Music Sivan's musical career started when he sang at the 2006, 2007 and 2008
Channel Seven Perth Telethon. His 2006 performance included a duet with
Australian Idol winner
Guy Sebastian. On 5 June 2013, Sivan was signed to
EMI Australia, a
Universal Music Australia label, but kept it a secret until a year later. On 15 August 2014 he released a five-song EP entitled
TRXYE, led by its first single "
Happy Little Pill", which was released on 25 July 2014.
TRXYE debuted at No. 1 on iTunes in over 55 countries. The EP debuted at No. 5 on the
Billboard 200 the following week, scoring Sivan his first Top 10 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 his second major-label EP,
Wild, on 4 September 2015. The EP was supported by a
music video trilogy entitled Blue Neighbourhood, comprising the three songs "
Wild", "Fools" and "
Talk Me Down" and released from September 2015 to December 2015. Next, he recorded a full-length album titled
Blue Neighbourhood, which was released on 4 December 2015. The single "
Youth" reached number 23 in the
Billboard Hot 100. Sivan supported
Blue Neighbourhood and
Wild with his first tour, 2015's
Troye Sivan Live. He followed this 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". in Washington, DC, in 2018 On 10 January 2018, Sivan released the single "
My My My!", along with an accompanying music video. He confirmed that his second album was inspired by his then-boyfriend, American model
Jacob Bixenman. The song was described as a departure from his earlier work, with
Pitchfork calling his vocals "assured" and
NPR Music describing it as "an infectious celebration of sexual desire". Sivan later confirmed that his new album would feature a collaboration with long-time friend
Ariana Grande, titled "
Dance to This". On 16 March, his song "
Strawberries & Cigarettes" from the
Love, Simon soundtrack was released. It received a nomination for the
2018 Satellite Awards for Best Original Song. "
Bloom" was released as the third single on 2 May 2018, following "
The Good Side". That month, he announced that his second studio album was titled
Bloom, while accompanying
Taylor Swift as a guest performer at a concert in
Pasadena during her
Reputation Stadium Tour. The album was released on 31 August 2018. The album's final pre-release track, "
Animal", was launched on 9 August 2018. That same year, Sivan received a
Golden Globe nomination for
Best Original Song for "
Revelation", which he recorded and co-wrote for the film
Boy Erased. He was also shortlisted for an
Academy Award for the song. In October 2018, Sivan collaborated with British singer-songwriter
Charli XCX on the single "
1999"; the two also performed the single together live on
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. A sequel collaboration, titled "
2099", was debuted on 6 June 2019 at the two artists' LA Pride event "Go West Fest" and released as a promotional single from Charli XCX's album
Charli on 10 September 2019. In January 2019, Sivan released the single "
I'm So Tired..." with American singer-songwriter
Lauv. On 1 April 2020, Sivan released "
Take Yourself Home", his first single from his fifth EP
In a Dream. Sivan worked with freelance artists in need of work during the
COVID-19 pandemic to create the visual art for his single. The artists, who Sivan met on Instagram, also designed t-shirts for the single, and all net proceeds were donated to the WHO
COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund and Spotify's COVID-19 Music Relief Project. On 15 July, Sivan released the single "
Easy" and announced the release of the
concept EP In a Dream. The EP was released on 21 August 2020. In June 2021, he performed songs from the EP for
Grubhub's virtual concert series
Sound Bites, in support of the
NGLCC's efforts in assisting LGBT-owned restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic. On 16 April 2021, his collaboration "
You" with
Regard and
Tate McRae was released. The song topped
Billboards
Dance/Electronic Songs chart for eight weeks. Sivan's single "
Angel Baby" was released on 10 September. After becoming viral in Southeast Asia, it charted highly in several countries. In February 2022, two original songs Sivan had written for the film
Three Months were released. In December 2022, he released a collaboration with
PNAU titled "
You Know What I Need". Sivan announced his third studio album,
Something to Give Each Other, on 13 July 2023, alongside the release of its lead single, "
Rush". On 20 September, the second single, "
Got Me Started", was released with an accompanying music video. The album was released on 13 October, along with the third single, "
One of Your Girls". On 10 November 2023, Sivan received two
Grammy nominations for "Rush": Best Music Video and Best Pop Dance Recording. The album's fourth single, "Honey", was released on 16 May 2024 with remixes by
Mura Masa. On 12 September 2024, Troye was featured on
Charli XCX's remix album ''
Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat, the remix album of Brat, on the song "Talk Talk". A voice note from Dua Lipa is featured in the beginning and end of the song. They embarked on the co-headlining Sweat tour in North America in support of Brat
and Something to Give Each Other''.
Acting '' in 2015 In 2007, Sivan starred as
Oliver Twist in a production of
Oliver! at the
Regal Theatre. 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. 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. Sivan appeared in the Western 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 had a supporting role in the 2018 film
Boy Erased. In 2022, he starred as Caleb, a 17-year-old exposed to HIV following a one-night fling on the eve of his high school graduation in the feature film
Three Months, which explores the ongoing stigma that HIV-positive persons experience. On 22 November 2021, Sivan was cast as a series regular in the
HBO drama series
The Idol. The series was cancelled in August 2023 after a single season. == Other ventures ==