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troye sivan //////////// + words: gleann ignacio + photos: sophia li
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roye Sivan is no stranger to the screens of entertainment. From the internet, television, and movies, this eighteen year old South African native is an active Youtuber, singer, and actor. From the beginning, Sivan always knew that he wanted to be a part of the entertainment business, “I have been jumping out of curtains making my parents introduce me on “stage” in their bedroom for as long as I can remember. I’ve always loved being creative and can’t imagine my life without being able to express myself in fun, creative ways,” says Sivan. At the age of two, Sivan moved from his birthplace of Johannesburg, South Africa. Now eighteen, he calls Perth, Australia his home. There Sivan enjoys this spot of grass just south of the Swan River, “It overlooks the city of Perth and is just really beautiful,” he comments. However, he has not fully abandoned the roots from which he came from, Sivan stars in the South African film series called Spud, where production takes place in South Africa. “It is so cool,” he says on filming, “like you don’t understand. SO. SO. COOL.” He was on set with seven other boys, also in the Spud series, who are all about the same age as himself and who he has become best friends with over the last four years, “to spend a couple of months each year with them making movies is the coolest thing in the world.”
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