Troye Sivan's 'She's the Best' Arrives With Madonna's Blessing

Troye Sivan's She's the Best arrived Friday (Oct 9, 2026) via Interscope Records, the Australian singer's first full-length release in three years. The 12-track album runs 41 minutes and 55 seconds and lists nine producers, including Jack Antonoff, Cirkut, George Daniel, Oscar Görres and Sivan himself. According to the album's Wikipedia entry, She's the Best follows 2023's Something to Give Each Other and was previewed by two singles: the title track, released Aug 14, 2026, and "Party," released Sept 17, 2026.

Early reviews suggest the record landed well. The album holds an 84/100 weighted average on Metacritic, which the aggregator labels "universal acclaim," and it earned an 8/10 score, as reported by Clash. The Guardian called Sivan "a strange, singular pop star who deserves to be multiplatinum."

Why 'She's the Best' Marks a Shift for Sivan

Where the 2023 record was a dance-pop album built for arenas — it topped the U.S. Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart and fed into the co-headlining Sweat tour with Charli XCX — the new record swings between club energy and quieter, inward-looking songs. According to Sivan's interview with NPR, She's the Best documents both the career highs of his recent years and the loneliness of going back to an empty hotel room, a duality he calls the most honest of his career so far. The Fader described the songs as "manifestations" for a future partner, composed of soft rock and orchestral pop.

Madonna's Blessing on "Party"

"Party," the album's third track, interpolates Madonna's 2000 single "Music." Sivan told Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 that Madonna was "lovely" about the clearance and made it "super easy," as reported by Contact Music. Madonna has been an influence since childhood — he named her "Like a Prayer" as one of his earliest memories — and the two met in person for the first time at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, where Sivan and Charli XCX presented her with the Best Dance award. The single peaked at No. 14 on Billboard's U.S. Hot Dance/Pop Songs chart and No. 6 on New Zealand's Hot Singles chart, making it the highest-charting preview from She's the Best.

Lily-Rose Depp Closes the Album in French

The closer, "Lost Time," features Lily-Rose Depp, Sivan's former co-star on HBO's The Idol. According to Just Jared, she recorded a self-written spoken passage in French in just two takes; her words translate roughly to wondering if someone thinks of her and being "born in love" with them. Sivan called the song a "manifestation song" on NPR, explaining it is addressed to a boyfriend he has not met yet: the first half plays like a love song to a partner, then reveals he is picturing the future. The title track is a tribute to his closest female friends, including Depp, Charli XCX and Ariana Grande, the title song from She's the Best, with Nicole Kidman starring in its music video, according to the album announcement.

Two Months of Rollout, One Expanding Brand

The campaign began Aug 6, 2026, with cryptic teaser posts, followed by the album announcement on Aug 13, 2026, the title single on Aug 14, 2026, "Party" on Sept 17, 2026, the full tracklist reveal on Oct 1, 2026, and a live debut of the new song "Le Boy" during Charli XCX's set at Austin City Limits on Oct 2, 2026. Just before release, Sivan also unveiled "Holiday Designed by Troye Sivan," his second Penfolds collaboration, announced Oct 1, 2026: limited-edition gift boxes of the winemaker's signature wines plus "Field Study: Magill," a candle created with his fragrance house Tsu Lange Yor, according to the Penfolds announcement. Tsu Lange Yor, the independent fragrance label Sivan founded in Aug 2023, developed the scent exclusively for Penfolds. The same release notes that Sivan's career has passed 26 billion streams and 10 million adjusted albums sold.

What It Means for Listeners

She's the Best is streaming now on all major platforms, compact enough for a single sitting and bookended by two singles fans have had weeks to learn. Sivan himself says he is not chasing numbers: he told the Las Culturistas podcast that he has never been numbers-minded about first-week sales, and that what would devastate him is a record that passes without any cultural impact. For a pop star three years removed from his biggest era, that is a deliberate posture — She's the Best asks to be lived with, not just streamed on day one.

Whether She's the Best matches the commercial heights of its predecessor is beside the point Sivan is making. Between a Madonna-approved single, a French-language collaboration with Lily-Rose Depp and a producer roster spanning Antonoff to Cirkut, release day finds him operating at the center of pop culture, on his own terms.