Live Review: Troye Sivan, Tyde Levi, Nicole Millar

The Hordern Pavilion was almost filled to the brim as Nicole Millar took the stage. Her soft and resonating melodies mixed with intense, ambient beats really enthralled the already pumped crowd. Millar could be described as the female counterpart of Troye Sivan. As she played her hit High, originally performed with Peking Duk, the audience sang along enthusiastically. She then managed to amp the energy up further as she invited Tigerilla on stage to perform her new track, a sure banger.

Between sets, Sivan's brother Tyde Levi leaped onto the stage to DJ. The crowd seemed super pleased by this, as Levi and Sivan often cross paths via the interwebs, combining their fans. That being said, from another perspective this set seemed strange and out of place, as the type of heavy music he dropped did not match the vibe of the show at all.

Finally, after much anticipation Troye Sivan took to the stage performing his track Bite from his successful debut album Blue Neighbourhood. Compared to his previous shows, this one seemed to embrace less stage antics and lights, although this was made up for with a strong vocal and standout stage presence from Sivan himself. He then transitioned into For Him and then Suburbia as the crowd went wild, singing along to every word. His articulation was almost perfect; each note that left his lips flowed flawlessly over the instrumental and theatrical screams coming from the audience, creating an unbelievable focus.

Sivan managed to capture every dark corner of the pavilion with his charm and general banter as he exclaimed, "This is my third show ever in Australia, what the fuck?!" He played his breakthrough track Wild in its rework, featuring talented female accompaniment singing smooth backing vocals as well as working with synth and drums. "Now I'm going to sing some of my little platinum songs," he laughed before launching into hit after hit starting with Happy Little Pill, the live version resonating pure acoustic bliss. Sivan effortlessly rapped in his track DKLA as his figure wallowed in the red shadows before finishing with a bang with Youth, a true soundtrack of this generation.