Even if you haven’t heard his name, if you’ve listened to the radio you’re likely to have heard Troye Sivan’s hit singles, including the chart-topping “i’m so tired…”, featuring Lauv.
But like many popular artists of today, delving deeper into the facts often reveals some fun and unknown pieces of information.
Here are 36 fun facts about Troye Sivan.
#1 Troye Sivan’s full name is Troye Sivan Millet, making his stage second name “Sivan” his real middle name.
#2 Troye is 25 years old. He was born to Shaun and Laurelle Mellet on 5th July 1995 in Johannesburg. His star sign is Gemini.
#3 Although he grew up and lives in Australia, he was born in South Africa. He and his family moved to Australia when he was two years old.
#4 One of the reasons the family gave for moving to Australia was the rising crime rates in South Africa at the time.
#5 Troye Sivan is one of four siblings – he has one sister, Sage, and two brothers, Steele and Tyde.
#6 Troye was 12 years old when he entered the entertainment world in 2007, performing the role of Oliver Twist in the stage musical Oliver!
#7 The year after, in 2008, he was cast in a short Australia film, Betrand the Terrible, playing the role of Ace, one of three local bullies.
#8 Ten years later, in 2018, Troye Sivan played the role of Gary in the movie Boy Erased, alongside the award-winning actress Nicole Kidman.
#9 He has named some of his favorite musicians as Lorde, Taylor Swift and Amy Winehouse. One of his favorite songs is “Wake Up Alone” by Amy Winehouse.
#10 Troye Sivan is publicly gay, and came out to his fans in one of his YouTube videos in 2013.
#11 Since 2007, he has been creating videos to showcase his singing and song-writing. In 2012, he expanded his YouTube audience by starting vlogs (video blogs). His YouTube channel is in the top ten most popular Australian YouTube accounts.
#12 For three years in a row (2006-2008), Troye Sivan performed at the annual telethon on Channel Seven Perth.
#13 Michael Jackson’s “We are the World” was a chart-topper when it was released in the 1980s. When it was covered by different artists 25 years later as a fundraiser for the Haiti earthquake in 2010, Troye Sivan was the opening artist.
#14 At the age of 14, Troye Sivan landed the role of a young James Howlett in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
#15 Inspired by the popular book and movie, The Fault in Our Stars, Troye Sivan released a fundraising single in 2014, with the same title as the book. It attracted more than eight million YouTube hits.
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