Something To Give Each Other

Troye Sivan

GENRE: Pop/R&B

LABEL: Capitol

The Australian singer serves up hedonistic pop perfection, blending club bangers, tender vibes, last-call thirst, and a smorgasbord of samples with effortless swagger.

Troye Sivan’s pop evolution is nothing short of a glow-up. On his 2015 debut, Blue Neighbourhood, he played the wistful YA hero—dreamy, wide-eyed, and way too good for his small-town roots. But instead of getting stuck as Lorde Lite or permanently scoring John Green movie adaptations, Sivan shed the teenage angst and went full grown-up. By 2018’s Bloom, he’d ditched the suburbs for steamy bedroom adventures, serving anthemic pop about bottoming and first-time flings with older men. The music stayed big and dramatic, but now it had bite—dispatches from someone who had "actually" fucked around and found out.  

His Single "Rush" treats sex and partying as a practically religious act. 

Enter “Rush,” the electrifying lead single of Something to Give Each Other. It’s pure poppers-in-song-form, reintroducing Sivan as a libertine pop prince. Hazy lyrics, a house beat on steroids, and roaring homoerotic football chants set the tone for the album’s anything-goes energy. Encouraged by collaborator Leland to “go make a hot video… [and] come out with your dick swinging,” Sivan took his angelic debut-era pout to Berlin, replaced it with a lusty smirk, and threw himself into nightlife debauchery. The result? A music video dripping in sweaty choreography, polymorphous partying, and late-night chaos.

Inspired by a breakup and extended singlehood, Something to Give Each Other swaps Bloom’s starry-eyed romance for a looser, hornier take on connection. On “What’s the Time Where You Are?” he flips between club grooves and long-distance yearning. “One of Your Girls” is a boy-band bop seducing a straight guy with a knowing wink. And let’s not forget the audacious “How to Stay with You,” which casually slides in a heartfelt plea to “Turn my bussy out.” Subtle, this is not.

The album’s eclecticism is dazzling: Jessica Pratt’s melancholic warble gets reimagined on a dance track in “Can’t Go Back, Baby,” while “Got Me Started” pulls off the wild feat of turning a Bag Raiders meme sample into a pulsating UK garage-inspired love song. There’s even Troye en español on the sultry “In My Room.” It’s a buffet of references, from Wong Kar-wai and “Mauvais Sang” in music videos to Xtina-nasty ’90s Calvin Klein vibes in “One of Your Girls.” Somehow, it all works—highbrow, lowbrow, and everything in between.

When Something to Give Each Other stumbles, like the overlong, Bloom-esque “Still Got It,” it’s noticeable, but the album’s momentum never falters for long. Tracks like “Can’t Go Back, Baby” take similar themes of heartbreak and twist them into beautifully bruised, minimal masterpieces, with Sivan whispering his way through the emotional wreckage.

Ultimately, this album isn’t a reinvention—it’s Troye mastering his craft. Scaling back the bombast, he’s dialed into a confident, swaggering sound that’s as emotionally rich as it is intoxicating. Whether he’s falling in love, nursing heartbreak, or chasing the next high, Sivan is his own best drug. And wow, is it addictive.