MUSIC Troye Sivan | Something To Give Each Other Tour ★★★★ Sidney Myer Music Bowl, November 21 Troye Sivan begins by asking the crowd if they’re “motherf---ing ready to sweat”. He may be referencing the recent Sweat tour he co-headlined with pop icon Charli XCX , but what he’s ultimately doing is preparing everyone for what’s ahead: a sweaty, erotic and surprisingly heartwarming pseudo-club experience. Troye Sivan performing in Melbourne on Thursday night.
He also picked up three ARIAs this week. Credit: Martin Philbey From the first track, Got Me Started , it’s clear this is more a feast for the eyes than for the ears. Sivan and his six backup dancers contort their bodies to the beat, occasionally forming structured tableaus in which it’s difficult to tell where one body begins and another ends.
Every movement is so precise, so high energy, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that Sivan is likely running on no sleep having just won three ARIA awards, including album of the year , in Sydney the night before. Sivan has said he created his 2023 album Something To Give Each Other to both liberate himself and shine a spotlight on queer lived experiences . Now his sensuality is celebrated on-stage, through lap dances, a now-viral phallic microphone moment , and even a surprise make-out sesh near the end of the night.
But while there’s plenty of sex, Sivan knows when to cool things down, replacing gyrating thrusts for graceful, balletic movements during heart.
