That excitement is partly, Sivan explains, thanks to his pride in the body of work he made for Something to Give Each Other—not just the music, either, but the internet-breaking videos for “Rush” and “One of Your Girls” that he created with his creative director, Gordon von Steiner: “I really felt kind of the most myself that I’ve ever felt, and creating the visual world around it, the show was at the back of my mind the whole time.” (It’s not hard to see how a song like “Rush,” with its four-to-the-floor stomp and Village People-esque chant of a chorus, was created with the visceral thrill of live performance in mind.)
The show that Sivan had always wanted to put on, it turns out, is a five-part extravaganza featuring a full live band, that previously mentioned army of backing dancers, elaborate lighting and sets, and a head-spinning number of costume changes. (Oh, and a couple of racier moments that have already set the internet alight, including Sivan getting down on his knees to sing into a microphone placed in a very suggestive position by one of his dancers.)
Another highlight arrives in Sivan’s performance of “One of Your Girls,” where he channels the cross-dressing spirit of the music video by wearing a custom black bustier by Jean Paul Gaultier that carries more than a whisper of Madonna’s Blonde Ambition tour wardrobe. “The level of extra I aspired to be was to do a look change for ‘One of Your Girls,’ and then do another look change immediately afterwards,” Sivan says, laughing. “We’ve been having so much fun.”
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