“Bloom”, Troye Sivan’s New Single

May 14, 2018• byMichael Strangeways

View Animated Lyric Video HERE

“If artists are thinking of claiming 2018 as their year,

they’ll have to steal it from Troye Sivan.” – V Magazine

Today, Capitol Records released “Bloom,” the new single from Troye Sivan‘s forthcoming album. Download/stream “Bloom” HERE and view the accompanying lyric video, which was animated by Jason Ebeyer, HERE.

Details regarding Troye‘s new album and upcoming headline tour will be announced soon. The official Troye Sivan app is now available on Apple Store and Google Play. Fans who download the app will have access to exclusive content, merchandise, pre-sales and more.

Troye Sivan Photo Credit: Hedi Slimane

“My My My!” – the first single from the new album – was the top trending topic worldwide on Twitter after its release in January. Combined global streams of the track now exceed 130 million. The official video, directed by Grant Singer (Lorde, The Weeknd), became the #1 trending clip on YouTube and has upwards of 25 million views.

Pitchfork named “My My My!” as one of the “first great songs” of 2018 and noted, “Sivan is celebrating pure joy, the feeling of being swept up and rendered invincible by new love.” NYLON praised the “self-empowering liberation anthem” and Rolling Stone found it “joyous.” Reviewing the video, NPR Music said, “Troye Sivan cements his image as a gay pop icon.”

Cumulative streams of “The Good Side,” another track from the album, now surpass 22 million worldwide. V Magazine observed, “If artists are thinking of claiming 2018 as their year, they’ll have to steal it from Troye Sivan. The 22-year-old is on fire…[‘The Good Side’] shows the growing pop star’s range.”

Troye made his “Saturday Night Live” debut as musical guest earlier this year, performing both “My My My!” and “The Good Side.” He also appeared recently on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.”

His 2015 debut album, Blue Neighbourhood (Capitol Records), topped the iTunes charts in 66 countries. It has sold more than 2.5 million adjusted albums worldwide and is certified Gold in the U.S. Streams across all platforms exceed 2.5 billion while video views have surpassed 500 million. Associated Press named Blue Neighbourhood as the No. 1 album of 2015 and Rolling Stone awarded it four stars.The single “Youth” claimed the No. 1 spot on Billboard‘s Hot Club Play chart and has been certified Platinum in the U.S.

The New York Times hailed Troye as a “prototype for tomorrow’s global pop star” and he has appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone, Out and V Magazine. His numerous awards include a Billboard Music Awards trophy and two GLAAD Media wins.

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About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.