Troye Sivan, GQ Man of the Year: ‘I feel more in touch with my femininity than ever’
Aussie singer Troye Sivan is thrilled to be named GQ Man of the Year, saying: “It’s really cool that the ‘man’ of the year … is soft and gay.”
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Nobody embodies 2023 like Troye Sivan.
This year alone, the 28-year-old Australian released a chart-topping album, nabbed his first two Grammy Awards, won four ARIA’s, starred alongside his best friend Lily-Rose Depp in the headline-grabbing The Idol, launched a homewares brand, and was lovingly parodied in a viral Saturday Night Live skit starring Timothée Chalamet.
To top it all off, Sivan was on Wednesday named GQ Australia’s Man of the Year.
As he began his acceptance speech, the star playfully announced that he’s on the dating market.
“All these beautiful people in one room and no one is shooting their shot,” he joked.
“I’m fully single. Totally, totally single. Ross, what’s up?”
Hollywood star Ross Lynch, who appears in the video clip for Sivan’s global hit, One Of Your Girls, presented Sivan’s award.
On a more emotional note, South African-born, Perth-raised Sivan opened up about struggling as a closeted young person and thanked “the queer people in (his) life, who (he) is forever indebted to”.
“These are people I look to for self-love first and foremost, and for love of each other and love of community,” Sivan said.
“Through these people, I’ve grappled with what makes me a man.
“It might not be what I originally thought as a little kid. I want to say thank you.
“It’s really cool that the ‘man’ of the year is in this outfit, and is soft and gay.”
That outfit was Prada. Sivan wore a white waistcoat, shirt and Bermuda shorts, accessorising with long black socks and matching sneakers, as well as a newsboy cap, worn backwards.
“Thank you so much everyone,” he continued.
“It’s not lost on me, the irony of me winning ‘man’ of the year when I did drag for the first time this year.
“I feel more in touch with my femininity than ever, and I think it speaks to a point I’d really like to make, which is that my relationship with masculinity has been very strange my entire life.
“I existed in this grey area between not being invited to sleepovers for girls’ nights and not getting along with any of the boys.”
“Some of my earliest memories are of changing the way that I stood or spoke, or making sure that I didn’t hang my wrist too much,” Sivan continued.
“Unlearning and deprogramming all of that has taken so many years and lots of people.
“I’m so lucky to have incredible women in my life. I pull so much from them, and their strength and power is something I’m in awe of.
“I also have incredible men in my life. Men who have told me it’s OK to be soft and gentle as a man.”
Sivan also issued a quick apology to GQ Sportsman of the Year Nathan Cleary, who he admitted he didn’t know of.
“I’ve seen like two footy games in my life. I’m sorry to the footy guy from before. I’m sure you’re so cool and it’s awesome what you did,” Sivan said.
“There’s a lot of power in traditional masculinity and traditional femininity, but the greatest power is in you.”
This weekend, Sivan is running a three-day pop-up of his luxury lifestyle brand, Tsu Lange Yor.
Sivan’s home in Melbourne, a mid-century oasis designed by Flack Studio, has taken on cult status and inspired this endeavour.
The Tsu Lange Yor Sydney pop-up will take place at Level 5, Chinatown Country Club, 222 Clarence Street from Thursday December 7 until Sunday December 10.
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