Does Troye Sivan take a leaf from the Lil Nas X book and use a little controversy to raise awareness about his new song?
In mid-April, Sivan unveiled his latest track, a collaboration with DJ Regard and Canadian singer Tate McRae titled “You”.
Today, the video for the song was uploaded, and after midnight in his home country of Australia, Sivan tweeted a link.
The clip for ‘YOU’ is out now babies 🙇🏻♂️😈💎📟🦠 https://t.co/JDc3Udlo0O pic.twitter.com/kGlPgX3Z1M
– troye (@troyesivan) May 27, 2021
Soon after, he posted the behind-the-scenes image clearly showing his butt – despite wearing a thong and a sheer lace / mesh type outfit.
“Alright, I’ll have fun on the main one.”
Among those who responded was Grindr’s official Twitter profile.
maybe i’m a top
– Grindr (@Grindr) May 28, 2021
Sivan posted the same image to Instagram, where it quickly garnered over half a million likes in less than nine hours, with the approval of Gus Kenworthy, MNEK and Shawn Mendes.
Not her crush on the link, cant pic.twitter.com/FekTtfZBpk
– Z 😉 (@zualips) May 28, 2021
Shortly after posting the ass pic, Sivan and Lil Nas X exchanged tweets. Sivan first posted an image of an emoji lowering their shades, and then (from Lil Nas X) an emoji sucking someone’s toe. Fans have been left to ponder the significance of it all.
pic.twitter.com/I5FVTUL3D6
– no 🏹 (@LilNasX) May 28, 2021
I was wondering the same pic.twitter.com/AhpatTCSyL
– AddictedToPrismatic (@LuxiousKorsay) May 28, 2021
When a Twitter user dared to suggest that Sivan and Lil Nax X were both downs and possibly mismatched, Lil Nas X replied, “delete it now.”
delete it fckin right now pic.twitter.com/Zlna8n8fW2
– no 🏹 (@LilNasX) May 28, 2021
It would be remiss not to include a link to the aforementioned video, which we imagine Sivan would very much like you to watch. In it, a die-hard fan attempts to hack into Sivan and McRae’s online accounts, even using deepfake technology to embed into their video.
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On a more serious note, Sivan spoke to iD magazine yesterday about the dangers of deep artificial intelligence and why that was another reason he always thinks carefully about what he puts on the internet.
“I’ve been careful what I put on social media for a long time,” he said. “I grew up online and have been social since I was probably 12. I feel like there is this innate feeling in me that knows that whatever I put on the internet lasts forever.
“I’m really grateful that I did because I’m so worried about young people online. Children iPad. I don’t know if it will be innate to them, that they will understand [the risks], or if they’ll put everything online and pay later. It really scares me.
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