Heaven (Troye Sivan song)
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| Single by Troye Sivan featuring Betty Who | ||||
| from the album Blue Neighbourhood | ||||
| Released | 17 October 2016 | |||
| Length | 4:21 | |||
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"Heaven" (stylised in all caps) is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan featuring fellow Australian singer-songwriter Betty Who. The song was released as the fifth and final single from his debut studio album Blue Neighbourhood (2015) on 17 October 2016. It was written by Sivan, Alex Hope, Jack Antonoff and Claire Boucher.
The song details Sivan’s struggle with coming out as gay. He explains "When I first started to realise that I might be gay, I had to ask myself all these questions—these really really terrifying questions. Am I ever going to find someone? Am I ever going to be able to have a family? If there is a God, does that God hate? If there is a heaven, am I ever going to make it to heaven?" [1] He refers to the track as "the most important song" he has ever made.[2][3]
In an interview with Vulture magazine, Sivan said; "I came to the point where I wanted to delve into something a bit more specific about my experience as a gay man. I went into the studio and had to revisit some pretty uncomfortable and sometimes painful memories of what it was like to be 15 years old and in the closet. I started writing this song called "Heaven" about that experience." Sivan added he was inspired by the documentary How to Survive a Plague.[4]