird boy can be himself entirely in a music video, and Sivan makes us want to dance with him. "Sivan's first live performance on the song was on January 20 as a music guest on Saturday Night Live in an episode hosted by Jessica Chastain. Sivan later confirmed that his new album will feature a collaboration with Ariana Grande's old friend, titled "Dance to This". "Bloom" was released as the third single on 2 May 2018, following "The Good Side". That month, he announced that his second studio album will be titled Bloom and, while accompanying Taylor Swift as a guest star at his concert in Pasadena during the Reputation Stadium Tour, that the album will be released in August. 31, 2018.

Music videos

Sivan's music videos often feature LGBTQ relationships between characters. TRXYE ' trilogy follows the narration of two gay teenagers in a secret relationship while "Wild" shows Sivan with another flower-like man. The music video for "Heaven ft. Betty Who" shows footage of LGBTQ's movements and historic couples, as well as sensual photos with her and an unnamed man with a tagline that goes "Without losing some of me, how can I get to Heaven?" And "If I lost some of me, maybe I do not want Heaven ". The singer said this depiction is important to him, especially when he considers his young life when he remembers "the clear memories of several times I see all kinds of LGBTQ relationships on TV or in music videos".

Acting

In 2007, Sivan served as Oliver Twist in the production of Oliver! at Regal Theater. In 2008, Sivan was cast in the West Australian short film, Betrand the Terrible . In February 2008, Sivan served as the young James Howlett at X-Men Origins: Wolverine . Sivan got a part after the video of his telethon performance posted on YouTube, caught the attention of a Hollywood agent who contacted Sivan and asked him to send out an audition record. Though Kodi Smit-McPhee has been instrumental in this role, she can not be part of the film, because of her other movie, The Road. In July 2009, he successfully auditioned for a lead role in Spud , a film adapted from a 2005 novel by South African writer John van de Ruit. The filming took place in South Africa from early March to mid April 2010. The film was released in South Africa on December 3, 2010 and later was nominated for six SAFTA, including Best Actor in a Film Feature nomination for Sivan.

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

On August 30, 2017, Sivan confirmed via his Twitter account that he will appear in the future/out of Boy Erased , which is set to be released in 2018. Sivan will appear in the film alongside Xavier Dolan and Nicole Kidman.

YouTube

In September 2012, Sivan began creating a video blog on YouTube video sharing sites, having only been sung on the site since 2007. At the time of posting his first vlog, Sivan has collected 27,000 subscribers in the five years since joining YouTube on October 1, 2007. In April 2016 , Sivan has over 4 million subscribers and over 243 million total views across all of its YouTube videos. His YouTube channel is Australia's third most subscription channel, after HowToBasic and Dolan Planet.

The YouTube Sivan video created with fellow YouTuber Tyler Oakley titled "The 'Boyfriend' Tag" gave them a Teen Choice Award in the "Web Choices Collaboration" category.

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Arts

Sivan's favorite artists include Amy Winehouse, Taylor Swift and Lorde. MTV Artist also cites Michael Jackson and Frank Ocean as an additional influence.

Sivan's music has been described as a "layered electropop with constant EDM tinges," as well as "youthful," "daydreaming," and "adult". His baritone voice has been described as "coffee-and-cream" and "sultry," "hurt" and "shortness of breath". His work has been compared to Lorde and Taylor Swift.