Troye Sivan

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
Sivan was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on 5 June 1995 to Shaun and Laurelle Mellet, a real estate agent and a homemaker respectively. His family moved to Australia when he was two years old due to rising crime in South Africa. He is Jewish (his father was born to a Jewish family and his mother converted to Judaism). Sivan attended Carmel School until he started distance education in 2009. He has two brothers and one sister. His parents, Shaun and Laurelle, are incredibly supportive of his career. Troye is the third child of the family. The eldest is Steele Mellet, the second child is Sage Mellet and the youngest child of the four is Tyde Levi Mellet.

Sivan is openly gay. He came out to his family on 7 August 2010 and came out publicly via a YouTube video on 7 August 2013. He has a mild form of Marfan syndrome, which makes his fingers extra bendy and is capable of bending his pinky to the back of his hand.

Music
Sivan's music career began 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. In 2006, Sivan made it to the grand finals of StarSearch. His debut EP, Dare to Dream, was released in February 2008. 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 the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

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 album 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. Additionally, the EP served as an "introduction" to his album Blue Neighbourhood, which was released on 4 December 2015. Sivan supported his debut studio album Blue Neighbourhood and his EP Wild with his first tour, 2015's Troye Sivan Live. Sivan further supported his debut studio album 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". On 10 January 2018, Sivan released the single "My My My!", along with an accompanying music video. Sivan's first live performance of the song was on 20 January as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. Sivan later confirmed that his new album would feature a collaboration with long-time friend Ariana Grande, 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 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. The album's final pre-release track, "Animal", was launched on 9 August 2018.

In 2018, 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 6 December 2019, Sivan and Allie X released a song called "Love Me Wrong" for Allie's album Cape God

On February 16, 2020, it was announced that South Korean band BTS' upcoming album Map of the Soul: 7 included a song, "Louder Than Bombs", that was co-written by Sivan together with Allie X and Leland. On 1 April, 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 "Easy" while announcing the release of his fifth EP, titled In a Dream, which was released on 21 August 2020.

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. 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
In September 2012, Sivan began creating video blogs on the video sharing site YouTube, after having only sung on the site since 2007. At the time of posting his first vlog, Sivan had accumulated 27,000 subscribers in his five years since joining YouTube on 1 October 2007. As of April 2016, Sivan has over 4 million subscribers and over 243 million total views across his YouTube videos. His YouTube channel is the third most subscribed channel in Australia, after HowToBasic and Planet Dolan.

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

Trivia

 * Troye is 5'8".
 * 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.

Official Account
Troye Sivan
 * Troye Sivan Instagram
 * Troye Sivan Twitter
 * Troye Sivan Facebook