Troye Sivan - Bloom
Critic Score
Based on 20 reviews
2018 Ratings: #46 / 890
User Score
2018 Rank: #227
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
The Irish Times

Bloom is a coming-of-age album that captures the freedom in learning about yourself through experiences with others. Celebrating his identity and life as a young queer man, his precise songwriting maps his journey into adulthood while sharing some lessons in acceptance.

100
NME
With his triumphant second album, the Perth pop star tears away all the filters to share a deliriously upbeat statement that washes over you like a dopamine rush.
100
The Independent

Making perfect pop isn’t easy, but Troye Sivan is a star who’s done his homework. With one foot in pop’s past and another in its present, Bloom is a record that could turn its considerate maker into one of mainstream music’s most revered and fascinating talents.

95
Earmilk
This is only his second album, but Troye Sivan has made it clear that he isn't the type of artist to hide himself from the world.
90
The Line of Best Fit

Bloom is an exceptional pop album, but maybe more importantly it’s a beacon for queer people who struggle to reconcile our neuroses – societal and personal – with our potential for joy and love.

85
The 405

Sivan may indeed only be 23 and while he might not be a gay icon just yet, records like Bloom which clearly and proudly sing about same sex relationships while sounding shiny and polished in all the right places, will certainly help him get there.

83
Consequence of Sound

Bloom is a fun record, dreamy and vulnerable and urgently horny.

80
The Guardian

The results are characterful. Bloom is done and dusted in 35 crisp minutes – a time at which some pop albums are reaching their mid-point – and feels like a coherent, artist-led album rather than a bet-spreading collection of songs designed to hit every popular musical base.

80
Evening Standard

Bloom delivers glorious pop that is as intelligently constructed as it is unabashedly emotional.

80
Q Magazine
Occasionally sentimental but always endearing, it's impressive stuff.
80
The Young Folks

Overall, Bloom is a solid pop album and a notch in the win column for Troye Sivan.

80
The Observer

Bloom is a bare-faced record, thrillingly honest and defiantly queer, proving Sivan is one of pop’s most essential voices.

80
Rolling Stone

On Bloom, Sivan’s sophomore album, he adds a touch more vigor and nuance to the loveliest qualities of his debut album Blue Neighbourhood.

80
AllMusic

At a taut ten tracks, Bloom is an unambiguous statement from Sivan, clear in its intent to celebrate the highs and lows of queer love through the eyes of a proud pop star in the making.

75
Pitchfork

Bloom isn’t as consistent or engaging a musical experience as Sweetener, but it still feels meaningful.

75
A.V. Club

Bloom is a deeply romantic, deeply personal collection of songs that establishes Sivan as a fiercely talented pop chameleon.

70
Spectrum Culture

Hopefully, Bloom will help clear a space on the charts for carnal, queer music. But it’s easy to wish it were revolutionary for more than simply existing.

70
Slant Magazine

Bloom may be less ambitious than its predecessor, but it frequently manages to do more with less.

70
The Sydney Morning Herald
By delving into the specificity of his desire, Sivan has crafted a pop record for people of all stripes.
70
PopMatters

It may not be the queer masterpiece that some were expecting, but in this day and age, Troye Sivan's Bloom proves that gay people need not rely on metaphors or "hints" to get their stories across and be accepted by the masses.

dyelir
83

Straight people are legally required to wait a week before listening to this album in order for us gays to process this queer opus.

zachthesnack
73

I dont like it because its gay

I like it because its fucking good

Missing_Lyriks
70

Ooh my, my, my…
What a tasty little ElectroPop album we have here.

vinxx
79

Album of my adolescence and I love you Troye, you helped me develop into a person. My favorites are The Good Side and What a Heavenly way To Die.

(esp)Tremendo álbum que escuche en mi adolescencia y por favor te amo Troye, gracias por convertirme en quien soy hoy.

Catastrofica25
75

(ESP/ENG)
- Siento que si lo hubiera escuchado cuando salio me hubiera gustado más. La producción que tiene es muy de su época y ya me saturo esos sonidos.

- I feel like if I had listened to it when it came out I would have liked it more. The production it has is very much of its time and I am already saturated with those sounds.

fordneedstorest
71

some of the songs i can’t tell if they’re genius or camp and that’s ok!

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Track List

1Seventeen
3:38
82
2My My My!
3:24
89
3The Good Side
4:28
84
4Bloom
3:42
88
5Postcard
3:36
feat. Gordi
79
6Dance to This
3:51
87
7Plum
3:06
78
8What a Heavenly Way to Die
3:07
80
9Lucky Strike
3:28
83
10Animal
4:25
83
Total Length: 36 minutes
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Added on: May 20, 2018