Troye Sivan on his “complicated” relationship with men

Gay pop star Troye Sivan reflects on his “complicated relationship with men” and masculinity in a new intimate video.

The 31-year-old “She’s the Best” hitmaker opened up about his school experience and seeing one person show a “real version” of him was a formative moment.

Sivan shared these details appear on A view from a bridge. The format is simple: “A person on a bridge picks up a phone and shares their view with the world.”

In Sivan’s video, the singer is standing on the bridge, talking into a red phone, about a teacher who cut through the pictures.

“I think I’ve always had a very complicated relationship with men and my own masculinity,” Sivan explained.

“Some of my earliest memories were feeling like a bit of a failure as a boy.

“I really, really don’t like the sport, I’m frankly completely useless at it.

“One of my biggest fears is a ball being kicked over a fence when I’m the one going by and I have to give it back to this group of men. That’s a very terrifying experience for me.”

Sivan went on to recall a specific childhood memory that stuck with him. He recalls a carnival school experience where swimming was compulsory. Sivan struggled with swimming and didn’t like being in the pool

“All the boys who were already making fun of me for singing like a girl were watching,” he also added.

‘Boys used to make fun of me for singing like a girl’

The next year, when it was time to swim again, Sivan was approached by a teacher. The singer recalled that she “always looked immaculate and was so hot”.

When he opened up to her, she offered him a deal. The cutoff was that he didn’t have to swim, but he had to sing the national anthem at the carnival.

Looking back, he said, “She saw something in me that I was really afraid of: a real version of myself.”

He also cited it as an example of good leadership, saying: “Seeing what someone else does is also what makes them special, and celebrating that.”

The rollout for Sivan’s new album, She is the bestcelebrated the women in his life. The music video of the lead single featured Big Little Lies Actress Nicole Kidman.

“To be able to make music with Ariana [Grande] or Lily-Rose Depp, then on tour with Charli [XCX] and growing up next to her… I’ve always just loved being in the orbit of these women,” Sivan said upon the track’s release.

“‘She’s the Best’ was the first time I didn’t try to psychoanalyze myself, and I didn’t write about men,” he also added.

“The one thing that has been constant throughout my life is the women in my life, and the feminine people in my life.”

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