# @popbase on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dax3wpQBdFe
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68023412-popbase-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-07-14T15:34:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Pop Base (@PopBase) — https://gondola.cc/PopBase

## Caption

3 years ago today, Troye Sivan released 'Rush.'

Serving as the lead single from "Something to Give Each Other" — his first full album since 2018's Bloom, released that October. Sivan co-wrote the pop-house track with Brett "Leland" McLaughlin, working alongside producers Styalz Fuego, Novodor, and Zhone, part of a wider collaborator lineup for the album that also included Oscar Görres and Ian Kirkpatrick. He described the song as capturing fleeting but intense moments of connection — a sweaty kiss on a dancefloor, a short date that stretched into a weekend — framing it as one piece of a broader project he called a celebration of sex, dance, community, queerness, and friendship, made during a stretch of his life he described as confident and liberated.

The Berlin-shot video, directed by his longtime creative director Gordon von Steiner and choreographed by Sergio Reis, opens with a title card nodding to the recreational inhalant brand 'Rush,' setting up a high-energy visual built around wordless glances, movement, and sweaty bodies at a hedonistic day party. Scenes show Sivan doing a keg stand and joining choreographed group dance routines inside an abandoned warehouse, all meant to evoke uninhibited joy and physical release. The single arrived during a particularly high-profile stretch for Sivan, who'd just wrapped his role as Zander on HBO's The Idol and was returning to music after years spent largely on acting and smaller pandemic-era releases like his 2020 EP In a Dream.

'Rush' cracked the top ten in markets including Ireland, Japan, Croatia, and the Baltics, helping build strong momentum ahead of the album's release. "Something to Give Each Other" went on to earn widespread critical acclaim, with 'Rush' frequently singled out as a euphoric, club-ready highlight that signaled Sivan's full return to dance-pop after years away. While the song itself didn't collect major individual trophies, it helped anchor an album era that saw fellow single 'One of Your Girls' later shortlisted for Song of the Year at the 2025 APRA Music Awards, reinforcing the record's broader critical and cultural impact within queer pop.

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