Troye Sivan Mellet is a South African–born Australian singer-songwriter, actor, and YouTuber. He is born in June 5, 1995. In 2007, Sivan starred as Oliver Twist in a production of Oliver! at the Regal Theatre.In September 2012, Sivan began creating video blogs on the video sharing site YouTube, after having only sung on the site since 2007.Sivan's favourite artists include Amy Winehouse, Taylor Swift and Lorde.Sivan came out publicly as gay via a YouTube video on 7 August 2013, three years after coming out to his family.[76] He dated American model Jacob Bixenman starting in February 2016.Sivan has a mild form of Marfan syndrome.