Troye Sivan.Photo:Stuart Winecoff
Stuart Winecoff
Many adult life experiences ledTroye Sivanto make his liberated new albumSomething to Give Each Other—and for that he’s grateful.
“I think I’m going to look back on this album and this time in my life with such fondness,” Sivan tells PEOPLE at Spotify’s early listening party for the LP – which dropped Friday — in partnership with its GLOW initiative at Outer Heaven in New York City.
Since the Australian pop star officially hit the music scene in 2014, listeners have learned about his love life and emotions through his albumsBlue NeighborhoodandBloom.But the new, 10-track record is easily his most personal, providing insight on a series of sexual encounters Sivan partook in following the end of his last long-term relationship.
Troye Sivan ‘Something to Give Each Other’ Album Cover.Courtesy of Capitol Records
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Despite getting more vulnerable than ever one the new songs, Sivan felt the writing process came to him naturally. “I can look back on my life in these albums almost as journals from a specific time period, and this album is reflective of where I’ve been for the last couple years,” he explains. “It’s nice to be able to look back and be like, ‘Oh, I guess the last couple years have been really joyous and full of a lot of love in many different forms.’ It didn’t really take that much thought, to be honest.”
Earlier this year, Sivan launched into theSomething to Give Each Otherera with its lead single “Rush,” a sexually-charged dance-pop track released alongside a music video set at an erotic Berlin party — complete with nudity, make-out sessions and the singer peering through a glory hole. He’s since stripped down in a steam room in the video for its second single “Got Me Started” and dressed as a woman to giveRoss Lyncha lap dance in its third visual, “One of Your Girls.”
“From writing the album to making the visuals to releasing it, everything has just been a lot more fun,” he says. “Maybe because it’s my third time doing it, I feel a little bit more relaxed.”
Troye Sivan.Pascal Le Segretain/Getty
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty
Another reason for Sivan’s comfort around sharingSomething to Give Each Other? Its elements of sexual and romantic freedom remain reflective of his life at the moment, even after its release. “I’m just working more because we’re putting the album out — that’s the only difference,” he quips. “I’m still very much in all of the themes of the album, feeling really connected with myself and with other people and open to the world.”
Part of why Sivan’s supporters are quick to get excited about each development in the adult phase of his music career is because they’ve been following his journey since hecame out as gay on YouTube in 2013. He’ll never forget that part of their connection, as he still looks back on those years to inspire his artistry.
Troye Sivan.River Callaway/WWD via Getty
River Callaway/WWD via Getty
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