Ten years ago was a moment in time that future historians will pour over, and many of us will try scrub from our memories.
The year 2016 was a turbulent one. The U.K. voted (narrowly) to leave Europe, the Pulse nightclub shooting shook America, the Zika outbreak threatened to cripple the Rio Olympics, and an outsider, who promised to “drain the swamp,” was appointed president of the United States.
Troye Sivan might have different memories. Ten years ago, the Australian pop singer was basking in the afterglow of Blue Neighbourhood, his autobiographical debut studio album. Blue Neighbourhood followed the EPs Wild and TRXYE (both of which hit No. 5 on the Billboard 200), and went on to hit No. 7 in the United States.
The collection delivered Sivan his first Billboard Hot 100 top 40 hit, as “Youth” peaked at No. 23, and won him two ARIA Awards. The first two of many. Later in 2016, Sivan snagged the MTV Europe Music Award for best worldwide act.
Sivan celebrates the milestone anniversary with Blue Neighbourhood – Ten Years On, which features new, reimagined art from Hsiao-Ron Cheng, the illustrator behind the original cover, and gathers two additional tracks.
One of those is the fan favorite “Strawberries & Cigarettes,” originally written during the Blue Neighbourhood era and synced to the 2018 film and soundtrack Love, Simon. And in a surprise release, the special addition includes “Swimming Pools,” originally available on a retail, physical exclusive version of the album.
Blue Neighbourhood – Ten Years On is issued through EMI on a limited-edition release on Blush & Blue 2LP, CD and cassette.
Much has happened in those 10 years. For Sivan, 26 billion streams, 10 million adjusted albums sold worldwide, nine ARIA Awards, a Billboard Music Award, three MTV Europe Music awards and two GLAAD Media Awards happened.
Stream Blue Neighbourhood – Ten Years On below.
