Since Sivan’s series of tweets, Out has removed the comments many viewed as controversial. There’s no shame in anal sex or any kind of sex – i just don’t want to talk about it over the phone to a complete stranger- troye August 29, 2019 I don’t think artists should have to expect to be asked about that when they show up to work in the morning- troye August 29, 2019 I highly doubt anyone would ask any of my straight peers explicit questions about who does what to who in their relationship, no matter the content of their music. “ I highly doubt anyone would ask any of my straight peers explicit questions about who does what to who in their relationship, no matter the content of their music,” Sivan said.
Sivan then echoed many of the sentiments his fans expressed over what they called a divide between the way straight and LGBTQ+ people are seen in media. That does not open the flood gates + give anyone a pass on basic manners and allow them to ask about the ins and outs of what i do in bed- troye August 29, 2019 I speak about sex in my music on my terms, when I’m in control, and writing music that is going to be close to my heart forever. Suggesting that i made the entire album about bottoming is over sexualising me + my work, and is reductive- troye August 29, 2019 I said that in every single interview i did about the album. “That does not open the flood gates + give anyone a pass on basic manners and allow them to ask about the ins and outs of what i do in bed.”įirstly, Bloom is an album about love. “I speak about sex in my music on my terms, when I’m in control, and writing music that is going to be close to my heart forever,” Sivan continued. Suggesting that i made the entire album about bottoming is over sexualising me + my work, and is reductive.” “I said that in every single interview i did about the album. “Firstly, Bloom is about love,” Sivan said. Sivan then posted a series of tweets explaining both his album and its relation to sex, including a rebuke of Out’s assertion “he wrote a whole ass album about bottoming.” Last I’ll say on this, but disappointing to see that an LGBT publication, was the only one to miss the mark so much on the reporting of this - troye August 29, 2019 Thursday, Sivan responded to the op-ed on Twitter, saying it was “disappointing” to see the LGBTQ+ magazine “miss the mark so much on the reporting of this.”
I wanted it to be sweet and candor and have all that stuff with fear and curiosity - everything packed in there.” Sivan Challenges Out Editorial “I wanted to explore it in that perspective, and ultimately I was writing a love song from my experience.
“I just wanted to be as real as possible about it and for me, that’s a really tender and sweet experience,” he said in an interview with Paper Magazine. Regarding the album, Sivan has been open with discussing its more sexual themes - including a now-deleted tweet where he used the hashtag #BopsBoutBottoming. “It’s 2019, talking about anal sex shouldn’t be taboo, especially in queer media.” “Do queer journalists have to adhere to the same respectability politics as straight ones?” the opinion piece reads. Interviewer to a gay celebrity: so do you like getting fucked in the ass or fucking someone in the ass?- jai ?️? August 29, 2019Īn editorial from Out Magazine, however, described Sivan as “hypocritical,” pointing to the sexual imagery presented throughout Sivan’s album, Bloom. Interviewer to a straight celebrity: so are you two, like, in love? where's the wedding ring? Those people argued straight artists do not face the same sort of hyper-sexual questions that LGBTQ+ artists are asked. Reaction to the Interviewįollowing the interview, many online expressed their concern over the nature of Fistonich’s sexual questions, with a major concern being the nature of Sivan’s sexuality in relation to the questions about his private life. The magazine has also disabled Instagram comments for their post on the story. In an editors note, the magazine states “Matt threw some pretty outrageous questions at Troye, but Sivan took it all in his stride.” “But the strange thing is when you end up meeting your hall pass, it ends up becoming very real very quickly and suddenly you’re like, ‘no, no, never mind, no hall passes,” Sivan said in the interview.įistonich then continues, asking, “So when you met Shawn Mendes nothing got too steamy?” Sivan then goes on to say that if the opportunity presented itself, he would not act on it even if he had permission from Bixenman.