Its lead single, " Happy Little Pill ", reached the top 10 on Australian music charts. In , he released his fourth extended play, Wild , followed by his debut studio album, Blue Neighbourhood. The album's lead single, " Youth ", became Sivan's first single to enter the top 40 of the Billboard Hot chart, peaking at number His second studio album, Bloom , reached the top five in Australia and the US.
Its lead single, " My My My! As an actor, Sivan portrayed the younger Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and starred as the titular character in the Spud film trilogy β Kolzak Award. Sivan was born on 5 June [ 11 ] in Johannesburg , South Africa, [ 12 ] the son of Laurelle Mellet, a homemaker and former South African fashion model, and Shaun Mellet, an entrepreneur and real estate agent. His mother converted to Judaism when marrying his father and his father is of Lithuanian-Jewish descent including from a grandmother who escaped from Lithuania to Johannesburg as a Holocaust survivor.
Sivan's musical career started when he sang at the , and Channel Seven Perth Telethon. In February , Sivan opened " We Are the World 25 for Haiti YouTube edition ", the collaborative music charity video produced by Lisa Lavie to help raise money for the victims of the Haiti earthquake. Sivan released his second major-label EP, Wild , on 4 September Additionally, the EP served as an introduction to his debut studio album Blue Neighbourhood , [ 29 ] which was released on 4 December The album was released on 31 August Sivan worked with freelance artists in need of work during the COVID pandemic to create the visual art for his single.
The EP was released on 21 August Sivan announced his third studio album, Something to Give Each Other , on 13 July , alongside the release of its lead single, " Rush ".
On 20 September, the second single, " Got Me Started ", was released with an accompanying music video. In , Sivan starred as Oliver Twist in a production of Oliver! Sivan got the part after videos of his telethon performance were posted on YouTube, catching the attention of a Hollywood agent who contacted Sivan and asked him to send in an audition tape. Sivan shared the role of "Boy" with Craig Hyde-Smith, alternating nights. Sivan also starred in the third film in the series, Spud 3: Learning to Fly , released on 28 November Sivan had a supporting role in the film Boy Erased.
