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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why Troye Sivan Would Have Been Disappointed in Himself If He Hadn’t Made She’s the Best · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: Troye Sivan's last album, 2023 Something to Give Each Other,
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  Speaker 2: was dubbed a pop masterpiece.
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  Speaker 1: It certainly brought him to a new level of success.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, three Grammy nods and a couple of
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  Speaker 3: Hot 100 singles.
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  Speaker 4: And his joint Sweat Tour with Charli XCX, which was
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  Speaker 4: basically a cultural event.
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  Speaker 2: So you wouldn't blame Troy at all if he basically
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  Speaker 2: decided that formula more than worked.
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  Speaker 1: I'll just do it again.
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  Speaker 2: Make another collection of dance floor bangers. But his fourth album,
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  Speaker 2: She's the Best, goes in a different direction.
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  Speaker 3: Troy's own life just didn't reflect that kind of music.
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  Speaker 3: He tells Billboard he wanted to channel the push and
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  Speaker 3: pull he experiences as a touring performer.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, going from being on stage and feeling that hyper
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  Speaker 4: empowered and connected to going back to his hotel and
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  Speaker 4: feeling like the most isolated he's ever felt in his life.
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  Speaker 1: That was the truth he was living.
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  Speaker 2: That tension made him want to make an album that
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  Speaker 2: felt really layered, a mix of heady, introspective music and
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  Speaker 2: a party vibe.
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  Speaker 3: And Troy would have been disappointed in himself if he
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  Speaker 3: made something that people wanted more than something that he
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  Speaker 3: wanted to make.
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  Speaker 1: And the best music often is the most honest.
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  Speaker 2: So good on him. She's the best is out now.
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  Speaker 3: Direct from Hollywood.