How LGBT icon Troye Sivan became a bona fide fashion and music A-lister
Troye Sivan is on a roll.
This month, the Australian singer released his third studio album Something to Give Each Other, which breezed its way to No 1 on his country’s Aria music chart last week, per Billboard.
Troye Sivan’s new album cover. Photo: @troyesivan/Instagram
He also opened up to NPR about the songs he wrote about his romances with men and aspects of queer life.
Jackson Wang, Willow Smith, Maisie Williams, Rami Malek and Troye Sivan in a campaign for the Pasha de Cartier watch. Photo: Cartier
“Of course, there’s a big element of pride in the fact that I am now so comfortably, openly gay. [He came out in 2013 in a YouTube video]. But also just musically, especially on this album, there’s so many little nostalgic references to the pop that I grew up listening to – pop stars of the early noughties – even down to the choreography and the music videos. I really am doing it for six-year-old me, who just wanted to be a pop star so badly,” he told the radio station.
In one of his latest hits, the LGBTQ+ icon is nearly unrecognisable as he gets into drag and dresses as a blonde bombshell for his “One of Your Girls” music video.
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Troye Sivan on the Miu Miu runway in October. Photo: @troyesivan/Instagram
Besides music, the 28-year-old has also become a fixture on the fashion circuit. This October, Sivan made his Paris Fashion Week debut by walking on the runway for Miu Miu’s spring 2024 collection.
Troye Sivan has quickly amassed a huge following. Photo: @troyesivan/Instagram
Here’s everything you need to know about Troye Sivan, from his start on YouTube to becoming one of the biggest pop stars of today:
Troye Sivan started out as a YouTube vlogger
Determined to become famous, a young Troye Sivan posted vlogs on YouTube. Photo: Troye Sivan/YouTube
The South African-born star got his early start on YouTube, much like fellow celebs Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes. After nabbing the part of a young James Logan in the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 2009, he started dabbling with posting on the video platform, according to Billboard.
Miley Cyrus was his LGBTQ+ celebrity inspiration
Troye Sivan cites Miley Cyrus (pictured) as one of his early inspirations. Photo: @mileycyrus/Instagram
When Buzzfeed asked him who the first LGBTQ+ entertainer or public figure that inspired him was, Sivan said Miley Cyrus played a huge role in his youth.
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Troye Sivan has had a fairy tale rise to fame – starring in films, then becoming a YouTube star, and now winning in the fashion and beauty worlds too. Photo: @troyesivan/Instagram
“The first one that like actually mattered to me, who has since come out as not straight, is Miley Cyrus. I remember when I was like 13 and watching Hannah Montana, I thought she was the coolest person in the world,” he told the publication.
He’s starred in a string of films and TV shows
Blackpink’s Jennie, Lily-Rose Depp and Troye Sivan all starred in The Idol together. Photo: @newsjennie/Twitter
After his 2009 X-Men gig where he starred opposite Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds, he went on to appear in Spud, Three Months, Boy Erased with Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Madelyn Cline, and the controversial HBO show The Idol alongside Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily-Rose Depp, Blackpink’s Jennie and The Weeknd.
He has an incredible musical career
Troye Sivan looking naturally stylish in a Gucci jacket at New York’s Bowery Hotel, in 2018. Photo: Shutterstock
Sivan has enjoyed an astronomical music career so far, to say the least. Some of his most popular songs include “I’m So Tired” with Lauv, “Youth”, “There For You” with Martin Garrix and “Dance to This” with Ariana Grande.
He’s a fashion and beauty icon
Troye Sivan has become a fashion icon. Photo: @troyesivan/Instagram
Ever since Sivan stepped into the limelight, he has been making strong fashion statements in whatever he wears and wherever he goes.
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Troye Sivan is now an ambassador for YSL Beauty. Photo: @troyesivan/Instagram
From owning the “no pants” trend in the front row at Loewe’s menswear show and deconstructing the traditional suit with Valentino at Cannes, to wearing a full leather suit from Diesel to the Vanity Fair Oscars party, this year alone has been a stylish 2023 for Sivan.
