Troye Sivan – ‘She’s the Best’ review: late-night revelations set to a ’90s alt-dance groove

Troye Sivan has trailed his fourth studio album with one serious flex after another. The video for its trip-hoppy lead single and title song, ‘She’s the Best’, stars a strikingly game Nicole Kidman, who slinks down the street as Sivan speak-sings about a goddess with a “great smile and a cum stain on her dress”. Then came a more uptempo second single, the bacchanalian house banger ‘Party’, which features an instantly recognisable interpolation from Madonna’s Y2K chart-topper ‘Music’. Well, why align yourself with one certified “Mother” when you can call in a favour from two? READ MORE: On The Cover: Eli’s pop star fantasy gets real The album as a whole, however, is more low-key than these A-list associations might suggest. Sivan has said he wanted ‘She’s the Best’ to feel a little more “sloppy” than his last LP, 2023’s poppers-scented electro opus ‘Something To Give Each Other’, but it’s probably more accurate to describe this pleasantly confounding follow-up as “loose” and “laid-back”. Sivan and his touring buddy Charli XCX once sang about wanting to “go back to 1999”, but here, with help from covetable collaborators including Jack Antonoff and The 1975’s George Daniel, he’s embra...