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New album out now: http://troyesivan.lnk.to/somethingtogiveeachother

22 billion streams is a milestone only a few artists can claim. Couple that with fashion collaborations, runway appearances, leading roles in Hollywood features, viral Architectural  Digest piece + a combined social audience of over 20 million people - this is Troye Sivan.
 
Hailed as “the perfect pop star” by TIME, Troye’s numerous awards include a Billboard Music Awards trophy, three MTV Europe Music awards and two ARIA Awards and GLAAD Media wins. Recently Troye featured in campaigns for Cartier, YSL Beauty, Calvin Klein and Beyonce’s Ivy Park. 2023 has seen Troye appearing in The Weeknd & Sam Levinson’s ‘The Idol’ for HBO, alongside Lily-Rose Depp, Blackpink’s Jennie and Abel himself.
 
Raised in Perth, Australia, Sivan built a successful career as a YouTube creator and actor, then setting the world on fire with his debut EP. With his debut album ‘Blue Neighbourhood’, sophomore album ‘Bloom’ and the 2020 mini-album ‘In A Dream’ as well as a slew of singles and collaborations in between, Troye has firmly established himself as a global icon in the worlds of pop music, fashion and LGBTQI+ representation

I started rapping seriously when I was 13 years old, but ive been listening to hip hop for as long as I can remember. I used to freestyle over beats my brother would put together when I was younger, and it sort of went from there. I've put out 3 mixtapes (unsuccessfully) 2013, 2014 and 2015, I would have been 14, 15 and 16 when I put them out and the product slowly got better. I've performed at Beats in the Heat in Karratha, won freestyle competitions and talent shows, ive done some Naidoc performances and fundraiser performances, all taking place in Perth WA and Karratha WA. Im currently working on a mixtape scheduled to be released around June and also working on my debut album which doesn’t have a release date at the moment. If you want to know more give us a email or just listen to the music.


For more info you can email at:Julian.gagliano97@outlook.com

(nih-mee-no) but don’t go correcting anyone

Once transmitted through speakers and into the airwaves, music belongs to the people. The audience ascribes meaning and significance to songs and ultimately absorbs them for life.

By the same token, SIX60 belong to listeners. The history-making award-winning New Zealand quintet—Matiu Walters [vocals, guitar], Marlon Gerbes [keyboard], Ji Fraser [lead guitar], Chris Mac [bass], and Eli Paewai [drums]—stir rock, reggae, funk, and pop together with a twist of kiwi roots music and Maori instrumentation. Invoking this spirit and Kiwi roots, their latest music and next evolution showcases traditional Maori instruments such as Pūtātara and Pūkāe (stone and long trumpets), Bone Kōauao (Bone Flute), and Karanga Weka (Stone Flute). “We want to take our Maori culture and put it into a mainstream radio world,” exclaims Matiu. “There are only a handful of people in the world who can play these instruments, and we felt getting them into a mainstream album could give them a chance to stay alive.”
Over a decade before breaking records and selling out stadiums back home or signing to Epic Records stateside, the boys then welcomed the world into their musical ecosystem and set a career precedent in 2008 while still students.

“At University of Otago, we shared a flat at 660 Castle Street in Dunedin, New Zealand,” recalls Matiu. “We originally didn’t name the band. Instead, our first college fans gave the band the name by calling us the ‘SIX60 Boys,’ which evolved into SIX60. We adopted this philosophy into our albums. The fans add the final touches and have naming rights over things we do. The songs aren’t done until the audience has them. So, the album doesn’t really have a spirit or a name until the crowd consumes it.”

As such, SIX60 engender a rare level of devotion from fans, bordering on downright phenomenal. The group’s 2011 full-length, SIX60 (I. The Gold Album), bowed at #1 on the charts in New Zealand and eventually went septuple-platinum. SIX60 (II. The Colours Album). saw them reclaim the top spot on the charts in 2015 and go quintuple-platinum. To date, New Zealand single sales exceed 1 million as global streams surpass 200 million and counting. At the 2018 NZ Music Awards, they garnered “Best Group” in addition to five other honors.

A year later, they made history. Performing their biggest show to date, they sold out Western Springs Stadium in New Zealand and became “the first New Zealand Act to Sell 50,000 Tickets to a Show at the Stadium” (They repeated the same feat for 2020!). The gig proved to be a major milestone both professionally and musically.

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