After facing backlash for the lack of body diversity in the viral video for ‘Rush’, Troye Sivan has responded in a new interview with Billboard.
The video, released on Friday (14 July), has already received over 3.8 million views and attention for its unabashedly bold embracing of queer hedonism.
However, not all reception has been positive. Fans were quick to point out the video’s centring of ‘white twinks and chiseled bodies’, prompting both serious criticisms and memes mocking the video’s lack of diverse bodies.
Others have defended the singer. Charli XCX, though not naming him, tweeted: “i feel like we live in a world where audiences feel like expression or art isn’t worth their time unless it appeases every single unspoken requirement.