Bibliographic Information


Album: Wild

Artist: Troye Sivan

Label: EMI Australia, Capitol, Universal

Producers: Alex Hope, SLUMS, Alex JL Hiew, Inscore, Pip Norman, Caleb Nott, Dann Hume

Date: September 4, 2015

Number of Tracks: 6

ASIN: B012YMLCUS

 

Album Summary

Wild is Youtuber Troye Sivan’s second album release and includes six electropop songs. According to the blog IPHYB, the album “Has so far caught the attention of many, from fangirls to fellow artists such as Taylor Swift and Sam Smith” (iprobablyhateyourband.com/). The album has been hitting the top of the charts and has been garnering a ton of play on radio stations across the world. The album includes “Erratic percussion elevating the chorus to epic indie-pop, sing-a-long territory whilst Bite allows Troye’s preternatural lyrical ability (for someone his age anyway) to take the fore under a relaxed, stretched out electronic refrain amid injections of sparkling synths” (musicfeeds.com). Sivan’s album is relaxing mix of sounds that millennial listeners can easily relate to and find meaning in the lyrics.

 

Critical Evaluation


I read on the blog IPHYB that if you like Sigor Ros you will like this album and I completely agree. The songs are hauntingly beautiful and emotionally moving. Sivan sings about life, love, loss, family, friends, and anything you can think of for a coming of age soundtrack. The music is calming, but at the same makes you want to get up and move. His style of music is called electropop or dream pop and it is because you feel a sense of ease while listening to the songs. The songs range from instrumentals to lightly synthesized vocals. The album has been getting praise across music blogs for incorporating a 80s vibe but with a new feel for the millennial listener. I would describe the album as a sounds track to growing up in the 21st century.

 

Reader’s Annotation


Electropop beats and lyrics that are perfect for that summer night party by the lake or for driving around in your car with friends.

 

Artist Information

The following information was taken from the artist’s website, http://troye-sivan.net/troye-sivan/biography/.

 

“Troye Sivan Mellet was born on June 6, 1995 in Johannesburg, South Africa. His family moved to Australia when he was two years old due to rising crime in South Africa. Sivan currently lives in Perth, Western Australia with his parents and three siblings Steele, Sage and Tyde. He is Jewish (his father was born to a Jewish family and his mother converted). Troye attended Carmel School until 2009 when he started distance education (home school). Troye’s middle name is “Sivan” and has embraced it as his stage name.

Sivan is openly gay. He came out to his family in 2010 at the age of 15 and publicly via a YouTube video on August 7, 2013.”

 

Genre

Music, Electropop, Dream Pop

 

Curriculum Ties


Evolution of pop music

 

Booktalking Ideas


N/A

 

Reading Level/ Interest Age


Grades 9-12

 

Challenge Issues


Language, Mature Content, Sexual Content

 

Challenge Issue Resources (for usage in a challenge situation)

• Active Listening

• Explanation of why it was chosen for the collection (Rational)

• Awards

• Reader Advisory Reviews (Students, Parents, Educators)

• Positive and Negative Reviews

• National Council of Teachers “Right to Read”

• ALA Strategies and Tips for Dealing with Challenges to Library Materials

• ALA Bill of Rights on Intellectual Freedom

• Library Selection Policy & Library District Reconsideration Form

 

Why I choose it

I am a huge fan of Troye Sivan’s YouTube channel and wanted to explore his music.