- (kids) ♪ Wild ♪

- Oh, it's-- it's Troye Sivan.

- Oh my god! I love Troye Sivan!

- This is Troye Sivan, Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy.

- (Troye) ♪ You were trying to wear me down ♪

♪ (soft R and B) ♪ ♪ Mmm ♪

- I've never heard this song in my life.

- I've seen this, like, 800 times.

- I first watched him on YouTube and it's so weird seeing

how he got much bigger.

- (Troye) ♪ Leave this blue neighbourhood ♪

♪ Never knew loving could hurt this good ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ It drives me wild ♪ - He has the prettiest blue eyes.

- (Troye) ♪ Running on the music and night highs ♪

♪ But when the light's out ♪ - Okay... what's going on?

- (Troye) ♪ ...now ♪ - And then you have the alcoholic mean dad.

- (singing along) ♪ Leave this blue neighbourhood ♪

♪ I never knew love could hurt this good ♪

- (Troye) ♪ Oh ♪

- Wait, who's the other person right there?

- Who are you huggin', Troye? I want to see.

- (Troye) ♪ 'Cause when you look like that ♪

♪ I never ever wanted to be so bad ♪

♪ Oh ♪

- This is such a little, tiny love story in such a short, little film.

- (Troye) ♪ Wild, wild, wild ♪

- Oh, no. Now they're fighting.

- Get the dad out of there! He's ruining it for everyone.

- It makes me feel so bad.

- (kids) ♪ Wild ♪

♪ Wi-i-i-ld ♪

- This is really sad.

- Oh, now the guys have to separate

'cause their dads couldn't stop yelling.

Oh!

- Oh! They kissed! They kissed. (laughing)

- I like that. I think that's really cute.

- "Fools." Oh, it's a two-parter.

- All right, we're picking up where we left off.

- (Troye) ♪ I'm tired of this place ♪

♪ I hope people change ♪

- Oh, now they're older. It's a story.

- (Troye) ♪ I see swimming pools and living rooms ♪

- A childhood romance.

- (Troye) ♪ I see a little house on a hill and children's names ♪

- See, dude, now his dad's yelling at him for being gay.

Like, that's kind of-- that's messed up.

- It's so sad to see that people actually have to go through this.

- Aw, he just wants to be with his boyfriend.

- (Troye) ♪ Only fools do what I do ♪

♪ Only fools... ♪ - Damn, that sucks.

- (Troye) ♪ Only fools fall for you ♪

♪ Only fools ♪

- (scoffs)

♪ (somber music) ♪

- (uneasy groan)

- Wait, is that the same guy?!

- You can't! He loves you!

- The concept, it's getting me so mad, especially with the one character

and it's like-- he's feeling so upset and horrible.

It's like-- (groan).

♪ (haunting music) ♪

- (Troye) ♪ I wanna sleep next to you ♪

- Okay, this got dark.

- This progressively got more depressing.

- (Troye) ♪ ...I wanna do right now ♪

♪ 'Cause you know that I can't trust myself ♪

- Who died?

- Did his dad die?

- Oh, did his dad die?!

(gasps) WAIT!

- (Troye) ♪ Stuck on the bridge between us ♪

♪ Gray areas and expectations ♪ - This whole concept is just so beautiful.

- This touches on so many important subjects.

- (Troye) ♪ But I wanna sleep next to you ♪

♪ Be close to you ♪

- Oh, so that's the girl in the other video.

- (Troye) ♪ ...next to you ♪

♪ And that's all... ♪ - Oh, now he's leaving?

- (Troye) ♪ ...I wanna do right now ♪ - (sad sigh)

- (sighs) How can you do that?

- (Troye) ♪ Talk me down ♪

♪ (swelling music) ♪

- What are you gonna do? What--? Don't jump!

- (softly) I hate this so much, but then I love the music.

- It's so sad!

- Honestly, that was really... that was an emotional roller coaster.

♪ (punk rock music) ♪

- (Finebros) Okay, so do you have any idea

what we just showed you? - Nope.

- Music videos that told a story.

- Troye Sivan!

- That was Troye Sivan! I love him!

- Troye Sivan. It's from his new album.

- The Blue Neighbourhood Trilogy by Troye Sivan.

- I love this album so much.

Everything about it, it's just so beautiful.

I know how to play every single song.

I've done mashups of them on piano and guitar.

Like, I am obsessed with this album.

This is one of my top five albums of probably my entire life.

- (Finebros) So these are music videos by the musical artist Troye Sivan.

- Oh, I've heard of him before.

- (Finebros) After watching this, what do you think of his music?

- Um, I really like it.

- I like his music. It's good stuff.

- The best way to explain it, it's, like, haunting.

- It's very sad and emotional.

- When I listen to this, it's different.

It's like something you wouldn't expect to hear on the radio.

- Just the melody, the message, everything he's doing is so inspiring.

But he's touching on subjects that most people tend to ignore,

and he's showing people that this is not only in a song,

it's not only something you watch on TV,

this is something that's actually happening.

It's sort of expanding the view that we see of gay people.

- (Finebros) Troye actually started as a YouTuber back in 2007,

and his success online helped him transition

into being a world-wide pop star.

What do you think about that? - I think that's awesome.

- I think it's a big step, especially for the YouTube community.

Even if you start on YouTube, you could progress farther.

- People fall in love with a personality,

then use that to show off your own talent.

People are going to connect more with his message than just the music itself.

- It's so great that people can bring their fanbases with them

and also have such a strong fanbase altogether

because they started with YouTube.

I am beyond proud of him that he was able to transform himself

from a YouTuber to a song writer.

- (Finebros) His album "Blue Neighbourhood" debuted at number seven

on The Billboard 200 charts back in December,

and he's being touted as one of the next rising stars in music.

Why do you think he's been so successful?

- Because that music, so many people can relate to.

- When you make music, the whole point is to reach out to your audience

and I feel like that's exactly what his music did.

- All his fans that liked his personality can now go like his music

because, basically, they're getting the same experience

of him through a different medium.

- (Finebros) So this was a music video trilogy

made up of three songs with three separate videos

that all follow a continuous narrative.

What do you think about this as a concept for a group of videos?

- Um, I actually kind of liked that.

- It's a pretty cool idea, actually.

- You would watch a music video once or twice

and you just kind of get bored with it,

but then this, it's just an actual story, and it's a really touching story.

- The storyline just has listeners enthralled

and wanting to know what's next.

- You start to get really into it because you spend more time on the topic,

and you can add different layers to it.

- I love the fact that Troye is in his own music video.

It really puts him in spotlight, to let people know

this is super-important to me and I wanna be the one,

you know, telling this story to everyone.

- (Finebros) And what do you think about the message here,

for them to be presented as music videos?

- I think it's good though because it's something

that tons of people can relate to.

- It brings a lot of attention to the matter of homophobia

and being gay and coming out.

- It obviously has something to do with sexuality and how we accept that

in the world and stuff and the toll that it takes on people

who aren't what we see as the gendered norms of society.

- It was a bold move of Troye to make it so sad at the end,

but it was definitely a good thing that he did

because trying to sugar coat something this important,

of this magnitude, would just help no one.

So I'm kind of glad that he did that.

- Music is one thing, and no one is breathing down your neck

or telling you to believe one thing or the other.

It's just music.

So for someone to watch that music video,

that could change their whole opinion on everything, which is huge!

- (Finebros) Finally, do you think that Troye should keep making

music videos like this with such deep messages and storytelling?

- Yes.

- Of course he should!

- Yeah, I really liked it.

- Yeah, absolutely.

- Definitely! Just because the storyline, you get so invested in it.

- It makes other people think.

If they have a different opinion, it can maybe change their mind,

or even open up their mind.

- As long as this is still happening,

as long as there is blatant homophobia,

as long as there are people being kicked out of their homes

and killed for just being who they are,

this is something that needs to be talked about more

and it can't be talked about enough.

- This isn't just like a video.

This happens to a lot of people where they're not supported

or they're criticized or abused for who they are.

And this is basically just showing people this is what could happen.

This is something that does happen.

I am so grateful that I had such a supportive family,

at least my mom's side.

And it sucks that all these people don't have that.

So... you don't know me, but if you feel like

you don't have anybody there to support you

just know I will be there.

(silence)