"Youth"
Single by Troye Sivan
from the album Blue Neighbourhood
Released13 November 2015
Genre
Length3:05
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Bram Inscore
  • Alex JL Hiew
  • SLUMS
Troye Sivan singles chronology
"Wild"
(2015) 		"Youth"
(2015) 		"Talk Me Down"
(2016)
Music video
"Youth" on YouTube

"Youth" (stylised in all caps as YOUTH) is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Troye Sivan from his debut studio album Blue Neighbourhood (2015). It was written by Sivan, Bram Inscore, Brett McLaughlin (Leland), Alex Hope and Allie X, and produced by Bram Inscore, SLUMS and Alex JL Hiew.[1] The song premiered on 12 November 2015 on Shazam Top 20 at 7PM AEST and was officially released on 13 November 2015 as the album's second single.[2]

"Youth" won Sivan's first ever Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards in 2016 for Best Video and Song of the Year.[3] Billboard ranked "Youth" at number 11 on their "100 Best Pop Songs of 2016" list.[4]

Background

Sivan said "'Youth' is a song about the joy in naivety and being lost. It's about dropping everything, running away, making mistakes, and loving too hard, and how that's okay. "[5]

Music video

A lyric video was released on 23 November 2015. The video was directed and produced by Scheme Engine and filmed in both Los Angeles and Seattle.[6] Sivan filmed a music video for "Youth" in early February 2016. Later that month, the music video, directed by Malia James, premiered on his Vevo channel on YouTube. Amandla Stenberg and Lia Marie Johnson appear in the video.[7]

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[36] 3× Platinum 210,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[37] Gold 45,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[38] Gold 200,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[39] Gold 25,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[40] Platinum 15,000*
South Korea — 2,500,000[41]
Sweden (GLF)[42] Platinum 40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[43] Silver 200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[44] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country Date Format Label
Worldwide[45] 13 November 2015 Digital download Universal Music Australia
Italy[46] 11 December 2015 Mainstream radio Universal
United States[47][48] 19 January 2016 Capitol
4 April 2016 Hot/Modern/AC

See also

References

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  37. ^ "Danish single certifications – Troye Sivan – Youth". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  38. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Troye Sivan; 'Youth')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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  47. ^ "Top 40 Mainstream > Future Releases". allaccess.com. 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  48. ^ "Top 40 Hot/Modern/AC > Future Releases". allaccess.com. 4 April 2016. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
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