Ten Years On: The Album That Turned Troye Sivan Into a Constellation

Ten years ago, Troye Sivan slipped out of suburban Perth like a spark catching wind, landing straight into a swirl of stadium lights, Tumblr-era longing, and the soft pastel melancholy that would become Blue Neighbourhood. On that same night he introduced himself to America—wide-eyed, glowing, and almost impossibly poised—singing “YOUTH” under the late-night haze of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

What followed was less a rise and more an atmospheric shift. A decade later, Sivan isn’t simply a pop star; he’s a cultural climate. An aesthetic. A generational mood ring. With 26 billion streams, three GRAMMY® nods, and enough fashion-world gravitas to reroute runways, he’s become one of the most magnetic figures in modern queer pop mythology.

Now, Blue Neighbourhood is getting its own cosmic homecoming. On February 13, 2026, Capitol Records will release Blue Neighbourhood – Ten Years On —a limited-edition anniversary pressing, wrapped in a newly reimagined illustrated cover by original artist Hsiao-Ron Cheng. It arrives in vinyl, CD, and cassette, but the vinyl is particularly covetable: a blush-pink disc and its pale-blue counterpart resting inside a gatefold sleeve with an exclusive poster—a relic for the altar of coming-of-age nostalgia.

And for the fans who have been carrying these songs in their bloodstream since 2015, there’s more: two tracks from the era that never made the original album return to the fold. “Strawberries & Cigarettes”—the Gold-certified, slow-burn queer anthem from Love, Simon (now boasting over a billion streams)—and “Swimming Pools,” previously locked away on a rare physical pressing.

Blue Neighbourhood – Ten Years On also brings back the hits that shaped an entire pop adolescence: “WILD,” “FOOLS,” and “TALK ME DOWN,” each part of the now-iconic cinematic trilogy that cast Sivan’s suburban heartbreak in electric blues and bruised neons.

Track Listing – Blue Neighbourhood
Vinyl edition

SIDE A
1. WILD
2. BITE
3. FOOLS
4. EASE

SIDE B
1. THE QUIET
2. DKLA
3. TALK ME DOWN
4. COOL

SIDE C
1. HEAVEN
2. YOUTH
3. LOST BOY
4. FOR HIM.

SIDE D
1. SURBURBIA.
2. TOO GOOD
3. BLUE
4. SWIMMING POOLS
5. STRAWBERRIES & CIGARETTES

Back in 2015, Troye described the album like an open diary: “It’s all autobiographical… my blue neighbourhood,” he said. A map of Perth’s quiet streets. Hotel rooms blurred by jet lag. The inner monologue of a 20-year-old living both too fast and not fast enough. He wanted to preserve a feeling—youth as something fragile, dizzy, and fleeting.

The world noticed. With 6.5 billion streams, No.1 iTunes placements in 66 countries, Top 10 on the Billboard 200, and Platinum certifications across the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand, Blue Neighbourhood became an instant touchstone. Critics fell hard too: The New York Times called Sivan a “prototype for tomorrow’s global pop star.” AP crowned the album the best of 2015. The FADER praised its poetic gravitas; The Guardian handed it five stars; OUT hailed its elegant synth-pop introspection.