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Mary Varvaris

Fan favourites 'Strawberries & Cigarettes' and 'Swimming Pools' are finally on the 'Blue Neighbourhood' tracklist.

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Troye Sivan is celebrating the tenth anniversary of his debut album, Blue Neighbourhood, with the updated version featuring reimagined art from original illustrator Hsiao-Ron Cheng, and two new songs.

Initially released in December 2015, Blue Neighbourhood followed the release of Sivan’s fourth EP, Wild, and generated the singles Wild, Youth, Talk Me Down and Heaven. The album debuted at #6 in Australia upon its release, while the single Youth took home the coveted Song of the Year award at the 2016 ARIA Awards.

Blue Neighbourhood – Ten Years On includes two additional tracks that are deeply loved by fans. The first is Strawberries & Cigarettes, a standalone hit that’s amassed over one billion streams. Originally written in the Blue Neighbourhood era, the song found fame after being included in the 2018 film and its accompanying soundtrack, Love, Simon.

The second song is Swimming Pools, which was originally made available on a retail, physical exclusive version of Blue Neighbourhood. The tenth anniversary edition is available on Blush & Blue 2LP, CD, and cassette, and you can order your copy here. Swimming Pools has also been added to the album’s tracklist on digital streaming services.

“It’s all autobiographical,” Sivan said of the release of his debut album. “It takes place in both the suburbs of Perth, where I’ve grown up, which I consider to be my blue neighbourhood, but then also in this fast-paced, crazy, whirlwind life that I’m now living in hotel rooms and planes. And it takes place inside the mind of a 20-year-old kid. I wanted to make sure that youthfulness was there…”

Following the release of Blue Neighbourhood, Sivan released another two albums: 2018’s Bloom and 2023’s Something To Give Each Other. The latter album earned the singer two Grammy nominations for the single, Rush, while at the 2024 ARIA Awards, Sivan took home Album of the Year, Best Pop Release, and Best Solo Artist.

Sivan last toured Australia in November 2024. Reviewing his concert at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl, The Music’s Sam Mead declared, “It’s a sweaty rave of hits culminating in a messy Thursday night on the hills of Melbourne and a crowd practically begging for more.”