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It’s all autobiographical. It takes place in both the suburbs of Perth where I’ve grown up, which I consider to be my blue neighborhood, but then also in this fast-paced, crazy, whirlwind life that I’m now living in hotel rooms and planes. And it takes place inside the mind of a 20-year-old kid. I wanted to make sure that youthfulness was there; I worked mostly with really, really young people on this record.
— Troye Sivan[1]

Blue Neighbourhood is the debut studio album by Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan. It was released internationally on December 4, 2015 via EMI Music Australia and Capitol Records America. The album is preceded by Sivan's fourth extended play Wild, which also serves as a six song opening installment to Blue Neighbourhood.

The album has generated the singles "Wild", "Youth", "Talk Me Down" and "Heaven". "Wild" was ultimately remixed and re-released as a single with Alessia Cara.

Release and promotion[]

In October 2015, Sivan revealed Wild served as an opening introduction to the album. Pre-orders for the album opened on October 15th, 2015, with the album reaching No. 1 within hours on iTunes in ten countries, including the United States. "Talk Me Down" was included as a promotional single to those who preorder the album and was the only previously unreleased song made available before release. Those who had already purchased Wild received a discount to purchase Blue Neighbourhood. Sivan also launched merchandise bundles on his site, selling jumpers with the album logo, candles scented to match the mood of his songs, CDs, vinyl, posters, digital downloads, bags, and notebooks. "Youth" was released as the third single from the album. The song premiered exclusively on November 12 on Shazam Top 20 at 7PM AEST and was officially released worldwide after midnight in each country on November 13.

Music videos[]

The album is accompanied by three music videos following the storyline of two male childhood friends involved in a romantic relationship, and the struggles their same-sex relationship faces. The first two videos for "Wild" and "Fools" were already being labeled under the umbrella term Blue Neighbourhood by Sivan prior to announcing it was the name of the album. Both were released in September 2015.

On 14 October 2015, Troye Sivan released a video teaser announcing the studio album. In the teaser, snippets of "Happy Little Pill", "Wild", "Fools", and a then unreleased song from the album titled "Youth", which became the final single from the album, are heard in the background. The last video, for "Talk Me Down", was released on October 20, 2015. It portrays the death of Sivan's childhood love interest by him jumping off a cliff after his father's funeral, having suffered through years of homophobia. Sivan provided suicide prevention hotlines after its release.

Critical reception[]

Blue Neighbourhood was highly commended by contemporary critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 4 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[2] Everett True from The Guardian gave the album five stars, calling it "difficult to find fault with Blue Neighbourhood" and praising Sivan for "capturing the sound of now so well".[3] James Reed from The Boston Globe found the album to be "darkly seductive" but "riddled with coming-of-age anxiety."[4] Rolling Stone Australia gave the album four stars, describing the album to be "charming" and praising Sivan's vocals.

Bernard Zuel from The Sydney Morning Herald described Sivan as having a "coffee-and-cream voice artfully caught between childhood and adulthood."[5] Jody Rosen from News Corp Australia praised the lyrical content of the songs, which do not obscure Sivan's sexuality, stating "Sivan does not shy away from pronouns. He's fearless and honest in a way most pop stars aren’t." Rosen compares Sivan's mellow voice with artists such as Lorde and Lana Del Rey.

Commercial performance[]

Blue Neighbourhood debuted at number six in Australia and seven in the United States, selling 65,000 album-equivalent units (55,000 coming from pure album sales), becoming his third release to debut inside the top ten. In the United States that was his best sales week, despite having the lowest peak of all his albums and EPs.

Artwork[]

Before starting designing the artwork, Sivan saw the works of Taiwanese artist Zheng Xiaorong on Tumblr and immediately contacted her to paint the cover for the album Blue Neighbourhood. Zheng meticulously depicts Sivan's figure and gentle expression in his hometown. While drawing the street, he also outlines Sivan's inner world. The calligraphy on the album artwork was done by Matt Vergotis, who was commissioned by EMI.[6]

Blue Neighbourhood the album has two different artworks between the standard version and the deluxe version. The artwork in the standard version looks more light and gentle, which is coloured with some light blue and flesh colour. The deluxe version gets more deeper blue, and light colours are less. CDs also get different colour-designs.

The deluxe version that released in some places gets a bonus paper case, such as in the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, South Korea and China (also with a monopoly obi with some Chinese on it). The paper case is printed with the deluxe version artwork. Taiwan version gets a special paper case artwork with some Chinese on it.

The special edition that released in Asia gets a entirely white paper case outside of the Jewel Case, and its front is written in a glittery font with the album title "Blue Neighbourhood". On the back there's a tracklist and other information. Inside the box is a CD and some unique bonus tracks.

The vinyl has two different versions, and they get different artworks. The standard artwork is only used on the pink vinyl edition, and the deluxe artwork is only used on the blue vinyl edition.

Merchandise[]

Main article: Merchandise/Blue Neighbourhood

Physical releases[]

Main article: Merchandise/Physical Music#Blue Neighbourhood

Track listing[]

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Wild"Troye Sivan · Alex HopeHope3:48
2."Fools"Sivan ⋅ Hope ⋅ Phillip "Pip" NormanSLUMS ⋅ Alex JL Hiew ⋅ Norman3:40
3."EASE (featuring Broods)"Sivan ⋅ Caleb Nott ⋅ Georgia NottC. Nott3:33
4."Talk Me Down"Sivan ⋅ Bram InscoreBrett McLaughlinAlexandra Hughes ⋅ Emile HaynieHaynie ⋅ Inscore3:57
5."Cool"Sivan ⋅ HopeHope3:21
6."Heaven (featuring Betty Who)"Sivan ⋅ Hope ⋅ Jack Antonoff ⋅ Claire BoucherAntonoff4:21
7."Youth"Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ Hughes ⋅ HopeInscore ⋅ SLUMS ⋅ Hiew3:05
8."Lost Boy"Waenke ⋅ Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ HughesInscore3:43
9."For him. (featuring Allday)"Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ Hughes ⋅ Tom GaynorInscore3:29
10."SUBURBIA"Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ HughesInscore3:53
Total length:36:49
Re-release bonus track[7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
11."Wild (featuring Alessia Cara)"Sivan ⋅ Hope ⋅ Alessia CaraccioloHope3:39
Total length:40:28
Deluxe edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Wild"Sivan ⋅ HopeHope3:47
2."Bite"Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ HughesSLUMS ⋅ Hiew ⋅ Inscore3:06
3."Fools"Sivan ⋅ Hope ⋅ Phillip "Pip" NormanSLUMS ⋅ Alex JL Hiew ⋅ Norman3:40
4."Ease (featuring Broods)"Sivan ⋅ Caleb Nott ⋅ Georgia NottSLUMS ⋅ Hiew ⋅ Dann Hume3:33
5."The Quiet"Sivan ⋅ Daniel Benjamin Cobbe 3:46
6."DKLA (featuring Tkay Maidza)"Sivan ⋅ Hope ⋅ Hiew ⋅ Jean Capotorto ⋅ Takudzwa MaidzaSLUMS ⋅ Hiew4:15
7."Talk Me Down"Sivan ⋅ Bram InscoreBrett McLaughlinAlexandra Hughes ⋅ Emile HaynieHaynie ⋅ Inscore3:57
8."Cool"Sivan ⋅ HopeHope3:21
9."Heaven (featuring Betty Who)"Sivan ⋅ Hope ⋅ Antonoff ⋅ BoucherAntonoff4:21
10."Youth"Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ Hughes ⋅ HopeInscore ⋅ SLUMS ⋅ Hiew3:05
11."Lost Boy"Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ HopeInscore3:43
12."For him. (featuring Allday)"Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ Hughes ⋅ GaynorInscore3:29
13."Suburbia"Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ HughesInscore3:53
14."Too Good"SivanHopeSLUMS ⋅ Hiew ⋅ Hope3:44
15."Blue (featuring Alex Hope)"Sivan ⋅ HopeHope3:31
16."Wild (XXYYXX remix)"Sivan ⋅ HopeHope ⋅ XXYYXX (remixing)3:32
Total length:58:43
Deluxe edition re-release
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
16."Wild (featuring Alessia Cara)"Sivan ⋅ Hope ⋅ CaraccioloHope3:39
Total length:58:50
Target bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
17."Swimming Pools"Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ HughesInscore3:26
18."Happy Little Pill (live version)"Sivan ⋅ Brandon Rogers ⋅ Tat TongStacey Jones4:02
Total length:66:11


Trailer[]

Welcome_to_Blue_Neighbourhood.

Welcome to Blue Neighbourhood.

The Remixes[]

BlueNeighbourhoodTheRemixes

Blue Neighbourhood (The Remixes) is the first remix album by Troye Sivan. It was released on November 18, 2016, and features a total of ten remixes, one acoustic recording, and two live performances.

The remix collection is also available as the second disc on a special re-release of Blue Neighbourhood, entitled Blue Neighbourhood (Suburbia Edition).

Track listing[]

Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ease (Vallis Alps Remix)"Sivan ⋅ C. Nott ⋅ G. NottVallis Alps3:25
2."Ease (Lontalius Remix)"Sivan ⋅ C. Nott ⋅ G. NottLontalius3:48
3."WILD (XXYYXX Remix)"Sivan ⋅ RobothamXXYYXX3:32
4."Wild (Scout & Grey Remix)"Sivan, RobothamScout & Grey3:25
5."Wild (RAC Remix)"Sivan, RobothamRAC4:02
6."Wild (Young Bombs Remix)"Sivan ⋅ Robotham ⋅ Alessia CaraYoung Bombs3:23
7."Fools (Filous Remix)"Sivan ⋅ Hope ⋅ NormanFilous4:17
8."Youth (Gryffin Remix)"Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ Hughes ⋅ RobothamGryffin3:41
9."Youth (Son Lux Remix)"Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ Hughes ⋅ RobothamSon Lux3:24
10."Youth (Shift K3Y Remix)"Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ Hughes ⋅ RobothamShift K3Y3:38
11."Youth (Acoustic)"Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ Hughes ⋅ Robotham 3:12
12."Wild (Live)"Sivan ⋅ Robotham 5:34
13."Youth (Live)"Sivan ⋅ Inscore ⋅ McLaughlin ⋅ Hughes ⋅ Robotham 4:46
14."Happy Little Pill (Live)"Sivan ⋅ Brandon Rogers ⋅ Tat Tong 4:19
Total length:54:31


References[]

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