Timothée Chalamet captured Troye Sivan’s full essence on SNL
Troye Sivan once described himself on camera as a “slightly more busted version of Timothée Chalamet.” Luckily for him now he’s famous, so of course that means he got to played by the actual Timothée Chalamet in a recent Saturday Night Live skit.
Sivan is an Australian pop star who got his start singing covers and uploading them in the early days of YouTube. Now, he’s all over TikTok and has released multiple hit songs and viral music videos. On Nov. 13, the Sivan solidified his resurgence and latest bout of fame after Chalamet played him in a SNL skit that parodied the musician. The skit came across as being tilted towards a pointedly online and gay audience. It also speaks to how Sivan has recently been able to use the internet to coalesce a sizable fandom with his presence online.
The Sivan-themed SNL skit portrayed a scenario where a woman, played by Sarah Sherman, seeks help for sleep issues from a doctor. The physician uses a computer that allows the anxious woman to visualize her sleep paralysis demons while being quickly awakened. At that moment, Chalamet-as-Sivan appears with jostled blond curls dressed in a fitted white tank top. Sherman goes on to describe the mysterious man haunting her dreams, and Chalamet dances choreography inspired by the choreography from the music video, “Got Me Started.”
The skit highlights an especially flirty moment from his choreography in the viral “Got Me Started” video, where Sivan pulls his pants down and wiggles his butt around in red underwear. Now clips of it have already taken off on TikTok, where a snippet has already garnered 2.5 million views.
Sivan continued to pursue music long after his YouTube days. He’s appeared on tracks with other pop stars like Charli XCX and
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