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Something to Give Each Other is the third studio album by Australian singer and songwriter Troye Sivan. It was released by EMI Music Australia and Capitol Records on 13 October 2023. It is Sivan's first album release in five years, following Bloom (2018). It features a collaboration with Spanish singer and guitarist Guitarricadelafuente.
The album received universal acclaim from critics. It was preceded by the lead single "Rush" which topped the charts in Israel and entered the top ten in Ireland, Croatia, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, and Russia. The second single "Got Me Started", entered the charts in nine regions including Australia and the UK. A third single, "One of Your Girls", was released concurrently with the album. It is Sivan's most commercially successful album, becoming his first album and second project to top the ARIA chart in his native Australia, and reaching the top ten in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. It also reached number one on the US Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
At the 2023 J Awards, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year, [1] while "Rush" was nominated for Best Pop Dance Recording and Best Music Video at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards as Sivan’s first nominations.
The album was nominated for the 2023 Australian Music Prize. [2]
Sivan teased the release of the album on 9 June 2023 on Instagram alongside a clip showcasing him throughout different years on a television starting from his first ever upload to YouTube and ending with a teaser for the music video of the album's then upcoming lead single "Rush". Sivan stated in the post caption that he had been making the album for over five years in between various commitments, such as his Bloom tour and the television series The Idol , in which he had a starring role. [3]
Sivan announced the album name and release date and unveiled the cover art on 13 July 2023 on social media. [4]
This album is my something to give you - a kiss on a dancefloor, a date turned into a weekend, a crush, a winter, a summer. Party after party, after party after after party. Heartbreak, freedom. Community, sisterhood, friendship. All that.
— Sivan describing the album [4]
The album cover features Sivan smiling with his head between a friend's legs. Sivan stated that he wanted to smile for the album cover but did not smile throughout the day of the photoshoot because he felt awkward smiling and did not want his smile to look fake. The shot for the album cover captured when Sivan's friend kneeled down and tickled Sivan's ribs, which provoked a genuine smile. [5]
Due to the cover's suggestive nature, countries such as Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, as well as countries in Eastern Europe, replaced it with the single artwork for "Rush" instead, which features a close-up of Sivan. [6] [ better source needed ]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 84/100 [7] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [8] |
Clash | 9/10 [9] |
The Guardian | [10] |
NME | [11] |
Pitchfork | 8.0/10 [12] |
Rolling Stone | [13] |
Slant Magazine | [14] |
Something to Give Each Other received acclaim from critics, who praised its "unapologetic queer" lyricism, production, and vocals. [15] Metacritic, a review aggregation website that assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream publications, assigned the album a score of 84 out of 100 based on 13 critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [7]
Ben Beaumont-Thomas of The Guardian called it "one of the year's most distinctive pop albums" and stated that while "there are more high tempos, but where 'Rush' was claustrophobic and orgiastic, other tracks give Sivan more space to move". [10] Writing for Variety , Stephen J. Horowitz opined that the album represents Sivan at his "most realized and forthcoming" and praised the confessional nature of the songwriting. [16]
Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine wrote that the album "finds Sivan older, bolder, and, for a large part of its running time, unrepentantly horny" and what it "lacks in poignancy, though, is made up for by the joy with which it embraces queer pleasure". [14] For Rolling Stone , Tim Chan called the album "an ode to queerness and reinvention" as well as "a pristine slice of pop heaven." [17]
Reviewing the album for Clash , Lauren Dehollogne felt that "a wave of bubbling emotion and challenging energy is palpable throughout Something to Give Each Other, but somehow each transition goes over smoothly and not a single track feels out of place" and "each track [...] can evoke a chuckle, a smile, a tear, or a gasp". [9] Nick Levine of NME opined that aside from "Rush", "the album is mostly midtempo, though with a slightly warmer, gauzier sonic palette than Sivan's previous albums". He concluded that it is "a strikingly vital pop album charged with love, lust, sweat and regret". [11] Harry Tafoya of Pitchfork found the album to be "a showcase for some dazzling eclecticism" as "ideas that couldn't possibly work on paper are executed skillfully and to often gorgeous effect", commenting that it "scans as less of a reinvention than a gradual honing of Sivan's craft". [12]
Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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Billboard | The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Staff List | 3 | |
The Guardian | The 50 Best Albums of 2023 | 13 | |
The Evening Standard | The Albums of the Year 2023 | 3 | |
NME | The Best Albums of 2023 | 4 | |
PopMatters | The 20 Best Pop Albums of 2023 | 11 | |
The Hollywood Reporter | The 10 Best Albums of 2023 | 7 | |
Nylon | Nylon's Top Albums of 2023 | 4 |
Something to Give Each Other debuted at number one in Australia, making it Sivan's highest-charting studio album in his home country. [25] It opened at number 20 on the US Billboard 200 with 31,000 album-equivalent units, including 16,000 pure album sales. [26] In addition to the album's singles charting internationally, three album tracks ("What's the Time Where You Are?", "In My Room", and "Still Got It") all charted on the Official New Zealand Music Chart, and additional songs ("Silly", and "Honey"), alongside "What's the Time Where You Are?" placed on the US Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart. [27]
Date (2024) | City | Country | Venue |
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Leg 1 – Europe | |||
May 29 | Lisbon | Portugal | Coliseu dos Recreios |
May 31 [lower-alpha 1] | Barcelona | Spain | Parc del Fòrum |
June 2 [lower-alpha 2] | Paris | France | Bois de Vincennes |
June 05 | Stockholm | Sweden | Hovet |
June 7 [lower-alpha 3] | Aarhus | Denmark | Eskelunden |
June 09 | Prague | Czechia | Sportovní hala Fortuna |
June 11 | Berlin | Germany | Velodrom |
June 12 | Hamburg | Sporthalle | |
June 14 | Munich | Zenith | |
June 15 | Zürich | Switzerland | The Hall |
June 17 | Frankfurt | Germany | Jahrhunderthalle |
June 18 | Düsseldorf | Mitsubishi Electric Halle | |
June 20 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Ziggo Dome |
June 22 | Manchester | England | AO Arena |
June 23 | Glasgow | Scotland | OVO Hydro |
June 25 | Dublin | Ireland | 3Arena |
June 27 | London | England | Wembley Arena |
June 28 | Birmingham | Utilita Arena |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Rush" |
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| 2:36 |
2. | "What's the Time Where You Are?" |
| Görres | 3:23 |
3. | "One of Your Girls" |
| Görres | 3:01 |
4. | "In My Room" (featuring Guitarricadelafuente) |
| Görres | 3:13 |
5. | "Still Got It" |
| Görres | 3:28 |
6. | "Can't Go Back, Baby" |
| Görres | 3:21 |
7. | "Got Me Started" |
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| 3:18 |
8. | "Silly" |
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| 3:38 |
9. | "Honey" |
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| 3:26 |
10. | "How to Stay with You" |
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| 3:16 |
Total length: | 32:40 |
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Chart (2023-2024) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [30] | 1 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [31] | 30 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [32] | 7 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [33] | 17 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [34] | 29 |
Croatian International Albums (HDU) [35] | 5 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [36] | 13 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [37] | 3 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [38] | 13 |
French Albums (SNEP) [39] | 60 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [40] | 9 |
Greek Albums (IFPI) [41] | 39 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [42] | 33 |
Icelandic Albums (Plötutíðindi) [43] | 11 |
Irish Albums (OCC) [44] | 13 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [45] | 55 |
Lithuanian Albums (AGATA) [46] | 4 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [47] | 2 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [48] | 9 |
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [49] | 11 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [50] | 30 |
Scottish Albums (OCC) [51] | 5 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [52] | 13 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [53] | 16 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [54] | 14 |
UK Albums (OCC) [55] | 4 |
US Billboard 200 [56] | 20 |
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [57] | 1 |
Chart (2023) | Position |
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Australian Artist Albums (ARIA) [58] | 11 |
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