Troye Sivan Rolling Stone September Issue Cover Star
Rolling Stone AU/NZ publisher The Brag Media has today announced that multiple ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter and actor, Troye Sivan, graces its September-November issue cover.
Sivan, whose third studio album Something to Give Each Other will be released on October 13, recently sat down with Rolling Stone AU/NZ Editor in Chief Poppy Reid for multiple exclusive, candid chats in West Hollywood about the album, intimacy and so much more.
The cover story chronicles many of the ups and downs of Sivan’s still-young career, with the 28-year-old recalling his occasionally troubled times as a child YouTuber, through to dealing with recent controversy around US television series The Idol in which he stars as ‘Xander’.
Sivan also delves into some of the most poignant moments in his career as a musician, revealing that while making his debut album Blue Neighbourhood he came close to pulling the pin. The cover story also sees Sivan open up about how a recent one-night hook-up, following the conclusion of a long-term relationship, kick-started his new perspective on intimacy, which flowed through the creative process of his forthcoming album.
Rolling Stone AU/NZ editor-in-chief, Poppy Reid, said: “The opportunity to get to know a genuine, homegrown international superstar is rare. Troye Sivan is one of them and his generous spirit was present during our entire time together — even when we discussed quite sensitive topics.
“With our chats taking place in his new hometown of LA, we got to see Troye in his element in the lead-up to the release of what will be his most commercially successful album yet.”
Troye Sivan, photographed on 11 July 2023 at Edge Studios (@edge_studios), Los Angeles. Words by: Poppy Reid (@heypoppyreid) Photographer: Marcus Cooper (@marcuscooper) Creative Director: Katie Taylor (@Katie____) DOP: Connor Wyse (@czwyse) Lead Stylist: Jared Ellner (@jaredellner) Fashion Director: Alex Badi (@thealexbadia) Hair Stylist: Charlie Le Mindu (@charlielemindu) Makeup Artist: Loftjet (@loftjet) Photography Assistant: Nelson Castillo (@nelsonncastillo) Style Assistant: Brooke Figler (@brookefigler) Post Edit: Mario Ernu (@marioernun) Producer: Katie Taylor ( @Katie ____).
Of the photoshoot, Sivan said: “I just love collaboration across everything, that's my favourite part of the creative process whether it's with incredible hair stylists like Charlie [Le Mindu], or a photographer like Marcus [Cooper] who I’ve worked with before, I think just finding people that you can have that back and forth. I think that's really what I'm addicted to because now it's happening in all these different forms for me.”
The magazine also includes a tell-all feature with TV star, podcaster, social media influencer and radio host Abbie Chatfield. In the candid chat, she opens up about how her achievements intersect with her anxieties, and what she might want to conquer next. Also included are music features on the late Tina Turner, Aussie pop star Sam Fischer, and Eurovision representatives Voyager, plus a dive into The Voice To Parliament, a chat with Tana Douglas, and the 2023 Panhead Rolling Stone Aotearoa Awards nominees.
The September-November edition, with Troye Sivan on the cover, reaches subscribers and hits newsstands in Australia and New Zealand today (September 4).
Rolling Stone Australia’s average issue readership is up 14.5% to 229,000 for the 12 months to June 2023, according to the latest Roy Morgan Australian Magazine Readership Report released today. This represents a fifth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth for the local print edition of Rolling Stone - now ahead of staple titles like Gourmet Traveller, Vogue Living, Harper’s Bazaar, Who, and Money Magazine.
