How a little boy grew into a big and bright star
- Australian pop singer, actor, popular video blogger, songwriter, model, philanthropist.
Biography:
Troy was born on June 5 in 1995 in South Africa, Johannesburg and lived there for two years, after which his family decided to emigrate to Australia, due to the increase in crime in Africa.
Sivan grew up in a large family. He has two brothers: Steele and Tide, as well as a sister, Sage.
His mother, Laurell, is a converted housewife, and his father, Sean, is a realtor.
Troy attended the Carmel Orthodox Modernist School, after which he switched to homeschooling. On this he finished his education.
Career and creativity:
Troy started his career quite early - at the age of 11. At a very young age, he performed at the Channel Seven Perth telethon in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The first album was released two years after his debut - at the age of 13. The record had only 5 songs and was not tied to any label.
At the age of 12, Sivan created a YouTube channel on which he posted videos from his performances, covers of songs of other performers, and also talked about all the joys and sorrows that happened to him. A few years later, I began to upload more videos, which were edited better than the first videos of Mellet. And five years ago, he completely retrained as a blogger, filming videos on various topics: from challenges to collaborations with other famous representatives of YouTube, like Tyler Oakley and Zoella.
The popularity of Troy on video hosting gradually grew, but this did not prevent the performer from developing in other directions. In 2007, Sivan Mellet made his stage debut as Oliver Twist in the production of the same name. And just a year later, the boy got the role of James Howlett in the movie "X-Men: The Beginning. Wolverine". The casting agents liked Troy's videos and this was how his journey to big cinema began.
However, the real fame came to Troy after he wrote the song "The Fault In Our Stars", inspired by John Green's "The Fault in the Stars" and published it on his channel. It is noteworthy that Sivan composed the text and music on his own. After that, an agent from the record company EMI Australia wrote to him with a job offer, to which the blogger agreed. And then Time magazine included the blogger in the world list of the most influential teenagers.
But not only Troy became famous thanks to the "Stars", the author of the work, John Green, and himself found fame among the young fans of Sivan.
The performer himself treats both the novel and the author with great love and respect, and all the income received from the sale of the song was sent to charity for the Princess Margaret Children's Hospital in Perth.
On August 15, 2014, the first official mini-album "TRXYE" was released on the Universal label, for which the single "Happy Little Pill" became an advertisement, a year later the world heard his next EP "Wild" with three video clips and five singles.
Both EPs were preparation, Troy's transitional line as a musician.
And already on December 4, 2015 Sivan released his debut long play "Blue Neigbourhood", with 5 promo singles: "Wild", "Youth", "Talk Me Down", Wild (Remix) "," Heaven ".
Troy also performed at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards and the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards, and then embarked on the Blue Neighborhood Tour.
The first album was well received by critics, scored 80 out of 100 on Metacritic, peaked at # 53 on the Billboard 200, and won two ARIA Music Awards in 2016.
Troy's second studio album, "Bloom", was released on August 31, 2018. In his support, 5 singles were released: "My My My!", "The Good Side", Bloom "," Dance to This "together with the popular American singer Ariana Grande," Animal ". Sivan himself called his album "sex".
And again, critics received the disc warmly, did not skimp on praise, and the album's Metacritic score was 86 points out of 100.
The album hit the Billboard 200 firmly occupying the 4th position, with sales of over 70 thousand in the first week. In Australia's homeland of the artist, "Bloom" took 3rd place.
Troy is currently touring on The Bloom tour.
Personal life:
Troy Sivan is an openly gay who came out first in front of his parents, who accepted him as he is. And then, three years later, on his own YouTube channel. This video has received over 8 million views. Fans supported the blogger by launching the hashtag # We are proud to be on Twitter
Troy admits that he dreamed of coming out for a long time, however, he was in no hurry, weighing all the pros and cons.
Sivan is also an active fighter for the rights of the LGBT community.
Dating the famous 24-year-old model Jacob Taylor Bixenman.
Troy is a good friend of Tyler Oakley, a popular YouTube blogger, LGBT advocate, TV presenter, and openly gay. They met on the Internet and regularly appeared in each other's videos. At one time, fans of the guys suspected that the bloggers were in a relationship, but they denied these rumors.
Troy is diagnosed with a mild form of Marfan syndrome. This disease is characterized by the high growth of the patient, elongated limbs, thinness, fragile joints, pathology in the field of vision and the cardiovascular system.
* Without treatment, patients live on average about 40 years.
Troy now lives in Los Angeles.
